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CNPP Urges Tinubu To Reduce Corruption, Abuse Of Office
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has called on President Bola Tinubu to reduce cases of corruption and abuse of office among ministers and civil servants for the masses to breathe. The group, in an open letter addressed to the President dated January 8 and released in Lagos on Monday, said the CNPP listened to Tinubu’s New Year message...
Trump To Make Acquisition Of U.S. Citizenship Harder With Revised Civics Test
The Trump administration is moving to make it harder for immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship by reinstating a tougher version of the naturalization civics test first introduced in 2020. The proposed changes would expand the pool of possible questions from 100 to 128 and require applicants to answer 12 out of 20 correctly to pass. The current test requires six...
COVID-19: ABHA Members Distribute Substantial Palliatives, Ready To Offer More Assistance — Rt. Hon. Orji
The Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has said members of the legislature in the state have distributed substantial palliatives to their constituents in an effort to help the people of the State to not to feel the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown. He also expressed the willingness of the Assembly to offer more humanitarian sacrifices...
Resign If You Can’t Stop Extortion – Senator-Elect Tells IGP
Senator-elect, Barr. Onyekachi Nwaebonyi representing Ebonyi North senatorial zone, on Sunday, said that the 10th National Assembly will summon the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to account for the various funds extorted from innocent Nigerians at checkpoints. Nwaebonyi, who spoke to newsmen hours after a thanksgiving service that took place at the ecumenical centre Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi...
UNIBEN VC Appeals For Calm Over Soldiers, Students Clash
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Lilian Salami has called on students to always embrace dialogue in resolving issues rather than taking to protests at the slightest provocation. Prof. Salami made that call in a statement she issued on Friday in Benin after a clash between some students of the institution and soldiers on Thursday. Clashes and protests usually cause...
More Economic Hardship Coming, Change Your Strategy – Primate Ayodele Tells President Tinubu
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday advised President Bola Tinubu to change his approach towards economic hardship because he still foresees more economic crises for Nigeria. Primate Ayodele who commended Tinubu for his intervention in the Naira devaluation issue, maintained that the government hasn’t done the right thing to tackle economic hardship in the country. In...
NDLEA Seizes Drugs Hidden In Frozen Snails, Electrical Bulbs
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have seized consignments of illicit drugs hidden in frozen snails, electrical bulbs, and female clothes bound for the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to a statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the interceptions were made at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and...
Don’t End Sallah Celebration In Beer Parlour – Cleric Urges Muslims
Muslims in the country have been warned against indulging in social activities prohibited by Islam while observing the Sallah celebration. An Islamic cleric, Mallam Musa Bello gave the warning on Wednesday at the Gadumo praying ground in Kogi State. According to him, the experience of the 30-day Ramadan is meant to strengthen the belief of Muslims in the principles of Islam,...
Prison Inmate Grabs Warder’s Rifle, Shoots Vulcaniser In Kwara
A prison inmate at the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, Kwara State capital has shot and wounded a roadside vulcaniser. This happened on Friday when some prison inmates were being led out of the facility. But one of the inmates seized a warder’s rifle and fired some shots which hit the unidentified vulcanizer staying close to the area. While the injured...
Ask Your Governor What He Did With FG’s 13% Derivatives, Catholic Cleric Challenges Oil Producing States
Famous Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma, has called on Nigerians to query their various state governors on what they did with the 13 per cent derivation fund released by President Muhammadu Buhari. Fr Oluoma said it’s now known to Nigerians those who don’t want restructuring and devolution in the country. He disclosed this on Monday via his Twitter handle. The...
