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July 1, 2022 Press Statement PDP Celebrates Governor Godwin Obaseki on Birthday  …Says He is an Excellent Administrator, Fearless Democrat  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congratulates the Governor of Edo State, His Excellency Governor Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, as he marks his 65th birthday. Governor Obaseki is a very courageous leader, visionary administrator and one of the contemporary leading lights of our nation, who remains steadfast in his commitment toward national unity, stability and economic development. Over the years, Governor Obaseki has distinguished himself as a practical, ingenious and prudent manager of resources, which qualities he has employed to transform Edo State with unparalleled human capital and infrastructural development in critical sectors including healthcare, education, agriculture, oil and gas, housing, transportation among others.  Our Party notes with pride, Governor Obaseki’s landmark development projects including the Modular Refinery Project, th

PRESS RELEASE * Continuous Voter Registration to        continue nationwide * Political parties to upload validly        nominated Governorship/ State        Assembly candidates to portal        between 1st and 15th July. One more photo below.   

EID-EL-KABIR: SULTAN DECLARES JULY 9 AS CELEBRATION DAY Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared July 9 as Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah). This is the second significant celebration in Islam. The announcement was made on Wednesday by the National Moonsighting Committee Nigeria on its Twitter handle, @moonsightingng. In the announcement, the Sultan was quoted as calling on muslims to intensify efforts in acts of worship during the first ten days of the blessed month of Zul-Hijjah and also pray for peace, stability and progress of the country. The tweets read: “Assalaamu alaikum, His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared Thursday 30th, June as the first day of Dhul Hijjah. “The Sultanate council will release an official statement shortly. “Eidul Adha will be on Saturday, 10th Zul-Hijjah 1443H (9th July 2022) In Sha Allah. His Eminence, the Sultan hereby calls upon the Muslim Ummah to intensify efforts in acts of worship during the first ten days

PRESS RELEASE Nigeria Hails Germany as Joint Declaration on Return of Benin Bronzes' is Signed Nigeria and Germany on Friday in Berlin signed a historic joint declaration that will pave the way for the return of 1,130 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, 125 years after they were looted from the ancient Benin Kingdom during the Benin Expedition of 1897. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, signed for Nigeria, while the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Ms Annalena Baerbock, and the Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Ms. Claudia Roth, signed for Germany. In his remarks before the signing, Alhaji Mohammed thanked the government and people of Germany for what he described as the ''single largest repatriation of artefacts anywhere in the world''. ''We also want to most sincerely thank the authorities of the various German regions, cities, museums and institution

Corruption: ICPC docks NSCDC Deputy Commandant over N26.7m Fraud The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has docked a Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Edike Mboutidem Akpan, for defrauding prospective home owners of N26,655,000. Mr. Akpan was charged before Justice V. S. Gaba of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, sitting in Kwali, Abuja on a 17-count charge, that include using a private real estate company, Danemy Nig Ltd, to defraud land subscribers. The charge sheet revealed that the deputy commandant convinced many subscribers with the claim of being in partnership with NSCDC, to pay various sums of money for plots of land both in Karshi, Nasarawa State and Sabon Lugbe Extension, Airport Road, Abuja, which were never allocated to them. ICPC told the court that the offence, committed between 2010 and 2015, violated Sections 19 and 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Of

PRESS RELEASE KEEPING THE PEACE IN AFRICA: IGP LAUDS POLICE PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS, APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, has lauded the distinguished selfless services rendered by members of the Nigeria Police Force contingent to peacekeeping operations on the African Continent and around the world aimed at deescalating violence in war-torn countries and ensuring peaceful coexistence among members of troubled nations. In a bid to add more pep and advance the NPF’s drive for enhanced and improved participation in peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations, the Inspector-General of Police recently appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Augustine Moses Jagaba as Director in charge of the Peacekeeping Directorate. ACP Jagaba holds a Bachelors in Microbiology from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and is currently undergoing his Masters in Security and Strategic Studies from the Nasarawa State University, Ke

An Igbo Man From Imo State Translates The Holy Koran Into Igbo Language. Mr Chukwuemeka Muritala Mohammed Who Is An Igbo Muslim Said That He Was Divinely Inspired To Help Igbo Muslims Worship God In Their Native Language And To Assist The Evangelism To Spread The Gospel Of Allah In Igboland. More photos below.   

