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𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life. It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys. Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been both humbling and uplifting. We will all share unique memories. I offer my thanks to each and every one who share our sense of loss. We may have been reminded how much of her presence and contribution to our national identity we took for granted.  I am also so grateful for the support and understanding offered to my dear brother Charles as he accepts the added responsibilities of The Monarch. To my mother, The Queen, thank you.  

Her Majesty The Queen’s coffin has arrived at Buckingham Palace, where it will rest overnight in the Bow Room. Tomorrow the coffin will be borne in Procession on a Gun Carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery to the Palace of Westminster, where The Queen will Lie-in-State in Westminster Hall until the morning of the State Funeral. More photos below. 

Gunmen Intercept Ambulance Carrying Dead Body In Abia Community, Kidnap 2 Persons Gunmen suspected to be bandits intercepted an ambulance conveying a dead body to Isuikwuato community in Abia State. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, took place around Umunneochi/Ihube Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, a family source told ABNTV. The publication gathered that the ambulance was coming from Abraka in Delta State when the incident occurred. According to the family source, armed bandits waylaid the vehicle conveying the corpse and dragged out the occupants, abandoning the coffin in the vehicle on the road. The source who said the deceased was his uncle’s wife, said the abductors whisked the victims including the deceased woman’s daughter, another relation, and the driver of the hearse into the bush. He said that the woman’s daughter later escaped from the captors by providence while the driver and the other man are still being held captive. The source who did not wan...

YOU HAVE WRITTEN YOUR OWN HISTORY, PRESIDENT BUHARI TELLS GOV. HOPE UZODIMMA OF IMO STATE President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Owerri, Imo State, commended Gov. Hope Uzodimma for his efforts in developing the state, saying, “You have written your own history,’’ after he saw the ultra-modern chamber of the rebuilt House of Assembly.    President said his administration will leave a legacy of major development projects across the country, while saluting Imo State Governor for giving more attention to constructions and institutional reforms that will improve lives of the people.   President Buhari, who commissioned the Owerri/Orlu dual carriage, Owerri/Okigwe road and the renovated House of Assembly Complex, noted that the Imo State government had made remarkable progress with infrastructure in three years.    “I am delighted to be back in Imo State – the Eastern Heartland – to commission a number of projects executed by the administration of His Excellency, Gover...

2023: Enugu North traditional rulers present ‘Ofo’ to Gov. Ugwuanyi …endorse governor’s senatorial bid Traditional Rulers from Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State have presented ‘Ofo’ to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu North Senatorial District in the 2023 general election, as a symbol of their solidarity and endorsement of his senatorial bid. Presenting the ‘Ofo’ (traditional symbol of authority) to Gov. Ugwuanyi when all members of the Executive of Enugu North Zonal Council of Traditional Rulers visited the governor at the Government House, Enugu, the Grand Patron of Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRH Igwe Simeon Osisi Itodo, told the governor that the royal fathers and the people of Nsukka zone are behind him, his administration and his senatorial bid in 2023. Igwe Itodo, on behalf of the monarchs, prayed for Gov. Ugwuanyi saying: “Nsukka people are behind you. You will be going and coming back. N...

KOGI GOVT SEALS FIRST BANK BRANCHES OVER ALLEGED TAX EVASION Kogi State Government has sealed-off all First Bank Nigeria PLC branches operating in the State. The action was on the order of a Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja. DAILY POST reports that this was effected on Monday by Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS), following what it described as the inability of the bank to liquidate its outstanding tax liabilities of over N411.12 million to Kogi State Government. Speaking with journalists on the development in his office, Bar. Saidu Okino, Director, Legal Services of the KGIRS, said the amount represents outstanding withholding tax from the bank’s mobile banking agents from 2015 to 2022. He said that the action of the board was as a result of the refusal of the bank to liquidate the liability despite several demand notices to that effect. Okino said that approaching the court was as a last resort as all other measures to make the bank pay up proved abortive. He said: ”Before ...

BRIDGE COLLAPSES ALONG MINNA-BIDA ROAD The dilapidated bridge on Bida-Minna Road has finally collapsed at Sagamio Farms, about 23 kilometres from Bida and 60 kilometres from Minna thereby cutting off the two major towns in Niger State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the collapse of the bridge was as a result of the torrential rainfall across the state for the past five days. It was learned that the water flowing under the bridge is one of the tributaries of River Niger that has overflowed its banks as a result of the rains. Finding revealed that the rain has flooded most towns and villages along the banks and has destroyed the bridge turning it into a large chasm. “The bridge collapsed totally on Sunday. Consequently, commuters plying the Minna-Bida Road are stranded as you can see,” a villager, Ismaila Abubakar said. A commuter stranded on the road, Mohammed Aliyu told LEADERSHIP that “Most vehicles coming from the Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba axis and Minna, unaware of the development, are now trapp...

