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Sen. Abba Moro, Sir John Ngbede Pays Last Tributes To Profs. Adejo, Omenka The Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Comrade Abba Patrick Moro and PDP   gubernatorial deputy Governorship candidate of Benue State Sir John Ngbede on Friday, joined families and other sympathizers to attend the burial ceremonies of Professors Armstrong Matiu Adejo and Frank Iba Omenka. While Adejo, a Professor of history at Benue State University and a school mate of Senator Moro at Emmanuel Secondary School, Ugbokolo, was buried in his country home, Auke, in Apa Local Government Area, Prof. Omenka, a former Commissioner and Lecturer at the Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State, was buried in Ainu, Oju LGA. Senator Moro, in his remark at the funerals in Auke and Ainu, described the deaths of the renowned Professors as huge losses to Benue South and the entire Benue State. His words; "There's no gainsaying the fact that the deaths of Profs. Armstrong Adejor and Omenka have put th...

August 17th: Elon Musk jokingly tweets that he’s gonna buy Manchester United 🔴👀 Today, Elon Musk has reportedly made a £4.5 billion bid to buy Manchester United 🤑🤯 Elon Musk is believed to be interested in making a £4.5bn move to buy Manchester United. Elon Musk is believed to be monitoring the #mufc situation closely, and wondering if there is an opportunity at Old Trafford that he should not miss. While associates of Elon Musk will not comment on any possible interest in #mufc by the billionaire, sources close to the deal are aware of his attention. One more photo below.

Turkish basketball player Nilay Aydogan found dead among the rubble following devastating earthquake that has killed more than 33,000 across the region.  Aydogan, 30, who played for Turkish Super League side Cankaya University, had reportedly gone to visit her grandmother in Malayta when the devastating earthquake struck, collapsing the apartment block. The basketball player and her grandmother were found dead among the rubble, with the search continuing in hundreds of Turkish and northern Syrian settlements to try and find people still alive. Aydogan had played for a number of teams across her career in Turkey, including Osmaniye, Yalova and Mersin in the Turkish second division. Aydogan is the latest athlete in Turkey to have lost their life in the tragic natural disaster to hit the country last week. The search goes on for Christian Atsu, the Hatayspor player, who went missing following the earthquake last week. Mixed reporting from a number of outlets last week, stemming from s...

HIV/AIDS ERADICATION: PREPARE SUSTAINABILITY ROADMAP FOR INCOMING ADMINISTRATION, PRESIDENT BUHARI TELLS SGF  President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed the transition committee headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to ensure that the achievements of the HIV programme are clearly highlighted in transition notes and a sustainability roadmap articulated for the incoming administration.   The President gave the directive during an audience with the Director–General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Molly Phee, and Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard.  The President assured the United States Government that Nigeria would continue to prioritize the fight against HIV/AIDS until the disease was no longer a public health threat.  He added that his administration remains committed to eradicating HIV and other public health emergencies ...

 REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, AT THE 25TH EDITION OF THE PMB ADMINISTRATION SCORECARD SERIES IN ABUJA ON MONDAY, FEB. 13TH 2023 Welcome to the 25th edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard Series, which we launched last October to showcase the achievements of the Buhari Administration. 2.  To date, 23 Honourable Ministers have presented their scorecards.  They are the Ministers of: i) - Works and Housing ii) - Transportation iii) - Aviation iv) - Interior v) - Agriculture and Rural Development vi) - Finance, Budget and National Planning vii) - Water Resources viii) - Environment ix) - Mines and Steel Development x) - Science, Technology and Innovation xi) - Power xii) - Niger Delta Affairs xiii) - Women Affairs xiv) - Sports and Youth Development xv) - Police Affairs xvi) - Minister of State, Petroleum Resources xvii) - Health xviii) - Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. xix) -  Communi...

