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Ohanaeze Youths Decries Kidnapping, Calls S’East Governor For Help
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has decried the incessant kidnapping in the South-East. The group’s worry comes amid the escalating cases of kidnapping across the five South-East states. In a statement made available to journalists on Thursday, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike urged the governors of the five states to...
Former Notorious Kidnapper, Sex Worker Turn Pastors, Build Life Together
A former notorious kidnapper and a commercial sex worker have abandoned their past lives and found love, redemption, and purpose in the ministry. Through the guidance of HRM King Apostle Chibuzor, General Overseer of OPM, the duo underwent a remarkable transformation, renouncing their old ways and embracing a new life in Christ. After graduating from Bible school, they led large branches...
FG Hikes International Passport Fees
The federal government has announced an increase in the cost of obtaining Nigeria’s international passport. The announcement which explained that the move is “part of efforts to maintain the quality and integrity of the Nigerian Standard Passport was contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service, DCI Kenneth Udo, in Abuja. While the new charges take...
FG To Meter Businesses, Households Before 2030
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says President Tinubu proposes all businesses, households, others to be metered in the next five years. Adelabu said this when he paid a visit to MBH Power, a meter factory in Mowe, Ogun State. The minister said Tinubu is not pleased with the country’s eight million metering gap and has directed that the situation be...
Nigerians Deserve Explanation On Old, New Presidential Aircrafts — Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last year’s election, Peter Obi, has asked the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to come clean on the details of the newly acquired presidential jet and those of the old ones being sold off. He made the call on Tuesday night on his X handle. President Tinubu, on Monday, embarked on...
NLC Requests Rescheduling Of Ajaero’s Police Interview To August 29, Threatens Nationwide Strike
The legal representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its president, Comrade Joe Ajaero, have formally requested a rescheduling of the latter’s interview by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over certain allegations. In a letter addressed to the Inspector-General of Police, and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mohammed Ahmed Sanusi, on Tuesday, the NLC legal team, led by Samuel...
NLC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown If Joe Ajaero Is Arrested, Detained
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to down tools nationwide in the event that the Nigeria Police detains its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. The union handed down the threat on Tuesday morning at its headquarters, shortly after holding an emergency National Executive Council meeting to discuss the invitation of the NLC President by the police over...
Subsidy We Paid Not For Fuel, Says NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says it has not paid fuel subsidies to anyone in the last nine months. The Chief Financial Officer of the company, Alhaji Umar Ajiya, made the clarifications on Monday in Abuja. Ajiya said NNPC Ltd. was only handling Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) importation shortfalls between the company and the federation. “In the last eight...
INEC REC Commissioner In Ogun Slumps, Dies In Abuja
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye is dead. The Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters. The cause of his death is yet unknown. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that the former Resident Electoral Commissioner had...
NLC Holds Emergency NEC Meeting Amid Police Investigation
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has summoned what it described as an emergency National Executive Council meeting following the invitation of its National President, Joe Ajaero, by the police for allegedly financing terrorism. The NEC meeting will be held by 8am on Tuesday (today) with all heads of affiliates and state chapters of NLC expected to be in attendance. The notice...
