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How 20 Surrendered Boko Haram Members Died Of Cholera In Borno
No fewer than 25 persons including 20 surrendered Boko Haram fighters have died due to a cholera outbreak in the Hajj camp where about 12,000 surrenders are currently kept in Maiduguri, Borno State. It was learnt that at least seven persons died on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that 14 other causalities were recorded in the Hajj camp on Wednesday. According to a...
Supreme Court Will Grant Mutfwang Victory, Says Sen. Jang
Sen. Jonah Jang, former governor of Plateau, has expressed belief that the Supreme Judge, would grant Gov. Caleb Mutfwang victory at the Supreme Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Mutfwang’s election was nullified by the Appeal Court on Nov. 19, because the Plateau chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), under which the governor contested and won...
Judge Withdraws From Natasha’s Case Over Akpabio’s Petition
On Tuesday, the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, filed a lawsuit, but Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who was tasked to hear the case, recused himself. The trial judge based his decision on a petition the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, wrote to challenge his objectivity in the matter. Though the suit was originally fixed...
Tinubu Orders FEC Swift Push To Reduce Food Prices
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a Federal Executive Council committee to move swiftly on measures to further reduce food prices across the country. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the directive focuses on ensuring safe passage of farm produce across transport routes to cut logistics...
Kano Gov’t Refutes Alleged Aide’s ₦6.5bn Diversion, Withdrawal
The Kano State Government has denied allegations of diversion and withdrawal of ₦6.5 billion from the state treasury linked to one of its aides. In a statement on Friday, the Director General, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Sanusi Bature, described the claims as false, stressing that government financial processes are guided by laid down rules and budgetary provisions. Bature explained...
February 10 Deadline On Old Naira Notes Stands – CBN Boss, Emefiele
• threatens to arrest, and jail PoS agents charging above N200 for cash swap The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has said that there was no need to shift the February 10, 2023 deadline. He said this during a visit on Tuesday to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the monetary and currency redesign policy...
Abia PDP Governorship Candidate, Prof. Uche Ikonne Is Dead
Abia state Governorship Candidate for the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) Prof Uchenna Ikonne is Dead, ABN TV reports. Prof. Ikonne was a former Vice Chancellor of the Abia state University Uturu. ABN TV learnt that he died on Wednesday at the National Hospital, Abuja. He had earlier received treatment at a United Kingdom hospital. Ikonne’s demise was confirmed by his son, Chikezie, in...
Abia Govt Places Embargo On Promotion Of Non-professional Civil Servants
Abia State Civil Service has placed a bar on promotion of non-professional administrative and executive (general duties) officers in the service. The head of service, Ngozi Obioma, stated this at a meeting with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management and the administrative and executive (general duties) officers in her office in Umuahia, the capital. Obioma said this followed circular No. HCSF/SPSO/ODD/CND/100/S.I/195...
Infrastructural Development In Southeast Behind Igbos’ Non-Protest Against Tinubu – Ohanaeze
The apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said the Igbos in the Southeast have refused to join the hardship protest against President Bola Tinubu due to the significant ongoing infrastructural transformation in the region. Ohanaeze said the ongoing infrastructural development in the Southeast was facilitated by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi. In a statement signed by its factional Secretary-General,...
Eight Kwara TESCOM Applicants Dismissed Following Failed Drug Tests
A minimum of eight candidates from the 1,800 shortlisted for teaching positions by the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission have been disqualified after testing positive for prohibited substances. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the TESCOM Press Secretary, Sam Onile, who quoted the Chairman of the Commission, Bello Abubakar. According to the statement, the disqualified applicants tested positive...
