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South East Reps Caucus Urges Buhari To Obey Appeal Court Ruling By Releasing Nnamdi Kanu
The South East caucus in the House of Representatives on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the rule of law and demonstrate statesmanship by ensuring the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, in line with the ruling of the Appeal Court. The caucus gave the charge via a statement titled: ‘Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial: Time to win peace,’ signed by...
Second Niger Bridge Completed – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday, confirmed that the construction of the 2nd Niger bridge is now completed and will soon be released to the public for use. He stated this at an ongoing press briefing to present President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in Abuja. According to him, the only factor delaying the commissioning of the road is...
Abia South: You Can’t Beat Abaribe, PDP Chieftain Tells Ikpeazu
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Abia State, Dr Sampson Orji, has advised the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, to step down for incumbent senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance because he (Ikpeazu) cannot defeat the senator. Orji, who was a former commissioner for Trade and Commerce, had during a live radio programme, “Open Parliament,” monitored in Umuahia,...
Tinubu: I’ll Build On Buhari’s Legacy
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assured that will build on the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari if elected Nigeria’s President in 2023. Tinubu made this assurance while addressing participants at the third Ministerial Performance Review Retreat at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday. He restated that he will not relent until terrorists are...
Speakers’ Forum Consoles Kogi State Assembly Over Fire Incident
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has commiserated with the Kogi State House of Assembly over the unfortunate fire incident that engulfed its complex last week. This was contained in a media statement signed and made available to journalists in Bauchi late Monday night by Abdul Burra, the spokesperson of the chairman of the forum, Abubakar Suleiman. The...
Nnamdi Kanu: Obey Court Order Now, Edwin Clark Tells Buhari
Elder statesman, Edwin Clark on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the ruling of the Court of Appeal discharging Nnamdi Kanu for terrorism charges. The Court had on Thursday faulted the Federal Government for the manner in which it extradited Kanu, saying it flouted human rights norms. However, the Federal Government has argued that the court only discharged but did...
Kogi State Assembly Summons BUA Over Unpaid 50,000-Hectare Land
Kogi House of Assembly on Monday, summoned cement manufacturing firm, BUA Group, over a 50,000-hectare land it acquired 10 years ago but had yet to pay for it. The lawmakers gave the summon at a public hearing of one of its ad-hoc committees held at a hotel in Lokoja since its complex was gutted by fire last Monday. Deputy Speaker of...
NNPP Candidate Donates Relief Materials To Flood Victims In Delta
Delta South senatorial candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (retd.), on Monday visited flood victims at Igbide and Ofagbe communities in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas of the state and donated some relief materials to cushion the effects on them. Items donated to the victims by the visiting senatorial candidate included tubers of...
Sen. Kalu Receives Dr. Umeonyirioha, First Igbo Language Lecturer In Oxford University
Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Monday played host to the first Igbo language lecturer in the University of Oxford in England, Mazi Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha. ABN TV reports that Umeonyirioha broke the internet earlier in the year when he announced in a post via his Twitter handle about his induction as first Igbo Language lecturer...
FENRAD Urges FG To Obey Court Judgment On Nnamdi Kanu
Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD a pro-democracy and Human Rights advocacy group has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to immediately obey the order of the appeal court which discharged and acquitted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB Mazi Nnamdi of terrorism and treasonable felony among other charges. In a statement on...
