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Some Nigerians have taken Dr. Doyin Okupe to tatters for disparaging the anti-corruption crusade of the All Progressives Congress-led administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Okupe, a one-time Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday, reacting to the tweet of Femi Fani-Kayode, doubted the sincerity and seriousness of Buhari in fighting corruption. “Add that to Babachirgate, Barugate (Part 1), Osbornegate, Alpha-Beta Gate and so many other gates.” “Do you still believe that Buhari is Mr. Clean and that APC is a party of angels?” he queried. Earlier, Femi Fani-Kayode, the then Minister of Aviation, Thursday, had…

More than 200,000 unemployed youths across the country would benefit from the various training and empowerment programmes of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). The NDE Director-General, Dr. Nasiru Argungu, stated this on Thursday in Gusau at the opening ceremony of the orientation programme for new intakes to NDE programmes. Argungu, represented by Mr. Muhammad Alhassan, the State Coordinator of the directorate, said the youths would be trained and empowered through various programmes initiated by the directorate. He said the Federal Government is highly committed to reducing unemployment rate among youths in the country. The Director-General said President Muhammadu Buhari…

President Muhammadu Buhari has given consent for the renewal of three Oil Mining Licences (OML) belonging to oil and gas firm, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc. A disclosure sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday said the president gave consent for the renewal of the three licences––OMLs 4, 38 and 41–to a new expiry date of 21 October 2038. #OML #Renewal #Nigeria #Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc today announced that the President and Honourable #Minister of Petroleum Resources has given consent for the renewal of… https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNSieShnjX/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1rlkdzvmjn85k … Mr. Buhari, who is also Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, gave the approval after the company paid…

The All Progressives Congress has accused Peoples Democratic Party of spreading fake news as the 2019 general election draws closer. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, stated this in a statement on Wednesday. He listed the repercussions of the fake news  to include division, hate speech, violence and disruption of democratic processes, among others. In the statement, the party alleged that PDP and its agents have continued to deploy what he described as strategy of misinformation and distortion of facts. It said: “While the APC is not surprised at the PDP’s typical theatrics in an attempt…

The Operation Crocodile Smile 111, Wednesday, showed the public that it combines curbing criminality in the Niger Delta region with philanthropic gesture in fostering military-civil relationship in its immediate community. Speaking during the presentation of food items and other materials to inmates of Mother Charles Children Home in Uyo, Brig.-Gen. Abdu Hassan, the Commander of the Nigerian Army, 2 Brigade Headquarters, said the donation was part of the military-civil relationship to contribute to the community where they operate. Hassan said since the official launching of the operation in 2016, it has been able to flush out criminals and other bad…

Susanna Dinnage has been named as the new chief executive of the Premier League, replacing Richard Scudamore. Dinnage joins from media organisation Discovery, where she was the global president of the Animal Planet channel. Scudamore, 59, is stepping down next month after 19 years at the helm. “I am excited at the prospect of taking on this fantastic role. The Premier League means so much to so many people,” said Dinnage, who will begin her new job early in 2019. “It represents the pinnacle of professional sport and the opportunity to lead such a dynamic and inspirational organisation is a…

Fulham have appointed Claudio Ranieri, who guided Leicester to the Premier League title in 2016. Ranieri replaced the sacked manager Slavisa Jokanovic. Jokanovic makes way with the Cottagers sitting bottom of the Premier League table with five points from 12 matches. Italian Ranieri, 67, has been given a “multi-year” contract by the Londoners. “Making a change without having the right answer or succession plan was not an option,” said Fulham chairman Shahid Khan. “So having someone of Claudio’s calibre ready to accept our challenge was comforting but, most of all, essential. “Claudio is risk-free and ready-made for the Premier League,…

AN ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. UDOM EMMANUEL, GOVERNOR, AKWA IBOM STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2019 BUDGET PROPOSALS “BUDGET OF INDUSTRALIZATION FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION” TO AKWA IBOM STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, NOVEMBER 14, 2018, AKWA IBOM STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, UDO UDOMA AVENUE, UYO PROTOCOL, The Right Hon. Speaker, Barrister Onofiok Luke Honourable Principal Officers, Honourable Members of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly About three years and five months ago, destiny and a passion to serve flavoured with an acute sense of duty and abiding faith in our common essence brought us together to…

The Federal High Court in Abuja, Wednesday, ordered Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe and two other persons to produce missing Nnamdi Kanu in court or pay N100 million each. Abaribe and two other persons, who stood sureties for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to within two months, pay the sum of N100 million each into the court’s account for their inability to produce the missing Biafran activist in court. The Punch gathered that the ruling was delivered on Wednesday by Justice Binta Nyako while amending the conditions of the bail she had in April 2017 granted Kanu. Kanu…

A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, Wednesday, declared the seat of the member representing Itu State Constituency at the state House of Assembly, Mr Idongesit Ituen, vacant. This came after his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ituen had defected from PDP in September 2018 to the APC, and in a bid to pre-empt the House of Assembly from declaring his seat vacant, approached the court. But the Federal High Court ruled against his defection, describing it as unlawful since the party was not witnessing any internal…