Police Who Killed Popular Enugu Ogene Musician, Igbo-Jah Revealed

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Who Killed Popular Enugu Ogene Musician, Igbo-Jah Revealed

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2024

The Enugu State Police Command has revealed the police inspector who shot the Ogene musician Chikezie Okezie Nwamba at the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad facility of the Command in Enugu. Chikezie Okezie Nwamba also known as Igbo-Jah, who popularized the Igbo culture through his Ogene music was shot dead by a police inspector when he and his ogene troop were departing from the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad facility after a friendly visit. The unprovoked killing of Igbo-Jah...

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Unpaid Wages: NASU, SSANU Down Tools

EducationNewsNigeriaUnpaid Wages: NASU, SSANU Down Tools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2024

Due to non-payment of four months’ withheld salaries, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), have instructed its members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike starting Monday. According to the leadership of both unions, the strike is scheduled to begin on the night of Sunday, October 27, 2024. In a circular addressed to all branch chairmen...

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Politics: 19 Traditional Rulers Quit Their Positions In Sokoto

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPolitics: 19 Traditional Rulers Quit Their Positions In Sokoto

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2024

For their allegiance to Senator Ibrahim Lamido, nineteen traditional rulers including district and ward heads in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State have resigned their positions. They are ward heads of Sabon Birnin Gabas, Tsilba, Sabon Garin Danbaki, Magajin Dawakin, Dan Faru, Zumbuli, Dawakin, Kanwuri, Hande, Sabon Fegi, Tudun Dankusu and Alhazzai among others. Recalled that few weeks ago, the District Head of Sabon Birni, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad Bawa, resigned his position as...

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17 Trafficked Nigerian Girls In Ghana Rescued

NewsNigeriaPolitics17 Trafficked Nigerian Girls In Ghana Rescued

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2024

The combined and coordinated efforts of the Ghanaian Anti-Human Trafficking Police, Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Ghana, and the Nigerian High Commission in Accra has rescued seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the spokesman of NiDCOM, said the rescued girls were repatriated back to the country while five traffickers were equally arrested. This latest rescue operation brought the number of girls repatriated back to Nigeria from Ghana alone since July 2024 to 130. Balogun...

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Atiku Abubakar Mourns Prof. Humphrey Nwosu

NewsNigeriaAtiku Abubakar Mourns Prof. Humphrey Nwosu

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 28, 2024

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed his condolences to the family of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, who passed away in the United States on Friday. In a statement on Sunday, Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 election, conveyed his sorrow at the loss of Nwosu, who served as Chairman of the now-defunct National Electoral Commission and oversaw the historic June 12, 1993 election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, which...

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Yobe State government To Provide Durable Solutions For IDPs

NewsNigeriaYobe State government To Provide Durable Solutions For IDPs

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 28, 2024

The Yobe State government has initiated a project aimed at tackling challenges faced by displaced persons and the host communities across the 17 local government areas of the state. Baba Malam Wali, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), disclosed this during a meeting with the Yobe State Solution to Internally Displaced and Host Communities (SOLID) project team, a World Bank-supported programme in Damaturu. “The project presents an important opportunity to contribute to addressing these challenges through...

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Kogi: Health Ministry To Conduct Free Medical Tests Across All LGAs, Wards 

HealthNewsNigeriaKogi: Health Ministry To Conduct Free Medical Tests Across All LGAs, Wards 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 28, 2024

The Kogi State Ministry of Health is set to conduct free medical tests across the 21 Local Government Areas (LGA) and 239 Wards of the state. It will be recalled that the Healthcare Initiative launched by the Health Commissioners’ Forum and supported by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Federal Ministry of Health, is aimed at early diagnosis and counselling as well as management of ailments that lead to sudden death. According to a press...

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NASU, SSANU Begin Indefinite Nationwide Strike Over Withheld Salaries

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsNASU, SSANU Begin Indefinite Nationwide Strike Over Withheld Salaries

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 28, 2024

The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, will commence an indefinite strike from midnight on Sunday, 27th October 2024. A circular signed by NASU’s General Secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, and SSANU’s President, Mohammed Ibrahim, directed all members across federal and state universities, as well as inter-university centres, to fully comply with the directive. The unions are demanding...

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NNPP Sweeps All 44 Chairmanship Seats, 484 Councillor Positions In Kano

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNNPP Sweeps All 44 Chairmanship Seats, 484 Councillor Positions In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 27, 2024

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has won all the Local Government elections in all the 44 council areas of Kano State in the Saturday’s Council polls. Chairman, Kano Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) Prof. Sani Lawan Malunfashi, who announced the results at the commission’s headquarters in Kano said six political parties participated in the elections. “Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) had exercised and observed its Constitutional mandates of planning, organizing, coordinating, observing and conducting...

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Security Chiefs Assure Hitch Free Burial Of Late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSecurity Chiefs Assure Hitch Free Burial Of Late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 27, 2024

Security Chiefs in Imo State have given an assurance of adequate security during and after the burial ceremony of former President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, the late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, whose burial is slated for November 2, 2024. The security chiefs gave the assurance while paying a condolence visit to the family of the late leader of the Igbo socio-cultural organization at his country home in Umuohii Atta, Ikeduru LGA of the state over the...

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