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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
SSA To Tinubu On Students Engagement, Asefon Switches To Action, Harmonises NANS Ahead Of Convention

SSA To Tinubu On Students Engagement, Asefon Switches To Action, Harmonises NANS Ahead Of Convention

Education, News Flash, People & Events
SSA To Tinubu On Students Engagement, Asefon Switches To Action, Harmonizes NANS Ahead Of Convention As an experience and ideological comrade, Asefon Sunday has showed that he is capacitated enough to excel in his new office. Just days after his appointment as Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Students’ Engagement, Comrade Asefon Sunday has harmonized National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, ahead of her convention. In a press release sighted by our correspondent, Asefon held a strong stakeholders meeting with concerned individuals in the association, which include NANS President, Senate President, CPC Chairman, among others. Giving report, he said:…
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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Why Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele Will Remain In Kuje Prison Till November 22

Why Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele Will Remain In Kuje Prison Till November 22

Crime, Economy, Judiciary, News Flash
Court Remands Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele In Kuje Prison Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has ordered that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele, be remanded in Kuje prison pending the determination of his request for bail. Emefiele will remain in prison until November 22, when the court will deliver a ruling on his bail motion. According to Dailypost report z His lead counsel, Mathew Burkaa SAN, moved the application for bail which Rotimi Oyedepo vehemently opposed on behalf of the Federal Government. After taking arguments for…
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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
How Appeal Court Sacked Kano Governor, Declared APC Winner

How Appeal Court Sacked Kano Governor, Declared APC Winner

Judiciary, News Flash, Politics
Appeal Court Sacks Kano Governor, Declares APC Winner The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023. The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf, who contested under the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), invalid on the grounds that they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The governor’s votes were then reduced to 853,939 while those of Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival,…
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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Appeal Court Sacks LP Rep In Lagos, Declares APC Winner

Appeal Court Sacks LP Rep In Lagos, Declares APC Winner

Judiciary, National Assembly, News Flash, Politics
Appeal Court Sacks LP Rep In Lagos, Declares APC Winner The Appeal Court has sacked Labour Party, LP’s Olukayode Doherty and declared the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Rauf Age-Suleiman as the winner of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Amuwo-Odofin II Constituency election. According to Dailypost report, the court upheld an earlier ruling by the Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to present Sulaiman with the certificate of return as the winner of the election. The court held that the Electoral Act 2022 does not allow a candidate to be declared winner if…
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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
30-Year-Old Nigerian Student Bags 7 Years Imprisonment For Raping Woman Inside Toilet In UK

30-Year-Old Nigerian Student Bags 7 Years Imprisonment For Raping Woman Inside Toilet In UK

Crime, News Flash
30-Year-Old Nigerian Student Bags 7 Years Imprisonment For Raping Woman Inside Toilet In U.K. A 30-year-old Nigerian student, Onyedika Benedict Oriaku, has been reportedly sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a woman in the toilet of a nightclub in Swansea, United Kingdom. Oriaku, who lives in Victoria Terrace, Brynmill was said to have committed the hideous crime at the Fiction nightclub in Swansea city centre in March, 2023. Although, the convict claimed the s3x in the toilet cubicle was consensual and his victim had been the one who had initiated the contact, he was however found guilty of…
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Nov
18
2023
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By Abia ThinkTank
Gunmen Kidnapped CBN Top Official

Gunmen Kidnapped CBN Top Official

Crime, News Flash, Security
Gunmen Kidnapped CBN Top Official Isaac Bature Gbaja, an assistant manager of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Lafia, the capital of Nassarawa State, has been abducted by unidentified gunmen. The incident took place on Monday, November 13, 2023, at around 8:00 p.m., when Gbaja and two other individuals were taken hostage. On Thursday, the kidnappers contacted Gbaja’s family, demanding a ransom of N10 million. Further investigation revealed that Gbaja was kidnapped near MACFES Royal Suites, in Tudun Gwandara, Lafia, Nasarawa State, where he was with his wife. This event occurred less than a day after the release of…
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Nov
18
2023
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Straight From The Heart: Is Security In The Country Getting Worse? – By David Uma

Straight From The Heart: Is Security In The Country Getting Worse? – By David Uma

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Security
IS INSECURITY IN THE COUNTY GETTING WORSE? The above question calls for sober reflection. The new administration seems not have found the magic wand in tackling the persistent insecurity in the Country. The blame game continues. The kidnapping of Rtd Major General Richard Duru a high profile military personnel took place sometime in the recent past in Owerri North. Within Abuja metropolis, kidnapping, and other related criminal activities have assumed a dangerous and worrisome dimension. It happens on daily basis, and has therefore, become a reoccurring decimal. It's no longer news that, the last administration ran a deliberate policy of…
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Nov
17
2023
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All Roads Lead To Amangwu Ohafia As Isi Bu Mba Buries Mom Chief(Mrs) Eke Kalu Ugba(Nneoha 1 Of Amangwu Ohafia) Today Friday, 24 November 2023 (See Details Inside)

All Roads Lead To Amangwu Ohafia As Isi Bu Mba Buries Mom Chief(Mrs) Eke Kalu Ugba(Nneoha 1 Of Amangwu Ohafia) Today Friday, 24 November 2023 (See Details Inside)

Abia North, Abia State, News Flash, Obituary
CHIEF OLUGU KALU UGBA (ISI BU MBA) BURIES MOM CHIEF(MRS) EKE KALU UGBA(NNEOHA 1 OF AMANGWU OHAFIA) ON FRIDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER 2023. The former Deputy Chief of staff to immediate past Governor of Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu Ph.D, Chief Olugu KALU UGBA(Isi Bu Mba) will bury his late mother Chief(Mrs) Eke Kalu Ugba on Friday 24th November, 2023.Order of Events/Activities are as follows: Wednesday 22nd November, 2023(2Pm - 5Pm)Service of Songs @ Nkabi Square, Amangwu Ohafia. Friday 24th November, 2023Body Arrives Amangwu Funeral Service by 10.00am. Entertainment of Guests follows immediately @ Primary School Field, Amangwu Ohafia. She was aged…
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Nov
17
2023
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Gov Otti Begins Payment Of Eight Years Salary Arrears Of Judiciary Workers

Gov Otti Begins Payment Of Eight Years Salary Arrears Of Judiciary Workers

Abia State, Good Governance, Labour, News Flash
GOV OTTI BEGINS PAYMENT OF EIGHT YEARS SALARY ARREARS OF JUDICIARY WORKERS Workers in the judicial service of Abia State have expressed gratitude to the Governor of Abia, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, for living up to his promise of paying off their salary arrears. The workers, who had been owed since January 2015, had embarked on an indefinite strike against the immediate past government in the state, to press home their demands, shortly before Governor Otti assumed office on May 29, 2023. They had demanded the confirmation of Justice Lilian Abai as the substantive Chief Judge of the state, after…
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Nov
17
2023
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Election Observers Call For IMO Polls’ Cancellation Despite Celebrations In Douglas House

Election Observers Call For IMO Polls’ Cancellation Despite Celebrations In Douglas House

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics
Amid Broad Celebrations In Douglas House, Election Observers Call For Imo Polls' Cancellation Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, Oguwike Nwachuku, says the troubled Eastern Nigeria state has been agog with celebrations since the re-election of his principal in the widely condemned off-cycle governorship election of Saturday in the state. But, accredited election observers of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) are calling for the total cancellation of the Imo governorship election. A cross section of the observers led by the Director of Operations of She for She Initiative for Women and Girl Child,…
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