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“I am well and fit. Let us continue with the programme,” Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President said after coming out of the crashed Presidential Fleet helicopter on Saturday near Kabba in Kogi State. Osinbajo, who left for Abuja after a one-day visit to Akwa Ibom State on Friday, February 1, survived a similar incident in thehelicopter which conveyed him to the graduation of 40 senior officers of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Customs College in Gwagwalada on Thursday, June 7, 2018. The helicopter could not rise above the tree when the Vice President was scheduled to depart but was…

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have again failed to reach a compromise to end the ongoing strike by the university lecturers. Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment while addressing newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the union on Friday in Abuja said the meeting was protracted. He said, “The meeting was protracted, but the good news is that we have gotten to the end of the tunnel. “We met them halfway and we have finished the gray areas and on the issue of N50 billion, we have offered what we have. “We do…

As Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President visited Akwa Ibom State on Friday, neither Akwa Ibom Governor nor the deputy governor was at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo to receive him as protocol demands, Straightnews has gathered. Earlier, the state government had complained that the government was not notified of the visit on what it calls ‘gamesmanship’ but some critics see the government’s action as a ‘ruse.’ Osinbajo who visited the state for All Progressives Congress programmes was said to be in shock as neither Governor Udom Emmanuel nor Moses Ekpo, the state Deputy Governor was on hand to officially receive…

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, the 2 Brigade Nigerian Army on Thursday offered free medical outreach to over 2000 Akwa Ibom indigenes in Ukanafun Local Government Area of the state. Speaking to newsmen during the exercise, the Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Nasiru Jega, said the medical outreach was a way of the military to extend their services to the civilian populace as part of civil-military relationship. Jega said that the medical outreach was part of the ongoing military exercise tagged, Exercise EGWU EKE III which was flag off on Dec. 28, 2018 and to end on Feb. 28, 2019.…

Some popular Nigerian singers have joined their voices to campaign against vote buying during the 2019 general elections. As such, Chidinma Ekile, Tuface Idibia, and MI Abaga jointly released a single title ‘Not For Sale.’ Vote buying is underhanded strategy used by most politicians of the two major political parties- All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to outfox one another during the forthcoming general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Teni D, Waje, Umar Shareef and Cobhams Asuquo also featured in the advocacy collaboration. The song was directed by Bobby Hai, shot and edited by Paul Gambit and produced…

Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, has completed a loan move from Dalian Quanjian FC to FC Barcelona for the remaining 2018/2019 season. The Super Falcons star, who was part of Nigeria’s Africa Women’s Cup of Nations triumph, completed her medicals and signed her contract on Thursday. “This is obviously one of the best clubs in the world. The team has a great history and wonderful football mentality,” Oshoala said. The three-time CAF Women footballer of the year said she was happy to meet the requirements of the club and to play with Vicky Losada, her teammate at Arsenal. “I am excited…

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Thursday, said that the country has enrolled 34 million Nigerians and legal residents into the National Identity Database and issued them the National Identification Number, NIN. The commission also said it needed N134.23 billion ($433million) to reduce the backlog of people without National Identity within the next three years. Director-General of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, said the country would have spent over $1billion but for harmonization committee comprising 23 agencies of the federal government that reviewed the options and arrived at $433m for the 3-year plan. While announcing the figure at the Lunchtime Seminar organized by the…

Oil prices rose for a third day Thursday pushed up by lower imports into the United States amid OPEC efforts to tighten the market as well as Venezuela struggles to keep up its crude exports after Washington imposed sanctions on the nation, with the Brent crude settling at $62.01. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $54.47 per barrel at 0758 GMT, up 24 cents or 0.4 per cent from their last settlement. International Brent crude oil futures were up 36 cents or 0.6 per cent at $62.01 per barrel. The price rise came after a report from…

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday dismissed claims that his association with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has diminished his commitment to the war against corruption. The Presidency in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said that there was a difference between perception and reality. According to the statement which came on the heels of allegation after the proclamation by President Buhari of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at a rally in Kano, the Presidency cited a number of high…

Despite Wednesday night’s decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, barring it from fielding candidates in Zamfara State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, says it would not only field candidates in Zamfara but also in Rivers State where its fate is also a subject of litigation. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, who stated this yesterday in Abuja, also added that the appellate court decision on the trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, has vindicated President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the matter. “Let me add that in Kano State, PDP did…