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Oct

02

2021

Adeboye queries govt for making COVID-19 vaccine compulsory

Health, Metro, PoliticsCoronavirus, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Religion

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has criticized state governors forcing Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Recently, the Governor of Edo State mandated that all citizens take the vaccine and obtain a card before having access to public places in the State. Despite the court order by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers directing the government to maintain the status quo on the compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for citizens, Governor Godwin Obaseki maintained that his government’s directive of no access to public places without being vaccinated still stands. But Adeboye while speaking during October Holy…

Sep

28

2021

By OHAFIATV

DIA: Local blacksmiths now manufacture AK-47 rifle

Metro, PoliticsCrime, Metro, Nigeria, Opinion, Security

The Defence Intelligence Agency has said some blacksmiths in Nigeria now have the expertise to manufacture assault weapons such as AK-47. The DIA noted that while blacksmiths and the rifles they traditionally produce are an integral part of some cultures in the country, some blacksmiths now produce more sophisticated weapons — a development he said posed a security threat. Representing the DIA at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence on four security-related bills in Abuja on Monday, Air Commodore F. G. Okoyi said, “The cautionary attachment to blacksmith skills, as well as the…

Sep

27

2021

By OHAFIATV

Why Buhari can’t forgive Fani-Kayode

PoliticsFemi Fani-Kayode, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The suya burnt his palms, but he was stoic, like a true Christian. Initially, he tossed the hot suya from palm to palm ping-pong, then flung open the Holy Bible with his left hand, and ripped off pages from the New Testament, placing the hot suya on the word of Christ. Calm embalms his palms. A disciplined disciple, Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media to Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), gently washed down his suya with a gourd of chilled farm-fresh cow milk. Belching is a sign of delicious satisfaction. With chunks of oil-dripping suya and an…

Sep

21

2021

By OHAFIATV

GIGG Condemns FG’s Plan To Borrow Additional N2trn

Economy, PoliticsEconomy, Emeka Kalu, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Global Initiatives for Good Governance (GIGG) has condemned the plan by the Federal Government to borrow an additional N2 trillion from China. The group in a statement by its Director-General, Dr Emeka Kalu said that the plan by the government would further push the country into more debts without proper use of the previous ones borrowed by the government. The statement further hinted that the level of borrowing by the government was not ideal in a modern society where fiscal federalism should have been given a viable opportunity to thrive. Kalu insisted that further application for borrowing was a…

Sep

01

2021

By OHAFIATV

President Buhari launches annual 20,000 jobs scheme

Economy, PoliticsEconomy, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the focus on job creation, consistency in policy and innovation stimulated a five per cent growth of the economy in the second quarter of 2021, which is the highest in six years. He said the Jubilee Fellows Programme will further consolidate on the success recorded. The president spoke yesterday at the launch of the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme, State House, Abuja. In a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the president listed some of the key drivers of economic growth and diversification in the second quarter to include telecommunications, transportation, electricity, agriculture and manufacturing.…