Author: Alex Enemanna
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Malawian Lawyer Rejects Appointment as Justice Minister, gives shocking reason
Malawian Lawyer, Mordecai Msiska has turned down an offer to be the new Minister of Justice in President Lazarus Chakwera’s cabinet. He said it would seem like it’s a reward for helping new President Chakwera win the court case that canceled rigged elections won by his opponent. Malawi’s constitutional court ordered a new presidential election…
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774,000 jobs: Buhari cautions public officers against office abuse
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned political appointees and other government officials against using their positions to bestow undue advantage on anyone seeking government jobs. According to the President, using their positions for undue advantages and other favours was “antithetical to the character of the administration.” Members of the National Assembly had walked out the Minister…
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Former Airtel Staff Bags 5 Years Imprisonment Over Fraud
A customer care representative of Airtel Nigeria Limited, Jeremiah Mustapha, was on Tuesday sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere for facilitating a N2.2m fraud. Mustapha was arraigned on June 14, 2017, alongside one Nurudeen Salimu on nine counts bordering on conspiracy, stealing, fraud and diverting messages from a…
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Suspended Kano lawmakers resume duty
Five lawmakers suspended by the Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday, resumed sitting after a Federal High Court in Kano ordered their immediate reinstatement. Recall that the suspended lawmakers had on May 16, 2020 went to court, asking it to set aside their suspension and allow them to return to their legislative duties, which…
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Samsung partners Cash ‘N’ Carry on retail presence
Samsung Electronics West Africa, in partnership with Cash ‘N’ Carry has stepped up its nationwide market expansion drive in Nigeria making its brand and services now available in all Cash ‘N’ Carry stores across the country. According to a statement by Samsung, the retail expansion drive was designed to enhance consumer experience and provide consumers…
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20, 000 Jobs: Tinubu’s daughter, MC Oluomo make list of recruitment committee
The Federal Government has appointed an All Progressives Congress chieftain, Alhaji Mutiu Are; the daughter of the APC national leader and Iyaloja-General of Lagos State, Folasade Tinubu-Ojo; and the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MCOluomo, into the 20-member committee that will undertake the recruitment of…
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774,000 NDE Jobs: Lawmakers Attempted to Challenge Presidential Power — Keyamo
The Minister of States for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has accused the joint committee of the National Assembly on Labour of attempting to usurp the power of President Muhammadu Buhari under the law. Keyamo said powers of the Committee section 88 of the Constitution do not permit them to take control of the programmes…
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COVID-19: African Nations Cup now to hold 2022
The Confederation of African Football has moved the biennial tournament to January 2022, while canceling the African Women’s Cup of Nations. The next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) has been postponed by 12 months, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) confirmed in their Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday. The 33rd edition of…
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Buhari pledges timely completion of AKK gas pipeline project
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday affirmed the Nigerian government’s commitment to ensure timely delivery of the landmark Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas (AKK) pipeline project within budgetary allocation and specifications. Speaking at the virtual flag-off ceremony of the project at the Ajaokuta, Kogi State and Rigachikun, Kaduna State camp sites simultaneously, President Buhari said the project was very…
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COVID-19: Do not give in to fear, Bello urges Nigerians
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has urged Nigerians not to give in to fear over COVID-19, describing it as artificially created to cause panic. Bello who spoke at the third-day prayers for the repose of the soul of late Chief Judge of the state, Nasir Ajana on Tuesday insisted that the late jury did…