Monthly Archives: October 2020

Attack On Obasanjo, Jonathan, Yar’Adua: PDP, Govs Carpet Buhari

President says ex-Presidents  presided  over Nigeria’s ‘near destruction’ President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday justified the recent increase in the  price of petrol in the country, saying it made no sense for the commodity to be cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi Arabia. Buhari, who said this in his nationwide broadcast to mark the nation’s 60th independence anniversary,  gave an indication ...

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How Kenya Courted A Constitutional Crisis Over Parliament’s Failure To Meet Gender Quotas

The constitutional requirement for better gender balance in Kenya’s institutions has been delayed for years. Daniel Irungu/EPA-EFE Muthomi Thiankolu, University of Nairobi Unlike the typical liberal constitution, Kenya’s 2010 constitution is transformative in character. Liberal constitutions primarily seek to demarcate the mandates of key organs of the state. Transformative constitutions on the other hand seek to bring large-scale egalitarian social, ...

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Hoteliers Seek Post-COVID-19 Palliatives To Revive Businesses In Anambra

Raymond Ozoji, Awka As the nation returns to normal life following the gradual relaxation of the total lockdown of the nation’s economy as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic earlier in the year, players in the hospitality industry have made fervent case for Post-COVID-19 palliatives to stabilize their businesses again. Some hotel owners in Anambra state who ...

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Anambra Agency Takes Fire Safety Management To Schools, Markets

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Anambra State Fire Service says it has commenced fire risks assessments in the state to herald the dry season when the likelihood of fire outbreaks were mostly on the increase. Chief Fire Officer of the state fire service Engr. Martin Onyedikachukwu Agbili said fire risks assessments is the process of ensuring that all fire safety measures ...

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IPPIS: SSANU To Commence Total Strike Monday

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) is to commence a nationwide industrial action on Monday 5th October, 2020 over irregularities in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and government unending procrastination in responding to its numerous pressing needs. Chairperson of SSANU Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Comrade Njideka Nwangwu, who disclosed this to our ...

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Ojoto Community Begging For Obiano’s Assistance

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Ojoto community in Idemili-South local government area of Anambra state is begging earnestly for Governor Willie Obiano’s assistance in the provision of road infrastructure and other social amenities to improve the standard of living in the area. The community has for a long time resorted to self-help projects like road construction, building of schools, construction and renovation ...

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Full Text Of President Buhari’s Independence Day Speech

INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to renew my appreciation to Nigerians ...

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Nigeria At 60: Towards The Land Of Our Dreams

By Babajide Sanwo-Olu NIGERIA is 60- despite all that she has been through as a nation. For some, it is a time to hit the street in colorful dresses for a carnival to exhibit what many a critic have described as our proclivity for flamboyance. To others, it is a time to get on our knees, thank The Almighty for ...

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How We Killed Over 50 Victims Who Couldn’t Pay Ransom – Suspect

A kidnap kingpin, Mohammed Sani, has narrated how his gang murdered over 50 of their victims whose families could not pay ransom. Sani, who was paraded on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, alongside his gang members and 46 other suspected criminals at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad headquarters in Abuja, said he carried out his operations ...

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IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order: Security Forces On Red Alert In South-East

Palpable air of uncertainty has pervaded towns and cities of South East states following a declaration of sit-at-home today by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The group, yesterday, restated its resolve to enforce compliance even as security forces in the region have been placed on red alert. IPOB’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, in a statement, warned the ...

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