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APC CECPC Lists Achievements, Briefs State Chairmen on Upcoming Congress
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APC CECPC Lists Achievements, Briefs State Chairmen on Upcoming Congress

The CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress has listed it's major achievements while also applauding the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari in his steering of the ship of state.The self-appraisal and applause was made on Friday during the meeting held between the Caretaker and Emergency Convention Planning Committee with the state Chairmen of the party across the Federation.In a speech at the occasion, the Secretary in his opening line said,"May I commence by commending the leader of our party, President Muhammadu Buhari for steering the ship of our statehood on course during very trying times. He continued,"The grit of a leader becomes established when a nation faces difficult times and our dear President has shown unparalleled leadership in the face of global economic do...
Sallah: Parks, Recreational Grounds in FCT Remain Shut
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Sallah: Parks, Recreational Grounds in FCT Remain Shut

As the Muslim festival of Id- El Kabir approaches and with the declaration of Tuesday(20th July,2021) and Wednesday ( 21 July,2021) this week as public holidays by the Federal Government to mark the event, the FCT authorities have emplaced measures to pre-empt a rise in COVID-19 victims in it's jurisdiction. Rising from a meeting of the FCT Emergency Operations Committee (EOC) on COVID-19, chaired by the Hon. Minister of the FCT Malam Muhammad Musa Bello on Friday, 16th of July 2021, the authorities have, among others, decided to maintain the shutdown of parks and recreational grounds within the territory all through the festive period.This decision was taken in view of the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country and the FCT and the possibility of a third wave in it's s...
Eid-El-Kabir: FG Declares Tuesday, Wednesday Public Holidays
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Eid-El-Kabir: FG Declares Tuesday, Wednesday Public Holidays

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 20 and Wednesday, July 21, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslim faithful and Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora on this occasion. “I call on Muslims to continue to imbibe the spirit of love, peace, kindness and sacrifice, as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) and to also use the period to pray for peace, unity, prosperity and the stability of the country, considering the challenges of insecurity we face at the moment. These mainly are bandits in the North West and North Central, insurgents in the North East, kidnappers, armed robbers, et...
Indigenous Solar Cell Production ‘ll Crash Price by 60% – Onu
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Indigenous Solar Cell Production ‘ll Crash Price by 60% – Onu

By Patience Asoro The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has called for the production of indigenous solar cells in the country even as he said that producing the panels in the country will force down the unit cost by 60 percent. According to him, the production of indigenous solar cells will have a positive attendant effect on many industries in the country. The Minister made the call during a virtual meeting he had with the Director General (DG) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) based in Dubai U.A.E, Mr. Francesco La Camera in his office in Abuja. Onu said that the indigenous production of solar cells will drop the price of solar panels by 60% and aid Nigeria’s transformation into a green economy. Th...
Uni-Abuja VC Tasks New Students on Ethics, Matriculate 5311
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Uni-Abuja VC Tasks New Students on Ethics, Matriculate 5311

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah has called on the newly admitted students at the institution to refrain from drug abuse and cultism, for a better future and healthy living. Na’Allah, who gave his advice during the matriculation of 5311 newly admitted students on Wednesday, charged them to be law-abiding and disciplined in line with their matriculating oath. He urged the students to repose the confidence their parents have on them, assuring them of the University’s determination to provide an enabling environment for their academic pursuit. “Your admission into this prestigious University out of several candidates who selected the institution as their preferred option is a privilege and an opportunity you should not toy with. “May, I, at t...
Why I Didn’t Honour Lawmakers’ Invitation – Suspended Kano Anti-corruption Chair
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Why I Didn’t Honour Lawmakers’ Invitation – Suspended Kano Anti-corruption Chair

The embattled Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji has said he was unable to appear before the State of House of Assembly due to an undisclosed medical condition.  The Kano State House of Assembly had invited the suspended anti-graft boss to appear before its ad-hoc committee investigating a petition against him on Wednesday July 14, 2021. Magaji who spoke to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, however, insisted that that his suspension by the lawmakers was done out of malice, saying he was never giving a fair hearing. Recalled that the lawmakers had earlier suspended the anti-graft boss for one month over alleged rejection of an accountant posted to his commission by the office of the Accountant-General of the state.  Follo...
Nigeria’s First Solar Panel Inventor, Dania, Now to Oversee SEDI
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Nigeria’s First Solar Panel Inventor, Dania, Now to Oversee SEDI

