Budget Padding; Group asks Akpabio to resign over Ningi’s suspension, anti-North sentiments

Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi

As the drama in the National Assembly over alleged budget padding unveils more facts, a northern group has cautioned the Senate President Godswill Akpabio over sentiments while faulting the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi and asked the Senate President to resign. The group, Arewa Defence League made this known in Kaduna while addressing the media over the suspension of Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, the President of the group, Murtala Abubakar said the antecedents of the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio leaves much to be desired as nationalist and should…

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“Suspension can’t shut my mouth from speaking the truth” – Sheikh Khalid

The Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, Abuja, Shiekh Nuru Khalid, has broken his silence on his suspension. Recall that the renowned cleric was suspended by the mosque committee after he delivered a sermon on insecurity on Friday. In the sermon, the Sheikh flayed the Buhari administration over its failure to tame the escalating insecurity and killings in the country, and hinted at some measures that the electorate should devise should the authorities fail to protect lives. Defending the action, the Chairman of the committee, Senator Sa’idu Muhammed Dansadau,…

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Apo legislative mosque suspends its Chief Imam, Sheikh Nuru Khalid for criticising FG

The Apo Legislative Quarters Jumaat mosque in Abuja has suspended its Chief Imam, Sheikh Nura Khalid, for criticising the government over the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria in his Friday sermon. The renowned cleric, during his sermon, criticised the Buhari administration for failing to address the security crisis and the high number of killings in Nigeria. In the sermon, Sheikh Khalid outlined the steps the masses should take if the government allows them to continue being killed, by refusing to go to the polls. According to him, “The position of…

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Malawi suspends head of exam body over leakage

The Malawi government has suspended the head of the countrys National Examination Board (MANEB), following the leakage of the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exam papers earlier in November. The leakage led to the cancellation of the MSCE, the countrys final secondary exams before learners graduate to tertiary education in colleges and universities. MANEB Executive Director Gerald Chiunda has been suspended to pave way for investigations into the matter, local media reported, citing a notification issued by the vice-chairperson for the examining bodys board, Edith Mmela. Preliminary investigations by…

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FG extends suspension of new electricity tariff by 1 week

The Federal Government has extended the suspension of the new electricity tariff by one week. Professor James Momoh, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this when the ad hoc Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff submitted its interim report at a reconvene bilateral meeting between Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday in Abuja. The new tariff was earlier suspended for two weeks and ended at midnight on October 11, when the organised labour suspended the planned industrial action over agitation on the hike in electricity tariff on Sept. 28.,…

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