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#EndSARS: No Plans To Clampdown On Protesters — Ikpeazu Assures
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has called on people of the state to disregard insinuations that the state government is planning to clamp down on protesters. The governor in a state-wide broadcast on Wednesday while acknowledging the people's right to protest in a democratic society monitored by ABN TV, said, the state government under his leadership does not intend...
Trump’s New Bill May Slash Nigeria’s $21bn Remittance
The United States recently passed a new bill that would impose a 3.5% tax on money transfers made by non-citizens to recipients overseas, potentially dealing a serious blow to Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings from diaspora remittances. The provision is contained in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a sweeping legislative package by US President Donald Trump and recently passed by...
Obi Urges Acknowledgment Of True Election Winners From The Past
After Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (rtd), the former military president of Nigeria, acknowledged that the late Chief MKO Abiola had won the June 12, 1993 election, Peter Obi, the Labour Party's (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, responded. IBB made the admission during the launch of his autobiography, ‘A Journey in Service,’ on Thursday. “That accident of history is most regrettable. The nation is...
Women Stage Demonstration Backing Emergency Rule In Rivers
Hundreds of women took to the streets of Port Harcourt on Monday to show their support for the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The women, all dressed in white, gathered at the Garrison Bus Stop in the city centre at 8 a.m. to begin the rally. As of the time this report was filed, the women were...
I Can’t Resign Because Of Jailbreaks, Says Aregbesola
Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola yesterday said the recent frequent jailbreaks across the country will not be a good reason for him to resign his position as minister. Aregbesola said this while addressing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Aregbesola explained that the jailbreaks...
Okpebholo Wins Tribunal Case, Ighodalo Moves To Appeal Court
Yesterday, the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, upheld the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The tribunal, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel, said it found no reason to nullify the outcome of the governorship contest held in the state on September 21, 2024. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Wilfred...
NSCDC Denies Kidnapping Man Over Land Dispute With Kinsman In Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has denied the news making the rounds that its operative abducted a native of Amaedim Ngwogwo community in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some national dailies had reported that the NSCDC operatives abducted Mr Innocent Orji, following a land dispute in the community. However,...
IPOB Exposing Lives, Investments Of Ndigbo To Danger, Iwuanyanwu Cries Out
Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are endangering the lives, investments, and properties of Igbos in Igboland and across Nigeria by their unguarded and provocative comments and actions. Speaking when the leadership of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) conferred on him the award as its grand patron in...
“Let’s Stop Corruption”, Governor Ikpeazu, Clerics Tell Abians At Easter
Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu and clerics in Abia have called on the residents to shun corruption and lies amidst Easter celebration. In his 2023 Easter Message, the Governor charged Abians to remain hopeful of better days ahead for the State and her people and thanked the people of Abia for the privilege of serving them as Governor for 8...
Insecurity: Again, South East Governors Meet, Vow To Secure Region From Attacks
Members of the South East Governors’ Forum met on Monday as part of efforts to tackle the rising security challenges in the region. This follows the incessant attacks that have claimed lives and left several injured in various states in the region, with police stations and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) being the targets in most cases. At...
