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IMO ROAD REVOLUTION: OWERRI-MBAISE-UMUAHIA ROAD CONSTRUCTION ADVANCES Work has begun earnestly on the Owerri-Mbaise-Umuahia road which was recently flagged off for construction by His Excellency, the Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma.  The project which is being handled by Craneburg Construction Company, is designed to be built with dual carriage, dual drainage system and solar-powered street lightning. The 3R Government of Governor Hope Uzodimma is poised towards the transformation of the State and upon completion, it's expected that the economic activities along this route shall Improve drastically. More photos below. 

Buhari Government Has Failed In Nigerian Oil And Gas Sector, It Should Have No Stake – Governor El-Rufai The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration failed and should get out of the oil and gas business. El-Rufai who asserted that the government fumbled in the sector, said Nigeria was living on taxes, royalties and income taxes. He ascertained that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was a big problem to Nigeria, noting that it would bring Nigeria to its knees unless it was resolved. The governor made this disclosure while speaking at KADINVEST, an annual event organised by the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency, on Thursday. He noted that the sectors doing well in the country were entertainment, telecoms, fintech and others that had no government’s involvement. He affirmed that nothing had changed with the commercialisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company in July 2022, noting that though th...

PRESIDENT BUHARI APPEALS TO GULF OF GUINEA MEMBER STATES TO PAY ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS, COMPLETES TENURE AS CHAIR OF COMMISSION   President Muhammmadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja appealed to Member-States of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC) to remit their outstanding Annual Assessed Contributions to the Secretariat, saying that continued non-payment by the majority has greatly affected the ability of the Commission to fulfil the mandate for which it was established in 2001.   The President made the appeal at a virtual meeting of the Heads of State and Government of Member States of the Commission, convened to review progress on efforts to deal with the maritime challenges in the region.   The President said the inability of member-states to pay their assessment was threatening the continued existence of the Commission.   He also called for urgent collective action against the dangers and threats affecting maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea Region.   Pres...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie declined the national honours- media aide says Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who was recently decorated with Harvard University’s iconic W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, has broken her silence over her non-appearance at the conferment of national honours ceremony by President Buhari. on Tuesday, October 11. Putting the records straight, a member of Chimamanda’s communications team, Omawumi Ogbe, told The Guardian that she declined the honour.⁣ ⁣ “Following the recent conferment of national awards by the President, there have been conflicting reports about one of the announced recipients, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Some social media users say the award-winning writer rejected the award, while others say she accepted it.⁣ ⁣ The author did not accept the award and, as such, did not attend the ceremony. She, however, did not want to create undue publicity around it, so her non-acceptance was conveyed privately” Ogbe said While conferring the award on...

Mrs Obiagelli Mazi from Abia State honored in Borno again Remember the Classroom Teacher that the Governor of Borno State, Prof. B.U. Zulum met in 2020 at her place of work very early in the morning when he went to inspect the state of the primary school she works in? Mrs Obiagelli Mazi from Abia State who has served Borno state for 31 years.  After the Governor met her, she was instantly rewarded with some cash and then eventually promoted from a Classroom Teacher to an Assistant Headmistress and now, she has been allocated a newly fully furnished house along with other teachers in MaMaiduguri. More photos below.   

IGBOS HAVE CAPACITY TO RULE NIGERIA - GOV. ORTOM The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has express confidence in the Igbo people, saying they have potentials to rule Nigeria if given the opportunity. The governor, who made the expression in Makurdi, the state capital, on Wednesday when Igbo PDP Forum paid him a courtesy visit, said the South-Easterners are accommodating and hard working. According to Ortom, the Igbos are peaceful, stressing that they have the ability to live with other ethnic groups in the country. He vowed to continue speaking to authority on the incessant attacks on Benue people by suspected armed herdsmen. “The Igbo are accommodating and hard working. They are a group that can live with other ethnic groups and not like those that are killing my people and they want me to keep quiet. “I will never keep quiet concerning incessant attacks on my people by herdsmen until the authorities do the right thing. I will continue to speak against injustice,” he said. Credit: da...

Police Return N303k Extorted By Operatives  The Police have returned the sum of N303,000, which was extorted from one Ejiro Ogene by three policemen in Abuja on Tuesday. Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, shared photos of the moment when the money was returned to the owner on Thursday and the names of the policemen, who extorted him. He added that the policemen have been arrested. Adejobi said, “Insp Nuhu Shaibu, Sgt Guusu Collins, Sgt Aragon Felix. They are attached to the Anti-Violence Squad of the FCT Command, Abuja. They were arrested for obtaining 303,000k from Ogene in Abuja on Tuesday. The money has been recovered from them and handed over to the complainant, one Ogene  Ejiro. We always urge you to report any misdeed to us. We will act as appropriate.” Credit: Twitter | princemoye1. More photos below. 

51-year-old man arrested for allegedly beating his wife to d€ath in Ogun.....what he did afterwards will shock you Men of the Ogun state police command on October 12 arrested a 51 years old man Oluranti Badejo for allegedly beating his 40-year-old wife Folasade Badejo to d€ath.  The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by the younger sister of the deceased,  who reported that she received information from her elder sister's daughter that her elder sister who lives with her husband at NO 7, Madam Felicia street, Orimerunmu, Mowe has been beaten to d€ath by her husband.  Upon the report, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, quickly dispatched the divisional detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested. The lifeless body of the victim was then evacuated to the mortuary in Shagamu for post mortem examination.  Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect str@ngled the deceased during a scuffle as ...

