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House Of Reps In Penury, Needs More Money To Function — Spokesman Benjamin Kalu
Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said that the National Assembly, particularly the Green Chamber was in dire straits and needed its annual budgetary allocation jerked up. Addressing Journalists on Thursday in Abuja, Kalu said that giving the national parliament a raise was necessary to enable it to serve the Nigerian people effectively and efficiently. At the...
Biafra Will Assist Nigeria, WA Neighbours With Free Oil Supply — Nnamdi Kanu
Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has promised to supply free gas and oil to West African countries including Nigeria when the Republic of Biafran is eventually realised. Kanu also pledged that persecuted Northern Christian communities would be granted political asylum in Biafra to save them from genocidal attack by terrorists. Kanu who made the pledges...
Abia Speaker Blows Hot As 28 Die In Ikwuano, Akwa Ibom Boundary Dispute
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has expressed sadness over the alleged killing of 28 people in Ariam Usaka Ukwu in Ikwuano Local Government Area of the state by their neighbouring people of Ini Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State over a land dispute. Hon Stanley Nwabuisi, Member representing Ikwuano State Constituency had brought...
FRSC Dedicates 2021 International Women’s Day to Late Tolulope Arotile
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dedicated the 2021 International Women’s Day celebration to the Late Tolulope Arotile of the Nigerian Air Force for her heroism and selfless service to the nation. FRSC Lagos Sector Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide, disclosed this during the commemoration of the 2021 International Women’s Day in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Buhari Vows To Continue Empowerment Of Women
As the world celebrates International Women's Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured that his administration would continue to give priority positions to women in the country. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in the audience the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Mrs. Winnie Byanyima. According to a statement issued by his...
You Can’t Ban Open Grazing, Miyetti Allah Challenges Governors
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a factional umbrella body for herdsmen in the country, has said it is opposed to the ban imposed on open grazing of cattle by South-West governors. It said the enforcement of the ban was tantamount to an eviction notice. This is however against the position of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, which...
Obasanjo Remains Nigeria’s Most Genuine Living Statesman –Ikpeazu
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “Nigeria’s most authentic living statesman whose life’s odyssey has become an invaluable source of history.” Ikpeazu stated this in a warm birthday message to Obasanjo on his 84th birthday on Friday, noting that the former president lived for Nigeria and gave the best of his years to the sustenance of...
NDDC Responsible For Poor Quality Roads In Abia Not State Govt — Commissioner
Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu has said Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC should be held responsible for poor quality of federal roads in the State, denying the involvement of the state in executing shoddy road contracts in the state. The Commissioner in a phone-in radio programme on Friday in Umuahia monitored by ABN TV wondered why...
Nnamdi Kanu ‘A Nobody’, Causing Ethnic Cleansing In Igbo Land — Ralph Uwazuruike
The founder of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and leader Biafra Independent Movement, Ralph Uwazuruike, on Monday accused the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, of allegedly inciting ethnic cleansing in the South-East zone and parts of the South-South region. At a press conference in Owerri, the Imo state capital, Uwazuruike accused Kanu, whom...
Alleged Attack On Yahaya Bello: Apologise Now, APC Tells Abaribe
The All Progressives Congress, APC has demanded an apology from Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, over an alleged unprovoked attack on Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The governing party equally demanded that the Senator representing Abia North, should retract defamatory statements made against the governor or be prepared to substantiate same in Court. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘APC to PDP:...
