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The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said his government is determined to make the state the Information, Communication and Technology Capital in the country , saying the 90 per cent literate rate among three million Ekiti citizens was enough to realise the dream. Fayemi, spoke on Saturday at a one- day dialogue and launching of innovation action organised by The KTN Global Alliance Africa in Ado Ekiti . Fayemi, represented by the commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akintunde Oyebode, commended the group for coming up with the plan within four more months, saying it was in tandem with…

The Federal Government has described the allegation by Global Advocates for Terrorism Eradication (GATE) that its officials are sponsors of terrorism, as a disgusting distraction. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the Minister of Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Mohammed said that the allegation by the U.S-based non-profit organiation, was orchestrated by those seeking to weaken the ongoing massive onslaught against terrorists and bandits in the country. He said the so-called GATE “is a pesky irritant that should be ignored, especially because it is as confused as it is irresponsible”. ”This organisation called GATE…

Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, registered Sunday to run in the country’s December presidential polls, the electoral commission said. “Seif al-Islam Kadhafi submitted… his candidacy for the presidential election to the High National Electoral Commission office in the (southern) city of Sebha,” a statement by the commission said. It said he had completed “all the required legal conditions” and that he was also issued with a voter registration card for the Sebha district. Seif al-Islam Kaidhafi, son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, waves during a meeting with young people in the capital Tripoli in…

The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken will arrive Nigeria next week on the second leg of his first official visit to Africa. He will first visit Kenya, before coming to Nigeria and end the visit in Senegal, in a trip that will run from November 15 to 20, underscoring the depth and breadth of the U.S. relationships with her African partners. According to a statement issued yesterday by the US Embassy, Abuja, titled, “Secretary Blinken’s travel to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal,” the top Joe Biden administration official will meet with Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta and Cabinet Secretary for…

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said despite mounting challenges facing nations, it was high time peace and solidarity “reign supreme” across the globe. The President, who spoke in Paris, France at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), said the world “has an opportunity to count gains of the organisation in the last seven and half decades, while exploring the historic moment for building solidarity and enthroning peace.” Earlier yesterday, Buhari, while receiving the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Shaikh Shakboot Alnahyan, on the sidelines…

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has said Nigerians seem to have accepted mass killings in the country as the new normal. Dogara, in a key note address titled, “Peace and Development in Nigeria: The Pragmatic Approach,” delivered at a summit organised by the Sultan Maccido Institute for Peace and Development Studies, University of Abuja, lamented that such killings no longer made headlines, adding that the situation had created a feeling that “nothing matters anymore.” He said: “Today, Nigeria is faced with unprecedented crisis, so much so that nothing in our history prepares us for such…

Turkey on Saturday rebuffed French President Emmanuel Macron’s call on foreign powers to remove their forces from Libya as part of efforts turn on a page on a decade of strife. The North African country has been mired in civil war since the overthrow of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a 2011 uprising. The bloodshed has drawn in competing Libyan factions and Islamist groups as well as foreign powers. Turkey sent troops as well as pro-Ankara militia units from Syria to shore up the UN-recognised government in Tripoli while Russia and other countries supported the eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar. Macron told…

The Nigeria Police yesterday paraded 14 suspects allegedly involved in the invasion of the Abuja residence of Supreme Court Justice, Mrs. Mary Odili. THISDAY disowned one of the suspects, Mr. Stanley Nkwazema, who claimed to be a staff and contributing editor of the newspaper. Similarly, Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, distanced himself from the leader of the group that conducted the raid, Lawrence Ajodo, who claimed to be a consultant to the AGF. A group that claimed to be personnel of some security agencies, including the police, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

•Says Attorney General misleading President •Alleges consultants’ demands dubious, fraudulent The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday maintained that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami has continued to mislead President Muhammadu Buhari in the case of the $418 million (N169 billion at official FX rate) Paris Fund deductions being claimed by some consultants. Speaking on Arise News Channel, THISDAY’s broadcast arm, in response to comments made on the matter earlier by Malami, the NGF Chairman, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, wondered why the attorney general was taking sides with people he described as “dubious”, instead of…

The House of Representatives has expressed dismay over the directive of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami ordering Keystone Bank to pay $40 million belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in naira equivalent. The Executive Director, North and Public Sector Directorate, Keystone Bank, Mr. Lawal Ahmed, who appeared before the AdHoc Committee on Assessment and Status of all recovered loots, Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by agencies of the federal government of Nigeria for effective efficient management and utilisation, said the total amount of money established by the…