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The Chicago State University says All Progressives Congress stalwart and presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, indeed attended the university. Beverly Poindexter, who is in charge of official transcript requests, enrolment and degree verification at the Office of the Registrar, CSU, said this in a terse email response to The PUNCH on Tuesday. “Mr Tinubu did attend our university, however, if further information is needed, go to studentclearinghouse.org website to make a formal request,” Poindexter wrote. In an earlier letter dated August 20, 1999 and signed by then Registrar, Lois Davis, the university stated that Tinubu was its student between 1977 and 1979. He wrote, “Please…

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has urged members of the All Progressives Congress in the state to conduct themselves peacefully in today’s governorship primaries across the 177 wards of the party in the state. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, titled, ‘Fayemi Commends Apc Aspirants For Peaceful Conduct’. The governor “commended the aspirants for their great effort at mobilising for the ruling party” and “urged members of the party to conduct themselves peacefully during today’s primary election across the 177 wards in accordance with the law”. While assuring the residents…

The Federal Fire Service (FFS) saved properties worth N18.9 trillion from destruction by fire as well as 587 lives and rescued 260 persons in 2021. This revealed by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, at the decoration of newly promoted Deputy Controllers General (DCGs) of the Service in Abuja yesterday. According to the minister, “Last year, the FSS responded to 2,845 SOS distress-calls in which 136 lives and property worth N3 trillion were lost. But the FSS was able to save 587 lives, rescue 260 persons and save property worth N18.9 trillion. “In sum, the stock of the FSS…

Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, expressed outrage over the purchase of two bulletproof Lexus 670 LXE SUVs valued at N1.5 billion, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu bought for himself in spite of government’s inability to pay workers salaries. It expressed concern in a statement issued by the Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei, who described the latest purchase as “executive recklessness and insensitivity to the plight of the people,” saying it was beyond any rational thinking. Peretei, who condemned Akeredolu’s frequent procurement of official vehicles on yearly basis, said the governor’s open display of affluence was an affront on…

A Los Angeles sculptor on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s death with a statue on the site of the helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Dan Medina built the 160-pound statue of the NBA star and his 13-year-old daughter and erected it over the site of the crash that killed them and seven other people the morning of January 26, 2020. The statue depicts Bryant, in his Los Angeles Lakers uniform, placing his hand on his daughter’s shoulder and Gianna holding a basketball. Medina inscribed on the statue’s base the names of all nine people who…

• Voters to queue behind aspirant’s poster for APC primary, says Badaru Candidate of the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Chief Bisi Kolawole, was last night declared winner of the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held yesterday to fly the party’s flag in the June 18 governorship election in the state. Kolawole, former chairman of the PDP in Ekiti, edged out Chief Segun Oni, an ex-governor, and Prof. Kolapo Olusola, a former deputy governor of the state. The primary election held in Ado-Ekiti. Other aspirants who contested the primary are Senator Biodun Olujimi, Yinka Akerele,…

House of Representatives Special Committee on Amendment of the 1999 Constitution has rejected a bill seeking to confer immunity on presiding officers of the National Assembly and judicial officers. The presiding officers of the National Assembly are Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Deputy Speaker of the House. The bill, sponsored by Segun Odebunmi (APC, Oyo), is titled, “An Act to alter Section 308 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to extend immunity to cover presiding officers of the legislative institutions.” Odebunmi is the sponsor of the controversial National Broadcasting Commission bill…

Maduka is disconsolate, says Omeruo Coach Augustine Eguavoen has promised to support the team’s incoming manager as the country seeks to qualify for Qatar 2022 World Cup. Nigeria will meet Ghana in a two-leg play-off in March for one of Africa’s five tickets to the World Cup. The first leg of the qualifier will hold in Ghana while Nigeria will host the decisive leg. Eguavoen, who is Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) technical director, said before leaving Cameroun for Nigeria on Monday that the technical department is ready to support the new coach in whichever way he wants, adding that leading…

• NGF, Labour leaders seek forensic probe of NNPC’s figures • Allege fraud in consumption, distribution numbers • Nigeria will pay price of more borrowings, Presidency confirms OPS concerns The controversies surrounding continued payment of fuel subsidy may not have ended as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, yesterday, presented a bill of N3 trillion for deliberations at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, N3 trillion is the amount required to continue to subsidise petroleum products for the 18 months extension recently…

Mohamed Salah scored the decisive spot-kick as record seven-time champions Egypt beat the Ivory Coast 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Douala on Wednesday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. The Liverpool star smashed home his penalty with the Ivory Coast’s Eric Bailly the only player to fail from the spot, and Egypt go on to play Morocco in the last eight in Yaounde on Sunday. It was a tense last-16 tie which for long spells resembled a battle of attrition on a poor pitch at the Japoma Stadium in Cameroon’s economic capital, and it looked…