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Tinubu: Embracing Illusion, Ignoring Reality By Alaba Abdulrazak
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Tinubu: Embracing Illusion, Ignoring Reality By Alaba Abdulrazak

In the annals of Nigeria's history, no leader either military or civilian that has ever admitted to having failed Nigerians as a leader. But both the military and civilian, all have one thing in common. They see themselves as the messiah of sorts and yet none has set the foundation for our greatness as a Nation not to talk of one that will convey us to the ‘Promised Land’. Unfortunately for us as a Nation, most of these so-called leaders engage in self-deception-hiding the truth from even themselves. In the process, they embrace illusions and ignore reality. By doing this, they deny evidence, logic, or reality and even rationalize choices or behaviours to serve a false narrative. That is why we continue to move in circles in Nigeria. Penultimate week, President Bola Tinubu was quoted...
Osinbajo To Deliver Lecture On Climate Change At U.S. Varsity
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Osinbajo To Deliver Lecture On Climate Change At U.S. Varsity

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday depart Abuja for the U.S. to deliver a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in Philadelphia. Mr Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the vice president would also participate in an interactive session with students and faculty coordinated by Wale Adebanwi, Professor of Africana Studies at the UPenn. The vice president’s lecture on April 24, will be themed around Climate Change and a Just Transition, and is hosted by the University’s Center for Africana Studies. Mr Osinbajo, a leading voice and strong advocate for a Just Energy Transition for Africa and the developing world, is currently spearheading efforts aimed at creating the African Carbon Market as one of the pathways of a just and sustain...
IPMAN’s National President Adewoyin Urges S’Court To Dismiss Abdul-Fari, Ahmed’s Application For Enlargement Of Time To Appeal
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IPMAN’s National President Adewoyin Urges S’Court To Dismiss Abdul-Fari, Ahmed’s Application For Enlargement Of Time To Appeal

Kolawole Adewoyin, the authentic National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has urged the Supreme Court in Abuja to dismiss the application for enlargement of time to which to appeal brought by Alhaji Engineer Sanusi Abdul-Fari, Alhaji Debo Ahmed and the Registered Trustees of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). Adewoyin in a counter-affidavit sworn to and signed by him in Appeal No. SC/CV/234/2023, a copy of which was seen by our correspondent, urged the court to dismiss the application filed by the appellants, on the ground that it is another attempt by the appellants to continue to elongate their tenure in office and seeking judicial backing to their act of illegality. He added that a copy of a Motion on N...
Labour Party Is Not Planning Insurrection- Spokesman
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Labour Party Is Not Planning Insurrection- Spokesman

Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP), has said that the party is not plotting an insurrection. On Wednesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) said it confirmed a plot “by some key players” to install an interim government in the country. The secret police alleged that some protests against the outcome of the presidential elections were being sponsored by vested interests. Reacting on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television, Tanko described the development as a “conspiracy against the state” in which the LP had no part. However, the LP spokesperson accused the DSS of not reacting to attacks on his party members during the elections but only speaking afterward. “When we went on the streets to campaign and our members were maimed and attack...
Zimbabwe Seeks Nigerian Air Force’s Assistance
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Zimbabwe Seeks Nigerian Air Force’s Assistance

The commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe, Air Marshal Elson Moyo, has expressed his country’s desire to explore technical assistance from the Nigerian Air Force. Mr Moyo made the request when he visited the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, at NAF headquarters in Abuja. NAF’s spokesman, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The Zimbabwean air chief requested technical support in research and development, unmanned aerial vehicle technology, and operation and maintenance of F7 and Mi-35 aircraft. Mr Moyo said the identified areas for collaboration were of common and peculiar aviation interests to Zimbabwe and Nigeria, whose air forces operate some similar aircraft. He said NAF, within a short time, had recorded remarkabl...
Stop Publishing Rumour, Tinubu Travelled Out To Undertake Rest, Lesser Hajj, Says Tunde Rahman
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Stop Publishing Rumour, Tinubu Travelled Out To Undertake Rest, Lesser Hajj, Says Tunde Rahman

The office of the President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has reacted to the story making round that the new President-Elect travelled out to seek medical attention over ill-health. Tinubu’s media team in a press statement by Tunde Rahman, said that the new President travelled out to rest and also prepare for lesser hajj. "After a very exhaustive campaign and election season, President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has travelled abroad to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of May 29, 2023 inauguration." "The President-elect left the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja for Europe on Tuesday night." "The President-elect decided to take a break after the hectic campaign and election season to rest in Paris and London, preparatory to going to Saudi Arabia for Umrah (...
Election Petition: Obi, Atiku Have No Case-Tinubu Will Be Cleared Of All Allegations – Keyamo
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Election Petition: Obi, Atiku Have No Case-Tinubu Will Be Cleared Of All Allegations – Keyamo

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, calling for the annulment of the February 25 Presidential Election won by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Obi had previously challenged the outcome of the election and had also sought the court requesting to have access to all the sensitive materials Independent National Electoral Commission deployed for the election. On Tuesday, the LP candidate filed another suit at the election tribunal challenging the declaration of Tinubu by INEC who he said “was not duly elected by the majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election.” The former Anambra State governor claimed th...
U.S To Sanction Those Found Culpable Of Undermining 2023 Polls
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U.S To Sanction Those Found Culpable Of Undermining 2023 Polls

The United States mission in Nigeria says it will consider “all available actions” against those who undermined the just-concluded elections in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the US said “it is deeply disturbed” by cases of voter intimidation and use of ethnically charged rhetoric during the gubernatorial and house of assembly elections held on March 18. It also called on the federal government and other relevant agencies to ensure those that aided voter suppression are brought to book. “The United States is deeply troubled by the disturbing acts of violent voter intimidation and suppression that took place during those polls in Lagos, Kano, and other states,” the statement reads. Members of the U.S. diplomatic mission observed the elections in Lagos and elsewhere and...
Now That Elections Are Over-Healing Process Must Begin- President-elect Tinubu
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Now That Elections Are Over-Healing Process Must Begin- President-elect Tinubu

Nigeria's President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged all elected political office holders to begin what he called a "healing process" now that the elections are over. Tinubu in a first press statement after the gubernatorial and state assembly elections said that politicians must take urgent steps to unite the people. "Those who voted for us and those who did not. We must champion the healing process by embracing the opponents and their supporters. As I have stated previously, the time for politicking is gone. This is time for nation building, a task beyond one individual or a section of the society. We need every hand from wherever it may come to be on deck." Read the full statement: With the conclusion of the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, I congrat...
78 Million Children Risk Water-related Crisis In Nigeria, Says UNICEF
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78 Million Children Risk Water-related Crisis In Nigeria, Says UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 78 million children in Nigeria are at risk of three water-related threats. UNICEF listed the threats as inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene-related diseases and climate hazards. This is contained in a statement signed by UNICEF Nigeria chief of WASH, Jane Bevan, on Monday. “In Nigeria, one-third of children do not have access to at least basic water at home, and two-thirds do not have basic sanitation services. Hand hygiene is also limited, with three-quarters of children unable to wash their hands due to lack of water and soap at home,” said the statement. UNICEF added, “As a result, Nigeria is one of the 10 countries that carry the heaviest burden of child deaths from diseases caused by inadequate WASH, such as diarrhoea...