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After Amobi Ogah’s Motion, Reps Sets Up Adhoc Committee Over Insecurity In Isuikwuato/Umunneochi (See List)
After a motion of urgent public importance raised by the member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah in which he sought workable means to curb the activities of bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements operating in communities around his constituency and beyond, House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to interface with...
Mohbad’s Body May Be Exhumed For Investigation – Police
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, has said the body of late singer, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, would be exhumed to aid investigation if need be. Mohbad died on Tuesday under controversial circumstances and was buried the next day in the Ikorodu area of the State. In an interview with media personality,...
2023: We Can’t Allow Underage Voting, INEC Vows
Amid allegations of underage voter registrations ahead of the 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has reiterated its assurance to the Nigerian electorate that citizens who have yet to attain the legal voting age will not be allowed to participate in the polls. The Director of Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Victor Aluko, said this during a live...
Reps Move To Recover N10 Trillion Pension Fund Loaned To FG
The House of Representatives has unanimously decided to investigate the status of pension funds and work towards recovering the N10 trillion loaned to the federal government. In his ruling, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu mandated the Committee on Pension to investigate the status of the pension fund assets of over N15.5 trillion This resolution came after Rep. Aliyu Misau (PDP-Bauchi State) sponsored...
Hardship: You Need Help, Jandor Tells Tinubu
The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdul-Azeez Adediran better known as Jandor has weighed in on the biting economic hardship in the country and is suggesting President Bola Tinubu should seek help and “reset the buttons” to reverse the trend. Nigeria’s floating of the naira and the removal of subsidy on fuel has triggered a...
New Radio Stations Commence Full Transmission In Abia, Now Open For Business
Sun FM 91.9 Aba located at No 133 Aba Owerri Road, Aba, and Sun FM 91.3 Igbere, situated Near Camp Neya, Igbere, in Bender Local Government Area both in Abia State are privately owned fully digital commercial radio stations. Equiped with the latest broadcast technologies, Sun FM 91.9 Aba and Sun FM 91.3 Igbere broadcast on a News, Entertainment and...
Ex-EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde Is Dead
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, is dead. Lamorde, a retired police officer, was said to have died after he battled an undisclosed illness. The retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police died at the age of 61 in Egypt where he was receiving medical treatment. A former EFCC official told our correspondent on Sunday morning that...
Igbo Veterans In US Writes Tinubu, Alleges Plan To Assassinate Nnamdi Kanu [Letter Attached]
A US-based Igbo group, American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID) has written to President Bola Tinubu, alleging that some persons in his cabinet to assassinate the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group in a letter titled "PEOPLE WORKING IN YOUR GOVERNMENT HAVE PLANS TO ASSASSINATE MAZI NNAMDI KANU" and dated October 6, 2023 said...
Nigerian Airports Set For Reopening, Passengers Issued Warnings
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has said it has put in place arrangements on passenger facilitation, ahead of the resumption of flights. The General Manager Corporate Affairs of FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu, stated this while speaking at an aviation webinar organised by Women in Aviation (WIA) Nigeria with the theme: “Aviation: The New Norm in the post-COVID-19.” Yakubu warned passengers...
Anti-Corruption: APC Group Says Buhari Has Recovered N1trn
A voluntary think-tank group of the governing All Progressives Congress, the APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign (APC-LAC) on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari administration has recovered about N 1 trillion stolen public funds and assets in the last six years. The group, in a statement, titled “President Buhari’s fight against corruption” in Abuja signed by APC National Youth Leader, Bar....
