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63 Bag First Class Degrees As MAU Yola Holds 27th Convocation Modibbo Adamawa University (MAU) Yola has graduated a total of 4,638 students with 63 first class at the 27th convocation ceremony for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic sessions of the institution. Others include 1,069 second class upper, 1,783 second class lower, 552 third class, 40 pass, 72 postgraduate diploma, 480 masters and 80 doctors of philosophy. At the event held at the convocation square of the varsity on Saturday, the Visitor of the University, President Muhammadu Buhari represented by Prof Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu said the federal government was aware of the infrastructural deficit facing the universities in the country. He added that the government is committed to improving the welfare the university workforce as captured in the 2023 budget and therefore urged university lecturers to be creative so to sustain their livelihood. In his remarks, Adamawa State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri congratulates the ...

The King with The Prince of Wales and Prince George of Wales in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace on Coronation Day. 📸 Hugo Burnand. The King and Queen with their eight Pages of Honour and Ladies in Attendance on Coronation Day.   L-R: Master Ralph Tollemache, The Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, Master Nicholas Barclay, Prince George of Wales, The Marchioness of Lansdowne, His Majesty The King, Her Majesty The Queen, Mrs Annabel Elliot, Master Freddy Parker Bowles, Master Arthur Elliot, Master Gus Lopes and Master Louis Lopes. 📸 Hugo Burnand. More photos below..

GOVERNOR UZODIMMA COMMENDS THE CHURCH FOR PARTNERING WITH THE GOVERNMENT DEDICATES THE CHARTER OF EQUITY TO GOD  The Imo State Governor,  Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has commended the Church for supporting and partnering with the Shared Prosperity Government for the benefit of Ndi Imo.  Governor Uzodimma stated this at the 2023 annual Imo prayer meeting organized by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Imo State Chapter at Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu Square, Owerri.  According to the Governor, the church and the Government are constructive partners both in service to the people.  During the prayer session and dedication of the charter of equity, the Governor commended the members of the Imo Council of Elders for standing up for Ndi Imo and establishing a Charter of Equity for the political stability and peace in the State.  The Governor urged all political actors to submit to wise counsel and uphold the laid down principles of the Charter of E...

2 businessmen excrete 193 cocaine pellets in NDLEA custody after arrest at Abuja airport . As Agency arrests 185 at Abuja, Kano  drug joints; seizes Saudi-bound cocaine parcels, Colorado consignments from Canada Two businessmen arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for cocaine ingestion have both excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody. The traffickers: Onoh Ebere, 49, and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47, were intercepted at the Abuja airport on Wednesday 10th May upon their arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951. Though both suspects have businesses they manage in Nigeria, their main source of income has been drug trafficking. They both travelled to Uganda and from there crossed over to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they picked the consignments before returning to Abuja with Lagos as their final destination.  A...

APC Youths Passes Vote Of No Confidence On Doma Council Chair Over Misconducts, Anti-Party  ***  A youth group of the All Progressives Congress under the aegis Forum of Genuine APC in Doma Local Government Area has passed a vote of no confidence on the Executive Chairman of the council, Mr. Ahmad Sarki Usman.  Speaking during a media briefing on Saturday in Doma, Chairman of the forum, Comrade Ibrahim Abogye Ekye said the vote of no-confidence is hinged on the official misconducts, involvement in anti-party activities and anti-democratic escapade of the Council Chairman.  Abogye blamed the Council Chairman for the protracted sour relationship between the executive and legislative arms of the council which has brought the wheel of governance to a standstill.  He lamented that the Council Chairman has penchant for disobeying constituted authorities, no regard for party supremacy and denied the members of the Legislative Arm of their power for oversight.  The...

Youth Mobilizer Holds Pre-Inauguration Dinner, Gala Night May 20th In Honour Of Tinubu, Shettima  *** A youth mobilizer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State, Hon. Dauda Salihu has announced plans to hold pre-inauguration dinner and gala night ahead of the May 29 inauguration.  He made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Lafia with the Emir of Lafia, HRH Justice Muhammad Sidi Bage (rtd) as royal father of the day.  The event in honour of the country's President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President-Elect, Kashim Shettima would hold at the Aso Hall of the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Saturday May 20 by 7:00pm (WAT).  The dignitaries invited include Hon. James Faleke, Chief Host; Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Chief Guest of Honour and Senator Kashim Shettima as Special Guest Honour.  Major-General Abdulmalik Jibril, the Chairman of Nigerian Legion to grace the event as Chairman.  

Mass kidnap as terrorists swoop on Niger community, abduct 50 victims 13 May 2023  Terrorists have abducted the village head of the Fugge community in the Rijau local government area of Niger state, Mallam Abdullahi Zaure, and 49 others. The Incident occurred on Friday afternoon when the terrorists invaded the village on several motorcycles, shooting into the air and causing panic among residents. It was learnt majority of the abductees were women and children with few males while several cattle were rustled. It was also gathered that fighter jets descended on the terrorists when they were moving with the abductees which resulted in the death of several of the bandits and rustled cattle. Some of the residents claimed to have seen some bodies of the terrorists and corpses of cows killed or injured by the airstrike. The residents claimed that the terrorists have gone into their den which is located in the forest bordering Niger State and Kebbi State. The residents said that the terro...