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We Need Your Intervention For Peace In Southeast, Uzodinma Tells Tinubu
Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ask for the federal government’s intervention to restore peace and order to the Southeast. The growing insecurity in the South Eastern region of Nigeria has received the attention of leaders from the zone region who Uzodinma said sent him to meet...
Enough Is Enough, We’re Taking Our Country Back – Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerian women that his administration is committed to reclaiming Nigeria from the vested interests that have stifled its development. On Thursday, the president gave the assurance at the State House while receiving the All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leaders in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, led by the APC National Woman Leader, Dr....
EFCC Arrests 13 Chinese In Kwara Over Illegal Mining
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 13 Chinese over alleged illegal mining in Kwara State. The suspects, a female and 12 males, were arrested on Wednesday in the GRA of Ilorin. The commission said the action followed credible intelligence about their activities of illegal mining and non-payment of royalties to the...
“We Have Received 1,500 Applications From Nigerians” – Guinness World Record Laments
According to Guinness World Record, they have received roughly 1,500 applications from Nigerians. Following chef Hilda Baci's recent world record-breaking feat for the longest individual cooking marathon, a sizable number of Nigerians have enthusiastically embraced the fad. In a recent interview with Legit NG, the record body stated: “The attention and excitement that Hilda Baci’s cooking marathon gained was certainly an incentive...
Senate Approves $800m World Bank Loan Request
The Senate accepted President Bola Tinubu's loan request of $800 million on Thursday. This came after the whole Committee discussed the loan during Thursday's session. Former President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, forwarded the identical request to the 9th Senate in May, at the close of his term. However, the 9th Assembly could not address the issue before...
People Obey IPOB Sit-at-home Order To Avoid Death — Uzodimma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State urged yesterday that people in the southeast heed the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, sit-at-home command in order to avoid being slaughtered. The governor also denied knowing about the existence of men of former Niger Delta insurgents, Asari Dokubo, operating in Imo State to keep the peace, as Dokubo recently alleged. As the governor stated,...
‘Peter Obi, Now IPOB Spokesman’ — Simon Ekpa Fires Back Over Sit-at-home Comment
Simon Ekpa, a self-proclaimed disciple of jailed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, has responded to Peter Obi's statement on the sit-at-home command in the southeast. The banned separatist group organized a sit-in to demand Kanu's release from the Department of Security Service (DSS) custody. From July 3 to 10, Ekpa proclaimed a total lockdown in the southeast geographic...
DSS Charges Emefiele To Court
The DSS has charged Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with contempt of court. In a statement issued on Thursday, DSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya stated that the decision to charge Emefiele was made in accordance with the order of the Federal Capital Territory High Court. Details to come...
Senate Screens Service Chiefs
The Senate on Thursday screened the recently appointed Service Chiefs. President Bola Tinubu had in a letter to the Senate read on Monday, requested that the Upper Chamber confirm the nomination of the Service Chiefs. The Senate on resumption of plenary on Thursday, started the screening of the Service Chiefs, with each of them mounting the podium to speak on how...
NCDC Tasks Journalists On Accurate Reportage Of Disease Outbreaks
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other health agencies have tasked journalists to ensure only accurate information is pushed out to the public, especially during disease outbreaks. The Director General of NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa gave the advice while flagging off the 2023 Media Epidemiology, Infodemiology, and Social Behaviour Change/Risk Communication (EIS) fellowship for journalists. Adetifa noted that with...
