President Muhammadu Buhari at the Solemnisation of the Marriage Contract between his son Yusuf and Zahra, Daughter of Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Ado Bayero in Bichi, Kano State on 20th Aug 2021 President Buhari with Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar , Former Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou and Former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Solemnisation of the Marriage Contract between his son Yusuf and Zahra, Daughter of Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Ado Bayero in Bichi, Kano State on 20th Aug 2021.
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The announcement making the rounds that a disbursement of N243.8bn to states in the month of August has been made, has come to the attention of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum as a surprise. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum wishes to state categorically that nothing can be farther from the truth as this disbursement did not happen and could not have happened as there are no further possibilities, that they can happen now, or in the future. The so-called disbursement is therefore a big lie and a figment of the imagination of its author. The lie is further accentuated by the fact…
Nger State Goverment has evacuated its citizens that are schooling in the University of Jos, Plateau State, back to the state following the breach of peace in some parts of the state which resulted in loss of lives, maiming and destruction of properties. The state government said the action became necessary as the security situation has compelled the University Management to suspend the Second Semester Examinations for 2019/2020 Academic Session of the institution. Worried about the wellbeing of her citizens and for them not to be left stranded as well as become victims of circumstances, the state government through the…
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has said that following a High Court order, it still remains in charge of assets belonging to a business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim. A statement from the corporation on Thursday said Ibrahim’s current indebtedness to AMCON stood at nearly N70bn. The statement, signed by Head of Corporate Communications at AMCON, Jude Nwauzor, said Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja Division had on Monday ordered AMCON, NICON Insurance Limited, Nigeria Reinsurance and Ibrahim to maintain the status-quo-ante until September 8, 2021, when the court would hear all pending applications on the…
FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said contrary to the belief in some quarters, Nigeria’s unity is negotiable. He explained that a marriage cannot be declared as non-negotiable, when one party is doing everything to sow seeds of discord within the same union. Atiku said this at a national dialogue and public presentation of a book, ‘Remaking Nigeria: Sixty years, Sixty Voices’ in Abuja, on Thursday. He said, “I find it amusing when people declare Nigeria’s unity as fixed and non-negotiable while doing everything in their power to destroy that fragile unity. “Nothing in the relationships among peoples is fixed…
NO fewer than five cases are currently before different courts on the eligibility or otherwise of Governor Mai Mala Buni holding the positions of the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress and governor of Yobe State at the same time. Of the five pending cases, three were initiated by members of the ruling party while the Peoples Democratic Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party initiated one each. One of the cases filed by party members was one instituted by one Okosisi Ngwu. Ngwu had asked the High Court of the Federal…
A former Governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, was on Thursday arrested by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Spokesperson of EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday. Uwujaren said the former governor, who had been on the commission’s watch list, was intercepted at the Nnamdi International Airport, Abuja on Thursday. He said Orji was later taken to the commission’s headquarters for continuation of his interrogation. He said: “He is being quizzed alongside his son, Chinedu, the current Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, who turned himself in this afternoon upon learning…
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A new in-house panel has been set up by the Police Service Commission to study the documents presented by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which indicted suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari in an international fraudulent scheme reportedly carried out by Instagram celebrity, Abbas Ramon, also known as Hushpuppi and his gang. Though Kyari was earlier probed by a Police investigative panel set up by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, and headed by Joseph Egbunike, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, a new panel set up by the Police Service Commission to probe him is being headed by Barr. Tijani Mohammed, Director,…
A Brazilian bishop resigned days after a video that featured someone, purported to be him, masturbating leaked online. On Wednesday, August 18, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Tomé Ferreira da Silva, who oversaw a diocese in Sao Paulo state, Sao Jose do Rio Preto. According to reports, Bishop Tome had been under investigation by the Vatican for other accusations, including allegedly ignoring reports of sexual abuse in his diocese since 2015. The Vatican, the Brazilian bishops’ conference, and Ferreira’s home diocese all announced the resignation but provided no details if the bishop was the man in the video. The person in the…