DSS Releases Fani-Kayode After Six Hours Interrogation February 13, 20230 The Department of State Services (DSS), has released one of the spokespersons for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Femi Fani-Kayode, after six hours of interrogation on his allegations of a possible coup being planned by Atiku and top Army generals. The Director, Media and Publicity, Tinubu/Shettima Campaign, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this on Monday via his official Twitter account. He wrote, “Femi Fani-Kayode released by DSS after about six hours of interrogation.” Recall that Fani-Kayode in a series of tweets on Monday confirmed the invitation, expressing that he is not afraid of being questioned by DSS as he has done nothing wrong.  

 INEC Explains Why Election Won’t Hold In 240 Polling Units, Names 28 Affected States February 13, 2023 Barely 25-days to the February 25, and March 11, 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced that it will not conduct election exercise in 240 polling units across 28 states and the FCT. This was made known on Monday, February 13, by the Commission’s Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, during a meeting with political parties on Monday. According to Yakubu, no voters registered nor indicated interest to transfer to the affected units during the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) due to insecurity. “Let me therefore start with the issue of polling units. You may recall that in 2021, with your support and that of other critical stakeholders, the Commission successfully expanded voter access to polling units 25 years after the last delimitation exercise in 1996. Consequently, the number of polling units increased from 1...

ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF YORUBA LANGUAGE COMMISSIONS NEW SECRETARIAT The Association of Teachers of Yoruba Language and Culture in Lagos State, popularly known as Egbe Akomolede ati Asa Yoruba, has commissioned its new Secretariat. Welcoming dignitaries and members of the association to the commissioning ceremony held recently at Baptist Academy School premises, Obanikoro, Lagos, the Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary, Education District II, Mrs. Anike Adekanye said Egbe Akomolede ati Asa Yoruba is not only limited to Lagos State but has branches nationwide and has helped bring Yoruba Language teachers together as one towards promoting the Yoruba Culture.  Adekanye said the Akomolede Secretariat will help members from the Six Education Districts in Lagos have a befitting place to assemble where various Yoruba artefacts would be showcased. While commending the Commissioner of Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo for her motherly role and impact in making sure the state’s education s...

Actress Docked, Remanded in Lagos For Spraying, Stepping On New Naira Notes The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 13, 2023, arraigned an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on tampering with the redesigned Naira notes. One of the count reads: “That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28n day of January, 2023, at Monarch Event Centre Lekki, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst dancing during a social occasion, tampered with the sum of N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same on the said occasion; and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007. The second count reads: “That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28th day of January, 2023, at Monarch Event Centre,  Lekki, with...

Man Jailed For Romance Scam in Makurdi Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on Monday, February 13, 2023, convicted and sentenced one Abah Stephen to two year imprisonment for fraud.    Stephen was arraigned on one count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the EFCC for fraudulent impersonation. The charge reads: "That you, Abah Stephen, sometime in 2022, at Makurdi, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by deceit pretended to be Johnscot, an American Military Doctor on peacekeeping mission for the United Nations at Kabul, Afghanistan, by use of an email account - alexanderscot99@gmail.com  induced and defrauded one Jana Bilkara Czech Republic Citizen who delivered to you the total sum of Three Thousand Euros, equivalent of N1,500,000.00, into your United Bank for Africa (UBA), Account No. 2115293731, in the guise of being in a romantic relationship with her and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 14(2) of...

Police detain House of the Rock pastor for preaching with AK-47, seek dismissal of police officer who offered him the rifle The Intelligence Response Team, Force Intelligence Bureau, Garki, Abuja has detained the presiding pastor of House on the Rock in Abuja, Pastor Uche Aigbe, for carrying an AK-47 rifle while preaching in the church on Sunday, February 12. Aigbe caused a stir in the church on Sunday when he came in bearing the weapon in his hand.  The FCT police command commenced an investigation this morning and discovered that the weapon was handed over to him by one Inspector Audu who was on an assignment in the church,  When interrogated, Audu told the police that he only offered the weapon to Pastor Aigbe because he wanted to use it for illustration. The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Command, Sadiq Abubakar, has made a recommendation to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to dismiss Inspector Audu.   Twitter users had asked Olumuyiwa A...

