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2022

Breaking: Senate gets new Minority Leader, Whip

Metro, PoliticsNext Level, Nigeria, Politics, Senate

Senator Philip Tenimu Aduda (FCT) has been named as the new Minority Leader of the Senate. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made the announcement in a letter he read during the plenary on Tuesday. The letter was signed by the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Anyanwu. Lawan also announced Senator Chukwuka Utazi as the Senate Minority Whip. The seat of the Minority Leader became vacant following the defection of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) from the PDP.

Jun

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Chukwuma calls for revolution, Buhari’s resignation over Insecurity

Metro, NewsArchbishop Chukwuma, Crime, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Politics, Security

Amidst worsening insecurity in Nigeria, the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, His Grace, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has warned that a revolution is coming to chase away those holding the country down. The Archbishop made the call during his pre-Synod press conference on Tuesday. He also asked President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to quit if it cannot find solutions to the security problems facing the country. While noting that the church is very much concerned about the state of the nation, Chukwuma said, “Nigerians should prepare for a revolution, enough…

Jun

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Court stops INEC from ending voter registration

Metro, Politics2023, Court, INEC, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST today. SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC, asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to…

Jun

19

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: OMPAN appeals to Abians, residents to get their PVCs

Abia State, Metro, News, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, OMPAN, Opinion, Politics

PRESS RELEASE Abia Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) has appealed to Abians and the Residents of Abia to obtain their Permanent Voter's Card to elect credible candidates in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The Association made the appeal on Sunday in a press statement issued to newsmen in Umuahia by its Chairman, Chief Paddy Anyatonwu. He said voting for credible candidates would ensure the dreams and aspirations of Abians are attained, stressing that the process can only be done by those with PVC, highlighting the need for Abians to go all out and get their PVC. The Association…

Jun

19

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Kaduna State Govt sacks 2,357 teachers

Education, Metro, PoliticsEducation, Kaduna State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) says it has dismissed 2,357 teachers who failed the recently conducted competency test. Its spokesperson, Mrs Hauwa Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, said the Board conducted a competency test for over 30,000 teachers in Dec. 2021. She said that 2,192 primary school teachers including the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr Audu Amba, had been dismissed for refusing to sit for the competency test. She said that some 165 of the 27,662 teachers that sat for the competency test were also sacked for poor performances.…