NO ATTACK ON CRITICAL NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE…TROOPS AMBUSHED IN RESPONSE TO DISTRESS CALL IN SHIRORO On Wednesday 29 June 2022, troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) deployed in Shiroro general area responded to a distress call of bandits attack on people operating a mining site. Enroute the location, the troops ran into an ambush staged by the criminal elements. Sadly, a number of personnel paid the supreme price in fierce firefight that ensued.  Subsequently, the location has been reinforced and troops are on the trail of the criminals with some already neutralized. The GOC 1 Division has moved to the location to take charge of the follow on operations.  The NA notes that some clips of the incident have surfaced online and wish to encourage well meaning Nigerians to exercise some restraint in posting images of such occurrence, mindful that our brothers and sisters who may have lost their breadwinners deserve to be properly notified and not to get such information via the media. We mentio

COMMANDER INFANTRY CORPS URGES TROOPS TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN HIGH LEVEL OF TRAINING, DISCIPLINE AND PROFESSIONALISM   The Commander Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, Major General Victor Ezeugwu has charged troops to always maintain high standard of training, discipline and professionalism in the discharge of their duties. Major General Ezeugwu gave the charge while declaring the 2 Division Nigerian Army Warrant Officers and Senior Non Commissioned Officers Inter-Brigade Competition 2022 closed at the Major General OF Azinta Shooting Range, Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, Ibadan.  The Commander Infantry Corps challenged the troops to effectively apply the knowledge gained during the competition in their future endeavours. This according to him will assist them in curtailing the menace of boko haram terrorist, banditry, kidnapping, herdsmen/ farmers clashes, among others vices bedevilling the country.  General Ezeugwu enjoined the troops to continue to participate in all training activities

13 Year Old Student Of DMGS, Onitsha Receives Princess Diana Award 13 year old Bethel Chinwuba of Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action and humanitarian efforts, ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports. Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Award is given out by the charity of the same name and has the support of both her sons, The Duke of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex. Bethel Chinwuba’s vision has always been to use science and technology to make the world a better place for others. He is the School Lead of ‘LightEd Kids’, a non-profit that provides access to free solar reading lamps to children in rural communities in Nigeria so they can study at night. Beginning in 2021, he has since distributed over 150 lamps to children who used to study with candle light and kerosene lamps. He has also provided renewable energy training for 400 children in three different schools in Anambra, as well as

A drama was staged at the Okpoko magistrate court in the Ogbaru Local Government Area, near Onitsha, Anambra State, on Thursday, when proceedings were disrupted as a lawyer, identified as Ogbachalu Goshen, appeared in court dressed in full priest robes, looking like a reverend. The court proceedings, presided by Her Worship CB Mbaegbu, were on until a matter was called up and Goshen announced his appearance as a defence counsel. When the Magistrate told him he cannot appear and address the court in that regalia, he objected, citíng the recent Supreme Court judgement that gave female students the backing to wear hijab in public schools as a precedent. As the Magistrate stood her ground that he cannot appear in her court in that mode of dressing, Goshen also insìsted that it was his right and that the objection by the Magistrate was an infríngęmeńt on his fundamental rights as enshríned in Section 38 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As the arguments continued

