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NewsNigeriaPoliticsEkiti: NGF Commends Oyebanji Over Transfer Of Electricity Regulatory Oversight

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 26, 2024

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has been commended by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) over the recent transfer of the electricity regulatory oversight by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau. The Forum, in a congratulatory letter signed by its Director General, Asishana Okauru, said the transfer was a major achievement and “significant milestone” in the tenure of the Biodun Oyebanji-led administration in Ekiti State. While hailing Governor...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsEmir Of Minna Set Up Committee To Curb Vices

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2024

A 31-man committee has been set up by Minna Emirate Council as part of a measure to address persistent thuggery, youth restiveness, and consumption of hard drugs by youths in Minna and its environs. Performing the ceremony in Minna, the monarch tasked members to discharge their duty effectively under the laid down rules and regulations. He also directed the committee to work hand in hand with law enforcement agencies in Minna Emirate to achieve the...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsecurity in Anambra: “We must focus our gaze within” – Uzu Okagbue

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 25, 2024

Chief Uzu Okagbue has reacted to a recent story making rounds on social media that herdsmen of Fulani extraction are terrorizing Ukwulu, a community in Dunukofia local government area of Anambra State. Although the story which claimed that Fulani herdsmen are running amok in Ukwulu and environs, trespassing on farmlands, and committing various crimes including rape, has been dismissed as false by the government of Anambra State; yet, it has continued to fester, nonetheless. Reacting to the...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsEFCC Restores 14 Assets to Enugu State Government

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2024

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has expressed profound gratitude to the Federal Government for ceding 14 assets back to the people and government of Enugu State. Acknowledging the proactive response of the President of Federal Republic Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the Enugu State Government’s request for the forfeited properties, Governor Mbah is optimistic that the assets which have been dormant for 17 years will be put to adequate use in...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsRivers Commissioner State Finance Commissioner Resigns

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2024

Isaac Kamalu, Rivers State Commissioner for Finance, resigned from the State Executive Council on Wednesday. He joined Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor who resigned as the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice earlier on Wednesday. Their resignations followed Tuesday’s announcement of a minor cabinet reshuffle in the state by Governor Similaye Fubara. Kamalu’s resignation came on the heels of his redeployment to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment by the governor on Tuesday. Kamalu, a...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsPalliatives: TUC Accuses FG, States Govts Of Owing Workers March, April Wage Award

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 25, 2024

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has accused the Federal and State Governments of owing workers wage ‘award for the months of March and April, 2024. Comrade Festus Osifo, President of the TUC has called out both arms of government while briefing the media on the fallout of its National Executive Council meeting held in Abuja on Thursday. According to Osifo, while a few states were up and doing regarding the payment of the wage award...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsEx-VP of ECOWAS Court Condemns EFCC Chairman Over Press Conference On Yahaya Bello

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 25, 2024

Professor Nwoke Friday Chijioke, former Vice President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, has condemned the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over the press conference he conducted in relation to conversations around former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. While speaking on Channels TV on Thursday, Chijioke criticized the EFCC’s approach, denouncing it as an unfair trial and labelling it as a form of media trial. He noted the importance of...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsEFCC Arrests Former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika on Allegations of Corruption

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2024

Former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika was arrested on Tuesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on allegations of corruption and financial impropriety. The arrest follows a thorough investigation into Sirika’s tenure as Aviation Minister, during which several irregularities and discrepancies were uncovered, relating to contract awards, and financial mismanagement within the ministry. Sources within the EFCC reveal that Sirika is being questioned in connection with suspicious transactions and questionable deals involving government contracts...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsPollution: Ogun State Government Clamp Down On Three Churches

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 24, 2024

Three churches have been sealed by the Ogun State Government over alleged contravening the state laws on noise pollution and defying government repeated order. The churches are Christ Apostolic Church, Fountain of Faith District Headquarters, Gbogunmi, Itedo Alafia Community, Bode Olude; Ambassador of Truth Assembly International located on Olorunseye Avenue, Ijeun Titun and Salvation Ministries on Kuforiji Olubi Drive Adigbe GRA, all in Abeokuta. Farook Akintunde, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environmental Compliance...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsSokoto State: 15 District Heads Fired

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 24, 2024

Nine district heads have been relieved of their appointment over alleged insubordination, aiding of insecurity and land racketeering. The affected district heads were those of Unguwar Lalle, Yabo, Wamakko, Tulluwa, llela, Dogon Daji, Kebbe, Alkammu and Giyawa. Abubakar Bawa, the Press Secretary to Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto sates while briefing newsmen also announced the sacking of another six district heads who were appointed by the immediate past government of the state. According to Bawa,...

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