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The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said on Thursday the 2022 budget was padded by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) with fake projects worth N100billion. Owasanoye stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance in Abuja. The ICPC chief revealed that … [Read more…]
An Open Letter to Dr. Eric Oluedo (Stop More Autonomous Communities!) M. O. ENE Greetings, my brother Eric! That lightning never strikes in one place twice is proven again to be what it is: a myth. Congratulations on your membership of “the committee for the creation of autonomous communities” in Enugu State. You have been … [Read more…]
King Charles III will look into his brother, Prince Andrew’s exile following the death of their mother Queen Elizabeth II. Charles as the new king can make any decision about the Duke of York, who was disgraced after paying out millions over a civil sexual assault case. The News reports, Thursday, that Charles III would … [Read more…]
President Muhamadu Buhari is currently presiding over the National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In attendance at the meeting which is holding at the Council Chambers are; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and … [Read more…]
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday lost his mother,Mrs Grace Akeredolu. Mrs Akeredolu reportedly died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday morning. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Richard Olatunde confirmed the death of Mrs Akeredolu in a statement. “She died peacefully in her sleep early this morning. Mama was 90 … [Read more…]
An aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi as an Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB-compliant candidate. Omokri, who spoke on Channels TV’s Politics Today ruled out the candidacy of Obi, saying he (Obi) can never make a good leader. The human right advocate … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has released suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra arrested by officers of the Nigerian Army since February 27, 2020, at the Imo River community in Abia State. The victims, Sunday Nwafor, 59; Uzonwanne Ejiofor, 48; and Wilfred Dike, 36, were held at 14 Brigade Nigerian Army Ohafia, Abia State for … [Read more…]
The Federal Government, yesterday, described as illegal a protest staged by members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday which resulted in a gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. For second consecutive days, students, under the aegis of NANS, had obstructed traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and in the Oyo State capital. The protracted … [Read more…]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to present the proposed N19.76 trillion 2023 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly in the first week of October. Gbajabiamila stated this, yesterday, in Abuja, while inspecting ongoing renovation on the main chamber of the House of Representatives, as … [Read more…]
The Supreme Court has announced Ifeanyi Odii as the Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State. Mr Odii will now fly the party’s flag in the 2023 gubernatorial election. The Apex Court further struck out the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which had declared Senator Obinna Ogba, as … [Read more…]
Commuters were yesterday stranded on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as students protesting the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) blocked the road. The students in their hundreds under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) brought traffic flow to a halt. Led by the chairman of NANS, Ogun … [Read more…]
The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, gave the Department of State Services, DSS, permission to further detain the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnap negotiator, Mr. Tukur Mamu, for 60 days. The detention order, granted by Justice Nkeonye Maha, is to allow the security agency to conclude its ongoing investigations into Mamu’s alleged involvement with terrorists. … [Read more…]