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Man Bags 25 Years Jail Term For Raping Minor In Cross River
A trial court in Cross River state has sentenced one Matthew Uyangha to 25 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old orphan. The convict was said to have repeatedly raped the victim, whose identity is not divulged, for two months before nemesis caught up with him and he was arrested. The rapist had drugged and abducted the teenage girl from...
Tinubu Unveils National Security Objectives, Vows To Fight Insecurity
President Bola Tinubu on Friday spelled out his National Security Objective, stressing that it would focus on ensuring security, justice, and democratic prosperity through state power. Tinubu disclosed this at the graduation of Course 45 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, Kaduna State. He pledged that his government would focus lots of energy on providing adequate security...
Amnesty: Those Comparing Niger Delta Agitators With Murderous Bandits Ignorant — Clark
Edwin Clark has condemned the comparison between Niger Delta agitators and bandits in Northern Nigeria. In a Thursday press statement, the Convener of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), called out Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi and a former Zamfara State governor, Ahmad Yerima, for repeatedly demanding that the Federal Government should grant amnesty to bandits just as the late President Umaru...
2023 Election: INEC Chairman, Commissioners Meet With Collation, Returning Officers
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and the National Commissioners on Friday met to review the post-2023 general elections review meeting in Abuja. The meeting was held at the Abuja Continental Hotel, Abuja. In attendance were collation and returning officers in the February/March general elections. The collation and returning officers are mainly university professors, many...
FG To Close Section Of Eko Bridge For 40 Days
The Federal Government says it will close the Alaka-Costain-Iganmu section of the Eko Bridge (inward Island) for another 40 days. A Thursday statement by the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Engr. (Mrs.) O.I. Kesha, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Works & Housing, said the closure will start from Sunday 23rd July 2023. “This is a result of the...
Force PRO, Cop Assaulted By Seun Kuti, 14,052 Others Promoted
The Police Service Commission has promoted Inspector Mohammed Aminu, who, in May 2023, was assaulted by Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The spokesperson for the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed the promotion in a statement he issued on Thursday. Ani said Aminu was promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police. READ ALSO: We Are Working...
We Are Working With Fed Govt On Palliatives For Nigerian – APC Governors
All Progressives Congress (APC) governors yesterday said they were in the final stages of plans with the Federal Government in providing post-fuel subsidy removal palliatives to Nigerians. The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Imo state Governor Hope Uzodimma, who spoke with reporters after their meeting in Abuja, said the governors noted the hardship arising from subsidy removal. READ ALSO:...
Subsidy Removal: NULGE Demands 300% Minimum Wage Increment
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called for a 300 percent increment in the minimum wage for workers across all sectors due to the inflation caused by the removal of fuel subsidy. NULGE National President, Mr. Ambali Olatunji, said this in a communique jointly signed by Mr. Isah Gambo, General Secretary of the union, at the end...
NANS Demands End To Arms And Ammunition Proliferation In Ogun
The reported “reckless and unchecked inflow of arms and ammunition into Nigeria through land borders” alarmed the National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday. The student body claimed that it had reliable information that the ammunition had been brought in illegally over the land borders of the Ogun state in a statement made accessible to our correspondent in Abuja. The government...
FG Approves Infrastructure Support Fund For States
President Bola Tinubu has approved the creation of an Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) for states as part of measures to mitigate the effects of the removal of petrol subsidies on Nigerians. According to Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, the permission was announced at the Federation Account Allocation Committee's monthly meeting on...
