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Police Dismiss Officer Involved In Fatal Calabar Shooting
Inspector Effiong Bassey, a police officer who killed one person and injured two others in Calabar, the state capital, has been fired by the Cross River State Police Command. The state police spokesman, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the dismissal in a statement on Monday, saying Bassey had been charged to court and remanded at the Afokang Correctional Centre. She said, “The police...
Full List Of 21 Heads Of Agencies Sacked By Wike Emerges
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the immediate termination of the appointments of 21 heads of parastatals, agencies, and government companies of the FCT Administration (FCTA). Wike, in a statement by his Director of Press, Office of the Minister, Anthony Ogunleye, on Wednesday, ordered the affected appointees to hand over the affairs of their offices...
PDP Northern Elders Faults Wike, Others Over Anti-party Activities
The Northern Elders Unity Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a blistering attack on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and his political allies, accusing them of plotting to destroy the PDP and weaken opposition politics in Nigeria. In a communiqué issued at the end of its 18th General Meeting, the Forum reaffirmed...
2023: Yarima Declares Interest To Contest For Presidency
A former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima has declared interest to contest for the presidency come 2023. Yarima, an All Progressives Party (APC) member disclosed this yesterday in Bauchi while speaking with newsmen shortly after he paid a condolence visit to a famous Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi over the death of his wife. He said that...
NLC Declares August 2 Nationwide Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set the Federal Government a seven-day deadline to modify all perceived anti-poor measures or face a nationwide strike beginning August 2. These measures include the recent increase in the price of gasoline at the pump. This comes as the NLC urged all of its affiliates and state councils to mobilize workers and other Nigerians, including...
We’re Putting Modalities In Place For Minimum Wage Payment – Governor Otti
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti says his administration is putting modalities in place for the commencement of payment of the new minimum wage by the end of this month. Governor Otti announced this on the occasion of the 2024 World Teachers Day Celebration with the Theme: "Valuing Teachers' Voices: Towards A New Social Contract For Education" He said that the...
Venezuela Ground Turkish Airlines, Others Over Alleged Terrorism
Venezuela’s aviation authority said Wednesday that it banned multiple airlines accused of “terrorism” after they suspended routes, heeding warnings from the United States about military activity in the region. The affected airlines — Spain’s Iberia, Portugal’s TAP, Colombia’s Avianca, Chile and Brazil’s LATAM, Brazil’s GOL and Turkish Airlines — will have their operational permits revoked for “joining the actions of...
JAMB Reviews 379,000 UTME Resit Results
Prior to the final release to the public on Thursday, a final audit of the results of the 379,775 candidates who claim to have taken the rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination is being carried out. The audit team includes officials from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, civil society organisations, academics and other independent observers. A source, who did...
Bad Governance Responsible For Insecurity In Imo State, PDP Replies Uzodinma
The Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State on Monday differed with the state governor, Hope Uzodimma, on his claims that insecurity in the state is politically motivated. PDP in a statement issued by its publicity secretary in the state, Collins Opurozor, said that Uzodimma’s bad governance had made insecurity to persist in the state. The main opposition party was reacting to...
IPOB Observes Biafra Day Without Sit-At-Home
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (IPOB) has said the annual Biafra day celebration, to commemorate fallen heroes of Biafra after the civil war, will not be observed with a sit-at-home order as it was in the past. Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement in Owerri, said the celebration, which would hold between May 27 and...
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