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  • Atiku Receives COVID-19 Vaccine In Dubai

    Atiku Receives COVID-19 Vaccine In Dubai

    This was revealed by a media personality, Dele Momodu, who shared pictures showing Atiku receiving the jab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

    Former Vice President, The Wazirin Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, receives Pfizer COVID-19 jab vaccination,” Momodu captioned the pictures on Twitter.

    Atiku had in a New Year Day message expressed the belief that “the vaccine(s) would soon be available for vaccination in Nigeria.”

    He added, “It is also hoped that very soon life would return to normal.”

    The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it hoped to get 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to battle coronavirus in the country.

  • Ganduje Stops N30,000 Minimum Wage, Reverts to N18,000

    Ganduje Stops N30,000 Minimum Wage, Reverts to N18,000

    Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has reverted to the former minimum wage of N18,000 for its workers.

    In an interview yesterday, spokesperson to the governor, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, said the state government has also stopped the payment of N30,000 minimum wage to its workers.

    Tanko-Yakasai said the reason for the action is due to the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    He added that the state is unable to continue paying N30,000 because what the state is getting now as a government has reduced.

    “The state government has reverted to the initial minimum pay due to the recession. What we are getting now as a government has reduced, and we can’t afford to pay the N30,000 minimum wage,” he told reporters.

  • 4 dead, 52 arrested as Trump supporters protest-US Capitol

    4 dead, 52 arrested as Trump supporters protest-US Capitol

    Four persons have died and 52 arrested after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed

    the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, protesting to stop the Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory.

    According to Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Robert J. Contee, said 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 6.00 p.m. curfew.

    Twenty-six of those arrests were made on the U.S. Capitol grounds.

    Several others were arrested on charges relating to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms.

  • Mike Pence Angry With Trump, Changes Twitter Bio To Biden and Harris’ Photo

    Mike Pence Angry With Trump, Changes Twitter Bio To Biden and Harris’ Photo

    he United States’ Vice President, Mike Pence, has changed his Twitter biography to a picture of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, after the events that unfolded in the US on Wednesday, January 6.

    In a stunning rebuke of his boss, Pence changed the bio after Trump criticised him for not “helping him out” in the Electoral College vote certification process, using his ceremonial role as the President of the Senate.

    Senator Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, said he talked to Vice President Mike Pence about President Trump’s criticisms of him, and Pence “was very upset with him.”

    Inhofe also called Trump’s comments “regrettable.”

    Pence on Wednesday publicly broke with Trump, saying he could not submit to demands to overthrow the results of the election.

    Pence formalised his views in a letter to lawmakers, declaring he has no “unilateral authority to decide presidential contests” and could not change the results of the election.

    “It is my considered judgement that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,” he wrote.

  • US: Congresswoman initiates move to impeach Trump

    US: Congresswoman initiates move to impeach Trump

    A United States, US, Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar has called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.

    Omar said she is “drawing up” articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

    She made the disclosure after the protest at Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday.

    “I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment,” the Democratic congresswoman wrote on her Twitter handle, NAN reports.

    “Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the United States Senate,” she wrote.

    Hundreds of demonstrators breached security and scaled the steps of the

    building where lawmakers were due to certify president-elect Joe Biden’s win in the November election.

  • Fed Govt’s N52m for 2,600 Nasarawa women

    Fed Govt’s N52m for 2,600 Nasarawa women

    The Federal Government has disbursed N52 million to 2,600 women in Nasarawa State in its effort to reduce the rate of poverty at the grassroots.

    The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, who made the disbursement yesterday in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital said the effort was to improve household consumption.

    Sadiya said the money was to improve school enrollment, attendance and encourage household financial capacity.

    The minister, who was represented by the Minister of State for Science and Technology, Abdullahi Mohammed, explained that Nasarawa State has received N3.2 billion from the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer programme.

    Her words: “The social register is being expanded to cater for more poor and vulnerable households in Nasarawa State.”

    Farouq, however, urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the opportunity to increase their income.

  • Gas pipeline explodes in Port Harcourt

    Gas pipeline explodes in Port Harcourt

    A gas pipeline explosion in Oduoha, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, has created tension in the community.

    The pipeline, which passes through the community to a terminal in Bonny, was said to have exploded Tuesday morning.

    There was confusion whether the pipeline is owned by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) or the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC).


    As at 12 noon on Wednesday, gas was still leaking from the ruptured pipe.

    Paramount Ruler of Oduoha Chief Ferdinand Ogbuehi said the explosion caused panic and forced many residents to flee.

    He said: “From 4am till now, the people have been in fear. The vibration has sent many packing. We are not at rest. We have not seen this type of thing before. We want the government to come and see what is happening.

    “We have announced that nobody should go there. We don’t want fire to destroy our community. We want the government to come.”

  • Today’s Nigerian Newspaper Cover Stories 07- January -2021

    Today’s Nigerian Newspaper Cover Stories 07- January -2021

  • Tension In Immigration, NSCDC, NCS Over Buhari’s Plan To Again Elongate CEOs’ Tenures

    Tension In Immigration, NSCDC, NCS Over Buhari’s Plan To Again Elongate CEOs’ Tenures

    There is anxiety in the Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigeria Security Civil and Defence Corps, and Nigerian Correctional Service as the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is planning another tenure elongation for the heads of the paramilitary agencies.

    The Comptroller-General of NIS, Muhammad Babandede, is currently the longest-serving top officer of the agency, after joining the service in June 1985.

    He has already spent 35 years in service and hails from Jigawa State.

    While for the Controller-General of Nigeria Correctional Service, Jaafaru Ahmed, his tenure was already extended by one year from July 21, 2019 to July 21, 2020, a decision which caused some displeasure among the top officers of the service.

    Ahmed turned 60 in 2019, and has also reached the mandatory 35 years in service in 2020. After the one year, Ahmed’s tenure was again extended by the Minister of Interior, Aregbesola, for an additional six months.

    For the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana was appointed as the Commandant–General in July 2015. His tenure expired in July 2020, and was granted a six-month extension, which should end in January 2021.

    It was learnt that there is no move at the moment by the Ministry of Interior to get Gana’s replacement.

    “The continuous tenure elongation is not ideal for our services. The top officers cannot aspire and there is no fresh idea or fresh blood to take charge of affairs. It is not good for career development. This government has stagnated the career development of well-meaning and innovative officers,” a source lamented.

    “The Chief Executive Officers have exceeded the mandatory ages and years in the services and they had their tenures extended last year by the Minister of Interior. They are likely to have another extension unless there is pressure,” another source added.Aregbesola, who is the Chairman of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, is planning to recommend a further extension of the tenures of the officers, a move which is causing disquiet and tension in the agencies.

  • BREAKING: Boko Haram attacks Geidam town in Yobe

    BREAKING: Boko Haram attacks Geidam town in Yobe


    Suspected members of Boko Haram Tuesday evening attacked Geidam, a town in Yobe State.

    The attack was still on at press time, at about 6:30 p.m.

    The gunshots by the insurgents caused many residents to panic and flee into the bush while others hid in their houses.

    A resident, who managed to speak with our Reporter in a terrified voice, said the gunshots were massive.

    “The gunshot outside is so much. I can’t talk now please,” the Geidam resident said.

    The State police Public Relation Officer, Abdulkarim Dungus, told PREMIUM TIMES that he heard the Divisional Police Officer of Geidam firing from his gun when he tried to contact him.

    “I called my DPO in Geidam and he is also under fire. I could hear the gunshot from him. He has promised to call back,” Mr Dungus, an assistant superintendent of police, said.