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Apr

2024

Wike Is Truly Powerful, Controlling PDP And APC Same Time – Victor Chigozie Ene(AIF)

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Personality, Politics

This Man is really and truly Powerful. He is out to destroy PDP for losing the party's Presidential ticket in 2023. He told NWC then, that he would destroy PDP if they fail to give him the Presidential ticket. Wike is now controlling PDP and APC at the same time. He is in charge of PDP and APC structures in Rivers state. As a serving minister in the APC led national govt who has openly boasted that President Tinubu would return in 2027, he is still attending PDP's Caucus and NEC meeting. The PDP national chairman is his boy and…

Apr

2024

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EFCC Detains Akeredolu’s Finance Commissioner

Crime, News Flash

EFCC Detains Akeredolu’s Finance Commissioner, Wale Akinterinwa Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained Wale Akinteriwa, a former commissioner of finance under ex Ondo governor, Late Rotimi Akeredolu. Akinyerinwa is also one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in Ondo State. According to sources, Akinterinwa is being held in connection with the ongoing investigation of his seven-year tenure as commissioner for finance. Akinterinwa, who claimed that Akeredolu had anointed him as the next Ondo governor, is being investigated for alleged mismanagement of billions of naira. Sources say Akinterinwa was invited some…

Apr

2024

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Lucky Aiyedatiwa Wins Ondo APC Governorship Primary(See Result)

News Flash, Politics

Lucky Aiyedatiwa Wins Ondo APC Governorship Primary (See Result) Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo state, has clinched the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial ticket for the November 16 election. Usman Ododo, Kogi state governor and chairman of the election organising committee, declared Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the party’s primary in the early hours of Monday. Ododo said Aiyedatiwa secured over 48,000 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Olusola Oke, who polled 14,915 votes. Aiyedatiwa was said to have won in 16 of the 18 LGAs in the state while Oke won in Ilaje local government area. The election was…

Apr

2024

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2024 UTME: JAMB Sanctions Official For Directing Muslim Candidate To Pull Hijab

Education, News Flash

2024 UTME: JAMB Sanctions Official For Directing Muslim Candidate To Pull Hijab The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned one of its officials in Lagos for directing a female candidate to remove her hijab before entering the examination hall. This came as JAMB said the conduct of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, which commenced on Friday, 19th April, 2024, “had been seamless as over 1.2 million candidates would have successfully taken the examination by Monday.” Report had emerged that a candidate donning hijab was asked to remove her headcover during the accreditation process before being allowed…

Apr

2024

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Nigeria Set To Receive Fresh $2.2 Billion World Bank Loan

CBN/Commercial Banking, Economy, Good Governance, News Flash

Nigeria Set To Receive Fresh $2.2 Billion World Bank Loan The Federal Government is set to receive around $2.2 billion single-digit interest loan from the World bank and another budget support facility from the African Development Bank. Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, disclosed this during a press briefing at the end of Nigeria’s activities at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring meeting in Washington DC, the United States on Saturday. Speaking on the sources of international funding to the Nigerian economy, Edun listed diaspora remittances, foreign portfolio investments, and facilities from the World Bank and other international development partners. He…

Apr

2024

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President Tinubu To Open African Counter-Terrorism Summit Monday

Crime, FGN, News Flash

Tinubu To Open African Counter-Terrorism Summit Monday President Bola Tinubu will on Monday open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, and shared on his Facebook page on Sunday. Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism is organizing a high-level African counter-terrorism summit under the theme, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism.” According to the statement, Heads of state and high-level government officials across Africa, representatives of international organisations and multilateral institutions, members…

Apr

2024

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Police Arrest Officer Who Shot Businessman Dead Over Bribe Payment

Abia State, Crime, News Flash

Police Arrest Officer Who Shot Businessman Dead Over Bribe Payment The police in Abia State, south-east Nigeria, say they have arrested a police operative who allegedly shot dead an entrepreneur in Aba, the commercial hub of the state. The businessman, Emmanuel Okocha, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, was shot dead on Friday in the state for allegedly refusing to give a bribe to some police operatives. The late Okocha hailed from Abiriba, a community in Ohafia Local Government Area in the South-eastern state. The operatives were reportedly from the Rapid Response Squad of the police in the state. They were said to…

Apr

2024

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I Recommended Peter Obi To Atiku As Running Mate – Reno Omokri

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics

I Recommended Peter Obi To Atiku As Running Mate – Reno Omokri Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says he recommended Peter Obi to be Atiku Abubakar’s running mate during the 2019 elections because he was the best at the time. Speaking in an interview on the “Mic On podcast” hosted by Seun Okinbaloye, a journalist with Channels Television, Omokri said he consulted former President Jonathan before the recommendation. “…Peter Obi cannot deny that I was the one who recommended him to Waziri Atiku Abubakar. Waziri Atiku Abubakar asked me to help him to choose a running…

Apr

2024

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Presidential CNG Initiative Set For Rollout

Economy, News Flash, Oil & Gas

Presidential CNG Initiative Set For Rollout After the removal of the wasteful fuel subsidy on May 29, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu launched the Presidential CNG Initiative in October last year to deliver cheaper, safer and more climate friendly energy. The CNG Initiative was designed to deliver compressed natural gas especially for mass transit. The Federal Government as part of the many intervention programmes to reduce the burden of increase in pump price on the masses, provided N100 billion (part of the N500 billion palliative budget) to purchase 5500 CNG vehicles (buses and tricycles), 100 Electric buses and over 20,000…

Apr

2024

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Ohafia National Organization USA Inc.(ONO) Holds Annual Convention July 12th-15th 2024

Abia North, Culture, News Flash, People & Events

Ohafia National Organization USA Inc. (ONO) Holds Annual Convention July 12th-15th 2024. One Of The Biggest Event Ever For Ohafians In The USA Is Here Again, It Is The 2024 Annual Conference Of Ohafia National Organization In The USA. In A Joint Statement Issued In US, By The Organization's National President, Chief Otum N. Kalu And The National Secretary, Barr Eke Uduma Said The 4 Days Event With The Theme: Sustainable Water Supply In The Ohafia Community Development " will Start on the 12th of July and end on the 15th July, 2024. According To The Statement, The Conference Shall…