PRESS STATEMENT: MY INVITATION TO THE DSS Three days ago, on the day that I tweeted about newspaper reports alleging that Atiku was secretly meeting with Army Generals, I received a text message from someone who claimed to be a DSS officer asking me to report to them on a matter of national security.  I dismissed the invitation because it was vague and I was not sure whether it really came from the DSS.  In any case I had no intention of going anywhere unless I was formally invited.  To my surprise I received a formal letter from them to report to their office without fail two days later, which was yesterday evening.  I put a call through to them and was advised to take the matter very seriously and report to them on the stipulated day and time otherwise the worse may happen. I found it interesting that a call came from one of Atiku's dogs for me to be arrested by the security agencies yesterday and had it not been for the fact that the DSS had actually sent a text t...

DSS Invites Fani-Kayode Over Alleged Coup Plot By Atiku The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited a spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu/ Shettima Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode over claims that the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar met with some Service Chiefs and was planning a 'Coup'. Confirming his invitation on Social media on Monday morning, FFK wrote; "3 days ago, on the day that I tweeted about newspaper reports alleging that Atiku was secretly meeting with Army Generals,I got a text message from someone who claimed to be DSS asking me to report to them on a matter of national security. "I dismissed the invitation because it was vague and I was not sure whether it really came from the DSS. In any case I had no intention of going anywhere unless I was formally invited.  To my surprise I received a formal letter from them to report to their office without fail 2 days later, which was yesterday evening. I put a ca...

TENSION IN BENUE VARSITY OVER ALLEGED MOVE TO NAME NON-INDIGENE AS VC Anxiety has enveloped Joseph Saawuan Tarka University (JSTU), Makurdi, Benue State over purported plot by the new Edith Chidinma Uwajomogu-led board to appoint a non-indigene as vice chancellor. The natives and stakeholders of the institution, formerly known as University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM) have, therefore, called on the governing council to obey existing laws, which sanction only community members to become the chief executive. The position was advertised on October 18, 2022 and closed six weeks thereafter. Eighteen professors applied for the job, out of which 16 were shortlisted. The other two were said to have been disqualified on basis that their areas of discipline were not offered by the university at the time of the announcement. Following rising insecurity and campaigns for this year’s general elections, stakeholders have advised the council to be circumspect. A source, who pleaded anonymity, told T...

2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT BUHARI TELLS POLICE - EYES OF THE NATION ARE ON YOU ALL President Muhammadu Buhari Monday reminded leadership of the Nigeria Police of high expectations from them in relation to the provision of requisite security ahead of the 2023 General Elections.  The President spoke at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, as he commissioned Critical Operational Assets procured by the Nigeria Police Force.  President Buhari, while commending the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba for advancing the Police Reform Agenda of this Administration and for the several initiatives he had brought to the Force reminded him of the expectations: " You should, however be reminded of my high expectations of your leadership, particularly, in relation to the provision of requisite security that will engender not just stable security space ahead of the General Elections, but guarantee the credibility of the exercise. “In this task, I call on the Inspector Genera...

PRESS RELEASE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT BUHARI COMMISSIONS OPERATIONAL VEHICLES, CROWD CONTROL EQUIPMENT, COMPUTERS, OTHERS As IGP Meets Strategic Police Managers, Charges them on Creating Enabling Space for Peaceful Elections  The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, was on ground at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja, on Monday 13th February, 2023, to commission a wide assortment of operational assets acquired by the Nigeria Police Force for improved strategic and tactical operational deployments, particularly in light of the upcoming 2023 General Elections.  The equipment which includes operational vehicles, crowd control and anti-riot gadgets, and high capacity desktop and laptop computers were acquired to ensure proper enforcement of electoral laws and seamless electioneering process and stabilizing the public space before, during, and after the general elections and for the purpose of enhancing the capa...