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Lauretta Onochie: PDP leaders defy Abuja rain, protest in NASS
From Fred Itua, Abuja Members of the national working committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, led a protest to the National Assembly, over plans by the Senate to confirm Lauretta Onochie as a national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). National chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, while handling a
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ACF knocks Northern governors over youths unemployment
From Noah Ebije, Kaduna Northern mouthpiece, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday hit hard on northern governors, saying they have over the years refused to address the negative socio-economic situation youths from the zone are going through which had pushed most of the youths into criminality. ACF noted that the ugly situation has rendered the youths
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Insecurity: CAN president leads other clerics to Imo prayer rally
From Stanley Uzoaru,Owerri The National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN) Reverend Olasupo Ayokunle would be leading other notable clerics to Imo State on Friday for a prayer rally over the insecurity challenge in the Southeast. According to the State chairman of the Imo State chapter of CAN, Reverend Divine Eches, the meeting which
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IPOB, Kanu: Nzuko Umunna seeks political solution
From Magnus Eze, Enugu An influential pan-Igbo think-tank consisting of the leading lights of the Igbo in Nigeria and the diaspora, Nzuko Umunna has called on the Federal Government to seek political solution to the current agitations of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. According to the group, the
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Nothing should happen to our leader -IPOB
From Stanley Uzoaru,Owerri Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cautioned the federal government against the safety of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu while in the custody of the Department of the State Security Service(DSS). In a statement by media and publicity secretary of the group,Emma Powerful in Owerri on Wednesday, the group also
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BREAKING: Senate passes N74.78bn 2021 Police Trust Fund budget
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916.30 as the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval followed the presentation of the harmonised report of the Senate and the House of Representatives Committees on Police Affairs at plenary. Chairman Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Haliru Dauda Jika, presented
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Buhari congratulates China on 100th anniversary of communist party, 50 years of bilateral relations
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of founding of the Communist Party of China. In a letter to the Chinese leader, the President said China has succeeded in building a “moderately prosperous society” and is on the way to
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WHO officially declares China malaria-free
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday officially granted China a malaria-free certification as a token of celebration of the country’s successful elimination of the disease after 70 years of its struggles against malaria. From 30 million malaria cases in the 1940s, China brought down that number over the last decades, to have finally achieved
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Ekong-Usoro heads Nigeran International Maritime Summit
Mrs Mfon Ekong-Usoro has been elected as pioneer Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian International Maritime Summit(NIMS). Mr Emeka Akabogu, Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria International Maritime Summit (NIMS) disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Akabogu said Alhaji Aminu Umar will chair the event’s advisory council for the Summit comfirmed to hold from
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FG promises accountability in social programmes
From Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto The Federal Government has promised to ensure accountability in the implementation of its Social Investment Programme ongoing across the states. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq stated this while flagging off the distribution of engagement letters and electronic devices to 175 trained Independent Monitors in
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JUST IN: PDP leaders storm NASS, protest Onochie’s nomination as INEC Commissioner
…say newly defected senators will lose their seats The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly to protest against the nomination of the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, for appointment as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), representing Delta
JUST IN: Ganduje’s convoy, bandits in gun battle
Muhammad Kabir, Kano The stout resistance of the security detail attached to the convoy of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje ensured that they were able to escape alive after coming under attack by heavily armed bandits around Shema in Katsina State while on their way back to Kano from Zamfara State on Tuesday. New
*/ Housewife: My husband almost killed me for demanding s**
Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki A woman in Ngbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Elizabeth Omeh has told a special court in the state, Family Law Centre that handles family matters how her husband almost strangled her to death for demanding for s**. This is even as she has returned the dowry her
PIB: NNPC GMD to brief Senate Thursday in closed session
Chukwu David, Abuja The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari, will brief the Senate on Thursday on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, made this known on Wednesday at the commencement of plenary, noting that the briefing would be in closed
Kanu’s arrest: We haven’t spoken, still observing development – Ohanaeze
…as S’East rights’ groups says arrest will not end quest for Biafra Kenneth Ofoma, Enugu The mainstream Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has dismissed a statement credited to it by some media outfits and noted that it is yet to officially react to the re-arrest and extradition of the leader of the Indigenous
Kano anti-corruption boss dares Ganduje, says: ‘You lack power to decide for Agency’
Muhammad Kabir, Kano Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, the Executive Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), on Tuesday rejected posting of a new accountant to the Commission by the state government. The embattled anti corruption czar, in a memo seen by this newspaper, with reference number PCAC/GEN/1/VOL.1/XX and addressed the state’s
Kidnappers killed while collecting ransom in Kogi
Operatives of the Kogi State Police Command have killed two kidnappers who were on the verge of collecting ransom in Abobo area of Okehi Local Government Area of the state. Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary to the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to Muhammed, the
Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records
Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since Friday. Most were elderly or had underlying health conditions, reports the BBC. They said the heat was a contributing factor in many cases. On
Afghanistan: US commander warns of possible civil war after withdrawal
Afghanistan risks sliding into civil war as the last American troops withdraw from the country, a top US commander has said. Fighting has surged since the US began leaving last month, with the Taliban seizing swathes of territory. All remaining US troops are expected to withdraw by an September 11 deadline, reports the BBC.
FG shifts NIN-SIM linkage deadline to July 26
…says 57.3m Nigerians now have NIN For the fifth time, the Federal Government has shifted the deadline for Nigerians to link their SIM cards with their National Identification Number (NIN) to July 26, 2021. This followed the expiration of the 4th deadline earlier fixed for June 30, 2021. The government, had in early December 2020,
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