APGA Frowns at Purported Plan by ANSIEC to Exclude it in LG Election

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPGA Frowns at Purported Plan by ANSIEC to Exclude it in LG Election

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 16, 2024

The leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, has expressed disappointment over the alleged plan by the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission – ANSIEC, to exclude it from participating in the September 28, 2024, Local Government Election. APGA under the leadership of Chief Edozie Njoku has been in a loggerhead with Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, who is the only APGA governor and also the National Leader of the party. Soludo who has refused to...

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Two Brothers Bury Their Sibling Alive In Zaria

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTwo Brothers Bury Their Sibling Alive In Zaria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 16, 2024

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two brothers in the Zaria area of the state for burying their sibling alive over an allegation of stealing a cell phone worth N35,000,00. According to ASP Mansir Hassan, Police Public Relations Officer, Kaduna State Police Command, the victim, 20 years old, Abubakar Aliyu of Gauraki village under Kufena ward, Zaria in Kaduna State was working as a laborer at a building construction site in Abuja when the cell phone...

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Gunmen Kidnap Over 20 University Students from Two Universities

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen Kidnap Over 20 University Students from Two Universities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 16, 2024

Over 20 Medical and Dental students and a House Officer from the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos have been kidnapped by gunmen on Friday around 5:30 p.m. in the Otukpo area of Benue state. The students were en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu. The spokesperson for the Benue State Police Command, SP Catherine Anene, who confirmed the incident, said an investigation had been launched...

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Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops to 33.40% in July

EconomyNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Inflation Rate Drops to 33.40% in July

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 16, 2024

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has announced a decline in Nigeria’s headline inflation rate to 33.40 per cent in July, representing a 0.8 per cent point decrease from the 34.19 per cent recorded in June. According to the NBS Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report for July, released on Thursday in Abuja, the year-on-year inflation rate in July 2024 was 9.32 per cent higher than the rate recorded in July 2023, which stood at...

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Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Sign Historic Gas Pipeline Agreement

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria, Equatorial Guinea Sign Historic Gas Pipeline Agreement

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 16, 2024

President Bola Tinubu and his Equatorial Guinea counterpart, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, yesterday signed a landmark agreement on the Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Project. Speaking at the signing ceremony, President Tinubu, who is on a three-day official visit to Equatorial Guinea, said that the agreement will open up new opportunities for gas exploration and employment. He added that they both discussed the “various areas of conflicts and what we can do to promote peace”...

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Governor’s Eno’s WhatsApp Account hacked by fraudsters

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor’s Eno’s WhatsApp Account hacked by fraudsters

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 15, 2024

The WhatsApp number of Akwa-Ibom State, Governor Umo Eno has been hacked by fraudsters who asked for money from his contacts. Many of Mr Eno’s phone contacts have received messages from his WhatsApp number on Tuesday asking them to transfer a specified amount of money to an account and promising reimbursement later. While alerting the public in a statement on Wednesday, the Press Secretary to the Governor Ekerete Udon said law enforcement agents are on...

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Flood: 16 Perish In Jigawa, Over 5,000 Households Displaced In Yobe

NewsNigeriaFlood: 16 Perish In Jigawa, Over 5,000 Households Displaced In Yobe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 15, 2024

No fewer than 16 people have died and 3,936 households have been displaced by severe flooding across 10 local government areas in Jigawa State. Haruna Mariga, Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), who revealed this on Wednesday, said the majority of fatalities were due to the collapse of mud houses and boat accidents. He added that the disaster has also washed away 2,744 hectares of farmland, which had a severe impact on...

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Speaker Abbas Withdraws Bill Seeking 10-Year Jail Term for Not Singing Anthem

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSpeaker Abbas Withdraws Bill Seeking 10-Year Jail Term for Not Singing Anthem

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 15, 2024

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has withdrawn the Counter Subversion Bill, which sparked widespread outrage and opposition due to its draconian provisions. The bill, introduced on 23 July 2024, proposed severe penalties, including fines and prison sentences, for various offences such as refusing to recite the national anthem, destroying national symbols, and undermining the Federal Government. According to the bill, “anyone found guilty of destroying national symbols, refusing to recite the...

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Atiku accuses Akpabio of Fixing Hugh Salaries for lawmakers while Nigerians Suffer

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAtiku accuses Akpabio of Fixing Hugh Salaries for lawmakers while Nigerians Suffer

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 14, 2024

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio for superintending over the National Assembly (NASS) that undermines Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) by fixing humongous salaries and allowances for the lawmakers while Nigerians go hungry, poor and unsecured. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections in a press statement on Wednesday signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibeh, noted that Senator Sumaila Kawu has...

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Taraba State Government Bans Movement Of Cattle

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTaraba State Government Bans Movement Of Cattle

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 14, 2024

Following an outbreak of hemorrhagic septicemia, a deadly livestock disease, the Taraba State government has imposed a ban on the movement of cattle to and from the Mambilla Plateau in the Sardauna Local Government Area. The outbreak has already claimed the lives of over 1,000 cattle and over 15,000 cattle have already been affected. Addressing Journalists in Jalingo, Dr. Nathan Francis, Taraba State Director of Veterinary Services said the state government, in partnership with the...

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