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FG Predicts Heavy Rainfall, Flood In 48 Locations (See List)
Heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding may hit about 48 towns in 13 states beginning from September 13 to September 17, 2023, the Federal Government announced on Wednesday. It predicted that the rise in the water levels of River Benue and River Niger could affect communities along the rivers up to Bayelsa State and advised residents in these areas...
Suspected Cable Thief Electrocuted In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified man has been electrocuted near the Faculty of Education building, close to the Department of Economics of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State. The suspected cable thief was said to have finished cutting a cable from a high-tension pole before he was electrocuted as power was suddenly restored by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company. It was gathered that...
Pumeco Construction Denies Constructing Substandard Roads In Abia
A construction firm, Pumeco Construction Company Nigeria Limited has denied allegations that it is involved in the execution of sub-standard projects in Abia state. This is in response to allegation by one Ariwa Zuby who had taken to a website the accuse the construction company of being responsible for the collapse of Umuahia/Uzuakoli road leading to Arochukwu. Zuby in his...
Imo PDP Rejects Nullification Of Ugochinyere, Okeke’s Elections By Tribunal
The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the nullification of the elections of members representing Ideato North/South and Okigwe South federal constituencies in the House of Representatives, Barr. Ikenga Ugochinyere and Hon. Jonas Okeke, respectively, by the Imo State National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Mararaba, Nasarawa State. In a statement issued on Wednesday...
Benue State Government To Unblock Water Channels To Prevent Flood
The Benue State government has said it will open up blocked water channels to avert flooding in the state. The Commissioner for Cooperatives, Urban and Rural Development, Hon. Joy Luga, stated this during a tour of flood-prone areas to ascertain the level of havoc caused by recent heavy rains in the state. According to her, the incidence of flooding is a...
Customs Generates N28.8bn In Kano, Jigawa
The Kano-Jigawa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected N28.8 billion as revenue from January to August. NCS outgoing Area Comptroller, Sambo Dangaladima, made this known while handing over to the new Area Comptroller, Dauda Ibrahim Chana, in Kano on Wednesday. Dangaladima said that about N5.1 billion was collected in August due to aggressive and strict compliance adopted...
VP Shettima To Represent Tinubu At G77 Summit In Cuba
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima will depart Abuja on Wednesday (today) to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77+China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba from 15th to 17th September, 2023. This was disclosed by Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola in a statement made available to the media. He said the Vice President will be joining other...
First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu Donates N500m To Attack Victims In Plateau
Worried by the recent spate of violence in Plateau State, the wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday donated N500m to 500 families. The beneficiaries were drawn from six local government areas of the North-Central state. Senator Tinubu was in Jos, the state capital, to commiserate with the victims, encouraging them not to lose hope as her husband and other...
No More Sit-At-Home In South East, Chief Of Army Staff Declares
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the sit-at-home order enforced by the Indigenous People of Biafra across the South-East states has ended. IPOB in August 2021 commenced the sit-at-home order to demand the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from prison. The order impacted the economy in the region and resulted in the loss of lives...
Akeredolu Sacks Deputy Governor’s Media Aides
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, of Ondo state, has sacked the media aides attached to his deputy, Hon Lucky Ayedatiwa. This comes as fear of possible dissolution of the State Executive Council grips the commissioners and other members of the council. Recall that while the governor was away in Germany on medical vacation, the EXCO became polarised. Since the return of the governor last...
