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Governor Umo Eno Orders Relocation Of Chinese Firm To Ibom Industrial Park
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has ordered the relocation of ‘Golden Tripod Limited,’ a Chinese company along Ikot Ekpene road, Uyo to the Ibom Industrial Park in Itam, Itu Local Government Area of the State. Governor Eno, who gave the order while flagging off the construction of a 2.2Km Tabernacle Road project, off Ikot Ekpene road, called for...
IGP Assures Improved Security On Abuja-Kaduna Road
The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has guaranteed Nigerians that the security challenges along the Abuja-Kaduna road will soon be a thing of the past. Egbetokun made the promise when he commissioned some projects in Ikeja, Lagos. Then projects commissioned include the remodeling and furnishing of the Administrative Block at 22PMF in Oduduwa, Ikeja, GRA, Lagos; Newly built...
Christian Group Accuses Lagos Assembly Of Rejecting Commissioner Nominees On ‘Religious Grounds’
CRN has accused the Lagos State House of Assembly of rejecting commissioner nominees on religious grounds. The Lagos legislature declined to ratify 17 of the 39 commissioner nominations submitted by the state's governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday. Six former commissioners from Sanwo-Olu's first term are among the 17 nominations that were not approved by the legislature. Gbenga Omotoso (information and strategy), Akin...
‘For Peace In South-east’ — Reps Panel Calls For Nnamdi Kanu’s Unconditional Release
An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives has asked for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the incarcerated leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Obinna Aguocha, chairman of the committee collaborating with security services to combat criminal activities in Abia state's Isuikwuato and Umunneochi LGAs, addressed at a hearing on Thursday. He stated that the release of...
Tribunal Affirms Musa Agah As Winner Of Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, seated in Jos, has reaffirmed the legitimacy of Musa Agah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected representative for the Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency in Plateau State. The tribunal’s unanimous verdict was delivered by its chairman, Justice William Olamide, on Thursday. The candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Gwani Alkali, had...
Tinubu Will Allocate Money For Quality Roads – Umahi Assures Nigerians
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has assured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu will allocate funds for the construction of quality roads across the country. Umahi spoke on Thursday while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme, monitored by ABN TV. The former Ebonyi State governor admitted that the major challenge in road development is the issue of construction cost. READ ALSO: FG...
Scrap NDDC, Bring Back OMPADEC, Asari Dokubo Tells Tinubu
Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a Niger Delta leader and freedom fighter, has asked President Bola Tinubu to abolish the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and reinstate the former Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC). Dokubo-Asari stated that the OMPADEC, which was established in 1992 to rehabilitate and develop Nigeria’s Oil Mineral Producing Areas, was appropriate, given the existence of oil-producing communities outside the...
45 Ministers Not Enough For Nigeria – APC Chieftain
Aliyu Audu, an All Progressives Congress chieftain and member of the party’s Presidential Transition Council’s Media Strategy Subcommittee, has stated that President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of 45 ministers is insufficient. Audu stated this on Channels TV Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. While he did not specify the number of ministers to be appointed, he stated; I don’t think 45 is even enough. I...
Kogi APC Battles Ganduje-Led NWC, Rejects Replacement Of Resigned National, Zonal Officers
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has dissociated itself from news making the rounds that the Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee of the party has replaced the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary, as well as the former Zonal Organising Secretary who both resigned from the party. In a statement signed by the APC chairman in Kogi State, Hon. Abdullahi Bello...
Gov Abdulrazaq Inaugurates Kwara Palliatives Committee
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, on Tuesday, inaugurated a 12-man committee on the distribution of the N5bn Federal government’s palliatives in the State. He reiterated the government’s commitment to making sure that the distribution process is totally non-partisan, transparent, and credible. The Governor said the palliative is only one of the many steps the government had taken to relieve the...
