Day: December 1, 2022
News

INEC Produces Blurred Copies Of Adeleke’s WAEC/GCE Certificates Before Tribunal Produces Adeleke’s WAEC-GCE Certificate Before Tribunal 

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By Olajide IdowuOsogbo – ) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, produced Form CF001, containing WAEC-GCE certificate and Secondary School Testimonial of Gov. Ademola Adeleke before the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Osogbo. This was in compliance with the order of Justice Tertsea Kume, the Tribunal Chairman, on Nov. 25. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kume had ordered the …

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Sports

Pele: Brazil legend not in danger – Family

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Brazil legend, Pele, is in stable condition and has full control of his vital functions. Recall that Pele was on Wednesday taken to a hospital in Sao Paulo amid his ongoing battle with cancer. His daughter, Kely Nascimento, confirmed his hospitalization but insisted it was not an emergency. However, reports from Brazil say that Pele is stable and does not need to be submitted to …

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Aminu Adamu: I’m angry, don’t kill fly with sledgehammer – Ubani to Aisha Buhari

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The Chairman, Section of Public Interest and Development Law, SPIDEL, Monday Ubani, says Nigerian First Lady, Aisha Buhari, went too extreme by ordering the arrest of her critic, Aminu Adamu, adding that it is ‘absolutely wrong’. Ubani disclosed this on Thursday while featuring on the Channel Television Sunrise Daily programme. Ubani, who was also the former 2nd Vice President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, …

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Stop punishing lecturers for striking, pay us – ASUU FUTO to FG

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) have urged the Federal Government to release the seven months’ unpaid salaries of its members. ASUU urged the government to stop forthwith, the weaponization of hunger to whip Academics into submission and pay their withheld salaries spanning more than seven months. Strikes all over the world are a legitimate tool to press …

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Politics

2023: I’m not going to step down for anyone – Rivers LP Governorship candidate vows

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The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Rivers State, Beatrice Itubo has vowed never to step down for anyone ahead of the 2023 governorship election. Itubo was speaking in reaction to the comments by the Presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi who had said the party will enter a negotiation with the Rivers State governor to support his presidential ambition while the …

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Sports

U-20 AFCON: Flying Eagles thrash academy side in friendly

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The Flying Eagles thrashed Paul E-Sports Academy 5-0 in a friendly game at the Goal Project Football Pitch on Thursday. Emmanuel Justine opened the scoring for the Flying Eagles on 10 minutes, while Ekpeyong Emmanuel doubled the lead eight minutes before the break. Energetic striker Obiakor Ifesinachi made it 3-0 in the 65th minute with an assist by Abdulrahman Adam, before the substitute got his …

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World News

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin To Be Buried On Dec. 6

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Beijing, – The former Chinese head of state and Communist Party leader, Jiang Zemin will be laid to rest on Dec. 6. The body of “comrade’’ Jiang Zemin was flown to Beijing on Thursday and his coffin was received at the airport by President Xi Jinping and other top state officials, the state news agency Xinhua reported. Jiang died on Nov. 30, at the age of 96 …

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No Administration Supported States Like Buhari’s Govt. – FG

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By Rotimi Ijikanmi Abuja, – The Federal Government says with whopping N5.03 trillion and 3.4 billion US Dollar interventions to states in seven years, no administration has supported the second tier of government better than the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)’ Government. The Ministers of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed stated this on Thursday in Abuja …

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Ajulo Make Case For Appointment Of Auxiliary Judges To Decide Cases In Courts 

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By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, – Barr Kayode Ajulo, a Constitutional Lawyer, has called for the appointment of auxiliary judges to decide cases in courts in a bid to stop some cases going up to the Supreme Court.The legal practitioner told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that there were some cases which have no business going up to the Supreme Court.He …

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NIS Hands Over Libya-bound Girl, 16, To NAPTIP

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By Ibrahim Bello Birnin Kebbi, – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday says it has handed over a 16-year-old albino girl, and her 15-year-old sister from Ogun to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). NIS Comptroller in Kebbi, Mrs Rabi Bashir-Nuhu, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the girls were arrested in Kebbi while allegedly on their way to Libya. …

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Ghanaian Supporters Arrested In Qatar For Selling World Cup Match Tickets

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Mustapha Ussif  GhanaWeb reports that some Ghanaian football fans have been arrested in Qatar. They were nabbed for selling World Cup match tickets. This was disclosed by the Minister for youth and sports, Mustapha Ussif on Tuesday, 29th November 2022, when in the company of the Ambassador of Ghana to Qatar, Mohamed Noureddine Ismail and some security operatives took time to visit the Ghanaian contingent …

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NAFDAC Arraigns Trader Over Importation Of Fake Seasonings

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NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye Nnabueze Chibuike, a 41-year-old trader, has been dragged to court. The man was, on Wednesday, arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State on two-court charges of alleged possession and importation of large quantities of Mivina Chicken seasonings. The case between the Federal Republic of Nigeria as (Complainant) and Nnabueze Chibuike, as the Defendant came up for the …

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Alleged Defamation: Court Adjourns For Pre-hearing Trial

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By Joshua Oladipo Osogbo, – An Osun High Court sitting in Osogbo on Thursday adjourned for pre-hearing trial over an alleged defamation by a popular private radio station, Rave FM, in Osun. The Presiding Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo, gave the order to allow counsel to both the plaintiff and the defendants serve the necessary documents after new application was filed by the defense counsel . …

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World-Famous Football Legend, Pele Hospitalized Over Swollen Body, Heart Issues

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The legendary Brazilian football legend, Pele has been rushed to hospital. The football legend was reportedly hospitalized in Sao Paulo with swelling all over his body. Pele, who is reported to be currently undergoing treatment for metastatic cancer, was taken to the Albert Einstein hospital on Tuesday in an unscheduled visit, by his wife, Marcia Aokoi, and a carer, according to a report by Daily …

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LCCI Projects Positive Growth For Year-end

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By Rukayat Moisemhe Lagos, – The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has projected that the Nigerian economy will end the year with a positive growth of three to four per cent. Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, president, LCCI, said this at the LCCI 134th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday in Lagos. The LCCI president stated that achieving the chamber’s projected growth required the fiscal …

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Court Orders The Arrest And Imprisonment Of The Chief of Army Staff

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The PUNCH reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Minna, the Niger State Capital, has ordered the arrest of General Faruk Yahaya, the Chief of Army Staff. General Faruk Yahaya’s arrest order was given over contempt. Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who issued the warrant and presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court in pursuant of order forty two rule ten of …

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