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC)/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof Mohammed Haruna has appointed Engr. David Dania to oversee the affairs of the Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI) Enugu. Dania was the first scientist to developed the first solar panel manufacturing plant in Nigeria, the 7.5 MW NASENI solar panel manufacturing plant at Karshi Abuja, and produced the first made in Nigeria solar module. The appointment arose following the recent vacuum created by the death of late Prof Samuel N. Ndubisi, even as Haruna, added that this is coming pending the appointment of a substantive Director In a letter, Dania was directed to commence overseeing the affairs of the institute with immediate effec...
War in PDP as Wike, Secondus Square Up for Fight
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War in PDP as Wike, Secondus Square Up for Fight

With the fight for supremacy unfolding in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), no thanks to the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike and the National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, the party no doubt faces further fragmentation even as 2023 slowly and gradually drawing close by the day. Confirming that all is not well with the party, the media office of the National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, has confirmed in a statement made available to EXTRAORDINAIREPEOPLE News that it has been inundated with calls and inquiries on the outburst of the Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike against the person and image of the National Chairman. Mr. Ike Abonyi, who signed the statement on behalf of Prince Secondus, said: “Our response is that no amount of pro...
N/Delta: With $1bn Contributions from IOCs, FG Lists Achievements, Challenges of Ogoni Remediation
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N/Delta: With $1bn Contributions from IOCs, FG Lists Achievements, Challenges of Ogoni Remediation

The Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar, has said International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have contributed $1 billion to the Ogoni clean-up even as he added that the federal government has made considerable progress on the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) mandates since project began in 2016. Briefing a cross-section of the Media in Abuja on the update of the clean-up, he said 21 out of the 69 lots delineated have been remediated assuring that very soon more of the delineated lots will be cleaned of the pollution and pollutants. While admitting that the clean-up is one year behind schedule, he said the achievements made by President Muhammadu Buhari Administration in the project will remain a litmus test ...
Grinding Insecurity: Buhari Meets 109 Senators Tonight 
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Grinding Insecurity: Buhari Meets 109 Senators Tonight 

Following public outcry and concern over the growing insecurity across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight at 8pm meet with the 109 Senators of the National Assembly. The venue is at the State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.  The scheduled meeting between members of the upper chamber and President Buhari was conveyed in a letter received from the State House and read during plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan.   The Senate on April 27, 2021, reached a resolution for the leadership of the upper chamber to schedule a meeting with the President to enable all 109 Senators meet with him to discuss the issue of insecurity in the country.  The invitation letter for the scheduled meeting between the President and members ...
How FG’s Robust Strategy Helped in Curtailing COVID-19 – Aregbesola
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How FG’s Robust Strategy Helped in Curtailing COVID-19 – Aregbesola

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has attributed the timely strategic and aggressive measures deployed by the Federal Government during the COVID-19 Pandemic since year 2020 as responsible for the success attained in curtailing the pandemic in the country especially in the Nigerian's Correctional Centers (NCCs).  Aregbesola acknowledged that the initiative of the Ministries of Interior and Justice to secure presidential pardon and amnesty for some inmates while also recommending others to State Governments for release was helpful. The Minister stated this in lecture he presented at the Third Annual Lecture on Economy and Security during COVID-19 at the Faculty of Arts, Ekiti State University, Ado -Ekiti, Ekiti State. He commended the University and the Faculty for...
PDP Tasks N/Assembly over Electoral Act
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PDP Tasks N/Assembly over Electoral Act

By Frank Momoh The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, has enjoined members of the National Assembly to ensure that whatever they do regarding the Electoral amendment reflects the wishes and desires of Nigerians. Secondus said in a statement from his media office on Monday that the legislators should know that the easiest way to engender the eluding peace in the land today is through a free, fair and credible elections which can only be guaranteed by the sincere amendment of the Act. "Free and fair election is critical to the future of our democracy and it behooves on you parliamentarians to save this democracy by doing the needful "It's the electoral reform carried out by PDP administration that prepared the enabling ground that saw ...
Buhari to Ayade, Matawalle: You ‘ll be Respected for Defecting to APC
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Buhari to Ayade, Matawalle: You ‘ll be Respected for Defecting to APC

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday at State House, Abuja, received the Governors of Cross River and Zamfara States, who recently left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).  The new APC members, Governors Ben Ayade and Bello Matawalle were accompanied to the event by the Chairman Caretaker Committee of the Party and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, Gov Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State who is Chairman of Progressives Governors Forum, and Governor Muhammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State.  President Buhari handed the flags of the party to the two Governors, raised their hands aloft, and declared:  “This is one of the happiest times for us in this party. For you to have the courage to leave your constituencies, speak a lot. I wish Nigerians...
We are Not Involve in Official Kidnapping
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We are Not Involve in Official Kidnapping

