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The Presidency has declared that Nigerians can’t order President Muhammadu Buhari around. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said this during an interview with ‘Nigeria Info’s Morning Crossfire programme.’ Adesina, however, assured that Buhari will continue to do what was best for Nigerians. According to Adesina: “The fact that you have elected a man does not mean then you begin to order him around. “Some people think because whether you elected the President or you didn’t elect the President, you must lead your President by the ‘nose’; it does not happen. “The President will do whatever is…

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The Senate on Tuesday mandated its committees on public health, communications and science and technology, and cybercrime to investigate the status of the 5G network in the country as well as its impact on citizens. It also asked the federal government to suspend deployment and installation of the network in Nigeria. The 5G is the fifth generation of mobile technology which is an improvement of today’s 4G technology with enhanced capabilities. The technology provides the platform for new and emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data to improve the way we live and work.…

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The top trending search terms on Google Nigeria in the last one month were ‘How to make bread?’, followed by ‘Who is Abba Kyari?’. Google Nigeria made this known on Monday in Lagos when it presented the results of its top trending search terms in Nigeria since the lockdown was initiated. They also said the top 20 trending questions on Google Search Nigeria over the last 30 days are dominated by food and current affairs related. Nigeria, like many other nations, has implemented lockdowns in response to the coronavirus epidemic. Forced to stay at home, and often unable to perform their usual work,…

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Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has asked that people with frail health and the elderly who are 65 years or older should stay at home as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. The governor also banned social and religious gatherings but grants that wedding ceremonies and burials can hold provided they will not be attended by more than 15 people. All the foregoing and more are part of the contents of an executive order which the governor signed on Tuesday as guidelines for public conduct in light of a relaxed lockdown which the governor granted with…

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The American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, has disengaged 400 of its staff. This came to light on Tuesday when the university, owned by Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, announced that it no longer needed their services. The AUN is the second Yola enterprise of Atiku to sack staff in five days, as last Workers Day, May 1, Atiku’s Gotel Communications, a TV/Radio firm, sacked 46 workers. President of the AUN, Dawn Dekle signed the letters disengaging the 400 university workers. The university immediately issued a statement, however, explaining why the workers had to go. The Vice President in…

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The federal government for the second time has cut budget plans to assume a lower petroleum price of $20 per barrel. Also, government has projected that the economy will contract by 3.4 percent this year as a consequence of the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed made this disclosure at a virtual session tagged Citizens dialogue session on government fiscal policy decisions in response to the fall in oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic. At the session she said that the benchmark would again have to be revised down. According to her, “we are in the process of…

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The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Tuesday cautioned the Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila not to pass into law the proposed bill on infectious disease control in Nigeria. CAN said the bill was initiated to destroy Civil, Human rights of Nigerians, adding that if passed will prevent Nigerians from having a say in their own affairs. The religious body in a letter written to the Speaker, Honorable Femi Gbajabiamila and made available to The Nation noted that too much power were ceded to the Minister of Health and the Director General (DG), of the National…

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Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has approved the appointment of Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa, as new Emir of Rano. Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa, is the Kaigaman Rano and Hakimin Kibiya, The Nation recalled that late Emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Illa died on Saturday, May, 2. This was contained in a statement issued by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar on Tuesday and made available to reporters.

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Today, His Lordship, the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ikeduru; Rt. Revd. E.C Maduwike, Ph.D, JP supervised the disbursement and distribution of the Third tranche of food stuffs and life supporting items as palliative to over 600 hundred people in Ikeduru. In the words of the Bishop, “The Diocese at a time like this has decided to give succour to our people both Anglicans and non-Anglicans alike in response to the perilous time we are into now”. He continued, “I am grateful to the Priests and Church workers in our Diocese for their sacrifices in keeping aside their one…

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The North East Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA), Ahmed Minin is dead. Minin died Tuesday afternoon in Maiduguri, after a brief illness at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). NEMA’s zonal information officer, Ibrahim Abdulkadiri in a statement Tuesday in Maiduguri disclosed that; “With a heavy heart and total submission to the will of the Almighty, we regret to announce the passing away of Zonal Coordinator NEMA Northeast, Alhaji Ahmed Saidu Minin after a brief illness.” Abdulkadiri however, did not provided further details on cause of death and burial arrangements for the deceased. The late Minin who hails…

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