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Rights activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has reacted to yesterday's resignation from office of Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, declaring him the most honorable among other members of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. In a post on X, Farotimi thumbed up Nnaji for his action. Following allegation of certificate forgery, Nnaji quit office --a move confirmed by the Presidency in a statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga,same yesterday. In his reaction , Farotimi urged others in the government, who have been accused of forgery to follow suit. Recall that Tinubu's Chicago University certificate was a key fulcrum of post-election…

One year and 10 months after then-Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Betta Edu, was forced to resign over alleged corrupt dealings, another Minister today resigned in circumstances bordering on a misdemeanor. Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, resigned following allegations of certificate forgery levelled against him. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the resignation in a statement today, saying the President has accepted the Minister’s decision to step down. According to Onanuga, President Tinubu “accepted the resignation of Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, following some…

Another US lawmaker has raised an issue with what he alleged is a genocide against Christians in Nigeria, and has officially brought the matter to the attention of President Donald Trump. In a letter to the US President, Representative Riley M. Moore, who represents West Virginia’s Second District in the US Congress, specifically asked Trump to immediately designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). Rep Moore belongs to the ruling Republican Party, same as Trump. His letter is coming on the heels of a bill sponsored by another Republican lawmaker, Senator Ted Cruz (Texas), which seeks targeted sanctions…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan A huge uproar today greeted the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division's restoration of the operations of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Oyo State. The court declared the action taken by State Governor Seyi Makinde in 2019 proscribing the union as unlawful. Governor Makinde had, on May 31, 2019, proscribed the activities of the NURTW in the state, citing a breach of peace and announcing the immediate takeover of all motor parks by the state government. The government subsequently established a Park Management System (PMS). Challenging the move, the union filed a suit at…

Federal High Court in Abuja, was Monday, 6 October, asked to issue an order of perpetual injunction, restraining former President Goodluck Jonathan from presenting himself to any political party in the country for the purpose of contesting the 2027 presidential election. The court was equally urged to bar the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from accepting from any political party, Jonathan’s name or publishing same as a duly nominated candidate for the presidential contest. While ex-President Jonathan was cited as the 1st defendant in the matter, both INEC and the Attorney General of the Federation, were listed as 2nd and…

A sextortion network traced to Lagos, Nigeria, has been linked to the death of a 16-year-old American schoolboy, Evan Boettler, who took his own life after receiving blackmail messages from a fake Snapchat account. Boettler, from Missouri, died just 90 minutes after being threatened by an online user posing as a teenage girl under the name JennyTee60, according to a BBC investigation. The account had persuaded him to share explicit images before demanding money and threatening to leak the pictures. One of the messages sent to him read: “I have your nudes and everything needed to ruin your life.” Investigators…

*Picks Holes In Debt Servicing Pronouncement *Questions Several Fiscal Issues By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief (Dr.) Samuel Ortom has called on the current Benue State Government to stop misleading people of the state on issues of the state's indebtedness and debt servicing. The former Governor was reacting to a press statement issued by the Managing Director (MD) of Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC), Dr. Raymond Asemakaha, regarding debt servicing. A statement by the Media Assistant to the former Governor, Terver Akase said the state's indebtedness, debt servicing as well as its federal…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Teachers in Oyo State have commended the state government for prompt payment of their salaries, recruitment of new colleagues, career progression, promotion of primary school teachers to salary grade level 16 and the appointment of a teacher as the executive chairperson of the State Post-primary Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM). Speaking at this year’s World Teachers' Day celebration in Ibadan, Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State wing, Comrade Raji Oladimeji Ismail, said Governor Seyi Makinde's magnanimity culminated in the array of achievements recorded by his administration at NUT. He applauded the evacuation of…

*Urge Him To Resettle All Displaced On Their Ancestral Lands By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Saddened by the plight of persons displaced by terrorism-fuelled insecurity in Benue, Plateau, and Borno states, Christian leaders from the 19 Northern States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in resettling them. The Christian leaders noted that many of the displaced remain in camps within and outside the country years after violent attacks forced them out of their ancestral homes. The appeal was made weekend in Jos, the Plateau State capital, during a historic audience with the President,…

*'Flee, There Is A Court Process On' By Nosa Akenzua, Benin The Dokpesi Family, household of multi-millionaire businessman and founder, African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower, the late High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has issued a caveat emptor urging potential buyers to be cautious when dealing with properties or assets belonging to their deceased patriarch. The warning came amid reports of individuals moving to try and sell off prized assets belonging to Dokpesi's estate, two years after his passing on May 29, 2023. In a statement, the family disclosed that the entire estate of the late media mogul has been under…