Following the outcry from the public over the rising involvement of men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in aiding and abetting kidnappers carry out their trade, the FCT Police Command on Monday dissociates itself from involving in such crime. A trending article in some sections of the social media had accused the Police Operatives of aiding and abetting in ‘official kidnapping syndrome along Game Village axis, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). ASP Yusuf Mariam, the Command’s PRO, in a statement said: “The Command wishes to categorically state that there was no record of such incident within the FCT as at 1000hrs of Monday 12th of July.” It is funny to hear my doctor talk about Xanax. Me have been taking it for 20 years, but what do I know. Cause after all they know b...
Sanwoolu, Abdulrahman To Head APC Reconciliation Efforts in Anambra
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Sanwoolu, Abdulrahman To Head APC Reconciliation Efforts in Anambra

Following the recently-concluded, All Progressives Congress (APC) Primaries to elect the Party's flagbearer for the November 6th Anambra State Governorship Elections, the Governor Mai Mala Buni-chaired Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has appointed the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-olu and the Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman to unify and strengthen the party in the state ahead of the elections. The two-party leaders are charged with the responsibility of bringing together all the erstwhile aspirants and their supporters to join the campaign organisation of the party and achieve victory for the APC in the state. The Chairman of CECPC mandated the two governors to do everything reasonable and necessary to ensure that al...
APC Names 3-man Committee to Lead Zamfara Chapter
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APC Names 3-man Committee to Lead Zamfara Chapter

The Governor Mai Mala Buni-chaired All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary and Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has constituted a three-member committee to run the affairs of the party in the state. The three-member committee comprises Senator Hassan Mohammed Gusau (Chairman),Muntari Ahmed Anka (Deputy Chairman) and Professor Abdullahi Shinkafi who will act as SecretaryThis may not be unconnected with the recent defection of the state governor, Dr. Bello Matawalle from the People's Democratic Party ( PDP) to the All Progressives Congress ( APC) as he automatically becomes the Leader of the party in the state. The CECPC appealed to those directly affected by this action to show understanding and consider it a sacrifice made for the growth of the party. It also...
NCC Debunks Records of Additional 3m New Lines in Q1
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NCC Debunks Records of Additional 3m New Lines in Q1

By Frank Momoh  The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to an online media report alleging that mobile telephony subscriptions in Nigeria somehow grew by 3,000,000 new subscribers in the first quarter of 2021. This the online medium says is coming despite the suspension on the registration of new subscribers which took effect from December 9, 2020 and was only lifted in May, 2021.  The Ericsson Mobility Report cited in the online publication is essentially a forecast of trends based on Ericsson’s analysis and does not refer to the NCC or any official channel as source for its data and/or projections.  It is therefore inaccurate that Nigeria recorded 3million new lines in the 1st Quarter of 2021 as stated in the media report. ...
The Transmogrification of T.B. Joshua
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The Transmogrification of T.B. Joshua

By Frank Tietie Amidst the mystery, shock and grief that have greeted the death and the just concluded burial ceremonies of Africa's most widely recognised preacher and philanthropist, in recent times, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), certain reflections on his life and times have become pertinent. Firstly, how did a rustic Nigerian man who began his early gospel ministry with a pack of locals in booths made from palm fronds, grow to become the most celebrated African preacher by sitting Heads of States, international celebrities and nationals from almost every country of the world?  Arguably, apart from the Evangelist Dr Billy Graham and perhaps, Reinhard Bonnke, no other Christian man of God seemed to have co...
Take Advantage of INEC’s CVR – APC Urges Members
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Take Advantage of INEC’s CVR – APC Urges Members

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called  on its supporters and members at home and in the diaspora, to take advantage of the ongoing  Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) online Continuous Voter Registration  exercise to register and complete the process at designated centres from where they can obtain their Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC).The party reminded members that the Permanent Voters' Card is the only legal instrument voters can use to elect leaders who can sustain the  national ongoing efforts of APC governments at the Federal, State and Local Government Areas to sustain its successes in renewing national infrastructure, transforming agriculture and diversifying the economy. APC members across the country should equip themselves with the voters' cards to enab...
ACCI, Stakeholders Decry Exports Bottlenecks, Call for  “state of emergency”
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ACCI, Stakeholders Decry Exports Bottlenecks, Call for “state of emergency”

The President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar and stakeholders in the export business have called for a declaration of a state of emergency to remove bottlenecks in the processing of non-oil exports in Nigeria.Non-oil exporters in Nigeria raised the alarm over serious constraints facing them in the export business, describing the situation as constituting threats to the government’s efforts to increase non-oil revenue earnings.Speaking variously at the unveiling of study report on the operation of dry ports in Nigeria organized by the Abuja chamber of commerce and industry, the stakeholders cited multi-billion naira loss being experienced by exporters due to delay at the port, multiplicity of agencies, poor infrastructure and bureaucratic challenges ...