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Edwin Clark Urges Tinubu To Remove Abia, Imo, Ondo From NDDC
Chief Edwin Clark, the Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to remove Abia, Imo, and Ondo states from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), through amendment of the 2000 Act establishing the commission. This, he said was to remove Non-Niger Delta Oil Producing States of Abia, Imo and Ondo from the nine states...
Wike’s Wife Says Part Of Body Of Those Who Defile Minors Should Be Cut Off
A judge of the Rivers State High Court and wife of former governor of Rivers State, Eberechi Wike, has advocated the amputation of people found guilty of defiling minors. Justice Wike, stated this on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 2nd National Conference of Family Court Judges, Magistrates, and other Family Court Practitioners in Port Harcourt, the state capital. She insisted...
Benue Bloody Robbery: Appoint Security Adviser In 72 Hours, Assembly Tells Gov. Alia
The Benue State House of Assembly has given Governor Hyacinth Alia a seventy-two-hour ultimatum to appoint a special adviser on security. The House said this is a direct fallout of the inability to reach the security agencies for a timely response to the two-hour Otukpo bank robbery. The ultimatum by the state legislature followed a motion moved by the member representing...
INEC Confirms Delivery Of All Non-Sensitive Materials For Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed on Tuesday that it has delivered all non-sensitive materials for the elections to Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the ongoing training of various categories of its ad hoc staff ahead of the off-cycle governorship elections in the three states, scheduled for Saturday, November 11, 2023. Yakubu,...
Nov 11: INEC Must Demonstrate Impartiality To Reaffirm Citizens’ Confidence – IPAC
Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Tuesday said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must continue to demonstrate impartiality and transparency to reaffirm citizens’ confidence. IPAC National Chairman, Yabagi Sani, stated this in Abuja at the INEC Quarterly Consultative Meeting with leaders of political parties. He said the...
Gov Sule Appoints Four New Permanent Secretaries
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has approved the appointment of four new permanent secretaries in the state civil service. The announcement was made by Mrs Abigail Waya, the Head of Service, in a press release issued on Monday in Lafia, the state capital. The newly appointed permanent secretaries are John Ali Damina from Akwanga, Florence Yakwari from Karu, Ezekiel O....
National, State Assemblies Workers Vow Total Shutdown Of Legislative Houses From Wednesday Over Financial Autonomy
Workers across the 36 state and the national assemblies say they have concluded all arrangements to lock up their respective workplaces from Wednesday pending when their demands for financial autonomy of the legislative arm of the government would be granted. The workers, under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) are demanding that state governors should commence immediate...
Reinstate Sacked LG Elected Officials Within 14 Days, NLC Tells Gov. Otti
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) handed a 14-day ultimatum to Abia governor, Dr. Alex Otti, on Monday to restore the elected officials of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the state. The Union has also called on Otti to direct its officers, who had illegally taken over the NULGE secretariat in Umuahia, to vacate without delay. NLC has...
Nigerian Army Has Acquired Electronic Warfare Capabilities – Chief Of Army Staff
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army has acquired electronic warfare capabilities and is now taking advantage of the convergence of electronic and cyber warfare. Lagbaja said this on Monday in Abuja, at the opening of the Maiden Cyber Security Workshop of the Nigerian Army Cyber Warfare School (NACWS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Niger State Have No Business To Be Poor, Says Gov Bago
Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State has explained why his state cannot remain in the comity of poor states in the country. Speaking at a dinner for members of the House of Representatives Press Corps held in Minna, he remarked that he has been able to put in place measures aimed at repositioning the state for sustainable growth and...
