Today's Headline: Stop Abetting Criminality In Nigeria—Timi Tells US Govt, Tinubu mourn Pastor Taiwo Odukoya

GLatestAugust 9, 2023

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Release Tinubu’s Chicago Varsity Credentials; Stop Abetting Criminality In Nigeria —Former APC Spokesman Tells US Government

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Aformer Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, urged the United States Of America government to release President Bola Tinubu’s credentials and records at Chicago University.

The former chieftain of the party, who made this call in a statement in Abuja, said the US government should see the step as a way of promoting transparency and stopping criminality in Nigeria.

Frank also berated President Tinubu over his reluctance to allow his record at the Chicago University to be released for public scrutiny and assessment. He said that Tinubu, as a public servant, ought not to seek to stop his academic records from being made public in a law court.

President Tinubu had submitted a motion to preclude a US Federal Court from disclosing his university academic records to Mr Atiku Abubakar, the opposition candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2023 elections, as solicited by the latter.

Tinubu mourns Pastor Taiwo Odukoya

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President Bola Tinubu has mourned with the family, friends and congregants of the Fountain of Life Church, over the passing of the Senior Pastor, Taiwo Odukoya.

Pastor Odukoya died at the age 67 on Monday.

A statement issued by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the president sent his heartfelt condolences to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and associates of the highly revered religious leader, whose teaching, outreach and good work expanded the frontiers of charitable endeavour with particular respect to the education and health sectors.

Ministerial list: Don’t confirm El-Rufai for Nigeria to have peace – Shehu Sani

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Shehu Sani, a socio-political commentator, has advised the Senate against confirming former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai to be minister.

Sani warned that El-Rufai should not be cleared if Nigeria wants peace to reign.

Describing the former governor as playing god while he was governor, Sani said El-Rufai was now at the mercy of the Senate.

Tweeting, he identified the former governor as a religious extremist and a fanatic.

Sultan, Kukah Blame Insecurity On Injustice, Bad Governance

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Kukah Centre in collaboration with a non-governmental organization, Global Right has organised a town hall meeting to promote peace and security in North West of Nigeria.

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah said the meeting was prompted by the heightened insecurity in the region.

He said sectionalism, fanaticism, injustice and religious intolerance were responsible for insecurity in the country.

“You know most of these problems at times are as a result of misunderstanding our religion, when we are dealing with ourselves, we should know we are dealing with Nigerians, not religion.