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Aug

2024

DSS Releases Nigerian Journalist, Soyinka On Bail After 6-Hour Detention

DSS Releases Nigerian Journalist, Soyinka On Bail After 6-Hour Detention The State Security Service (SSS) has released a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, after detaining him for more than six hours on Sunday. SSS operatives arrested Mr Soyinka, the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at about 5.40 a.m. on Sunday, on his arrival from the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic flight. He was driven from the airport to the SSS headquarters annex in Ikoyi, Lagos, where he was detained until about 12.30 p.m. when he was granted bail. PREMIUM…

Aug

2024

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The Mandate Of Securing ABIA State Is Sacrosanct, Gov. Otti Declares

Abia State, Crime, News Flash, Security

The Mandate of Securing Abia State is sacrosanct, Governor Alex Otti Declares. Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti says he will continue to deliver on his mandate of securing the State and called on all Abians to join hands to boost security in the state. Governor Otti stated this while declaring open the Renewed Hope Agenda, a Citizen's Town hall Engagement on strengthening Community policing in Nigeria held at the international conference centre, Umiahia. Speaking at the town hall meeting with the theme: "Community policing, Building a Safer State Together", Dr. Otti underscored the importance of security. According to him,…

Aug

2024

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NYSC Issues Certificates To Corp Members Who Spent Service Year In Bandits’ Den

Education, News Flash

NYSC Issues Certificates To Corps Member Who Spent Service Year In Bandits’ Den The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has rolled out plans of issuing certificates to prospective corps members who could not be mobilised for the one year national service after falling kidnap victims. The victims were travelling to Sokoto State for the three weeks orientation course when they were kidnapped in Zamfara State, on August 17, 2023. The victims are Daniel Etim Bassey (from Uruan LGA, graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka); Uyo, Obong Victor Udofia (Ikono LGA, University of Uyo); Sabbath Anyaewe Ikan (Eastern Obolo LGA, Akwa…

Aug

2024

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20 Medical Students Kidnapped In Benue Rescued -Security Sources

Crime, News Flash

20 Medical Students Kidnapped In Benue Rescued – Security Sources Security sources say 20 medical students that were kidnapped in Benue State have just been rescued. The operation was coordinated by the office of the National Security Adviser. Security agencies – the police, DSS and military personnel and equipment were involved in the operation, with the support of the Benue state government. Details later… Source: Channels

Aug

2024

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Don’t Make Us Look Bad… Palliatives Can’t Solve Nigerian Problems – PDP Governors Tell Tinubu

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

Don’t Make Us Look Bad… Palliatives Can’t Solve Problem – PDP Governors Tell Tinubu Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say the federal government interventions in states are not enough. The governors’ position is contained in a communiqué issued on Friday after a meeting in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state. The federal government has been distributing palliatives to states to address the economic hardship in the country. The governors asked President Bola Tinubu to caution his appointees against “mentioning” the interventions provided by the federal government to states to make them “look bad”. “The…

Aug

2024

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Grateful Nation: Akwa Ibom State Selected To Host 4th Republic Thanksgiving Celebration

News Flash, People & Events, Religion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Akwa Ibom State Selected to Host 4th Republic Thanksgiving Celebration Uyo, Akwa Ibom State - We are pleased to announce that Akwa Ibom State has been chosen to host the 4th Republic Thanksgiving Celebration, commemorating 25 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. Since the beginning of the 4th Republic in 1999, Akwa Ibom State has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership, governance, and commitment to infrastructure development and human capital empowerment. The state's remarkable achievements make it an exemplary model for other states to follow. Under visionary leadership, Akwa Ibom State has: Invested heavily in world-class infrastructure, including roads,…

Aug

2024

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Service To Community: Being Speech Delivered By Gov. Otti At The Citizens’ Town-Hall Engagement On Strengthening Community Policing In Nigeria

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Security

Service to Community Being the Text of a Speech Delivered by Governor Alex C. Otti, OFR, at the Citizens’ Town-hall Engagement on Strengthening Community Policing in Nigeria, on August 22, 2024, at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia Protocols, On assumption of office in May last year, I announced that security of lives and property shall be the number one priority of the State Government as stipulated in our Constitution. Right from the inauguration podium, I made it clear that we were prepared to give everything to keep our people safe from criminals and those whose trade threaten the security and…

Aug

2024

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Governor Otti Felicitates With Pastor Jerry Eze As He Clocks 42

Abia State, Birthday, Good Governance, News Flash

GOVERNOR OTTI FELICITATES WITH PASTOR JERRY EZE AS HE CLOCKS 42. The Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has felicitated with Pastor Jerry Uchechukwu Eze of Streams of Joy Church International on the occasion of his 42nd birthday. In a birthday message, Governor Otti described Pastor Eze as a God-fearing vibrant and humble servant of God who has yielded himself to God for special assignments of ministration, healing and soul-winning, and thanked God for using Pastor Eze as a Divine instrument from Abia to preach the gospel of Christ to the world, especially through the NSPPD…

Aug

2024

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Kumuyi Urges Christians, Muslims To Unite For Nigeria’s Growth

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, News Flash, Religion

Kumuyi Urges Christians, Muslims To Unite For Nigeria’s Growth The General Overseer of Deeper Life Christian Church, Pastor William Kumuyi has called on Christians and Muslims in the country to ignore religious segregation and collaborate to change Nigeria for the better. The pastor stated that there was a need for the adherents of the two religions to see themselves as a people created by God that must take positive steps to lay a solid foundation for a better society and indeed a better world. He stated this at the inauguration ceremony of the Change Markers International Conference, held in Akure…

Aug

2024

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Nobody Can Accuse Me Of Corruption – IMO Governor, Uzodinma

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

Nobody Can Accuse Me Of Corruption – Imo Governor, Uzodinma Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, on Thursday said nobody can accuse him of corruption as a public holder. Speaking during the Michael Okpara leadership lecture and award 2024 at the Musa Yar’ Adua Centre in Abuja, the governor advised public office holders to live within their legitimate means and desist from engaging in corruption. According to him, the inordinate quest for wealth, and lack of discipline, among others are responsible for the unbridled corruption in Nigeria’s system. While delivering his lecture titled, ‘Service Above Others; Lessons from the Leadership…