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Nov

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2023

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Abia Has Shown Capacity As Labour Party State; Our Ideology Is People Oriented – Governor Alex Otti

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash

ABIA HAS SHOWN CAPACITY AS LABOUR PARTY STATE, OUR IDEOLOGY IS PEOPLE ORIENTED——- GOVERNOR ALEX OTTI The Governor of Abia State Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has expressed that Labour Paty’s ideology is people oriented and emphasized the unwavering commitment of his administration to ceaselessly portray the good ideologies of the party. The Governor who was ably represented by his Deputy Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu made this known during the occasion of the Colloquim and Hall of Fame Award in Honour of the National Chairman of Labour Party Barr. (Dr) Julius Abure organized by Edo policy round table in conjunction with Mudiame…

Nov

03

2023

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Breaking News: Total Blackout As Electricity Workers Begin Strike Over Attack On NLC President

FGN, News Flash, Power & Energy

JUST-IN: Total Blackout As Electricity Workers Begins Strike Over Attack On NLC President Electricity workers under the auspices of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has asked their members to withdraw their services nationwide by midnight Thursday. The union said the action was to protest the alleged arrest and brutalization of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, by the police Wednesday during a protest rally in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Following Ajaero’s alleged attack and brutalization by security agents in Imo State, NLC said the leadership of organised labour will convene an emergency meeting…

Nov

03

2023

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Gov Otti Wins As Supreme Court Bursts Okey Ahiwe, PDP’s Bubble

Abia State, Good Governance, Judiciary, News Flash

GOV OTTI WINS AS SUPREME COURT BURSTS OKEY AHIWE, PDP’S BUBBLE The Supreme Court has thwarted a surreptitious move by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Abia governorship election, Okey Ambrose Ahiwe, seeking to undermine the verdict of Abia people by removing Governor Alex Otti from office. Ahiwe, who lost the March 18, 2023 governorship election won by Labour Party's Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, had filed a suit on October 30, 2023, seeking to be joined as an interested party in the controversial Federal High Court, Kano, judgment now discarded by the Appeal Court, Kano. The Supreme Court…

Nov

03

2023

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This Life: Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment For Bathing Girlfriend Who Rejected Marriage Proposal With Acid

Crime, Gossips, Love & Life, News Flash

Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment For Bathing Girlfriend With Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal A High Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital and presided over by Justice Blessing Egwu has sentenced one Jide Afolabi Sunday to life imprisonment for bathing his girlfriend with acid after she refused to accept his marriage proposal. 33-year-old Sunday was charged with attempted murder on his lover, Glory Sylvester Ita, whom he poured acid on, CrossRiverWatch reports. He was in police custody for months after being arrested for the crime that affected Glory’s abdomen; an ear and breast were cut off…

Nov

03

2023

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OAU Raid: EFCC Bans Sting Operations At Night, Reviews Arrest, Bail Procedures

Crime, News Flash, Security

OAU Raid: EFCC Bans Sting Operations At Night, Reviews Arrest, Bail Procedures The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has directed its operatives to stop sting operations at night. Ola Olukoyede, the commission’s chairman, announced the new directive on Wednesday in Abuja. According to a statement by Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s spokesperson, the order was given in reaction to the raid of off-campus hostels of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife by operatives of EFCC About 69 suspects were arrested during the raid for fraud-related offences. A source told TheCable that the officials broke into the hostels with hammers. The…

Nov

02

2023

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“Leave My Government If You Can’t Perform”- President Tinubu Tells Ministers, Others

Abuja, News Flash, Presidency

Leave My Govt If You Can’t Perform – Tinubu Tells Ministers, Others President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said government officials and appointees who cannot perform are free to leave while declaring that he must succeed by all means to deliver on the expectations of Nigerians who brought him into office.He stated this on Wednesday at the opening of a three-day retreat with the theme, “Delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda,” organised for ministers, presidential aides, permanent secretaries, and top government officials at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. President Tinubu, who stated that at the end of the retreat, a bond…

Nov

02

2023

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Just-In: NLC President, Ajaero Hospitalized After Brutal Police Attack(Read Details)

Labour, News Flash, Politics

BREAKING: NLC President, Ajaero Hospitalized After Brutal Police Attack (Read Details) The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has been hospitalised after being brutally attacked by police officers during a union protest in Imo state. Ajaero’s right eye is completely shut, and he has suffered other injuries, according to NLC’s head of information and publicity, Comrade Benson Upah. Upah said Ajaero was beaten, blindfolded and taken to an unknown destination, where he was further brutalised. His phones, money, and other personal effects were also taken from him, this newspaper has learnt. Upah said, “Contact has been…

Nov

01

2023

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I Turned 30 With A New Man And A New Love – Mercy Eke

Entertainment, Love & Life, News Flash

I Turned 30 With A New Man And A New Love – Mercy Eke Mercy Eke claims she step into her 30 having a new man and a new love with big energy. While saying that she was so happy, Pere grabbed her warmly and pulled her close, and they hugged. The beauty of it is how they have genuinely connects without forcing anything.Mercy Eke claims she step into her 30 having a new man and a new love with big energy. While saying that she was so happy, Pere grabbed her warmly and pulled her close, and they hugged.…

Nov

01

2023

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Gov. Otti’s Wife Priscilla Donates 100 White Canes To The Visually Impaired In Abia State

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash

Gov. Otti's Wife Priscilla Donates 100 White Canes To The Visually Impaired In Abia State. Abia's first lady says the government is committed to the full implementation of the state's disability law. Governor Alex Otti (right) with his wife, Priscilla (left) [Instagram/@priscilla.otti]Governor Alex Otti (right) with his wife, Priscilla (left) [Instagram/@priscilla.otti]The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the canes were distributed during a ceremony organised to mark this year's International White Cane and Safety Awareness Day in the state. The day is observed globally on every October 15, to create awareness on the significance of the white cane as…

Nov

01

2023

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Rivers State: Fubara Reinstates Sacked And Suspended Key Loyalists Of Wike.

News Flash, Politics

Wike single-handedly installed Fubara as his successor. Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has rescinded the sack and suspension of key loyalists of Minister Nyesom Wike. All Local Government Chairmen caught in the mix have also been restored. Fubara made the move in the wake of threats of impeachment allegedly engineered by Wike. Wike single-handedly installed Fubara as his successor. But allegedly excessive control by the immediate past Governor reportedly resulted in the conflict of interests that spiraled into the near impeachment of Fubara. The ferocious response by Fubara as defined by the widespread sack of Wike’s loyalists encircling him…