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Prepare for the next election, stop inflaming emotions, Presidency tells Obi

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

By Augustine Aminu The presidency on Monday admonished Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25 general election, Peter Obi, to stop whipping up religious and ethic sentiments on the electoral case already decided by the Supreme Court. It said the LP candidate should rather channel his energy towards...

EFCC receives new date of November 8 after refusing to produce Emefiele in court

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday, refused to produce former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. The Anti-graft agency told Justice Olukayode Adegbola Adeniyi, that the release order made on November 2 was not obeyed...

Remove Sylvia Agu as Imo REC to avert crisis, PDP tells INEC

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

By Augustine Aminu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) again tasked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately redeploy the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu, for allegedly being compromised to manipulate the November 11, 2023 governorship elections in Imo States...

Fire at Canadian Embassy Abuja claimed two lives – FEMA

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has confirmed the death of two persons in the diesel tank explosion that rocked the generator house at the Canadian Embassy in Abuja. FEMA however disclosed that two other persons who sustained severe burns hospitalized at the National Hospital Trauma Centre A...

Woman saved from suicide by soldiers

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

The 81 Division, Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers have prevented a suicide attempt by one Mrs Francesca Spark who plunged into the Lagos Lagoon around 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Marina Lagos. This was contained in a statement signed by the Division’s spokesperson, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, on Monday. Ayeni said Spark attempted...

INEC has no preference candidate in Bayelsa, Kogi , Imo – Yakubu

NewsDeskNgNov 7, 2023November 7, 20230

By Augustine Aminu Six days to the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has declared that the Commission is not a political party and does not have a candidate in the November 11 Governorship elections. The INEC Chairman...

Senate reads riot acts to school owners

NewsDeskNgNov 6, 2023November 6, 20230

Senate yesterday urged all school owners in the country to adhere to safety rules in the operation of school buildings to avoid incidences pupil’s untimely deaths. Senate after observing a minute silence in honour of one of the victims of unsafe School structures at Emerald International School,Aba in Abia state,...

Rep Committee promises to collect unremitted oil income of N100 billion

NewsDeskNgNov 4, 2023November 4, 20230

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere has vowed to recover the over N100 billion naira oil revenue that has not been remmitted to the Federal Government over the years. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Committee, Hon. Ugochinyere regretted that the Federal...

Stop persecution of Northerners in Abia, Igbo group cautions Alex Otti

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

…Gives gov 48 hours to rescind outbursts, apologize to Northern traders An Igbo group, under the aegis of Coalition of Igbo Unions of Nigeria (CIUN) has cautioned the governor of Abia state against alleged persecution of Northerners in the state. The Igbo group warned that move by governor Alex Otti...

2023 Supplementary: Reps scrap Presidential Yatch, increases Student loan to 10bn

NewsDeskNgNov 3, 2023November 3, 20230

……Approve a total Sum of 2.177trn for Tinubu By Augustine Aminu The House of Representatives on Thursday scrapped the budgetary allocation of the presidential Yatch and proposed additional sum of N5 billion to student loan thereby increasing allocation for student loan to 10bn as against 5. 5bn This was just...