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May
27
2024
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One Year Anniversary: We Will Rebuild Umuahia To Become A Capital City – Gov Otti Declares

One Year Anniversary: We Will Rebuild Umuahia To Become A Capital City – Gov Otti Declares

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY: WE WILL REBUILD UMUAHIA TO BECOME A CAPITAL CITY - GOV OTTI DECLARES Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, says his administration will within the next one year give Umuahia, the seat of government, the status befitting of a State capital. Governor Otti, who had often described Umuahia as a glorified village, said the state government will on Tuesday flag off a multi-billion Naira Terminal project in the capital city. The Governor spoke during an interdenominational thanksgiving service to commemorate his one year anniversary in office. The event held at the International Conference Center, Umuahia. He…
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May
27
2024
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Protest Rocks Kano Emirates Over Dethronement Of Ado Bayero As Emir

Protest Rocks Kano Emirates Over Dethronement Of Ado Bayero As Emir

Culture, Metro, News Flash
Protest Rocks Kano Emirates Over Dethronement Of Ado Bayero As Emir Supporters of Aminu Bayero, the dethroned Emir of Kano, have taken to the streets of the five emirates in protest. The emirates are Bichi, Rano, Karaye, Kano and Gaya. Bayero was deposed on Thursday after Abba Yusuf, the Kano governor, signed a new law that repealed the Emirate Council Law 2019. The 2019 legislation balkanised the Kano emirate into the five jurisdictions and provided grounds for the dethronement of Sanusi in 2020. Muhammadu Sanusi II was reinstated as the 16th Emir of Kano on Friday at a colourful event…
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May
27
2024
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FG Sues Govs Sanwo-Olu, Otti, Uzodinma, Others

FG Sues Govs Sanwo-Olu, Otti, Uzodinma, Others

FGN, News Flash, Politics
FG Sues Govs Makinde, Sanwo-Olu, Uzodinma, Others The Federal Government has instituted a legal action against the Governors of the 36 States of the Federation at the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the administration of Local Government Areas, LGAs. FG, in the suit marked: SC/CV/343/2024, which was filed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, is seeking full autonomy for all LGAs in the country as the third tier of government. It specifically prayed the apex court to issue an order, prohibiting state governors from embarking on unilateral, arbitrary and unlawful…
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May
26
2024
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President Tinubu Set To Inaugurate Projects To Mark One Year In Office

President Tinubu Set To Inaugurate Projects To Mark One Year In Office

FGN, Lagos, News Flash, Presidency
PRESIDENT TINUBU SET TO INAUGURATE PROJECTS TO MARK ONE YEAR IN OFFICE Ahead of the first anniversary of his administration on 29 May, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today departed Abuja for Lagos to begin a commissioning spree of projects completed under his administration. In Lagos on Sunday, the President will inaugurate the concrete-paved road to the nation’s major ports in Apapa and Tin Can Island. The reconstructed road which began under the Muhammadu Buhari Administration was financed by the Dangote Group, using its tax credits. On the same day, President Tinubu will formally inaugurate, by virtual means, the refurbished Third…
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May
26
2024
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Atiku Blasts FG Over Role In Kano Emirship Tussle

Atiku Blasts FG Over Role In Kano Emirship Tussle

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Culture, News Flash
Atiku Blasts FG Over Role In Kano Emirship Tussle Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the Federal Government for its action in deploying security forces to Kano over battle of emirship between the 16th and 15th emirs – Muhammadu Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero – respectively. Atiku said the matter remains under the influence of the state since Governor Abba Yusuf enacted the repealed Kano State Emirate Council law which consequently reinstated the deposed Sanusi as the current emir. He said the action of the Federal Government contravenes the 1999 Constitution as Amended. Atiku, who made this known in…
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May
26
2024
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CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members

CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members

CBN/Commercial Banking, Labour, News Flash
CBN Sacks Over 200 Senior Staff Members No fewer than 200 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria were on Friday relieved of their duties. This is an addition to the long list of ongoing disengagements in the apex bank. This adds to the list of 117 staff sacked by the bank between March 15 and April 11, 2024. The termination of appointments affects directors, deputy directors, assistant directors, principal managers, senior managers and lower-ranking staff. Sources say those sacked are not less than 200. A staff member who could not disclose further details for fear of victimisation added that…
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May
26
2024
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Liborous Oshoma: When A Media Platform Becomes A Lying Tool – By Dodoh Okafor

Liborous Oshoma: When A Media Platform Becomes A Lying Tool – By Dodoh Okafor

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash
Liborous Oshoma: When a Media Platform Becomes a Lying Tool BY DODOH OKAFOR The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) apparatchiks in Abia State have found great excitement, and as some say, some sense of ecstasy, akin in some way to an orgasm, in the circulation of a media broadcast wherein Gov. Alex Otti was harshly criticised, called names and maligned with tissues of lies, half truths and regurgitated propaganda lines by a certain Liborous Oshoma, a self styled activist, known for running media errands here and there. Many informed Abians and objective observers who understand the antics of using the media…
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May
26
2024
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Paul Okoye Of Square Visits Gov Otti, Commends His Administration

Paul Okoye Of Square Visits Gov Otti, Commends His Administration

Abia State, Entertainment, Good Governance, News Flash
Earlier today, Paul Okoye of the Psquare music group visited Governor Alex Otti OFR, and made the following remarks: "I have to say this, we the Nigerian youths, everybody knows that if you want to see an example of what is actually happening or the expectations or what we are expecting, Alex Otti is the man showing it; be it on social media, be it on ground. We are seeing it, people are celebrating everyday about this man. "Something is wrong with the way we govern Nigeria. Alex Otti is doing his own in a different way. His own is…
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May
26
2024
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Remi Tinubu Urges Young Girls To Dress Responsibly, Shun Nakedness

Remi Tinubu Urges Young Girls To Dress Responsibly, Shun Nakedness

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, News Flash, People Reorientation
Tinubu Urges Young Girls To Dress Responsibly, Shun Nakedness First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged young girls to embrace modesty and reject revealing clothing, emphasizing that nakedness is not acceptable in Nigerian culture. She spoke in a video shared on X by Arise TV on Saturday. She emphasized the importance of confidence and self-awareness, urging young girls to be proud of who they are without compromising their values for the sake of fashion. She said: “The message here is, we have to salvage our children. We see the way they dress, they keep forgetting that in Nigeria, we are…
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May
26
2024
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Kidnappers Kill 2 Abducted Kogi University Students

Kidnappers Kill 2 Abducted Kogi University Students

Education, Crime, News Flash, Security
Kidnappers Kill Two Abducted Kogi Varsity Students Two students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) kidnapped have been killed by kidnappers. The two students were among other students kidnapped some weeks back by kidnappers. However, about 25 of the students were rescued while the two others could not be rescued by the security operatives. Sunday Tribune gathered that the two students must have been killed by the kidnappers as an act of revenge due to the killing of some of the kidnappers during the rescue mission. Meanwhile, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Education For All (E4A) has condemned the murder…
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