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Oct

11

2022

FULL SPEECH: Buhari confers National Honours on Nigerians, foreigners

Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsMetro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Personality, Politics

Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, conferred National Honours Awards on 447 recipients comprising Nigerians and non-Nigerians labelled “friends of Nigeria”. The award investiture ceremony was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The PUNCH reported that 5000 nominees were received by the George Akume-led awards committee, but only 447 were selected for the awards. The PUNCH also reported that a total of 5,341 persons have been conferred with various National Honours since its inception in 1963, including the recipients of Tuesday awards. Below is the full speech of the President at the award investiture ceremony.…

Oct

11

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Tinubu tags PDP, party of “termites”, can never return to power

Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has claimed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can never return to power. Tinubu stated this on Monday while speaking at the inauguration of the APC women’s campaign council in Abuja. The former Governor of Lagos described the PDP as a party of “termites”. The APC presidential candidate also said the PDP would not be able to take power, owing to their rudderless leadership. “Our opponents spent 16 years, they had forgotten that the highway is an economy, electricity is mandatory for industrialization. They don’t understand the transmission lines…

Oct

10

2022

By Chimamanda

Strike: ASUU agrees to sign deal in couple of days

Education, LifestyleASUU, Education, Federal government, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the House of Representatives, on Monday, met on the lingering industrial action by the lecturers. The lecturers led by ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke and the leadership of the House, led by Femi Gbajabiamila, met behind a closed-door for about 30 minutes before having another one in front of the camera. It would be recalled that the House has been hosting meetings between the government and the strike lecturers in the past couple of weeks. On Friday, the Court of Appeal agreed with an early ruling by the National Industrial Court that asked…

Oct

10

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

EndSARS: Nobody died at Lekki toll gate, blame Atiku, Obi for fabricating lies – MC Oluomo

Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, Politics#EndSARS, 2023, MC Oluomo, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has denied the claims that lives were lost during the EndSARS protests that shook the foundations of the country in 2020. Oluomo, who serves as the Chairman of Lagos Parks and Garages Management, made this claim while addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, during their 5-million man march to support the candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos on Sunday. He said it was rather a political game orchestrated by Tinubu’s rivalries in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively. Recall…

Oct

10

2022

By Freeman

OGUN: Yahoo boys kidnap, kill 40-year-old man for money ritual

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, Metro, Ogun State, Police, RIP, Security, Yahoo boys

Two suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo boys, have confessed to the police how they kidnapped a 40-year-old man and killed him for a money-making ritual Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects told the police that the victim Abdullahi Azeez, was dismembered after they took his life. The suspects, Friday Abinya Odeh (21) and Poso Idowu (20), Oyeyemi said, were arrested after a report was lodged at the Owode Egba Police Division on June 9, 2022, by the relations of the victim that he left his home at Kobape on June 8, but never…