Media Entrepreneur Raymond Nkemdirim Salutes Isiguzo On Re-election As NUJ President
The chairman Flo FM Umuahia, Chief Raymond Nkemdirim has congratulated the President of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Mr. Chris Isiguzo on his reelection for another term of three years as the leader of the foremost media workers' union in the country. According to Nkemdirim, a former Director of Operations, Department of State Services, (DSS) the renewal of Isiguzo's mandate...
I’ll Complete Second Niger Bridge Before 2023, Buhari Assures Southeast
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the people of South East region that the 11.9-kilometre Second Niger Bridge would be completed before his second term in office expires in 2023. He also assured Nigerians that the 120-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan highway and other key projects under the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) will all be completed. Giving the assurance yesterday at the opening of...
Ikpeazu Hosts US Deputy Chief of Mission, NACA DG, Promises To End HIV/AIDS In Abia
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has promised to pull resources together with the US Mission in Nigeria and National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) towards mounting aggressive advocacy for the eradication of HIV/AIDS in the State. Governor Ikpeazu made the commitment when he received in Government House Umuahia, a delegation of the US Deputy Chief...
DSS Releases Nollywood Actor Chinwetalu Agu
The Department of State Services, DSS has released actor, Chiwetalu Agu who was arrested by the service after he was released by Soldiers on 8th of October. The news of his final release was confirmed by the National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ejezie Emeka Rollas. Chinwetalu Agu’s ordeal began on October 7th when he was rough handled by...
’FG Has To Release Nnamdi Kanu First Before Negotiating With Him’ – Lawyer
Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says “it is unnatural to negotiate with a man in chains”. Ejimakor, who is among the lawyers defending Kanu against the Nigerian federal government, advised the nation’s authorities to ‘stop resisting every effort being made to release his client from detention’. “When a man is in...
Why I Was Suspended – Zamfara State Lawmaker
One of the two suspended lawmakers by the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Mohammed, representing Anka constituency has said that the Speaker, Nasiru Magarya, orchestrated his suspension to scupper a plan to impeach him for alleged incompetence. Mr Muhammad said he was threatened by high-profile politicians in the state over the impeachment plan. According to him, he initiated the...
CBN Seeks To Bar BVN Violators From Banking Services
A revised regulatory framework for bank verification number (BVN) operations and watchlist for the Nigerian banking industry has been issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to the apex bank, the move was in line with its mandate to promote financial system stability. In a circular signed and released by Musa Jimoh, CBN’s director, payments system department, it reads: This framework defines...
I’m Pleased Over Senate Concurrence To Climate Change Bill — Hon. Onuigbo
Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency, Hon. Sam Onuigbo has expressed gratitude to the Senate over the passage of Climate Change Bill which he sponsored. The bill had earlier been passed by the House of Representatives. The Bill seeks to provide legal backing to Nigeria’s efforts to mainstream Climate Change actions into the country’s sustainable development plans, Hon. Onuigbo said. The lawmaker in...
President Buhari Approves The Reappoinment Of Dikio As Amnesty Programme Administrator
The renewal of the appointment of Miland Dikio as coordinator of the presidential amnesty has been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. The amnesty programme was established in 2009 by the federal government during the tenure of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. It is focused on the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of ex-militants in the Niger Delta region. This was...
BREAKING: Court Orders Immigration To Return Ex-Gov Odili’s Seized Passport
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and its Comptroller-General to return the international passport seized from a former Rivers Governor, Peter Odili to him. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order on Monday in a judgment on a fundamental rights enforcement suit by Odili. READ ALSO: I Won’t Withdraw From Court – Uche Secondus Justice Ekwo...
