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Apr

09

2023

Revealed: Why LP Datti Baba Won’t Debate Soyinka

NATIONAL NEWS#BolaTinubu, #DattiAhmedBaba, #Democracy, #LabourParty, #WoleSoyinka

Revealed: Why LP Datti Baba Won’t Debate Soyinka The Obi-Datti Media Office has ruled out any possibility of a public debate between the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Ahmed Baba-Ahmed and professor Wole Soyinka. The Nobel laureate in his recent media round on the outcome of the 2023 presidential election criticised Baba-Ahmed’s position and challenged him to a public debate. The vice-presidential candidate had in one of his interviews, said that swearing in the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who he argued never met the Constitutional requirement will amount to ending democracy in Nigeria. However, Soyinka said what Datti said…

Apr

08

2023

By Famous Reporters

IGP Orders Posting, Redeployment Of AIGs To Various Departments, Commands, Formations

NATIONAL NEWS#Deployment, #NigeriaPolice

IGP Orders Posting, Redeployment Of AIGs To Various Departments, Commands, Formations The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, has ordered the posting/redeployment of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to Departments, Commands, and Formations in line with his manpower development policy of fitting the right persons into appropriate roles. This is in line with the IGP’s mandate and strategies to strengthen the operational structures of commands, departments, and formations. The following AIGs have been posted/redeployed to the duty posts indicated against their names; i.AIG Zone 14 Katsina-AIG Ahmed Abdulrahman, mni ii.AIG Police Mobile Force-AIG Ibrahim…

Apr

07

2023

By Famous Reporters

Senate President: Orji Kalu is Best Option for Nigeria—Shehu Sani

NATIONAL NEWS#OrjiUzor, #ShehuSani

Senate President: Orji Kalu is Best Option for Nigeria—Shehu Sani Social activist Shehu Sani on Thursday said the office of the Senate President should be zoned to the South East and to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu specifically Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th Senate, during an interview with DAILY POST in Abuja on Thursday said the South East has senators that are competent enough to be Senate President, if the rules of the Red Chamber, particularly the ranking norm, were to be considered. The present structure of the APC, he observed, has naturally positioned the…

Apr

06

2023

By Famous Reporters

IPC reacts to Imposition of N5M Fine on Channels TV by NBC *Says Arbitrariness Taken Too Far

NATIONAL NEWS#Channels, #Fine, #NBC

IPC reacts to Imposition of N5M Fine on Channels TV by NBC *Says Arbitrariness Taken Too Far The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) in conjunction with International Press Center, (IPC), Lagos has condemned in totality, the recent outrageous fine as imposed on Channels Television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Reacting to the incident in a release, Edetaen Ojo and Lanre Arogundade, the Executive Directors of the duo of MRA and IPC, described as injustice, the fine imposed by the Media organization. The release read in detail: For the umpteenth time, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has acted arbitrarily in the…

Mar

30

2023

By Famous Reporters

Ayo Ogunsan Celebrate With Kayode Egbetokun On New Promotion As Dig Southwest *Expresses confidence in excellent delivery

NATIONAL NEWS#PatronPolice-CommunityRelationsCommittee, #PCRC, #security

Ayo Ogunsan Celebrate With Kayode Egbetokun On New Promotion As Dig Southwest *Expresses confidence in excellent delivery By Oki Samson The member of the board of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Ayo Ogunsan is delighted about the new promotion and position which DIG Kayode Egbetokun is saddled with in the Nigeria Police. The senior police officer, Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun who is now the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police in charge of Southwest was the lone AIG who became DIG in the latest promotions within the Nigeria Police. Speaking on the positive…

Mar

29

2023

By Famous Reporters

2023: Will Buhari Hand Over Power To A Drug Lord after 1984 execution of convicts? — Ohanaeze Youth Queries presidency

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#BolaTinubu, #IgboayakaO.Igboayaka, #MohammaduBuhari, #OhanaezeYouthCouncil

2023: Will Buhari Hand Over Power To A Drug Lord after 1984 execution of convicts? — Ohanaeze Youth Queries presidency The apex socio-cultural youth organization of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has queried President Muhammadu Buhari’s intention to hand over power to an alleged drug lord indicted by the United States of America government. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri on Tuesday 28 March, 2023, the National President Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, reminded President Buhari how he, as a former military Head of State, backed the Decree 20 which stipulated death penalty for…

Mar

26

2023

By Famous Reporters

NATIONAL NEWS#Equator, #Ndigbo, #Orji UzorKalu

Orji Uzor Kalu: The Face Of The New Order In 10th Senate By Bello Osaretin We stand rock solid behind Sen Orji Uzor Kalu declaration for Senate president of the 10th Senate, the declaration came at the most auspicious moment in the race for the coveted position of Senate leadership, a position of service to Nigerians and humanity. Today, Orji Uzor Kalu stands out to be the political equator right now to balance the north,south,east and west dichotomy that will help reshaped the convoluted political inequality and accommodate the different ethnic nationalities to further straighten the federal character principles. Senator…

Mar

25

2023

By Famous Reporters

Keyamo Dares Planned Protesters, Says Our Silence Not Cowardice

NATIONAL NEWS#APC, #BolaTinubu, #FestusKeyamo, protests

Keyamo Dares Planned Protesters, Says Our Silence Not Cowardice The Director, Public Affairs of the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has sounded a note of warning to members of the opposition, whom he accused of brewing crisis through unguarded utterances as well as planning a protests to forestall the swearing in of the President. Keyamo made the remarks in statement he self signed, titled Our Silence is Not Cowardice and made available to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), where he noted that…

Mar

24

2023

By Famous Reporters

Selecting Orji Kalu as Senate President ‘ll spearhead inclusion of South-East politically – Yesufu

NATIONAL NEWS#OrjiUzorKalu

Selecting Orji Kalu as Senate President ‘ll spearhead inclusion of South-East politically – Yesufu Chairman, League of Patriotic Lawyers, Abubakar Yesufu, has said the ambition of the Senate Chief Whip , Senator Orji Kalu, to become the Senate President should be supported to expedite the inclusion of the South-East in the emerging political configuration. He also enjoined Igbo to rally round the former Abia State governor to ensure he emerges. Yesufu said this in a statement made available to Vanguard. His words:” Orji Kalu is urbane, experienced and highly cosmopolitan. “He will we accepted in all political zones as a…

Mar

18

2023

By Famous Reporters

Breaking! President Buhari signs into Law Sen. Kalu’s Bill empowering states to build railways

NATIONAL NEWS#MuhammaduBuhari, #OrjiUzorKalu, railway

Breaking! President Buhari signs into Law Sen. Kalu's Bill empowering states to build railways President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the constitutional amendment Bill sponsored by the Chief Whip of the Senate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu granting States in the country powers to construct railways. The law titled a Bill for an Act to alter the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As amended ) to provide that the Federal Government and the State Governments shall have concurrent Legislative powers on Railway and to provide for matters Related thereto,2021 was among the 16 Constitutional Amendments signed into…