Afenifere Commends S. Court, FG Over Ruling On LG Financial Autonomy

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAfenifere Commends S. Court, FG Over Ruling On LG Financial Autonomy

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 15, 2024

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation has commended the Federal Government and the judiciary over last Thursday’s ruling in support of local government financial autonomy. Afenifere made the commendation in a press Statement on Sunday signed by the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi. It will be recalled that the Federal Government, through the Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, in May this year, instituted a case at the Supreme Court seeking...

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Benue Governor Appoints Anambra Man as Chairman of Varsity Governing Council

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsBenue Governor Appoints Anambra Man as Chairman of Varsity Governing Council

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 15, 2024

On Monday, the Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, announced the appointment of Anambra-born Sir. Paul Chukwuma, as Chairman of the Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of Benue State University.  Chukwuma, a big player in the education sector within Nigeria and beyond, is expected to come on board with his diverse experience in the educational sector. Similarly, Governor Alia appointed Chairpersons of Governing Councils of other higher institutions in Benue State as follows; Dr....

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Information Minister Receives Freed Kidnapped Journalists

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInformation Minister Receives Freed Kidnapped Journalists

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 14, 2024

…Lauds NSA, Others Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation has lauded the release of two-Kaduna based journalists who were abducted from their homes in the outskirts of Kaduna last weekend. The Minister who spoke when he received the two journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation newspapers and AbdulRaheem Aodu of Blueprint newspapers, from the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the minister commended security agencies for the speedy recovery of...

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Minister Orders Investigation Into Collapse School Building In Jos

EducationNewsNigeriaMinister Orders Investigation Into Collapse School Building In Jos

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 14, 2024

…As Gov Mutfwang Shuts Down The Academy Following the collapse of the School building of the Saint Academy in the Busa Buji area of Plateau State on Friday which killed 22 students and more than 130 injured, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Ahmed Dangiwa, has directed an immediate and comprehensive investigation to ascertain the cause of the incident. The Minister in a statement attributed the collapse to the negligence and unscrupulous behavior...

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 Looting: Emergency Worker, Security Personnel, Others In Police Net

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria Looting: Emergency Worker, Security Personnel, Others In Police Net

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 14, 2024

A Staff of the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), two Vigilante members, and five others are now assisting the police in their investigation of looting a government warehouse located in Jimeta, the twin capital of Adamawa State. The Adamawa State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje in a statement said the arrest followed reliable information received about the organized crime coordinated by the syndicate including four women. According to the statement 98...

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LP Caucus of SE Assembly Asks Tinubu to Release IPOB Leader, Kanu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLP Caucus of SE Assembly Asks Tinubu to Release IPOB Leader, Kanu

PilotnewsJuly 14, 2024

The Labour Party caucus of  South East Houses of Assembly have urged the Federal Government, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. They said his release would help check criminal activities in the  South East region that has persisted in the guise of genuine agitation. Mr Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has been held in detention despite Court rulings ordering his release. Speaking in Awka, the...

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Federal Government Arraign Eight Chinese Nationals For Illegal Mining

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFederal Government Arraign Eight Chinese Nationals For Illegal Mining

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 13, 2024

Eight Chinese nationals have been arraigned in court by the Federal Government for illegal mining activities in the Lokpaukwu community, Umuchieze, within the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Segun Tomori in a statement said the suspects, including eight (8) Chinese nationals and one Nigerian, were recently apprehended by the Mining Marshals, codenamed “Operation Hayakin Kogo,” of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence...

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Federal Government Renames National Theatre After Wole Soyinka

NewsNigeriaFederal Government Renames National Theatre After Wole Soyinka

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 13, 2024

The National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere has been renamed by the Federal Government as The Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the change of name of the theatre in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale to congratulate Professor Wole Soyinka on his 90th birthday. President Tinubu wishes Professor Soyinka many more years in good health and creative...

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Over 10,000 Abians To Benefit From One Billion Free Interest Loan

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 10,000 Abians To Benefit From One Billion Free Interest Loan

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 13, 2024

Over 10,000 nano and micro business operators drawn from the 184 electoral wards in Abia State are to benefit from a one billion naira interest-free loan under the state cooperative support scheme. Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti while officially launching the disbursement of the fund held at the International Conference Centre in Umuahia, the state capital, said the beneficiaries were selected from among traders, farmers, and artisans and said the essence is to create...

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Breaking: Over 22 Students Dies, 132 Injured In Collapse School Building

NewsNigeriaBreaking: Over 22 Students Dies, 132 Injured In Collapse School Building

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 13, 2024

Over twenty-two students died and one hundred and thirty-two persons were injured following the collapse of a two-story building at Saint Academy, a secondary school around the Bussa Buji area of Jos, the Plateau State capital. According to a statement issued by the Plateau State Government in Jos, the incident occurred around 10: am on Friday when Junior Students of the Academy were writing their third term examinations when the two-story buildings suddenly collapsed affecting...

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