ASUU Strike: Students Shut Down Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Tuesday, blocked the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Shagamu Interchange, in protest. The protest is in reaction to the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. More photos below. 

Flooding: Zulum assigns Deputy Governor to assess communities, support victims  … Visits Moro-Moro, promises lasting solution … Kadafur to visit all affected LGAs Worried by the destructions caused by floods in some communities across Borno State, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has assigned his Deputy, Umar Usman Kadafur to lead an assessment team to a tour of all affected Local Government Areas for the purpose of ascertaining extent of damages, and to support victims.  Zulum announced the measure on Tuesday after assessing a vegetable market at Moro Moro, a community around customs in Maiduguri, which has been ravaged by flooding.  The Governor commiserated with flood victims across the State. “We are once again visited by this unfortunate flooding which has affected communities not only in Maiduguri but in some Local Government Areas. Insha’Allah, the Deputy Governor, His Excellency, Umar Usman Kadafur will be heading an assessment team that will visit all affected commu...

HAPPENING NOW PRESIDENTIAL VISIT President Muhammadu in company of Governor Hope Uzodimma commissions first phase of 56 kilometer Owerri - Okigwe road At Amaraku. President Buhari visits Imo to Commission Signature Projects by the Imo State Government on 13th Sep 2022 IMO 5: President Buhari with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and other dignitaries during the commissioning of the Newly refurbished Imo State House of Assembly Complex on 13th Sep 2022 IMO 7: President Buhari with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and his wife Chioma as he visits Imo to Commission Signature Projects by the Imo State Government on 13th Sep 2022 IMO 8: President Buhari with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, Former Governor Ikedi Ohakim, and South East Leader Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu during his visit to commission projects in Imo State on 13th Sep 2022 IMO 10: President Buhari with R-L: Maj. Gen. Ike Nwachukwu, Imo Deputy Governor Placid Njoku, First Lady of Imo State Chioma Uzodinma, Imo State Governo...

Anambra  woman declared wanted over missing 16-year-old mother, baby The Anambra Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons said it has launched a manhunt for the woman allegedly behind the missing of a 16-year-old mother and her three-month-old baby. The State Commander of NAPTIP, Mrs Judith-Chukwu Ibadin, told newsmen in Awka on Monday that the suspect took the mother and baby to Ghana. Ibadin said that the suspect engaged one Nzube Nwakamma, 22, to recruit a girl that could work in her restaurant in Ghana for N100,000 monthly pay. She alleged that the suspect, who is said to be resident in Ghana, had successfully moved her victim from Anambra to Ghana for prostitution. She said that Nwakamma, who facilitated the illicit travel, had been arrested and was assisting the agency in its investigation. Ibadin said that the facilitator, in his statement, narrated how he recruited the 16-year-old from Awka Etiti in Idemili South Local Government Area. Ac...

Peter Obi’s Media Aide Debunks Rumours Of Attack Media aide to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, Valentine Obienyem, has debunked rumour making round that his boss was attacked in Abuja. Obienyem in a statement urged the public to ignore the rumour and described it as a falsehood. He said Peter Obi is hale and hearty. According to him, “The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, and by the grace of God, fueled by his merit, the next President of Nigeria, Mr Peter Obi, is back to the country. In the last three weeks, he traversed the world, convincing Nigerians of the need to take back their country and move in sync with the rest of the world. “Kindly ignore the falsehood making the rounds that he was attacked. May God forbid that even the very thought of such barbarism be visited on him. “Obi has consistently reiterated his belief that politics should always be devoid of violence. This remains his political credo. “It is pe...

Court Jails One in Benue for N7million Fraud Justice A.R Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi,  Benue State, has convicted and sentenced James Ebute Adejoh to one year imprisonment for Point of Sale, POS, fraud to the tune of N7,118,000 (Seven Million One Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Naira). He was jailed after pleading guilty to one- count charge preferred against him by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the EFCC.  

EFCC Arraigns Ilorin Civil Servant for False Information The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC has arraigned a 43-year old Kwara State civil servant, Lambe Binta, before Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin for giving false information.  Binta was arraigned on Monday, September 12, 2022  on one- count charge bordering on internet fraud and possession of fraudulent funds. Specifically,  she allegedly received the sum of N25,000 (Twenty-Five Thousand Naira Only) from one Faloye Oluwadamilola Victor, who was arrested by the EFCC,  for offences bordering on internet fraud and possession of fraudulent funds.  

EFCC Arrests 22 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Uyo Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the EFCC have arrested 22 suspected internet fraudsters within Akwa Ibom State. They were arrested in a sting operation on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. The all-male suspects, whose ages range between 18 to 24 years, were arrested at their various hideouts in Uyo and Ikot Ekpene areas of the State, following verified intelligence regarding their nefarious activities. Items recovered from the suspects include, a silver -coloured Toyota Corolla car, as well as various brands of sophisticated mobile phones and laptops. The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.