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#EndBadGovernance Protest: Tinubu Addresses Protesters, Reads Leaked Speech and Lists Achievements

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Pres. Tinubu Likely to Suspend Import Duties on Food

Pres. Tinubu likely to suspend import duties on food US lawmakers seek the release of captured Binance executives Kaduna Assembly accuses El-Rufai and commissioners of squandering ₦423b Tripartite Committee adjourns…

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Hacker

YTech: Spotify Lays Off 1,500 Employees | In Case You Missed These

Spotify lays off 1,500 (17%) staff workers Bolt Nigeria reveals plan to launch foolproof  verification of riders and drivers in 2024 Imagine Foundation partners with Tech4Dev to train tech talents…

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Obasanjo endorses Peter Obi for president; Nigerians moved from frying pan to fire under APC – Obasanjo laments | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Obasanjo endorses Peter Obi for presidentNigerians moved from frying pan to fire under APC – Obasanjo lamentsEl-Rufai pardons 11 convictsFulfill 2015 promise, rescue remaining Chibok girls – Parents write BuhariThugs…

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Niger Republic names road after Buhari; El-Rufai makes his stance clear on Tinubu’s presidential ambition | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Niger Republic names road after BuhariEl-Rufai makes his stance clear on Tinubu’s presidential ambitionNigerian youths must oppose those messing up their future – ObasanjoCourt stops Nigeria Air indefinitely, adjourns case…

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I am going to solve all the problems in Nigeria if elected president – Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured Nigerians that he is confident of winning the 2023 general elections with their support. As…

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“Thieves” steal N31m from Katsina State Government House; Wike sues Atiku, Tambuwal, demands recognition as candidate | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

“Thieves” steal N31m from Katsina State Government HouseTerrorists creating ‘parallel’ govt in Kaduna - El RufaiWike sues Atiku, Tambuwal, demands recognition as candidateMalami, NGF on collision course over $418m deductionsImpending…

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UK to replace expired visa of Nigerians for free, FG approves N13bn for take-off of community policing | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

The British High Commission in Nigeria has declared that it will replace the 30-day visa of individuals that were supposed to travel to the United Kingdom before the lockdown, caused…

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Kaduna

How many deaths will it take for succour to finally arrive in Southern Kaduna?

Bandit attack? Check! Gruesome massacre pictures? Check! Social media outrage? Check! Trending hashtag? Check! Intentional change?... Intentional change?. The rash of violent attacks that have been meted on the indigenes…

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5 Things that Should Matter Today: Kaduna will start payment of new minimum wage from September 1

The Kaduna state government has announced that it will start payment of the new minimum wage of N30,000 wage as from September 1, and this was revealed by the Special…

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India

At long last, leader of IMN, El-Zakzaky leaves for India for treatment

It has taken nearly four years of negotiations, protests, false starts and blatant defiance of the rule of law, but finally Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife boarded an Emirates…

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The Big 5: Court orders arrest of Innoson Motors chairman, others; Amosun surrenders 1000 AK47 rifles, 4 million bullets acquired before 2019 elections | Other top stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Banks to to be recapitalised - Emefiele The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said…

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The Late 5: Suspected killers of LUTH doctor, Stephen Urueye, arrested by Lagos Police; Embattled CJN Onnoghen resigns | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Embattled CJN Onnoghen resigns Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has resigned, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. Onnoghen’s resignation…

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ASUU suspend 3-month old strike, Boko Haram attacks Adamawa town and other stories that made the headlines this week

Here are the top stories that made the headlines this week: Atiku not Nigerian, caused Ekwueme’s presidential loss in 1999 – Nnamdi Kanu The self-exiled leader of the Indigenous People…

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The Late 5: ASUU, FG to hold reconciliatory meeting; 410, 000 IDPs to vote in Borno camps – INEC | Other top stories

Here are stories that drove conversation today: 410, 000 IDPs to vote in Borno camps - INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said 409,813 Internally Displaced Persons…

