FG set to hand over 2nd Niger Bridge project, May 15

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFG set to hand over 2nd Niger Bridge project, May 15

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 27, 2023

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, has said that the 2nd Niger Bridge project is fully completed and is set to be handed over to the end users by May 15th 2023. Fashola disclosed this through the Minister of Information and Culture, Lia Mohammed shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chambers on Wednesday. He noted that besides the 2nd Niger Bridge, other national projects...

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Enugu: Missing APGA guber aspirant found dead

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu: Missing APGA guber aspirant found dead

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 27, 2023

Dons Udeh, Enugu State All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship aspirant in the 2023 governorship election, who was declared missing has been found dead. Ude was reported missing last week Saturday. Report has it that his lifeless body was found at the 9th Mile Area of Enugu State, and his vehicle was also said to have been recovered. Ahmed Ammani, Enugu State Commissioner of Police, who confirmed the incident has ordered the Homicide Section of...

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Yola: Residents Protest Overpricing Of Power Bills

NewsNigeriaPoliticsYola: Residents Protest Overpricing Of Power Bills

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2023

The overpricing of power bills by Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) has provoked some residents of Yola, the Adamawa state capital who trooped to the YEDC operations office in Jimeta on Tuesday to protest the poor power supply and exorbitant bills. Malam Yahaya Abubakar who led the protests explained that N30,000 being paid monthly for a single phase is unrealistic compared to units consumed within the period due to unstable power supply. According to him,...

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ADHA Confirms First Female Chief Judge, Others

NewsNigeriaPoliticsADHA Confirms First Female Chief Judge, Others

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2023

The Adamawa State House of Assembly during plenary on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Justice Hapsat Abdulrahaman as the substantive Chief Judge of the state. Justice Hapsat Abdulrahaman has been in an acting capacity as Chief Judge since September 2022 following the retirement of the former Chief Judge Justice Nathan Musa. Also confirmed during the sitting are Grand Khadi, Sharia Court of Appeal Hon. Ibrahim Wakili Sudi, and Hon. Audu James Balami as the President...

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Kidnappers Collect N2.5m As Ransom, Shot Dead Victim’s Husband

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKidnappers Collect N2.5m As Ransom, Shot Dead Victim’s Husband

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2023

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police State Command in collaboration with Hunters in Mubi, Adamawa State have apprehended two kidnappers including the Master Planner of kidnapping activities in Mubi and its environs while three others were at large. The kidnappers on 3/04/2023 killed one Alhaji Ahmadu Mohammed of Digil Village, Mubi North Local Government Area of the State, and abduct his wife Aisha Ahmadu, 28 years old. SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, spokesman of the Adamawa...

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Anambra Assembly Confirms Chris Udechukwu as Commissioner for Industry

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra Assembly Confirms Chris Udechukwu as Commissioner for Industry

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 26, 2023

The Anambra State House of Assembly today during plenary, confirmed the nomination of Christian Udechukwu as the new Anambra State Commissioner for Industry. It would be recalled that last week, a letter from the Governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to the Assembly nominating Mr. Udechukwu for the position was read by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uche Okafor. Earlier, Christian Udechukwu, a first-rate investment and business consultant of international repute, was screened by the House Committee on...

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Nigeria: Estimated 6.2 Million Children Unvaccinated – WHO

HealthNewsNigeriaNigeria: Estimated 6.2 Million Children Unvaccinated – WHO

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2023

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 6.2million children are zero dose (unvaccinated), a consequence of the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 to 2021 in Nigeria. WHO also noted that the Africa Region estimates show that the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization services has driven up the number of zero-dose and under-immunized children, rising by 16% between 2019 and 2021 and pushing the cumulative total (2019–2021) to around...

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Lagos: PDP suspends state chairman, deputy over allegation of anti-party activities

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLagos: PDP suspends state chairman, deputy over allegation of anti-party activities

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2023

The Working Committee of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ratified the suspension of its state chairman, Philip Aivoji and his Deputy, Benedict Felix Tai over allegation of anti-party activities Recall that Aivoji and Felix-Tai were suspended by their ward executives over alleged anti-party activities a few weeks ago. According to reports Aivoji and his deputy are challenging their suspension in court, while the party has gone ahead to appoint...

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Actor Saint Von Colucci dies at 22 after 12 surgeries

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaActor Saint Von Colucci dies at 22 after 12 surgeries

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2023

Canadian Actor Saint Von Colucci has died at the age of 22 after undergoing 12 cosmetic surgeries to look like BTS singer, Jimin. According to Eric Blake, his publicist, Colucci died on Sunday at a South Korean hospital after complications from his most recent procedure. Reports have it that Von Colucci moved from Canada to South Korea in 2019 in pursuit of a career in entertainment, and went under the knife on Saturday, April 22,...

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Lagos: EKO Club Atlanta flags of medical rescue mission 

HealthNewsNigeriaLagos: EKO Club Atlanta flags of medical rescue mission 

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2023

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Eko Club Atlanta (ECA) has given notice that its medical rescue mission will commence in Lagos State from April 24th to April 29th, 2023. Hon Deji Ajiboye, ECA President, while speaking at a press conference in Lagos yesterday at the headquarters of Lagos State Parks and Garages, to flag off  the programme, said that the  medical mission is aimed at providing free medical services for citizens in Lagos and its surrounding communities. Ajiboye...

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