NLC to Protest Nationwide Against Planned 50% Hike in Telecom Tariffs

BusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsNLC to Protest Nationwide Against Planned 50% Hike in Telecom Tariffs

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced a nationwide protest scheduled for Tuesday, 4 February 2025, to resist the proposed 50 per cent increase in telecommunication tariffs. In a communiqué issued at the end of its National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting held in Abuja, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, stated that the mass rally would take place in all 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory. “To express our collective opposition to this...

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Suspicious Husband Severs Wife’s Wrist over Alleged Infidelity

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSuspicious Husband Severs Wife’s Wrist over Alleged Infidelity

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

In Ibagwa-Agu Farm Settlement in Nsukka Local Government Area, a 33years old man severed the left wrist of his wife, Chinonso Echege over alleged infidelity. The suspect, Mr. Sunday Echege upon interrogation when arrested by the Enugu State Police Command operatives of the Okpuje Division confessed that he acted out of suspicion that his wife is having an extramarital affair. Eyewitness accounts that the couple were engaged in a heated argument when the husband suddenly...

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Trump Freezes Foreign Aid for HIV, Malaria Treatment to Nigeria, Other Countries

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTrump Freezes Foreign Aid for HIV, Malaria Treatment to Nigeria, Other Countries

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 29, 2025

The Trump administration has moved to halt the supply of essential medications for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis in countries supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a move that has sparked widespread concern over its impact on millions of vulnerable patients worldwide. Memos reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday revealed that USAID contractors and partners had been instructed to immediately cease operations related to the supply of these medicines and other critical medical...

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Gov. Mbah Calls for Enforcement of Anti-Spill Locks on Fuel Tankers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov. Mbah Calls for Enforcement of Anti-Spill Locks on Fuel Tankers

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar on Tuesday commended the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah for his intervention in medical care for surviving victims of the fuel tanker explosion at Ugwu Onyeama along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The Director-General NEMA stated this when her team visited the state Governor at the Government House to flag off the Agency’s distribution of emergency intervention items to the fire victims and their...

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Max Air Flight with 53 passengers, six crew members Crash-lands In Kano

NewsNigeriaMax Air Flight with 53 passengers, six crew members Crash-lands In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

A Max Air flight with registration number 5N-MBD, B733, carrying 53 passengers and six crew members crash-landed at around 10:19 p.m. at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) following a burst front tire. The aircraft was arriving from Lagos when the incident occurred. Max Air’s Kano Station Manager, Malam Bello Ramalan who confirmed the incident said everyone onboard was safely evacuated. “The airline is collaborating with the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the Aircraft and...

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Court Strikes Out Defamation Suit Filed Against Dele Farotimi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt Strikes Out Defamation Suit Filed Against Dele Farotimi

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 29, 2025

The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti presided over by Justice Babs Kuewumi has struck out the criminal defamation suit instituted against a lawyer and  human rights activist, Dele Farotimi by the Nigeria Police Force. This followed a notice of discontinuance and withdrawal filed by prosecuting counsel, Mr. Samson Osobu on Wednesday. It will be recalled that the police dragged Farotimi to court in 2024 after legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), accused the rights...

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Syndicate Supplying Motorcycles To Boko Haram Terrorists Arrested

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSyndicate Supplying Motorcycles To Boko Haram Terrorists Arrested

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

A syndicate supplying motorcycles to Boko Haram terrorists in Niger and Kaduna states has been arrested by the Police. Terrorists in Northern Nigeria mostly use motorcycles as operational vehicles for kidnapping, attacks, and on communities committing other heinous crimes. Benneth Igweh, Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday said the three suspects were arrested in Suleja Local Government Area, Niger State acting on credible intelligence...

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Anambra South: Akai Egwuonwu Promises to Prioritize Mechanized Agriculture

CommunityNewsNigeriaAnambra South: Akai Egwuonwu Promises to Prioritize Mechanized Agriculture

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)January 29, 2025

A leading aspirant in the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, for the upcoming Anambra South senatorial by-election, Chief Akai Egwuonwu, has said that he would prioritize mechanized agriculture when elected to the Senate. Speaking during a visit to his office by some key stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Anambra State, Chief Egwuonwu who led the rice revolution in Anambra State said that mechanized agriculture is the “key to food sufficiency in Anambra South”....

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Witness in Trial of Ex-Aviation Minister Says Contract Awarded To Unqualified Company

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsWitness in Trial of Ex-Aviation Minister Says Contract Awarded To Unqualified Company

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 28, 2025

A witness, Musa Obinyan, in the trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the Ministry of Aviation awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of Katsina Airport to an unqualified company. At the resumed hearing on Monday, Musa Obinyan told the FCT High Court that the firm awarded the contract, Al Buraq Investment Ltd, could not execute the project. Obinyan, a retired director in the procurement department of the ministry, said the bidding...

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5,421 killed, 31,154 Injured in 2024 Road Crashes Nationwide – FRSC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTransportation5,421 killed, 31,154 Injured in 2024 Road Crashes Nationwide – FRSC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 28, 2025

No fewer than 21,580 traffic offenders by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) were arrested between January and December 2024 across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Malam Shehu Mohammed,  FRSC Corps Marshal disclosed this while addressing Journalists on the 2024 special patrol operations on Monday in Abuja, explained that the corps recorded a reduction in the number of offenders recorded in 2024 as against 29,220 within the same period in 2023....

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