  Suspected Cultists Invade Ebenebe Community Again, Attacks Monarch, Others Hoodlums suspected to be cultists have launched an attack on the traditional ruler of Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Christopher Nnaegbune and some of his subjects, vandalizing some properties worth about N25 million. This was barely five months after a suspected cult group attacked and killed about twenty persons at a burial ceremony in the same community.   ANAMBRA PEOPLE gathered that the incident occurred between 10pm to 12 midnight Monday, June 27, but no life was lost.   “Hoodlums numbering about 100 invaded the palace of the traditional ruler of Ebenebe, Igwe Christopher Nnaegbune around midnight on Monday. The Igwe had gone to sleep. They came prepared for war; some were beating Ogene (metal gongs), while others shot sporadically on air. “When no one could open the gate for them, they forced it open, using their clubs and other dangerous weapons. However, they met no o

REGIONAL SECURITY: PRESIDENT BUHARI THANKS PORTUGAL FOR SUPPORT    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night expressed appreciation to Portugal for the deployment of weapons and training of military personnel in ensuring peace in the sub-region. Speaking at a State Dinner in National Palace Ajuda, Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, the President commended President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for deploying troops for peacekeeping in the Central African Republic, monitoring political developments and providing assistance to some countries in Africa, including Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde and Mozambique.  President Buhari said at the dinner attended by the President of the Portuguese National Assembly, Augusto Santos Silva, and Prime Minister Antonio Costa that the Nigerian Government has made it a priority to tackle the issue of insecurity in Nigeria, the ECOWAS, and the Sahel.  He added that this would not have been successful without our regional as well as global partners.  ‘‘The Boko

THANK YOU FOR BURRYING ME (A MASSAGE OF FAREWELL FROM LATE REV. FR. VITUS BOROGO) BY REV. FR. JEGA DANIEL ROMANUS I am Rev. Fr. Vitus Borogo, I am a priest of the archdiocese of Kaduna, Nigeria. I am Tiv by tribe and before my forceful exit out of life, I was a chaplain at the polytechnic. It was on Saturday I decided to go and check my farm along kaduna-kachia highway when before my brother, I was attacked and killed. While my spirit was struggling to leave my mortal body, I saw the bandits take my brother away. I tried if I could use my new found strength to save him from them but anytime I try, my new personality fail me. I was killed because I do not speak their language nor follow their religion. I was killed because the government of the state and the nation at the time I was killed cared nothing about the common man. I was killed because the state and the federal government cared more about religion than about common humanity. I was killed because the leaders of the present soci

 Kaduna Community Pays Bandits N400m To Stop Attacks A community leader from the Birnin Gwari Emirate Council in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Zubairu Abdulra’uf, has lamented how members of the communities paid N400m to bandits to enable them to go to their farms. This is just as he said the people of the emirate had resorted to defending themselves against terrorists that had over the years taken over the area. He told journalists in Kaduna on Thursday that the constant attacks on communities had paralyzed economic activities in their rural areas and made travelling in the area impossible. According to Abdulra’uf, N200m was paid to bandits in Randegi district alone.  

Man Who Disguised As A Woman In RCCG Lagos, Caught & Stripped A suspected thief who disguised as a woman was caught after he entered the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) solid rock Chapel in Lagos. The suspected was caught on Thursday morning, June 30 in Ojodu area of the state. The suspect was caught by a security guard on duty after he became suspicious of him. The security guard was said to have confronted and searched him and consequently discovered he was a man dressed like a woman. The mission of the suspected is yet to be ascertained according to a member of the church who witnessed the incident. The suspect has been handle over to the police. More photos below. 

Anambra Confirms First Monkeypox Case, Declares Outbreak The Anambra State Government says that one out of the two suspected cases of monkeypox reported in the state has been confirmed positive. Dr Afam Obidike, the state’s Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure at a news conference in Awka on Thursday. Mr Obidike said that the state had been on alert mode following the report of the disease early this year across some states in the country. According to him, the state emergency preparedness and response team put all the relevant surveillance measures in place toward ending the spread of the outbreak. “Few weeks ago, two suspected cases of monkeypox were reported in Anambra East, Onitsha and Oyi Local Government Areas (LGAs), out of which the case from Anambra East LGA was confirmed positive. “The case is currently at the isolation centre of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, where he is receiving treatment and recovering. “In light of the above, Gov. Charles