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After Conviction, Supreme Court Brings Down Sen. Nwaoboshi’s Appeal Hearing Date From 2024 To 2023
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja granted a reprieve to the jailed Senator Peter Nwaoboshi by reversing the downward hearing date in the appeal challenging his seven years imprisonment for corruption. Though the hearing date in his appeal against the conviction was slated for November 24, 2024, it was, however, on Thursday brought down to February 9,...
Ikpeazu To Inaugurate Prof. Mkpa, 7 Others As ABSIEC Board Members
Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has re-appointed a former vice chancellor of Abia State University, ABSU, Prof. Mkpa Agu Mkpa as the board chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commissioner, ABSIEC along with six commissioners and a secretary. Commissioners appointed in the board include Prince Dan Okoli, Onyebinanma Sunday Onyebinanma, Dan Onwutuebe, Henry Okachie Okere, Enyinnaya Ebere, Mrs Precious...
2023 Election: 93.47m Eligible Voters To Participate — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared its determination to proceed with the conduct of the February/March general elections, two days after it expressed fears about the wave of general insecurity across the country. INEC had lamented, on Monday, that if not tamed, the ugly trend of pre-election violence could precipitate a constitutional crisis by way of the forced...
Police Arrest 3 Over Cultism In Rivers
Operatives of the Rivers State Police command have arrested 3 suspected members of a cult group terrorizing communities in Ogoniland. A locally made pistol was also recovered from the suspects. The command’s Public Relations officer, Grace Iringe Koko in a statement on Wednesday said men of the anti-cultism unit of the command carried out the operation after a tip-off from the...
Miners Urge Gov. Uzodimma To Tackle Illegal Mining In Imo
Chairman, Miners Association of Nigeria, Imo State chapter, Prince Ugochukwu Onyenwenwa, has expressed worry over illegal activities in the mining industry of the state, which, according to him, may cause environmental disaster, if not urgently checked. He also raised the alarm over alleged threats to his life by some elements, who, he said, are against his determination to sanitise the...
Gov. Ikpeazu To Swear In Barr. Nkoro As Commissioner On Friday
Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu will on Friday 13th January, 2023 swear in Hon. Barr. Akujiobi Nkoro as commissioner in the State executive council. This is according to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Chris Ezem made available to ABN TV. He said, "The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu will on Friday 13th January,...
Sen. Kalu Greets SP Ahmad Lawan At 64, Salutes Contributions To Nation Building
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has described the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan as a seasoned public administrator, consummate politician, and philanthropist of repute. Congratulating the Senate President on the occasion of his 64th birthday anniversary, Kalu acknowledged the noble contributions of Lawan to nation-building in various capacities. While applauding the...
Boko Haram Was Fraudulent Plot, Designed To Destroy Nigeria – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday described the Boko Haram group and its attendant ideology — which abhors Western education — as a “fraudulent plot” designed to “destroy Nigeria.” Buhari’s comments come barely 48 hours after he alleged a “deliberate plot” to destroy the country, which failed. Officially known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, the Boko Haram sect is an Islamic terrorist...
Edo Train Attack: Nigeria Will Prevail Over Forces Of Darkness — Tinubu
Sen. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, says Nigeria will prevail over forces of darkness, adding that evil will not prevail over the country. He said this in a statement by his Media Officer, Mr Tunde Rahman while condemning Saturday’s Edo train station attack where 31 passengers were kidnapped by suspected bandits. Tinubu described the abduction of the 31...
Atiku Holds Talks With British Government, Discusses Security, Defence, Others
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, met with members of the United Kingdom Parliament to discuss his solutions to issues that could be of concern to the European country if he is elected president next month. “I just concluded successful meetings with The Right Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP—Minister for Development and Africa in...
