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Imo State Worse Than Somalia, Borno Under Governor Uzodinma – CUPP Spokesman
Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for Ideato North South Federal Constituency in Imo State, has slammed Governor Hope Uzodinma for the state’s insecurity. The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) spokesman, Ugochinyere, claimed that insecurity in the state has worsened since Uzodinma took office. Remember that unidentified gunmen recently attacked the CUPP’s spokesman’s home, burning...
INEC To Get N18bn For Conduct Of Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission will get N18bn for the conduct of the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections. The polls are billed for November 11, 2023, and according to the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu, the electoral umpire will get the fund out of the N2.1 trillion 2023 supplementary budget. Bagudu spoke on Monday at the State...
My Son Acted Strangely Before Attacking His Lecturer — Dad Of UNILORIN Expelled Student
Anuoluwa Salaudeen, father of Waliyullah, the expelled 400 Level Microbiology student of the University of Ilorin, has broken his silence over the saga. Speaking with BBC Yoruba, Salaudeen said his son went wild and acted strangely a day before the incident. According to the Lagos-based mechanic, Waliyullah stays with his younger brother, Farouk, a 200 Level student, in one of the...
Akwa Ibom Declares Friday Work-free Day In Honour Late First Lady
The Akwa Ibom State Government has declared Friday, November 29, 2024, a work-free day in honour of the late First Lady, Patience Eno. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Enobong Uwah, in Uyo, the state capital, on Wednesday, noted that the decision is to enable Akwa Ibomites and other well-wishers to pay their last respects to the...
BREAKING: Abia Assembly Urge Ikpeazu To Suspend Commissioner, Cosmos Ndukwe, Others
The Abia State House of Assembly during Plenary today Monday the 12th Day of October 2020 has passed a resolution urging the Governor of Abia State Dr.Okezie Victor Ikpeazu to Suspend the Abia State Commissioner for Trade and Investment Hon. Cosmos Ndukwe, Chairman of Ekeoha Shopping Centre Traders Association Mr Friday Dimiri and the Chief Security Officer of Ekeoha...
Kalu: State Police Necessary For Enhanced Security, Says 400,000 Policemen Not Enough For Nigeria
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has said that the number of policemen which is placed at about 400,000 is not sufficient to provide security to over 200 million Nigerians. Speaking during a courtesy call on him by the association of Clerks of State Houses of Assembly on Thursday, Abbas who was represented by the Deputy...
INEC Raises Fresh Security Alarm Ahead Of Edo Governorship Election
INEC has raised fresh concerns over the security situation in Edo State ahead of September off-cycle governorship election. Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, expressed the concern in his remarks at the third regular quarterly consultative meeting with civil society organisations (CSOs) in Abuja, yesterday. He made a particular reference to the worrisome recent event in Edo State that resulted in...
Amotekun Nabs Motorcycle Thief In Osun
Operatives of the Osun Western Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, have apprehended a suspect, Mojeed Olanrewaju, for alleged motorcycle theft. The 29-year-old was arrested, according to the security outfit, for stealing a motorcycle in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Skit Maker Ijoba Lande Returns Home After Missing For Four Days Confirming the arrest to DAILY...
VIDEO: IGP Decorates Newly Promoted 56 Senior Police Officers, Deploys AIGs, CPs [See Affected States]
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The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has decorated 56 newly-promoted Senior Police Officers and others, at the Goodluck Jonathan Peace Keeping Conference Hall, Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A total of 465 officers were promoted to various ranks, including 12 Assistant Inspectors General and 44 Commissioners of Police that were decorated on Thursday. DIG Sanusi Lemu, representing...
NAF Warns Against Fake News On Admission Into Airforce School
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has warned members of the public about a fraudulent online notification of admission into its School of Medical Sciences and Aviation Medicine in Kaduna. This was disclosed in a press release by NAF’s spokesperson Ayodele Famuyiwa. Famuyiwa said an impostor identified as Air Commodore Anike Obinna is asking interested persons to pay N15,000 for the purchase...
