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One Year In Office: APC Scores Gov. Fubara Zero
The chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has debunked news making the round on social media, alluding that he made a U-turn and congratulated Governor Siminalayi Fubara for his one year in office. Okocha, who briefed journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said it is impossible for him to...
Second Niger Bridge: Arrest Criminals Vandalizing Infrastructure – Peter Obi Urges security Agents
The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on security agents to investigate and arrest criminals vandalizing critical infrastructures on the second Niger Bridge. Obi said the vandalization of the critical infrastructures on the bridge was capable of causing grievous harm to commuters. He was reacting to a video of a man who described how criminals were vandalizing...
One Year Anniversary: You Have Failed To Fulfill Campaign Promises – Group Tells Gov Lawal
A pro-democracy group, the Zamfara Initiative for Good Governance has claimed that Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has failed to fulfill his election promises to the people. The group said the governor has failed in the areas of security, health, agriculture, education, civil service, women and youth empowerment. It claimed the governor was overwhelmed by the burden of leadership and...
Strike: Electricity Supply Restored In Nigeria Days After National Grid Shutdown
Electricity supply has been restored to parts of Nigeria two days after striking Nigerian workers shut down the National grid. Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications at Enugu Electricity Distribution Company disclosed to DAILY POST on Wednesday that the disco started receiving loads from the National grid around 6 pm on Tuesday. When asked if the power supply had been restored...
Abia Govt Says Gov. Otti Not In Support Of Sit-At-Home By IPOB
The Abia State Government has said Governor Alex Otti was not in support of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) sit-at-home order. This was against the backdrop of a circulating statement where the governor was said to have spoken through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, and alleged to have supported the sit-at-home order. The state Commissioner for Information and...
Ondo, Edo Guber: INEC Extends Voters Registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has extended the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR for the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo states by four days. Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner & Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, in a statement, said the Commission took the decision after its meeting on Tuesday. He said the CVR, which was scheduled...
Kaduna Govt Airlifts Over 4,000 Pilgrims To Saudi Arabia
The last batch of over 300 pilgrims from Kaduna State have departed for Saudi Arabia to perform the 2024 Hajj, making over 4,000 pilgrims airlifted from the state. Governor Uba Sani expressed delight with the officials of the state Pilgrims Welfare Agency for their diligence in ensuring the success of the 2024 Hajj and advised them to ensure the pilgrims...
Newlywed Chops Off Husband’s Manhood In Kaduna
A newlywed woman, Habiba Ibrahim, has reportedly cut the manhood of her 40-year-old husband, Salisu Idris, while he was asleep. She was said to have been arrested by the police. Idris, a commercial motorcycle rider and resident of Kudan in Kaduna State, said the incident happened on May 26 after he returned from the early morning prayers. He said lying on his...
Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC Suspend Strike For One Week
Members of the organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, suspended their strike on Tuesday for one week, a leader of the NLC told our correspondent in Abuja. The centres are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government. The strike which commenced on Monday was called to protest the failure...
Strike: PDP Postpones Inauguration Of Edo Gov Election Campaign Council
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has postponed indefinitely the inauguration of the Edo State Governorship Election National Campaign Council earlier scheduled to hold on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made this announcement in a statement on Monday in Abuja, saying the postponement was due to the industrial action...
