Author: Femi Ajasa
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JUST IN: Bandits kill Air Vice Marshall, Maisaka, grandson in Kaduna
Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed Air Vice-Marshall Mohammed Maisaka(retd), Proprietor and MD of MSK Hospital Rigasa in Kaduna State. He has shot dead a few hours ago at his residence at Makarfi Road, Rigasa Kaduna. The police in Kaduna State have commenced investigation into the murder of AVM Maisaka and his grandson.…
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Police place N5m bounty on fleeing kidnapping suspects in Ekiti
The Ekiti State Police Command has placed N5 million as reward for genuine information on the whereabouts of four suspects over alleged kidnapping in the state. ASP Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson in a statement on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, gave the names of the fleeing suspects as Banji Akeem, Samuel Ebira, Dele Jimoh and Dayo…
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Governors tackle Malami for supporting consultants in $418m Paris Club Payments
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Monday said the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation (HAGF), Abubakar Malami, was working against the public’s interest by insisting on the payment of $418 million to private consultants from the accounts of state governments. The consultants are claiming a percentage of Paris Club refunds as payment of services they…
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Anambra Guber: It’s not over, we can still win this election, PDP’s Ozigbo tells supporters
Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Anambra governorship election, says he can still emerge victorious in the exercise that is expected to end on Tuesday. The Independent National Electoral (INEC) had declared the election inconclusive on the grounds that election did not hold in Ihiala Local Government. Professor Chukwuma…
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Ikoyi collapsed building: Femi Osibona’s family speaks on alleged feud with his wife
The family of the Managing Director of Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona, has refuted reports in the media of a feud between the wife of the deceased and his siblings. It spoke in a statement titled: “Putting the records straight about the libellous vituperations on Femi Osibona’s family.” The statement by a lawyer, Olufemi Adeniyi,…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Great leadership lessons from king David (2)
By Oke Chinye Meditation verse: Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron saying, “indeed we are your bone and your flesh” (1 Chronicles 11:1). David was a very competent leader. Psalm 78:72 says that he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.…
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Take a look at FIRS budget to understand Nigeria’s predicament – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu Below is the content of the 2022 budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Service [FIRS]; an agency of the federal government responsible for assessing, collecting and accounting for all taxes and other revenues accruing to the Federal Government of Nigeria or any of its agencies, presented to the Nigerian National Assembly for…
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NDDC: The Nation newsaper’s irresponsible journalism
By Ebizomor Brisibe Our attention has been drawn to a glaringly irresponsible, unmistakably provocative, and professionally unethical story in The Nation’s newspaper of Sunday, November 7, 2021, with a deliberately orchestrated and misleading headline entitled “FG To Merge NDDC With Niger Delta Ministry.” Nothing can be further from the truth. This pooh-pooh story which was…
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Corruption: Ndume urges Buhari to sign Unexplained Wealth Order immediately
Senator Ali Ndume has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently sign or issue an Unexplained Wealth Order, as a way to strengthen the fight against corruption. Ndume made the call over the weekend in Ibadan while delivering the 2021 Distinguish Leadership Lecture Series, organised by the University of Ibadan. The lecture, with the topic: ‘The…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Great leadership lessons from king David (1)
By Oke Chinye Read: 1 CHRONICLES 11 & 13 Meditation verse: “So, he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands” (Psalm 78:72). David, the man whom God referred to as “a man after my own heart”, was Israel’s greatest king. He lived with such…