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Non-Payment Of Salaries: PDP Carpets Akeredolu For Purchasing of N1.5 Billion Cars For Himself, Wife
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo state has kicked against the purchase of two 670 LXE Jeeps valued at N1.5 billion by the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu for his personal use and wife, Betty. It lamented that the governor purchased the six-door vehicles for “his personal comfort and self-aggrandisement While Ondo State workers celebrated Christmas and New year in...
Herdsmen Attack Enugu Community, Kill One, Injure Two
At least one life was lost while two others are in critical condition after suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked Abor Community in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, Saturday. Report has it that after the attack on Mgbuji farm settlements, also in the council area which resulted in the death of at least three farmers about two weeks ago,...
Niger Delta Ex-Militants Beg Companies To Return To Region, Say Era Of Violence Over
Ex-Niger Delta militants have urged companies and businesses that left the region following the era of militancy to return because they have resolved to ensure uninterrupted peace in the region henceforth. The former militant warlords, who also called on interventionist agencies to work together with them to sustain the peace and ensure the development of the region, condemned the proliferation...
Report On Minimum Wage Receiving Attention In Kogi, Letter For Impending Strike Unnecessary — Head of Service
Following a publication by organised labour in Kogi State about non-implementation of minimum wage in the state, the Head of Service Kogi State, Mrs, Hannah Onyinoyi Odiyo has said there is no need for such publication, stating that the issue is currently receiving attention. While stating that a committee set up to this effect is not stalled against the claim...
IPOB Lists Names Of Suspected Criminals Allegedly Sponsored By Gov. Uzodimma To Discredit Group
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has released names of suspected criminal elements in Orlu Imo State allegedly being sponsored by the state Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma to unleash mayhem on residents just to discredit the IPOB. According to IPOB, the suspected gang members are Agu, 50, Vice and Ojoo. Emma Powerful, the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB in a statement...
Shoot And Kill Anyone Attempting To Attack Prison Facility, Aregbesola Orders
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on Monday, ordered prisons’ officers to shoot dead anybody who attempts to attack any prison in the country. The minister gave the order while inspecting the facility at the Agodi Custodial Centre in Ibadan. Aregbesola said any attack on any prison is an attack on the state and such must never be allowed again. His words: “The...
Nnamdi Kanu: No Sit-At-Home Wednesday, Thursday – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday, reiterated its earlier position that there will be no sit-at-home this Monday, on Wednesday 19th, and Thursday 20th January 2022. IPOB however stated that the only day there will be sit-at-home is on Tuesday,18th January 2022, the day its leader Nnamdi Kanu will appear in court in Abuja. A statement by IPOB’s Media...
What We Do Is More Than Conducting Election — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has raised concerns over what it described as huge responsibilities involved in conducting elections in Nigeria. The commission also observed that conducting elections in Nigeria was similar to holding one in the entire West African region. The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, according to a bulletin circulated by the commission on Saturday, stated these when the...
Plateau 2022 Budget: Lalong Allocates N100m For Furnishing Of His Guest House
The Plateau State Government is to spend the sum of N100,000,000.00 only to furnish the Simon Lalong Guest House as against the sum Of N88,000,000.00 only budgeted to run the affairs of the State Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Hospitality which has the potential to generate high IGR for the State. This is even as conflicting figures are quoted as...
PDP, APC Fight Dirty As Gov. Lalong Proposes N18bn For Flyover In Plateau
THE Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, are at each other’s throats over plans by Governor Simon Lalong to spend N18 billion on British-American flyover. The PDP, which is contending that government should tackle insecurity in the state, alleged that the project was a ploy for siphoning state resources. State...
