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Sep

2024

Abia Ready To Partner Nigeria Content Development And Monitoring Board To Accelerate The Establishment Of An Industrial Park – Gov. Otti

ABIA READY TO PARTNER NIGERIA CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING BOARD TO ACCELERATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK – GOV. OTTI The Governor of Abia State Dr. Alex Otti OFR has expressed the readiness of the State Government to partner with the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to accelerate the development of the Abia Industrial and Innovation Park (AIIP) in Owaza, the Ukwa west Local Government Area of the State. Governor Otti expressed the readiness of the State on Friday 6th September, when he received a delegation of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitory Board led by the…

Sep

2024

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NLC President, Joe Ajaero Released On Bail By DSS

Human Rights, Labour, News Flash

DSS Releases NLC President, Joe Ajaero, On Bail The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been released from custody on bail. The development was confirmed by the Omoyele Sowore, the .presidential candidate of the African Action Congress party in a post on social media platform X. It can be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while en-route to the United Kingdom to attend a conference on workers’ rights and social justice. Reacting to the arrest, the NLC…

Sep

2024

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Abia Infrastructure Mandate (AIM) condemns xenophobic comments against Ndigbo.

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

! PRESS RELEASE ! PRESS RELEASE ! IGBOS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA Being a release by Abia Infrastructure Mandate (AIM) in response to Professor Ahmed Bako's inaugural lecture titled "The Igbo Factor in the History of Inter-Group Relations and Commerce in Kano: Opportunities and Challenges Revisited" Preamble:A pan Igbo infrastructure development think tank, Abia Infrastructure Mandate (AIM) has punched holes in the just presented "inaugural lecture" by Professor Ahmed Bako of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Kaduna State wherein he went overboard distorting and manipulating history and contemporary events to justify inherently prone Igbo-toxic verses and narratives in…

Sep

2024

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Ahead Of 2027: Labour Party Reverses Automatic Presidential Ticket For Obi

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics

Labour Party Reverses Automatic Presidential Ticket For Obi The Labour Party (LP) faction led by Julius Abure says all its tickets ahead of the 2027 general election are open to all qualified Nigerians to contest for. The faction took the decision after it held a national executive committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Monday. “NEC in session also reviewed the decision of the National Convention to reserve its Presidential and Governorship tickets for Peter Gregory Obi and Alex Otti respectively,” a communique from the meeting reads. “Consequently, all tickets of the party from Presidency to the House of assemblies are…

Sep

2024

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NLC Threatens Showdown As They Confirm Ajaero’s Arrest

Human Rights, News Flash

NLC Confirms Ajaero’s Arrest, Threatens Showdown The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has accused security operatives of abducting its President, Joe Ajaero, and forcefully whisking him away without a warrant. Recall that GISTSMATE MEDIA had reported Ajaero’s arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport this morning. Following the arrest, the NLC alerted all its affiliates, state councils, and Nigerian workers, urging them to remain vigilant and on high alert. The NLC in a statement by its Head Media/Information, Benson Upah, described the arrest as “an unmistakable demonstration of the height of lawlessness being perpetuated by the Nigerian government and its agencies…

Sep

2024

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Hundred Million Fraud: Fake NNPC Director Lands In EFCC Custody

Crime, News Flash, Oil & Gas

Fake NNPC Director Lands In EFCC Custody Over N100 Million Fraud The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Ibrahim Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State for fraud. According to a Monday statement on EFCC X.com handle Shuaibu is facing prosecution on a seven-count charge, including criminal breach of trust, impersonation, and obtaining by false pretence, amounting to N100 million. Count one of his charges reads, “That you, Nuhu Ibrahim Shuaibu (a.k.a Ishaku Abdulrazak) (M) and lIya Garba (now deceased) sometime in 2017 in…

Sep

2024

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NLC President Joe Ajero, Arrested By DSS

Human Rights, News Flash, Security

DSS Arrests NLC President, Joe Ajaero Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Ajaero was apprehended this morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while preparing to board a flight to the United Kingdom for an official engagement. Although the specific reasons for his arrest remain unclear, Ajaero was reportedly en route to attend the Trade Union Congress (TUC) conference, which is taking place today in the UK. Details later…

Sep

2024

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Peter Obi Appoints New Spokesperson

News Flash, Politics

Peter Obi Appoints New Media Aide The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has named Ibrahim Umar to his team of media handlers. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Peter Obi Media Reach. Umar took over from the Obi campaign spokesman, Yunusa Tanko, who was recently announced as the Interim National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement worldwide. While appealing for the cooperation of Nigerians and supporters of the LP national leader, Obi media team described the media practitioner cum activist as a versatile Obidient member who is…

Sep

2024

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Transformer Vandal Electrocuted To Death In Lagos

Crime, News Flash

Transformer Vandal Electrocuted To Death In Lagos An unidentified man has been electrocuted while attempting to vandalise a transformer at a company situated on Awolowo Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred in the early hours of Sunday, September 1. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed this in a statement obtained by PUNCH Online on Sunday said the deceased had climbed the gate beside the transformer when he got struck by the electric current, fell inside the compound and died on the spot. Hundeyin said the incident was…

Sep

2024

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Nigeria’s Oluwafemiayo Breaks World Record, Wins Gold At Paralympics In France

International, News Flash, Sports

Nigeria’s Oluwafemiayo Breaks World Record, Wins Gold At Paralympics Nigerian powerlifter, Folashade Oluwafemiayo, has won a gold medal in the women’s over 86kg at the ongoing 2024 Paralympics Games in Paris, France. Oluwafemiayo, who is Team Nigeria’s captain, achieved a world record of becoming the first para-powerlifter to lift 167kg at the Games.