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South East Legislators Pay Solidarity Visit To Benjamin Kalu, Hail SEDC
The South East Legislators Forum, comprising members of State Houses of Assembly from the South East geopolitical zone, has commended the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu for his efforts in establishing the South East Development Commission (SEDC). The Forum, led by Hon. Kingsley Ikoro, Majority Leader of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, paid...
Releasing Nnamdi Kanu Key To Restoring Peace In South East – Hon. Ichita
Hon. Obinna Ichita, former Abia State lawmaker and Country Director of the German Initiative for Knowledge Transfer eV, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to facilitate the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a critical step toward addressing insecurity in the South East. Ichita, who recently held a series of meetings with the detained leader of the Indigenous People...
States Will Commence Implementation Of New Minimum Wage January — FG
The Federal Government says many states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will comply with the new national minimum wage by January 2025. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, stated this at the ministry’s headquarters, Abuja, when he received a delegation of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCN), on Thursday. He specifically appealed for patience from...
Tinubu Set To Present 2025 Budget
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has revealed that President Bola Tinubu will deliver the 2025 Appropriations Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday. Akpabio made this known during the announcement at the Thursday plenary on the floor of the Senate. He said, “The president has made his intention known to the National Assembly to present the 2025m budget to the joint session...
I Stand By My Comments – Kemi Badenoch To Shettima
Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK Conservative Party, has made recent remarks regarding Nigeria for which she has expressed no remorse. Born in the UK but largely raised in Nigeria, Badenoch was criticised by Vice President Kashim Shettima following her scathing words about Nigerian politicians. “I grew up in Nigeria, and I saw firsthand what happens when politicians are in...
Hon. Ichita Calls For Presidential Intervention To Address Insecurity In South East
Hon. Obinna Ichita, the Country Director of the German Initiative for Knowledge Transfer eV and former Abia State lawmaker, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing security crisis in Nigeria's South East region. Highlighting a series of discussions with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Hon. Ichita stressed...
IPOB Guarantees Ndigbo A Peaceful Christmas, Pledges To Tackle Insecurity
The Indigenous People of Biafra have reaffirmed their determination to eradicate insecurity in the Southeast and promised that Ndigbo people in the Diaspora and across the country will be able to spend Christmas at home. In a statement issued on Thursday, the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, assured that operatives of the Eastern Security Network would provide a peaceful atmosphere during...
FRSC Disclaims ‘Peace Ambassador’ Number Plates
FRSC dissociates itself from any collaboration with the Wazobia Conflict Resolution and Peace Initiative on "Peace Ambassador" license plates. The disclaimer is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide. Ogungbemide said that the disclaimer was also part of the FRSC’s efforts to clarify its stance on the use of unauthorised number plates. He described...
Ooni Of Ife Embarks On Trip To Katsina To See Buhari
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has visited former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. Disclosing this in a post on X, former media aide to the ex-president, Ahmad Bashir, said Buhari received the monarch on Wednesday. He also attached some photos, adding that former president led the Ooni of Ife and his entourage to the historic Daura Emir’s...
NDDC Set To Complete 2-Kilometer Road In Rivers
The Niger Delta Development Commission's Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has promised that the commission will soon finish the two-kilometer double-lane Kaa-Ataba road with two bridges in Rivers State's Khana and Andoni Local Government Areas. Ogbuku gave assurance during an inspection of a 1.2-kilometer-long bridge on the road, accompanied by the NDDC Executive Director, Projects, Victor Antai, and other Directors...
