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BREAKING Sen. Orji Kalu’s Aide Emerges NYO Chairman
The Senior Legislative Aide to Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, Barr. Barr Victor Etie has been appointed chairman of Nigerian Youth Organisation (NYO) Abia state chapter. ABN TV reports that his appointment followed a zonal meeting of NYO which took in Enugu on the 7th day of October, 2020. The organisation which has presence and membership across the 36...
SARS Are Involved In Boko Haram War, It’ll Be Difficult To Scrap – Police
Frank Mba, the spokesman of the Nigeria police force, says it will be difficult for any responsible organisation to scrap the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). Speaking on the nationwide protest against the police unit, Mba said some SARS operatives are involved in the fight against insurgency and banditry in the north. Fresh cases of police brutality renewed protests calling for an...
Second Niger Bridge Will Be Completed Before My Tenure Expires – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration hopes to complete and commission the Second Niger Bridge before the end of his tenure in 2023. He said this while addressing a joint session of the National Assembly during the 2021 budget presentation. The bridge, 11.9 kilometres long, is a double three-lane highway designed to connect Asaba and Onitsha in Delta and Anambra...
I’ll Be In Ondo, The State Is Important To Us – Oshiomhole
Former National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole says he will be in Ondo State for Saturday’s governorship poll. He predicted that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu would win the election. According to Oshiomhole, Edo election had come and gone, but that Ondo poll was more important to the APC right now. He said by the special grace of God, Akeredolu would win...
“SARS Has Gone Beyond Reforms”, Desmond Elliot Backs #ENDSARS
The member representing Surulere Constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot believes brutality by men of the Special Anti-Robbery (SARS) is beyond reforms. Desmond said this on Friday while addressing #EndSARSProtesters at the Lagos Assembly complex in Ikeja. “It has gone beyond having hotlines or doing reforms. As the Deputy Speaker rightly said, we really need to look...
I Made With Your Support, Okonjo-Iweala Thanks Nigerians
Former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has appreciated Nigerians for supporting her bid for the job of director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Okonjo-Iweala, who made to the third and final stage of the selection process on Thursday, said she could not have made it without the prayers and support of all Nigerians. Reacting via her verified Twitter handle, she wrote, “Happy...
Harassment: PSC Vows To Deal With Erring SARS Officers, Releases Helplines
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has warned officers of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the police to desist from harassment of citizens and unprofessional conducts or be dealt with. This is following what the Commission called the recent public outcry on the brazen abuse of office by personnel of both the Federal and State Anti Robbery Squads...
We Don’t Need Any Financial Assistance To Build Anambra Airport, Obiano Tells FG
Ahead of the April 2021 proposed opening of Anambra International Cargo Airport, the Executive Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano, has boasted that the state is not in lack of the financial resources to complete the airport. Speaking during his visit to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, yesterday, Governor Obiano, also revealed that when completed,...
Magu: Internal Crisis Hits Ayo Salami-led Presidential Probe Panel
Ahead of the expected submission of its final report this week, the Ayo Salami probe panel is battling internal divisions over the inquiry into Ibrahim Magu’s stewardship at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), sources in the know have informed TheCable. Some members of the panel are not in agreement with Salami’s leadership style and one of them confronted...
Tinubu, Others Accused Of Fraud, Tax Evasion, Money Laundering
Dapo Apara, a Nigerian chartered accountant, has accused a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu; a consulting firm, Alpha-beta, and a former commissioner in the state, Akin Doherty, of money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, and sundry corrupt practices. Mr Apara, in writ of summons deposed to at a Lagos high court, claimed that Mr Tinubu and Alpha-beta reneged on...
