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Jun

2024

Labour Proceeds With Strike Despite NASS Leadership Plea

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, Labour, News Flash

Labour Proceeds With Strike Despite NASS Leadership Plea After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour confirmed that the nationwide industrial action scheduled to start on Monday, June 3, 2024, will proceed as planned. “For now, we don’t have the power to call off the strike. Tomorrow (Monday) morning, the strike will kick off as we take their (NASS) plea asking us to call off the strike to our various organs,” stated Festus Osifo following the meeting with the National Assembly leadership. Earlier, Osifo, the President…

Jun

2024

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2023 Elections Proved Yoruba Don’t Hate Igbos – Peter Obi

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics, South East

2023 Elections Proved Yorubas Don’t Hate Igbos – Peter Obi The presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi said 2023 general elections have proved that the Yorubas do not hate the Igbos. Obi stated this while receiving the 2024 Courageous Citizen Award from the Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy (NACJD) in Abuja on Saturday. The former Anambra State governor noted that the election was not a Christian or Igbo agenda. He said the 2023 general election saw Nigerians unite across tribe and religious lines, adding that the poll corrected the impression that Yorubas hate Igbos. Obi noted that…

Jun

2024

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Gov Otti Pays Condolence Visit To Families Of Fallen Soldiers In Aba, Offers Support

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Obituary

Governor Otti Pays Condolence Visit To Families Of Fallen Soldiers In Aba, Offers Support Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, paid a heartfelt condolence visit to the wives of the five soldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty. AttNews reports that the soldiers were killed by unknown gunmen in Obikabia, Obingwa Local Government Area, on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Governor Otti visited the 144 Battalion in Asa, Ukwa West LGA, where he met with the young widows and offered his condolences. He was received by Brigadier General O. O. Diya, Commander…

Jun

2024

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Drama As Gov Otti Storms PDP Event In Umuahia

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Politics

Drama as Gov Otti storms PDP event in Umuahia A mild drama played out in Umuahia on Saturday as Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti stormed the venue of the 76th birthday celebration and grand reception for former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara. The event was organized by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The governor arrived at the event while the acting National Chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagun, was making his speech. Dr. Otti’s entrance threw the large crowd into frenzy, as some PDP members started singing his praises while others expressed surprise at his presence. Some of the…

Jun

2024

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Innoson Donates Fire Fighting Truck To ABIA State, Commends Gov Otti For Believing In Nigerian Made

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash

INNOSON DONATES FIRE FIGHTING TRUCK TO ABIA STATE, COMMENDS GOV OTTI FOR BELIEVING IN NIGERIAN MADE Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM) Company Limited on Friday donated a fire fighting Truck to Abia State Government, while commending Governor Alex C. Otti for believing in made-in-Nigeria products. Presenting the truck to Governor Otti, the Chairman and Managing Director of the indigenous vehicle manufacturing company, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, said it was his company's contribution in response to the fire incidents that happened in Aba, a couple of months ago, as well as a show of appreciation for the good works Governor Otti is doing…

Jun

2024

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Nationwide Strike: Blackout, Fuel Scarcity, Transport Disruptions Imminent As Unions Mobilize For Total Compliance

Labour, News Flash

Nationwide Strike: Blackout, Fuel Scarcity, Transport Disruptions Imminent As Unions Mobilise For Total Compliance There are indications that Nigerians may be in for hard times beginning from Monday, 3 June, as a result of the indefinite strike action declared by Organised Labour. Specifically, there may be nationwide power outages, fuel scarcity, and transportation disruptions, just as the nation’s seaports, schools, and hospitals, among other important government agencies and parastatals, may be put under lock. This is because all affiliates of both trade unions, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), have commenced mobilisation for…

Jun

2024

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Police Arrest Man For Selling Five-Year-Old Daughter N1.5 Million

Crime, News Flash, Security

Police Arrest Man For Selling Five-Year-Old Daughter N1.5 Million Police authorities in Bauchi State have apprehended a man accused of attempting to sell his five-year-old daughter for N1.5 million. The suspect identified as Yusuf Umar, 49, claimed to be a staff of the Warji Local Government Council. According to the police report, Umar had already arranged to hand over the child to an unknown person, unaware that the potential buyer was an undercover police detective. “On the 26th of May 2024, the accused took the infant 5-year-old daughter from the estranged wife in Warji LGA under the pretence that he…

Jun

2024

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Killing Of Soldiers: President Tinubu Sends Strong Message To Non-State Actors

Crime, FGN, News Flash, Security

(Killing Of Soldiers): President Tinubu Sends Strong Message To Non-state Actors President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the killing on Thursday of Nigerian Army personnel in Aba, Abia State. AttNews recalls that they were killed by gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Reacting to the development in a statement he personally signed, President Tinubu said non-state actors attacking the country’s security personnel should be aware that the Federal Government and the Armed Forces of Nigeria have the capacity to crush them. He said it was restraint that had been prevailing. The President said: “I have…

Jun

2024

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We’ll Reclaim Aso Rock In 2027 – PDP Govs, Wabara, Damagun Vow In Abia

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We’ll Reclaim Aso Rock In 2027 – PDP Govs, Wabara, Damagum Vow In Abia The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors; former Senate President and the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara; its Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, and other stakeholders of the party have vowed to regain power as the national ruling party in 2027. PDP had held power at the centre since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999 until 2015, when the party was dislodged by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP governors and stakeholders made the declaration Saturday in Umuahia,…

Jun

2024

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First Bank Employee On The Run After Diverting N40 Billion

CBN/Commercial Banking, Crime, Economy, News Flash

First Bank Employee On The Run After Diverting ₦40 Billion First Bank of Nigeria has initiated legal proceedings to recover substantial sums of money allegedly embezzled by an employee. The bank, which boasts a market capitalization of ₦829 billion, reported the incident to the Nigerian Police Force on March 25, 2024, and subsequently obtained multiple court orders to freeze accounts linked to the stolen funds. According to Tech Cabal, the employee at the centre of the scandal, Tijani Muiz Adeyinka, was a manager on the electronic products team at First Bank’s head office in Iganmu, Lagos. Adeyinka, now a fugitive,…