Author: Alex Enemanna
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Woman can be Nigeria’s next President, says UN Deputy Scribe
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has tasked women to take over leadership from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Mohammed, who is leading a delegation of UN senior officials on a visit to Nigeria, stated this on Tuesday while speaking on a television programme in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The PUNCH had reported Monday…
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INEC: Mu’azu takes over from Yakubu
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday, handed over to Air Vice Marshall Ahmed Mu’azu (retd.) to oversee the affairs of the commission. Mu’azu would oversee the INEC pending the confirmation of Yakubu by the Senate, the Punch reports. Yakubu said, “You may recall that the current Commission was…
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#EndSARS: Gov. Emmanuel reviews curfew in Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has further reviewed emergency curfew imposed in the state penultimate week to check escalation of the #EndSARS violence that erupted in the state capital. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Ini Ememobong, and made available to newsmen in Uyo.…
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Lagos man faces trial for assaulting LASTMA official
A man is to face prosecution for assaulting an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authourity (LASTMA) in Lekki. Emmanuel Ben was said to have injured, Ismaila Lukman, a LASTMA official on Sunday at the Jakande Junction in Lekki while on duty. Lukman said he was controlling traffic manually owing to the destruction of…
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Marafa still suspended from our party — Zamfara APC
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it still insist that Senator Garba Kabiru Marafa remained sacked, saying that the party had sacked him since 2019. The State APC Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Liman disclosed this while reacting to the recent comments credited to Senator accusing the National Caretaker Committee of…
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Despite Trump’s refusal to concede defeat, Biden commences transition
US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps Sunday towards moving into the White House in 73 days, as Donald Trump again refused to admit defeat and tried to sow doubt about the election results. With congratulations pouring in from world leaders and supporters nursing hangovers after a night of celebrations, Biden and Vice President-elect…
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#EndSARS: Police lost 100 AK-47 rifles, 37 stations torched in Lagos — IGP committee
Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Special Committee set up for damage assessment to police facilities and equipment during the #EndSARS protest has disclosed that about 100 AK-47 rifles and 2,600 units of ammunition are missing as a result of attacks on police formations in Lagos State. It would be recalled that the attacks on police formations…
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#EndSARS: Zulum, others visit Sanwo-Olu, decry destruction in Lagos
Political leaders from the North East led by Borno State Governor Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday paid a solidarity visit to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to commiserate with him and Lagosians over the massive destruction in the state by hoodlums during the #EndSARS protest. In Zulum’s team was his predecessor in office…
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US Election: Netanyahu salutes Biden, calls him great friend
Israeli Prime Minister and close Donald Trump ally Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory early Sunday, calling the United States president-elect “a great friend of Israel”. “I look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the US and Israel,” Netanyahu wrote on Twitter, referring to…
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Lagos tanker explosion kills two, razes several vehicles
A tanker driver and his motor boy have been feared killed with several vehicles gutted after a petrol tanker exploded in Lagos. The incident occurred around 1am on Saturday on Kara Bridge, outward Lagos. It was gathered the tanker went up in flames after its break failed and it rammed into a barricade. Commercial vehicles…