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Adeleke Provides Food, Relief Supplies To Disaster Victims In Osun
Governor Ademola Adeleke has provided relief supplies, such as food and building materials, to disaster victims throughout Osun State in an effort to lessen the effects of their suffering. The governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to alleviating the suffering of the state’s citizens. According to a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Kolapo Alimi, the relief distribution covered all three...
Meet Deadlines Or Risk Contract Breach, Umahi Warns Contractors
Reynolds Construction Company, the contractor for the East-West Road, Section III (Eleme Junction–Onne Junction), has been warned by Works Minister David Umahi to increase the pace of work or risk contract rescoping or termination. The minister reminded the contractor that it has up to the end of April 2025 to deliver a section of the carriageway. He handed down the warning...
Ganduje Tackles Obi As APC Spokesman Receives 200 Death Threats
Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, APC's National Chairman on Wednesday supported the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka. Ganduje also described claims attributed to the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, as misleading, an act he said incited his online supporters to troll Morka. He disclosed this in a statement personally signed by him in Abuja. His...
FG N9bn E-Border Project Fails To Stop Bandits, Illegal Aliens
Illegal migrants (bandits...) crosses border from Niger, Mali,others despite FG's multibillion-naira border surveillance systems, in 2019. This is as the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said e-border surveillance is now being mounted across the nation’s borders with its neighbouring countries. “As we speak, more than half of our borders have been automated. There are visuals, and a lot of processes going...
Tinubu Under Pressure To Dump Food Import Waiver
President Tinubu's administration is currently facing pressure to revoke the July 2024 declaration of a food import waiver. Multiple sources at the Presidency said the pressure has been coming from the private sector who claimed that opening up the country to food import would undermine their investments and worsen the unemployment rate in Nigeria. Some private sector operators confirmed this, describing...
Tariff Hike: NCC Meets Telecom Consumer Groups
The Nigerian Communications Commission has scheduled a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on the proposed 100% tariff hike in the telecom sector. The meeting will bring together representatives from major consumer advocacy groups and other relevant industry stakeholders to deliberate on the implications of the price increase. President of the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers, Adeolu Ogungbanjo, who has been a major...
PDP Differs As Okpebholo Accuses 18 LG Chairs Of N12bn Diversion
Edo State Gov. Monday Okpebholo suspended 18 LG council chairmen accused of diverting over N12 bn to PDP leaders over a 15-month period. However, the Chairman of the Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, Tony Aziegbemi, denied the allegation, insisting that such money was not given to PDP leaders by the suspended council chairmen. Aziegbemi urged the governor to back his claim with...
Legal Dispute Threatens Ohanaeze Ndigbo Presidential Election
An Enugu High Court has ruled out indefinitely on the planned January 10, 2025, election for a new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization had scheduled fresh elections for its executive positions, with Rivers State proposed to produce the next President-General. This move, intended to recognize Rivers as an Igbo state, has sparked debates about inclusivity and representation...
Governor Otti, Senator Kalu Unite For Abia’s Development With China Power (Photos)
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, hosted Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, at his Umuehim Nvosi country home in Isialangwa South Local Government Area. Senator Kalu, accompanied by a high-level delegation from China Power, a Fortune 500 Chinese government-owned company, visited...
Police Warn Of Increase In Missing Persons Cases In Ogun
Ogun's police command has become concerned due to a noticeable increase in the state's missing person reports. CSP Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday. She explained that the command had noticed an unprecedented rise in the number of missing persons across all age groups. Odutola noted that only a small fraction of the individuals...
