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Those Calling Us Rubber Stamp Senate Are Right, Says PDP Senator, Gives Reasons
The Senator who represents Adawama South, Binos Yeroe, says he agrees with critics that labelled the 9th National Assembly as a rubber stamp parliament. Critics labelled the 9th parliament as such due to what has been regarded as frequent approval to requests of the executive. Speaking at the 9th Senate valedictory session on Saturday, Yeroe said those criticising the 9th Assembly...
Hon. Amobi Celebrates Uche Ogah On His 55th Birthday
Hon. Amobi Ogah, the representative of Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency, has felicitated with the former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uchechukwu Samson Ogah, on the occasion of his 55th birthday. He described him as a visionary nationalist and a model of hard work in both private and public sectors. https://youtu.be/MZ8t3BczGPU?si=4_3rl-XELNtFTwu0 In a congratulatory message shared on Sunday and...
Three Men Escape Unhurt After Container Fell On Their Car In Lagos (Photos)
Three men gracefully came out unhurt after they were involved in a ghastly accident involving a car they were travelling in and a container carrying goods. ABN TV gathered. According to some eyewitnesses, the accident occurred at Liverpool in Apapa, Lagos — a rather ecstatic social media user who shared a video from the scene of the incident, showed off...
Gov. Otti Receives IOM Delegation, Says Abia Committed To Fighting Irregular Migration
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has received a delegation from the International Organisation For Migration (IOM), an inter-governmental organisation where he assured that the state is committed to curbing irregular migration. Led by the representative of the mission to Nigeria, Mr. Victor Lutenco, the IOM team was on a working visit to Abia where the governor also said his...
Bauchi Govt Suspends Commissioner For Women Affairs
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has relieved Hajiya Zainab Baban-Takko, the state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Child Development, of her duties with immediate effect. The Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Mr Mukhtar Gidado, disclosed this in a statement early Monday. According to him, the decision was a result of a minor change by the governor to...
Troops Repel Kidnap Attempt, Rescue Two, Recover Arms In Benue
The authority of the Nigerian Army, on Monday, said its troops deployed for counter-terrorism operations in the North Central in conjunction with Volunteer Guards, have successfully repelled a kidnap attempt and rescued two kidnap victims in Benue State. The army in a post on its Facebook page, said the troops, while responding to a distress call from the enclave of...
Military Forces Neutralize 21 Bandit Kingpins In Zamfara
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have again conducted clearance operations which resulted in the killing of twenty-one dreaded bandits’ kingpins in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. According to a military source, the bandits’ kingpins neutralized include Yellow Mai Naira and nine members of Hamisu Black who were terrorizing innocent citizens in Mayasa, Birane, Yanbuki, Kwashabawa, and other villages...
Postponing Edo, Ondo Elections May Spark Constitutional Crisis – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that postponing the Edo and Ondo states governorship polls and other bye-elections will throw Nigeria into a constitutional crisis. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of INEC, who raised the red flag at the commission’s first virtual consultative meeting with media organisations, yesterday, however, reassured the election umpire would continue to adopt and implement...
Africa Has The Potential To Achieve Self-Development — Tinubu
Africa has what it takes to grow, according to President Bola Tinubu, and it should look within to boost intra-African trade for the benefit of its citizens and the continent. The President said this on his official X account on Monday, adding that he had successful conversations with the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, on the eve of the Abu Dhabi...
Jandor Charge Jonathan To Ignore Calls To Contest In 2027
Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), Lead Visioner of the Lagos4Lagos Movement ,has urged Former President Goodluck Jonathan not to heed calls to contest for presidency in 2027. Adediran, the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. He said Jonathan would be taking...
