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Apr

2024

Police Arrest Officer Who Shot Businessman Dead Over Bribe Payment

Police Arrest Officer Who Shot Businessman Dead Over Bribe Payment The police in Abia State, south-east Nigeria, say they have arrested a police operative who allegedly shot dead an entrepreneur in Aba, the commercial hub of the state. The businessman, Emmanuel Okocha, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, was shot dead on Friday in the state for allegedly refusing to give a bribe to some police operatives. The late Okocha hailed from Abiriba, a community in Ohafia Local Government Area in the South-eastern state. The operatives were reportedly from the Rapid Response Squad of the police in the state. They were said to…

Apr

2024

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I Recommended Peter Obi To Atiku As Running Mate – Reno Omokri

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

I Recommended Peter Obi To Atiku As Running Mate – Reno Omokri Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says he recommended Peter Obi to be Atiku Abubakar’s running mate during the 2019 elections because he was the best at the time. Speaking in an interview on the “Mic On podcast” hosted by Seun Okinbaloye, a journalist with Channels Television, Omokri said he consulted former President Jonathan before the recommendation. “…Peter Obi cannot deny that I was the one who recommended him to Waziri Atiku Abubakar. Waziri Atiku Abubakar asked me to help him to choose a running…

Apr

2024

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Presidential CNG Initiative Set For Rollout

Economy, News Flash, Oil & Gas

Presidential CNG Initiative Set For Rollout After the removal of the wasteful fuel subsidy on May 29, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu launched the Presidential CNG Initiative in October last year to deliver cheaper, safer and more climate friendly energy. The CNG Initiative was designed to deliver compressed natural gas especially for mass transit. The Federal Government as part of the many intervention programmes to reduce the burden of increase in pump price on the masses, provided N100 billion (part of the N500 billion palliative budget) to purchase 5500 CNG vehicles (buses and tricycles), 100 Electric buses and over 20,000…

Apr

2024

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Ohafia National Organization USA Inc.(ONO) Holds Annual Convention July 12th-15th 2024

Abia North, Culture, News Flash, People & Events

Ohafia National Organization USA Inc. (ONO) Holds Annual Convention July 12th-15th 2024. One Of The Biggest Event Ever For Ohafians In The USA Is Here Again, It Is The 2024 Annual Conference Of Ohafia National Organization In The USA. In A Joint Statement Issued In US, By The Organization's National President, Chief Otum N. Kalu And The National Secretary, Barr Eke Uduma Said The 4 Days Event With The Theme: Sustainable Water Supply In The Ohafia Community Development " will Start on the 12th of July and end on the 15th July, 2024. According To The Statement, The Conference Shall…

Apr

2024

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We Are Not Just Any School – Charterhouse Defends N42m Fee For Primary School Students

Education, News Flash

We Are Not Just Any School – Charterhouse Defends N42m Fee For Primary School Students The management of the Charterhouse, a newly established school in Lekki, Lagos has revealed why the school charged N42m as fee per annum. This is coming on the heels of backlashes from the public who criticised the N42m school fees per annum for each primary school student and N2 million as a non-refundable registration fee. They described the fee as outrageous and a waste of scarce resources for any parent to pay such a huge amount of money to sponsor just a primary school pupil…

Apr

2024

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May 1: Labour Lists Seven Demands Ahead Of Worker’s Day

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

MAY 1: Labour Lists Seven Demands Ahead Of Worker’s Day The Nigeria Labour Congress has listed seven demands from the Federal Government ahead of the May 1, 2024 Workers’ Day. Aside from demanding for a new minimum wage, the NLC is also asking for the creation of state and local government police to tackle insecurity in the country. The congress also stressed that states and local governments, as well as the organised private sector, must pay the new minimum wage when it is eventually approved. International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often called May…

Apr

2024

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Arrest Okezie Ikpeazu Without Further Delay – Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance, News Flash

ARREST OKEZIE VICTOR IKPEAZU NOW. The social media, mainstream media, the rumor mills, propaganda mills etcetera are inundated with Dr. Alex Otti's testament in far away John Hopkins lecture in the USA where he jolted the listening world with shock over another made in Nigeria leadership dystopia. Governor Alex Otti made mind blowing revelations of Victor Ikpeazu heists that made OUK and TAO regimes look like kindergarten era in corruption. A whopping N107 Billion was discovered by forensic auditors to have been paid to non existent contractors, bogus contractors and at times phoney contractors with no modicum of value to…

Apr

2024

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Nuhu Ribadu Drops Bombshell, Made Shocking Revelations

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security

Nuhu Ribadu Drops Bombshell National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu has made shocking revelations. He said, “At the time President Tinubu was forming this government, he said the North was very dear to his heart that he would do everything to address its challenges. “This is why he appointed northerners into key offices. He handed over security and Defence to the North. He gave us both ministers for Agriculture and Education. He also gave us the Minister of Health and Foreign Affairs in his quest to turn around the fortune of the region. “He gave us a chance. Now the rest…

Apr

2024

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Mental Health: Mrs Otti Visits Amaudo Rehabilitation Centre, Promised Support For Residents

Abia State, Good Governance, Health, Humanitarian, News Flash

Mental Health: Mrs Otti Visits Amaudo Rehabilitation Center, ,Promises Support for Residensts… The wife of Abia state Governor, Mrs Priscilla Otti has Commended the founder of Amaudo Integrated Community Mental health foundation, Sister Roselind Colwill for her love and passion towards humanity leading to the establishment of the center which has taken many mentally ill destitutes off the streets of southern part of Nigeria. Mrs Otti made her feelings Public when she paid a working visit to the rehabilitation home at Itumbauzo Community in Bende LGA of Abia state, assured that a structure would be raised in the center to…

Apr

2024

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EFCC, Yahaya Bello War Latest

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

EFCC, Yahaya Bello War Latest Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN) has bared his mind on the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello who is the run from EFCC. He said , “The bizarre drama confronting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the course of its efforts to perform its statutory duty has come to my notice (Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice) as a matter of very grave concern. “It is now beyond doubt that the EFCC is given power by the law to invite any person…