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Senate Committee Proposes Six-Month Suspension For Natasha
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has been recommended for a six-month suspension by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions. This decision follows her allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. During an ongoing plenary session on Thursday, the committee advises that her salary and security details be withdrawn. The Committee’s chairman, Senator Neda Imasuen, who presented...
IKEDC Accuses 12 Air Force Personnel Of Office Invasion, Theft, Assault
Kingsley Okotie, the spokesperson for the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC), has confirmed an early morning invasion by more than 12 personnel from the Air Force base at Sam Ethnan Barracks in Ikeja, Lagos. According to Okotie, who spoke to Vanguard on the phone, over 12 personnel stormed the IKEDC office with their truck and began flogging the company’s staff....
Senator Natasha Faces Six-Month Suspension Over Committee Decision
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended by the Senate for six months in response to her accusation of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The decision, made on Thursday, March 6, 2024, came after a recommendation from the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions. As part of the suspension, Akpoti-Uduaghan’s salary and security details will be withdrawn, and she...
Nigeria Celebrates Ghana On 68th Independence Anniversary
The Federal Government has extended its warm congratulations to the Republic of Ghana on the occasion of its 68th Independence Anniversary. This was contained in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Thursday. According to the statement, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, conveyed the country’s best wishes to Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional...
Court Approves Final Forfeiture Of $1.4M Connected To Emefiele
A Lagos Federal High Court has mandated the permanent forfeiture of $1.4 million associated with fraud involving Godwin Emefiele, the troubled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In his ruling on Thursday, Justice Ayokunle Faji stated that the sum was proven to be proceeds of unlawful activities and must be forfeited to the federal government. The judge ruled in...
Tinubu Approves Jobs For 774 National Health Fellows
All 774 fellows under the recently established National Health Fellows Program will automatically be employed after their one-year term, according to President Bola Tinubu's assurance. “You are hired,” Tinubu declared during the program’s launch at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, on Thursday. In April 2024, Tinubu approved the National Health Fellows Programme, a key initiative under his Renewed Hope Agenda...
Senator Kalu Advocates For Senator Natasha’s Aides Amid Suspension Sanctions (Video)
During the heated plenary session that led to the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North Senatorial District, made a case for empathy towards her aides, urging the Senate to amend a recommendation that called for the withholding of their salaries and wages, ABN TV reports. The Ethics and Public Petitions Committee had recommended that,...
Military Troops Neutralize 92 Terrorists, Detain 111 Suspects — Defense HQ
According to the Defense Headquarters, in the last week, 92 terrorists were killed, 111 suspected terrorists were detained, and 75 hostages who had been kidnapped were freed. The Director of Defense Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this during a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Kangye stated that troops also recovered a total of 117 assorted weapons and 2,939 rounds...
FG Launches New Platform To Track Government Assets
The National Electronic Assets Register is a digital platform that the Federal Government launched on Thursday with the goal of tracking and managing assets owned by the government across departments, agencies, and ministries. The initiative, spearheaded by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, is expected to enhance transparency and accountability in public asset management while aligning with global...
Governor Soludo Receives Delegation From SEDC, Advises Team On Key Agenda (Photos)
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has received a delegation from the Southeast Development Commission (SEDC), led by their Chairman, Chief Emeka Wogu, and the Managing Director, Mr. Mark Okoye II. During the meeting, Governor Soludo advised the SEDC team to avoid bureaucratic and politicized approaches in their operations, emphasizing the need for the commission to stay focused...
