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Four Arrested As Police, Military Rescue Kidnapped DHQ Officer In Abuja
Two civilians who were kidnapped from Mpape, Abuja, and a kidnapped naval officer, Lt. Cynthia Akor, who was attached to Defense Headquarters, were rescued by a joint security operation involving the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and the military. The victims were taken on March 21, 2025, when armed men attacked the Maman Vatsa Estate gate, blocked Mpape Road, and...
Akpabio Debunk $15,000 Bribe To Senators To Approve Emergency Rule In Rivers
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has refuted reports that senators received a $15,000 bribe to support the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Akpabio was reacting to several reports, which claimed that the lawmakers received the money in his Maitama home, during the breaking of their Ramadan fast. The rumours claimed the Senators received $5,000 on Tuesday and...
Kano Govt Announces Salary Increase For Academic, Non-Academic Staff
The Kano State Government has approved a salary increase of 25 to 35 percent for academic and non-academic staff of tertiary institutions in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Comrade Abdullahi Waiya, disclosed this while addressing journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting. He stated that the salary adjustments, which take effect from March 2025, are aimed at...
Abia Assembly Begins Investigation As Govt College School Fees Hit N1.1m
Abia State House of Assembly Joint Committee on Education, Public Petition, and Judiciary has commenced investigation into a petition written by Mr. Chukwudi Onwudinanti on the alleged activities of the members of Fisher Education Development Trust. In the petition, Onwudinanti, who is a former student of Government College Umuahia, GCU, alleged that the members of Fisher Education Development Trust, FEDT,...
$193,000 Hidden In Yoghurt Carton Intercepted At Abuja Airport
The Nigeria Customs Service has seized $193,000 in cash that was hidden in a carton of yoghurt at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, in a statement on Friday, said the cash was discovered by officers of the Federal Capital Territory Command. He explained that the interception which took place...
”Emergency Rule Will Weaken Wike’s Influence” – Analyst
A public affairs analyst, Amilda Fraser, has described the state of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State as a strategic move to weaken the influence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in the state. According to Fraser, the emergency rule is also to shield Governor Siminalayi Fubara from impeachment. In a statement on Friday,...
Naira-For-Crude Crisis: Petrol Imports Rise To 154m Litres Weekly
Between Monday, March 17 and Sunday, March 23, seven ships carrying imported petrol are anticipated to dock at seaports along the country's borders. According to a document obtained from the Nigerian Port Authority on Thursday, these vessels carrying 115,000 metric tonnes, representing 154.22 million litres of PMS, will bring in products through three seaports to improve fuel supply nationwide. The latest...
PDP Crisis Deepens As S’Court Reinstates Anyanwu
The PDP National Working Committee insists on Sunday Ude-Okoye as national secretary despite the Supreme Court judgment reinstating a factional leader, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, as secretary There is confusion in the Peoples Democratic Party as the National Working Committee insists that Sunday Ude-Okoye is the National Secretary of the party despite the Supreme Court judgment on Friday which appears to...
NAFDAC Destroys N1tn Worth Of Fake Drugs In Anambra
On Friday, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) destroyed counterfeit, substandard, and fake pharmaceutical and other products worth over one trillion naira at the Agu Awka Dump Site, Anambra State Waste Management Authority, in Anambra State. The Director General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, who performed the exercise at the dump site located in the...
Court Stops INEC From Accepting Natasha’s Recall Petition
On Friday, the suspended senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, obtained a court injunction preventing the Independent National Electoral Commission from accepting the recall petition from her constituency. The push to recall the lawmaker intensified on Thursday, with more groups in her constituency throwing their weight behind the process. The move comes on the heel of her suspension from the Red...
