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Our clampdown on illegal petrol stations will never stop – NMDPRA boss
The Kogi State Coordinator, Nigerian Mainstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Ogbe Orits Godwin says the agency will not relent in clamping down on illegal petroleum marketers operating in the state. Godwin disclosed this at the weekend when he and his management team played host to the members of the Federated Chapel, Nigeria Union…
UPDATED: Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Seeking To Scrap EFCC
.. The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit filed by several state Attorneys General seeking to declare operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) illegal. A seven-member panel of justices, led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, in a judgement on Friday, dismissed the suit for lack of merit. The suit was filed by…
Ondo Decides 2024: Live results from polling units
Results from the ongoing governorship election in Ondo State has started trickling in. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is seeking to retain his seat. Aiyedatiwa is facing top contenders like Ajayi Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorunfemi Festus of the Labour Party, and Abbas Mimiko –…
NEFGAD Hails Tinubu’s Appointment Of Adebowale As BPP Helmsman
.. The Network for the Actualization of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD) has applauded President Tinubu over the appointment of Dr. Adebowale Adedokun as the Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). The commendation is contained in a statement signed by the organisation’s Country Head of office, Mr Akingunola Omoniyi and…
President Tinubu set to host Indian PM in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday, November 17, welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a State Visit at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. A statement by Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga said the Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in Nigeria on Saturday. His visit to Nigeria will be the first by an Indian prime…
UPDATED: NJC Suspends Rivers, Anambra High Court Judges
.. The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended Justice G. C Aguma of the High Court of Rivers State and Justice A.O Nwabunike of the Anambra State High Court from performing judicial functions. The two judicial officers were suspended without pay for one year and placed on a watch list for two years thereafter.…
Edo police rescue kidnapped 14-month-old baby
Edo State Police Command says its operatives have rescued a 14-month-old baby, Grace Osamagbe, who was abducted by her nanny, Rejoice Chukwu, in April. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Umoru Ozigi, revealed this to newsmen on Saturday in Benin, the state capital. Ozigi said the anti-kidnapping and Cyber Crime unit arrested the 24-year-old…
EFCC Arraigns Company MD Over N9m Visa Scam
.. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Echendu Ndubuisi Endy, Managing Director of Echendu GPC Limited, before Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for allegedly defrauding his victims of N9m in a visa scam. A statement by the anti graft agency obtained from…
Ondo Guber: LP candidate, Olorunfemi casts vote
The Labour Party, LP, gubernatorial candidate in the ongoing Ondo state governorship, Festus Olorunfemi has cast his vote in the exercise. Olorunfemi cast his ballot at his polling unit in Unit 8, Ward 5, Ajowa-Akoko, Akoko North West LGA. DAILY POST reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Friday, at the eleventh hour…
Wike Suspends FCDA Executive Secretary Shehu Ahmad
Nyesom Wike .. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has suspended Engr. Shehu Hadi Ahmad, the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), indefinitely. The suspension was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday evening by Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to…
Govt agency clears over 15 years dump site in Abia community
Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA , has commenced the evacuation of heaps of refuse dumped around Orie-Ntigha market in Isialangwa North LGA. The evacuation which started on Thursday, was extended to an illegal refuse dump site inside Ginger Samuel Amanaha Mini Stadium in Amapu Ntigha. Explaining the rescue operation, the Deputy General Manager of…
FEC Proposes N47.9trn 2025 Budget
.. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has proposed the sum of N47.9 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year for submission to the National Assembly on Monday. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu disclosed this after the Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday at the Presidential Villa. According to…
Ondo election: We don’t trust INEC, REC – PDP candidate expresses displeasure
Mr Agboola Ajayi, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the Ondo State Governorship Election, has expressed displeasure at the conduct of the election in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area. Ajayi cast his vote at 10:45 am at Unit 4, Ward 2 Idumado in Kiribo. Ese-Odo LGA. The PDP governorship candidate, who is also a…
Gov Eno Sacks Ibom Power MD
.. Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom state has sacked the Managing Director of the state owned Ibom Power company, Mr Meyen Etukudoh with immediate effect. Ibom power, a power generating company established during the administration of former Governor Victor Attah between 1999 and 2007 has been struggling to provide regular power supply in…
Bottled up emotions: Nigerian men battle ‘depression’ amid economic hardship
As Nigeria grapples with biting economic hardship, a quieter crisis is unfolding- the pressure to provide for family has become a crushing weight for many men. The fight to repress this pressure, especially in a society that prioritizes issues affecting women and children, has driven some men into depression. In Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital,…
Customs, NAFDAC Sign MoU To Combat Influx Of Illicit Pharmaceutical Products
.. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have formalised a strategic partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The event took place on the second day of the Comptroller-General of Customs’ 2024 Conference held at the Congress Hall of the…
Osun police arrest suspected impersonator, armed robbers, rapist
The Osun State Police Command has paraded Emmanuel Anthony, accused of using military uniforms to rob passengers along Ekiti Road. Parading the suspect on Friday at the police command headquarters in Osogbo, Yemisi Opalola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), revealed that Anthony allegedly forced a victim from Esa-Oke to transfer N3 million to his…
Tinubu Appoints Daniel Bwala Presidential Adviser, Names Three DGs
.. President Bola Tinubu has appointed Daniel Bwala, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications (State House). Bwala was the spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 elections, with Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate. He was a member of the…
Ondo guber: ‘We’ll not disappoint you’ – INEC assures
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured Ondo voters that it would not disappoint them in the Saturday (today)’s governorship election in the state, expressing its readiness for the poll. INEC National Commissioner Supervising Ondo, Ogun and Osun States, Professor Kunle Ajayi, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today in Akure, Ondo State capital,…
25 Days After, TCN Restores Power To Kaduna, Three Other Discos
.. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, on Thursday, announced that it has successfully energized the Ugwuaji – Apir 330kV transmission Line 2 25 days after it was vandalized. NewsNGR recalls that the 330kV Ugwuaji – Apir transmission lines had been out of service since October 21st, 2024, due to the vandalism of the…