NSCDC Arrest 76 Suspects Plan For Same-sex Wedding

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNSCDC Arrest 76 Suspects Plan For Same-sex Wedding

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 23, 2023

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, have arrested 76 suspects in connection with same-sex weddings. Buhari Sa’ad, State Public Relations Officer of the command disclosed this while parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters in Gombe on behalf of the state Commandant, Mohammed Muazu. Sa’ad said out of the 76 suspects, 59 are males with 21 said to have confessed to being homosexuals, adding that 17 females...

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Federal Government to disburse student loans in January

EducationNewsNigeriaFederal Government to disburse student loans in January

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has said that the student loan programme would begin in January. President Tinubu announced this at the 29th Economic Summit organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in Abuja on Monday. “By January 2024, the new student loan programme must commence,” the President said, adding that the programme would put an end to the incessant strike actions by academic and...

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Davido, Rema win two awards at the 2023 Trace Awards

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaDavido, Rema win two awards at the 2023 Trace Awards

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

Nigerian musicians Davido and Rema won two awards each at the 2023 Trace Awards which was held in Kigali, Rwanda last Saturday, October 21. The Trace Awards is a new awards franchise created by Trace, a global TV and multimedia platform. The purpose of the awards is to recognise African and Afro-influenced musicians from Africa and other parts of the world. Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema, won the “Song of the Year” award for...

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Supreme Court hears Atiku and Obi appeals, adjourns judgement

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSupreme Court hears Atiku and Obi appeals, adjourns judgement

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

…dismisses APM’s appeal. The Supreme Court, after hearing arguments from attorneys of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi on Monday, put off the judgement for another day. Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Obi of the Labour Party, LP, were Tinubu’s main opponents during the last presidential election. Atiku and Obi came second and third respectively after the poll. The duo are challenging Tinubu’s win, alleging irregularities and Tinubu’s ineligibility to run for the...

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Petrol price soars to N626.21 per litre – Report

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPetrol price soars to N626.21 per litre – Report

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 23, 2023

Nigerians now pay N626.21 per litre for premium motor spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, after paying between N170 to N195 for the product in 2022. This is according to the Petrol Price Watch for September 2023 by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, released last Saturday. The report states that the average retail price of a litre of petrol jumped from N191.65 in September 2022 to N626.21 in September 2023 – a 226.75 per...

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FG set to partner PricewaterhouseCoopers on solid minerals

EconomyNewsNigeriaFG set to partner PricewaterhouseCoopers on solid minerals

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 23, 2023

In a bid to enhance solid minerals development in Nigeria, the Federal Government (FG), through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, is set to work with foremost consulting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to execute policies under the seven point roadmap to transform the sector. Receiving the PWC partner, Mr. Habeeb Jaiyeola in his office, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr, Dele Alake commended the company for its role in the just-concluded Nigerian Mining Week and the...

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APC alerts the public over fake NADECO’s plot to discredit Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC alerts the public over fake NADECO’s plot to discredit Tinubu

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 23, 2023

The All Progressives Congress (APC), United States of America (USA) chapter has alerted the public over a plot by a fake National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), USA branch to discredit President Bola Tinubu in respect of his academic credentials. The APC in a press statement on Monday signed by its chairman, Professor Tai Balofin, stated that they would like to clarify that the group organising the world press conference under the banner of NADECO USA is not...

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Soludo’s aide who brutalized GUO driver for overtaking his convoy apologizes

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo’s aide who brutalized GUO driver for overtaking his convoy apologizes

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 22, 2023

An aide of Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, Mr Ossy Onuko, who was reported to have ordered his thugs to brutalize a commercial driver for overtaking his convoy has apologized. This is coming as the transport company, GUO Transports has threatened to sue the official. Onuko in a press release to state his part of the story denied that he was in a convoy, but stated that the commercial driver, drove dangerously, and his...

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PANDEF tells Gumi, others to stop anti-south bigotry

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPANDEF tells Gumi, others to stop anti-south bigotry

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 22, 2023

…Says any Nigerian can be FCT minister The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has described as irresponsible, absurd, and subversive, recent comments by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi on the person and office of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike. A press statement on Sunday by Dr. Ken Robinson, National Publicity Secretary PANDEF noted that it’s most unfortunate that at a time when every...

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Assassination attempt on Gov. Bello has been reported by Kogi Govt

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAssassination attempt on Gov. Bello has been reported by Kogi Govt

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 22, 2023

The Kogi State government has announced an assassination attempt on Governor Yahaya Bello. A press statement signed by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications read,  “The Kogi State Government wishes to inform the general public that there was an assasination attempt on the Governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoja. “The attack occurred at about...

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