Timi Frank challenges FG to investigate attempted Boko Haram attack on Atiku

…calls for security beef up around ex-VP Comrade Timi Frank, a political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the Federal Government to urgently investigate attempted Boko Haram attack on the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Frank also asked the Federal Government to beef up security around the former Vice President, even as he called the attention of the international...

PDP raises alarm over attempted attack On Atiku

…Demands full investigation The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by the reported foiled terrorist attack on its presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and other sensitive locations in Yola, Adamawa State. The party stressed that by the confession of the arrested assailants, the plot has the pawmarks of a sponsored attempt on the life of Atiku Abubakar, ostensibly by forces, who are unsettled by his bid to retrieve...

Nigerians can’t bear brunt of fuel subsidy removal alone, TUC tells Tinubu

…Calls for cut of cost of governance The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has on  Monday commended the decision of the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy but expressed concern over  the persistent call for sacrifices on the part of citizens, stressing it is no longer tenable. Festus Osifo, President of TUC, while briefing the media on the state of the nation, noted that the Federal Government never reciprocates the sacrifices made by Nigerians. He charged...

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Ogun State Government approves palliatives

..As Ebonyi Gov. promises more palliatives for citizens Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, in line with the current realities in the country and has made a commitment to ameliorate the effects of removal of fuel subsidy on the people of Ogun State approved palliatives for the citizens. A press statement signed by Tokunbo Talabi, Secretary to the State Government stated measures for immediate implementation: The press statement read, “Cash palliative of #10,000 for each Public...

Nutritional Deficiency Accounts For 11 Million Deaths Globally- Expert

A food systems and nutrition specialist, Mrs Dolapo Enejoh has advocated for a policy that will tackle malnutrition in the country. Enejoh explained that “dietary risk factors are estimated to cause 11 million deaths and the loss of 255 million years due to ill-health, disability, or early death, annually”. She stated this at a virtual workshop organized by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in collaboration with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and...

Oshiomhole Accuses Former Senators, Reps Of Looting Televisions, Carpets, Chairs

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole has expressed shock over the looting of television sets, carpets, and chairs by the immediate past senators and House of Representatives members. Oshiomhole, who made the revelation when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said the level of vandalization of the properties of the National Assembly by former lawmakers was carried out in the presence of security men and women. “I had to pay to fix my...

NAF set to receive additional platforms to boost counter-terrorism operations

Air Vice Marshal Hasan Abubakar, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) has stated that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is expecting 51 additional platforms to boost counter-insurgency and counterterrorism operations in the country. The CAS stated this while addressing officers and men during his maiden operational tour of NAF units in Makurdi, Benue State. Abubakar stated that the acquisition of additional platforms would bolster training, air power employment and projection. A press statement on Friday,...

Regina Daniels appointed as social secretary of Senators’ wives association

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has been appointed as the social secretary of the 10th Senators’ Wives Association of Nigeria, SWAN. The actress disclosed this via an Instagram post on Wednesday. Ned Nwoko, her husband, is representing Delta North in the Senate. The wives of the senators had their first inaugural meeting, hosted by Ekaette Akpabio, the wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday. Daniels said that the women convened the meeting to discuss...

Niger State Government To Appoints 100 Women In Governance 

Niger State Government says it will appoint 100 women by the present administration this week. Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger state disclosed this when he received the executive members of International Federation of Women Lawyers FIDA led by its Chairperson Mrs. Bola Jibogun in Minna. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Bologi Ibrahim, the Governor said the appointments would be in fulfilment of his promise to carry women along in the...

Appeal Court Dismisses APC Enugu Gubernatorial Candidate’s Case

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu on Tuesday dismissed the Enugu APC Gubernatorial candidate Mr. Uche Nnaji’s appeal filed against Governor Peter Mbah of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Enugu Governorship Election Tribunal to dismiss Nnaji’s appeal against Peter Mbah and 6 others in the March 18 governorship election. The APC gubernatorial candidate’s appeal had challenged the qualifications of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and...

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