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Ozo has emerged this week’s Head of House in the Big Brother Naija lockdown house. He is the third housemate, and the first male housemate to win the challenge after Nengi and Lucy. He emerged winner of the Head of House games after beating seventeen other housemates at the arena. He picked Dorathy as his deputy. When Big Brother asked him for a second and third choice should Dorathy decline, he picked Nengi and Erica. Both are immune from this Sunday’s eviction and would enjoy the Head of House lounge. Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3i2VJbx via EDUPEDIA

Garba Shehu The Nigerian Government has described the planned protest by the Trade Union Congress over the high level of corruption in some government agencies and the inaction of President Muhammadu Buhari as ill-advised and uncalled for. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday, the government asked the labour union to allow the investigation by both the executive and National Assembly to run its full course. The statement reads, “The reported plan by the Trade Union Congress to embark on a nationwide protest over the alleged President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaction over the high-level of corruption uncovered at the Niger Delta Development Commission, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is ill advised and totally uncalled for considering that there are ongoing investigations in the cases by both the executive and legislative arms of government. These pr...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday denied the substitution of the name of the deputy governorship candidate of the African Action Congress in Ondo ahead of the governorship election in the state fixed for October 10. The AAC had on Sunday accused the commission of publishing a “strange name” as running mate to its governorship candidate, Adekunle Adeleye. The party stated that it sent the name of Mrs Mopelola Evelyn Ibrahim as the party’s deputy governorship candidate but was surprised to see that her name was replaced with one Samuel Tope Omotosho by INEC. In a statement by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, the electoral body said, “On Friday 31st July, 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission published the provisional list of candidates for the Ondo State governorship election scheduled for 10th October 2020 in its state office in Akure and also uploaded same to its website and s...

Muhammadu Buhari NCFront, a newly formed political movement, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for running Nigeria as a criminal enterprise and failed state, thereby making it the poverty capital of the world. The group made this known in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Mallam Tanko Yunusa, on Monday in Abuja. The NCFront said the nonchalant and irresponsible manner by which the railway contract between Nigeria and China was handled leaves much to be desired of the present political leadership in Nigeria. Muhammadu Buhari The group said the present crop of political office holders were only interested in trading away the sovereignty, asset and pride of the Nigerian people for their self-aggrandisement. The group asked the House of Representatives to put a stop to the contractual sale of the future and sovereignty of the Nigerian people to China. They also commended Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, for exposing internal sabotage in the fight against Ins...

A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Joseph Thalama Dawha, is dead. Mele Kyari, current GMD of NNPC, disclosed this in a statement on Monday evening. The statement reads partly, “The NNPC family gravely mourns the death of the former GMD, who provided astute leadership and made immense contributions to the progress of the corporation. It’s a great loss to us, the nation and the family.” The former GMD joined the services of the NNPC in 1988 and rose to the rank of Executive Director Commercial Services of Eleme Petrochemical Company Limited (now Indorama) Port Harcourt in 2003, from where he was appointed the Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Limited, Benin in 2005. Dawha as MD IDSL turned around the fortunes of IDSL which saw it exceed its target between 2007 and 2010. In 2014, former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed him to replace Andrew Yakubu. Dawha hails from Biu in Borno State and obtained a Bachelor of Sci...

The Ogun State Chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria has condemned the compulsory payment of N25,000 for COVID-19 and malaria tests for all students of private schools in the state. The party held that the Ogun State Government must rescind the discriminatory policy and bear the costs of the test. SaharaReporters had reported how the state government asked graduating secondary school students to pay N25,000 each before they are allowed to resume. The government said only students certified free of COVID-19 will be allowed into school premises. Google Angered by the decision of the government, parents staged a protest against the monetisation of the free COVID-19 test.  Reacting to the situation, the SPN described the compulsory payment as “stone-hearted, wicked, irresponsible, discriminatory and reprehensible action of the Dapo Abiodun APC-led government”. Eko John Nicholas, Chairperson of SPN in Ogun State, said they find the latest move by the government as dis...

Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian Government to drop all trumped up charges brought against human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and restore all his rights as guaranteed by Nigerian and international laws. The group made the call in a Twitter post on Monday to mark one year of Sowore’s arrest by the Department of State Services. Amnesty International had on November 20, 2019 designated the activist as prisoner of conscience following his arbitrary detention and unfair trial for exercising his right to protest. The rights group said President Muhammadu Buhari should stop using security agents and judiciary as a tool for persecuting people, who voice dissenting opinions, challenge abuse and call for accountability. The organisation said, “Today marks exactly a year after Nigerian authorities unlawfully detained Omoyele Sowore. “He was put through an unfair trial based on bogus charges. In November 2019 we declared him a Prisoner of Conscience; who was deprive...

Nigerians students studying abroad under the Niger Delta Development Commission scholarship have again held a protest to demand their two-year allowance. The students are demanding their take-off fee and tuition as they risk termination of their academic programmes by the foreign institutions due to the non-release of funds by the NDDC. The young citizens picketed the Nigerian High Commission, London, United Kingdom. Some of the affected persons, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said their institutions had terminated their academic programme and have listed them for deportation. Speaking at the scene of the protest, one of the scholars said the protest will continue until the government paid their funds. “We spoke with the consular and they said they will contact the presidency. “We have been deregistered from school and we will be deported within 60 days maximum. “We came here to send a strong message that you can no longer trample on us and think that we will ...

Human rights activist and Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would be remembered for presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria. He accused the President of suppressing the opposition and using security agents to harass persons, who speak truth to power. Adeyanju spoke in commemoration of the first anniversary of #RevolutionNow protest – an occasion that saw Nigerians in large numbers taking to the streets to demand better governance by Buhari’s administration. The protest led to the arrest of many activists and ordinary Nigerians, who participated in the demonstration. He said, “Buhari will be remembered for looting and relooting the loot and for selling the sovereignty of Nigeria to China by taking the loan he could not account for. “The loot that was recovered was also relooted by his government. “He oversees the most corrupt regime in the history of our country. He will be remembered for en...

A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram on the outskirts of Maiduguri Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped many people mostly women and children during an attack on an internally displaced persons camp in Garin Wanzam area of Diffa, Niger Republic. SaharaReporters gathered that the attack took place on Sunday night while many Muslim families were still celebrating the Id el Kabir festival. A security source said those abducted were displaced people from Abadam and Mobbar local government areas of Borno State. He said despite the fact that the area was well guarded by soldiers, the insurgents easily made their way into the camp to carry out their mission before leaving. A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram Audu Marte/AFP/Getty “Most Nigerians from Abadam and Mobbar staying in a refugee camp in Garin Wanzam were abducted last night by Boko Haram,” the source said. “The total number of people taken away can’t be ascert...

Nigerian airline operator, Air Peace, has announced the sack of 70 of its pilots as part of efforts to cushion the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. It also reduced staff salaries by up to 40 per cent. In a statement on Monday, Stanley Olise, spokesperson of the airline, said the decision was taken for the greater good of the company. He said, “The management of Air Peace wishes to state that it has taken a very painful but rightful decision in the circumstances the airline has found itself as a result of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operations and financial health, to terminate the employment of some of its pilots. “This decision was taken for the greater good of the company and its almost 3000 workforce, the affected pilots inclusive. “The airline cannot afford to toe the path of being unable to continue to fulfill its financial obligations to its staff, external vendors, aviation agencies, maintenance organisations, insurance companies, bank...

Sonala Olumhense Syndicated Twice as a columnist, in 2011 and 2015, I endorsed the candidature of General Muhammadu Buhari for the presidency, strongly believing he offered us a chance to reinvent ourselves. Following his victory, and still believing that Buhari was serious about leading Nigeria, when he was scheduled to visit the United States in early 2016, I requested a one-on-one interview. I hoped to help set the tone for robust public engagement. My request was granted, but eventually the interview could not hold in the United States.  Upon further arrangements, I arrived in Abuja on May 21. To be fair to the presidency, they welcomed me warmly back home, and I was certain I would be able to have my interview. There was only one problem: President Buhari was preparing to celebrate his first anniversary in office just days away.  I was informed there would be not one interview, but two interviews for a total of 90 minutes. And no, those interviews were not for ...