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Jun

2024

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

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,…

Jun

2024

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WAEC Speaks On Suspending Ongoing Exams Over Labour Strike

Education, FGN, News Flash

WAEC Speaks On Suspending Ongoing Exams Over Labour Strike The Branch Controller (Ekiti) of West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mrs T.A.Y. Lawson has stated that the nationwide strike set to begin on Monday will not interfere with the examinations throughout the country. This was contained in a letter to principals and school proprietors in Ekiti State titled: “Notice of commencement of indefinite strike by NLC and TUC” with reference number EK/BC/SC/EXAM/07/Vol.1/89 late Friday. The letter reads: “The attention of Management has been drawn to a notice of the Commencement of Indefinite Strike by NLC and TUC effective, Monday, 3rd June…

Jun

2024

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One Year Of Doing Things Differently: The Peter Mbah Story

Metro, Politics, Security, South EastMetro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

He arguably comes across as the Governor with the best scorecard in 365 days. Ndi Enugu can attest to this truism. The Enugu space today tells lucid testimonies of the place of commitment, dedication, capacity and competency in transformational leadership. And such is the remarkable Story of Peter Mbah. I had a near 30 minutes private dialogue with His EXCELLENCY Peter Ndubuisi Mbah three days after he was sworn in as the Executive Governor of Enugu State in 2023. Interestingly I have elected to pen this Tribute in Profound Leadership in his honour exactly one year after that incisive dialogue.…

Jun

2024

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Suspended Police Chief, Abba Kyari Released After 27 Months In Detention

Crime, Judiciary, News Flash

Suspended Police Chief, Abba Kyari Released After 27 Months In Detention A suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory after spending 27 months in detention. Kyari was detained following his arrest on February 14, 2022, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel. Kyari, along with four members of the Police Intelligence Response Team—Sunday Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba, and John Nuhu—was arraigned on March 7, 2022. Two suspected drug traffickers, Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne, who were arrested at…

Jun

2024

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‘It’s My Priority’ – Tinubu Speaks Over Reintroduction Of Old National Anthem

FGN, News Flash, Presidency

‘It’s My Priority’ – Tinubu Speaks Over Reintroduction Of Old National Anthem President Bola Tinubu says returning the old national anthem was always a priority for him. Tinubu spoke on Thursday during a meeting with the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) at the presidential villa in Abuja On May 29, Tinubu enacted the legislation that returned the old national anthem themed: ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’. The return of the old anthem had divided opinions, with some commentators criticising the move as yet another case of “misplaced priority” given the plethora of challenges confronting Nigerians. “Let me allude to…

Jun

2024

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EFCC Arrests 40 Internet Fraudsters In Fresh Sting Operation

Crime, News Flash

EFCC Arrests 40 Internet Fraudsters In Fresh Sting Operation Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom State on Thursday. The EFCC disclosed this in a statement and pictures shared on X.com on Friday The anti-graft agency said the suspects were arrested during early morning sting operations at two different locations in the state. The statement partly read, “Twenty-one of the all-male suspects were arrested in Eket, while the remaining 19 were picked up in Ikot Ekpene. EFCC arrests 40 internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom raid “Items…