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The Late 5: ASUU strike continues as meeting with FG ends in a deadlock; Patience Jonathan loses N1 billion to FG | Other top stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: ASUU strike continues as meeting with FG ends in a deadlock The federal government on Friday resumed talks with the leaders of…

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The Big 5: Protesters give Buhari seven days to recall suspended CJN Onnoghen; PDP plans to disrupt 2019 elections – El Rufai | Other top stories

Here are the top stories you should be monitoring today: Protesters give Buhari seven days to recall suspended CJN Onnoghen Following the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter…

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Kaduna

How did Sani become the voice of reason in El-Rufai’s Kaduna?

By referring to the three Senators from Kaduna state as “useless opportunists” and calling for their heads and beard to be shaved, Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was dishing one…

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Buhari

[The Injustice Blog] President Buhari showed how out of touch he is at last week’s council meeting

One of the inadequacies of the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency is how it has managed to sustain a level of disconnect with its citizens. Since his inauguration as president, Buhari has…

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Kaduna

[The Injustice Blog] Performance of Zamfara in NECO just Vindicated El-Rufai

One of the most controversial events of 2017 was the revelation by the Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai that he is going to sack over 24,000 Teachers in the…

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Fisayo Soyombo: El-Rufai and Shehu Sani’s feud is our problem too. Here is why

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo   For as long as one is the Governor of Kaduna State and the other is obsessed with unseating him, Nasir el-Rufai and Shehu Sani will never…

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The Thread: Here’s the single most important factor that can determine student success

During the course of the week, Governor el Rufai was in the news again for proposing to sack 22,000 primry school teachers who had failed the Kaduna state Competency Test.…

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El-Rufai

The Thread: Is this the real reason Nigerians are celebrating el-Rufai?

Yesterday, Twitter Nigeria was divided over El Rufai's decision to sack 22,000 Primary School Teachers who had failed the Kaduna state Competency test. Half were in favour of retraining the…

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The Thread: These are the test questions Kaduna primary school teachers failed | El Rufai releases scripts

Following the ruckus on Twitter over Gov El Rufai sacking 21,000 teachers who failed the Primary 4 competency test, the Kaduna Governor released some marked scripts on social media. It's…

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NUT

“Why should our children sacrifice for teachers”? | 3 Takeaways from Joachim MacEbong’s article on El Rufai’s teacher crisis

Governor El Rufai is a controversial political figure by any standard. He caused a ruckus on Twitter during the Southern Kaduna crisis by arresting the driving force of the movement,…

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Election

The Thread: “Courageous declaration” “El Rufai, pay Audu asap” | Court gives judgement in Audu Maikori’s favour. Twitter reacts

CEO of Chocolate City Entertainment, Audu Maikori got some good news today. READ: You may recall that early in the year, Mr Maikori was arrested (twice) at the…

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El-Rufai

Pius Adesanmi: What El Rufai seems to be missing about his teacher palaver

by Pius Adesanmi At the end of my inauguration lecture for Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai two years ago, the first person to raise up his hands to make a comment was…

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Today’s Noisemakers: Ebube, Feyi Fawehinmi, Demola Olarewaju and others [The Atiku-El Rufai 2019 debate]

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…

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Opinion: Governor El Rufai has made Kaduna the yardstick for education in the North

by Jubril Abdullahi   When Governor Nasir El-Rufai recently disclosed that his government would spend over N45 billion on education in his efforts to raise the standard of the sector…

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Gov El-Rufai leads grand rally to celebrate Buhari’s return (PHOTOS)

Having banned all forms of procession and rallies on roads and public facilities by individuals or organisations, the governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai led a grand rally in support of…

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The Thread: “Atiku, Fayose, Fashola, El Rufai can’t help us” | Ayo Sogunro makes a case for fresh blood

Since Independence, Nigeria has been regurgitating the same old crop of politicians in Military attire pushing military ideologies. Even when Civilian Rule was embraced, we've had ex-Military men at the…

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