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Aug

2024

189,256 Drivers Licences Awaiting Collection Nationwide – FRSC

189,256 Drivers Licences Awaiting Collection Nationwide – FRSC The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has responded to a media publication regarding the delay in issuing national driver’s licences across the country. It also said over 189,256 licences have been produced and are awaiting collection at various State Boards of Internal Revenue across the country. The Corps Public Education and Strategic Communication Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ogungbemide, who applauded the media platform for its watchdog role, said it was pertinent to correct some of the misconceptions conveyed in the publication. This, he said,…

Aug

2024

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Exposed: Judge Who Restricted Abuja Protesters To A Stadium Is Wike’s Kinsman

Judiciary, News Flash, Politics

REVEALED: Judge Who Restricted Abuja Protesters To A Stadium Is Wike’s Kinsman Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, who gave the order restricting protesters of the just concluded #EndBadGovernance demonstration to MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, hails from Obi Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, like Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Chidi Odinkalu, a Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, drew attention to this, on Sunday. “I didn’t really want to be the person saying it but the @fcthighcourt judge who gave the…

Aug

2024

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The Eight Years Of Buhari Was Just A Waste For The North And The Country – Shettima

News Flash, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Northern Nigeria, Politics

The Eight Years Of Buhari Was Just A Waste For The North And The Country’ – Shettima The National President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, has described the eight years in office by former President Muhammadu Buhari as a waste for the northern region and the entire country. He submitted that the North has been neglected for so long by the previous leaders and the people of the region have been pushed to the wall. Shetimma made the submission in an interview with Vanguard which was published on Sunday. He described the eight years of the…

Aug

2024

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Details Emerge On How Top Nigeria Labour Congress Leader Was Abducted

Crime, Labour, News Flash

Top Nigeria Labour Congress Leader Abducted (Details Emerged) The Vice chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Kogi State, Eleojo Opaluwa has been allegedly abducted by the police. According to Vanguard, Opaluwa, an official of the National Union of Electricity Employees was whisked away by operatives of NPF’s Intelligence Response Team, IRT, in Mararaba, Nasarawa State on August 4, 2024 and has been kept incommunicado since. Eyewitnesses said they saw Opaluwa being transported in police vehicles, including a Hilux and a Gulf, after he left his family to meet an unidentified caller. Later that day, around 5 p.m., security personnel…

Aug

2024

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Governor’s Media Chat: Statements To Note – By Charisma Obioha

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Politics

GOVERNOR'S MEDIA CHAT: STATEMENTS TO NOTE. This is a Government of Abia people and installed by Abia people. This is a Government that does not behold any God-father. The best religion we can talk about is the religion of helping the needy and less privileged. As a Government, we will do everything to make life easier for our people. Agriculture and Digital Technology are priority areas of our Government. We have set up a committee to achieve our ambitious medical city. The whole idea is to reverse medical tourism to Abia State. We met a very poor state of accounts…

Aug

2024

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Govt Should Reveal Identities Of People Behind Oil Theft – Tony Elumelu

Business, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash

Govt Should Reveal Identifies Of People Behind Oil Theft – Elumelu The founder and chairman of Heirs Energies, Mr Tony Elumelu has asked the Nigerian government and security agents to disclose those behind oil theft in the country. Elumelu spoke in an interview published by the Financial Times (FT) on Friday. Elumelu said oil theft contributed to the divestment of international oil companies in Nigeria. “Who is behind the theft, I ask. It’s a question that has confounded many Nigerians,” he said. “This is oil theft, we’re not talking about stealing a bottle of Coke you can put in your…

Aug

2024

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Governorship Candidate, Others Arrested Over #EndBadGovernance Protest

FGN, Human Rights, News Flash

Governorship Candidate, Others Arrësted Over #Endbadgovernance Protest BREAKING: Governorship Candidate, Kumuyi, Others Arrësted Over #Endbadgovernance Protest The Nigerian Police Force have arrested the 2024 African Action Congress (AAC) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Kunle Wizeman Ajayi. He was arrested alongside Patrick Owolabi, Kolawole Kumuyi, who are members of the Take It Back (TIB) Movement. Others arrested include Oluwatobi Akinkuotu, Olalekan Oladehinde. The arrests occurred in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, during the grand finale of the nationwide protest against hunger, hardship, and poor governance, known as #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria. The TIB Movement has condemned the police’s actions, demanding the immediate and…

Aug

2024

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We’ll Bring Back Niger, Mali, B’Faso To Ecowas – President Tinubu

FGN, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash

We’ll Bring Back Niger, Mali, B’Faso To ECOWAS – Tinubu President Bola Tinubu says the Economic Community of West African States will continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to return their nations to the fold. “We will do everything to offer a hand of friendship to them and give them reasons to come back to us,” Tinubu, who chairs the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, reaffirmed at a meeting with ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff on Friday in Abuja. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed…

Aug

2024

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Nigeria Still Repaying $10.6Billion Loans Taken By Ex- president Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan – World Bank

CBN/Commercial Banking, Economy, FGN, News Flash, Politics

Nigeria Still Repaying $10.6billion Loans Taken By Ex-Presidents Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan – World Bank The World Bank Group Finances has disclosed that the Nigerian government is still repaying $10.6billion in loans taken by former presidents. The loans totalling 69 were obtained during the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan. The Debt Management Office (DMO) had in June 2024 reported that as of March 31, 2024, Nigeria’s total domestic and external debt stood at N121.67 trillion ($91.46 billion). The domestic debt amounted to N65.65 trillion ($46.29 billion), while external debt was N56.02 trillion…

Aug

2024

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Gov. Otti’s Monthly Media Interactions: 5 Quick Takeaways – By Dodoh Okafor

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash

Gov. Otti's Monthly Media Interactions: 5 Quick Takeaways for August By. Dodoh Okafor . Know your territory, know your people: A key secret that has helped the Governor in making the kind of unprecedented impact he has made in the last one year is that he knows the State, the communities and the people. This knowledge is demonstrated during these media engagements in the way and manner the Governor responds to questions, talks about different communities and shares his development programmes around those corridors. One of the reasons a former governor of the State failed woefully was the strange assumption…