The Former Deputy president of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has inaugrated the 2020 season of the Annual medical outreach, instituted by the Deputy Minority leader, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Toby Okechukwu. UGAMATV gathered that the Annual medical outreach, is a health program established by Rt. Hon. Okechukwu, in a bid to restore vitality...
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BLASPHEMY : SHARI’AH COUNCIL WANTS KANO GOVT ,TO EXECUTE COURT JUDGEMENT
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has urged Kano State Government to execute the court judgement that found a singer guilty of blasphemy. In a statement signed by its Secretary General, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad, on Tuesday in Kaduna, the Shari’ah Council said executing the judgement will serve as a deterrent to others. It berated those...
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BUHARI RECEIVES BRIEFING ON MALI CRISIS FROM ECOWAS SPECIAL ENVOY JONATHAN
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States’ Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, on Tuesday, met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the meeting held behind closed doors, Jonathan told his successor that the country’s main opposition group, M5, is...
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CARRINGTON LEAKED INFORMATION OF MY ARREST DURING ABACHA REGIME -OBASANJO
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed how the late former American Ambassador in Nigeria, Amb. Walter Carrington, leaked the information of his pending arrest by late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha (retd.), in 1995 to him. Obasanjo said he was offered political asylum in the United States of America during his trip to...
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FAYEMI SAYS : GOVERNORS IN SUPPORT OF JUDICIAL AUTONOMY
The Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, expressed the support of the 36 governors of the federation for judicial autonomy in the country. Fayemi, who noted that judicial reform remained the engine room of any democracy, said necessary reforms must be undertaken in the judiciary to promote...
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ABUJA TRIP :ANAMBRA ELDERS PROTEST, DEMAND MONARCHS’ SACKING
Protesters from Governor Willie Obiano’s Aguleri community in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Monday, demanded the sacking of two traditional rulers from the area for joining other monarchs in the state for a trip to Abuja without the state government’s approval. Made up of mostly elderly people, the protesters stated...
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EKWEREMADU INSPECTS PROJECTS AHEAD OF 2021 BUDGET
The Former Deputy president of the Senate, sen. Ike Ekweremaduhas toured the sites of the developmental projects in Ezeagu south, a part of Enugu West Senatorial District, which he represents in the Senate. According to the senator, The tour was targeted at ascertaining the rate and quality of work being done in all the sites,...
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ONDO 2020: JEGEDE PICKS REP AS RUNNING MATE
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has picked a member of the House of Representatives, Mr Gboluga Ikengboju, as his running mate. Ikengboju is representing the Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency at the National Assembly. The PDP candidate, who announced his running on his Twitter handle on Monday, said...
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IMO BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR ATTACK ON UZODINMA’S CONVOY
The Imo State Government has accused opposition political parties in the state of sponsoring the protesters who attacked Governor Hope Uzodinma’s convoy on Monday in Owerri. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, said the ban on illegal protests had been vindicated following the arrest of armed hoodlums claiming to be staff members...
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FG REVEALS WHY NIGERIA SIGNED SOVEREIGNTY CLAUSE IN LOAN AGREEMENT WITH CHINA
The House of Representatives on Monday faulted the sovereignty clause in Nigeria’s loan agreement with China, saying it was dangerous. The Chairman of the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, Nicholas Ossai, who stated this in Abuja at the investigative hearing on external loans and commercial agreements, said Nigeria’s loan agreement with the Asian...