POLICE ARREST 2 WITH HUMAN SKULLS IN ADAMAWA   Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have apprehended 2 suspects in possession of 2 human skulls and several bones. The operatives also arrested a suspected buyer of the skulls, identified as Dauda Yakubu, a commercial motorcycle operator and a woman in connection to the alleged crime. The 2 suspects nabbed with human skulls in Garware village, Fofure LGA include; Raji Silver and Nodji Kodji. While the buyer is identified as Dauda Yakubu of Farang in Fufore LGA. Both suspects who hail from Cholli, a community in Cameroon Republic were arrested on the 11th October, 2022, at Garware village in Fufore. According to EWS PLATFORM, the commercial motorcycle operator was arrested while conveying the suspects in the village. The suspects confessed that they digged the skulls and the bones from a grave in Cameroon in order to sell it to the Dauda, who once bought it at the sum of 5million cameroonian currency. According to them, they ...

1. SUSPECT INVOLVED IN ROBBING MALAYSIAN MAN CAUGHT. 2. STOLEN CAR RECOVERED. One of three armed suspects who robbed a motorist along the 8 mile back road was caught by police yesterday afternoon. A mobile phone and laptop were stolen from the Malaysian man and this crime incident was broadcasted on the police communication network. Members of Sierra Quebec 10 responded immediately by driving into the Duran Farm housing project site. They waited and the suspects ran straight into the police dragnet. Two managed to escape but the one seen here, in police custody was caught.  The victim who sustained a bruise in this ensuing attack was slightly shaken but thankful for the police response and arrest. In a seperate incident, a white  sedan belonging to a couple was stolen at Tokarara but recovered at Kou Kou yesterday. The female victim was dropping her kids at school when she was held up by 4 armed  men. Police acting on a tip-off found the abandoned car at Koukou and gave i...

FCT POLICE RECOVERS MAITAMA-PHARMACY-GUN-POINT STOLEN VEHICLE, ARRESTS SUSPECT 7 HOURS AFTER CRIME.  The FCT Police Command today 13th of October 2022, at about 15:30hrs after an all-night pursuit and an aggressive Man-hunt of Armed hoodlums, recovered the Maitama gun-point stolen vehicle and arrested one suspect.  Recall that On October 12, 2022, at about 20:00hrs two residents, a male and a female, drove into a pharmacy in the Maitama District area of the FCT. While the female proceeded into the pharmacy, the male remained by the car waiting. It was thereafter reported that some armed hoodlums numbering about 6 came in a Mazda vehicle and forced him into Toyota Landcruiser Jeep with Diplomatic Registration Number GD CD 071, and took off with him. Unfortunately, a passerby who attempted to come to his aid was shot in the head and later confirmed dead at the Maitama District Hospital. Consequent upon the above, the Commissioner of Police FCT  Command CP Babaji Sunday psc ...

"We lost a colleague w/insp Gloria Gwaza from 43 PMF LION building Lagos, early hours of today 12/10/2022. May her soul rest in peace amen". More photos below.   

$9.6b P&ID Fraud: EFCC Seeks Arrest of Briton, James Nolan The EFCC on Thursday, October 13, 2022, made a tripartite application before Justice D.U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, praying the court to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of a Briton, James Richard Nolan. Nolan, a Director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited, P&ID is facing a $9.6billion money laundering trial alongside Goidel Resources and ICIL Limited. Counsel for the prosecution, E. E. Iheanacho informed the court that the matter was for continuation of trial.  He said he had his witness in court and ready to proceed “but apparently the proceedings of today will be halt because of the third defendant's absence”. In his tripartite prayer before the court, Iheanacho urged the court to revoke the bail of the defendant, issue a bench warrant and direct his surety to show cause why the bail bond which he entered into should not be forfeited.  

The General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Arc. Gbolahan Oki, said his Agency has demolished over 100 defective structures since the beginning of 2022 to stem the tide of building collapse across the State. Arc. Oki, who disclosed this while speaking on the activities of the Agency, added the affected buildings failed the recommended Non-Destructive Test (NDT) conducted by LASBCA. Explaining that the decision by the Agency to remove the affected structures was informed by the need to save lives and properties from an avoidable building collapse, Oki listed the locations of the demolished structures as Mushin, Okota, Lagos Island, Ifako-Ijaiye, Alimosho, Yaba, Ebute-Metta, Surulere, Agege and Oworonshoki amongst others. According to him, the majority of the demolished buildings were pulled down by the demolition gang of LASBCA, while a few others were demolished by their respective owners after obtaining permission and approval for self-demolition from the ...

2022 ➡️ 1983 The King, unveiling his first plaque as Monarch, has officially reopened the Burrell Collection in Glasgow following its six-year long refurbishment. Displayed in a purpose-built, A-Listed museum in the city’s Pollok Country Park, The Burrell Collection was officially opened to the public by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 21 October 1983. Having reopened to the public in March 2022, the project has delivered new and improved displays and facilities which are an exemplar of sustainable low carbon design. Many of the Collection’s important and unique objects, which have not been seen for decades, or have never been on permanent display, are now on show thanks to a 35% increase in the museum’s gallery space.   An inclusive approach to interpretation, including dynamic digital, tactile and hands on displays give more visitors a better understanding of the outstanding works of artistic, historical and cultural significance within the collection and the people who made, u...

 IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Acquitted.  The Leader of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra, IPOB, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu has been discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The Court ruled among other things that Nigeria is in breach of extradition treaty and laws and have breached Kanu's fundamental human right, that the proceeding against him in the Federal High Court is tainted with illegality and that the Federal High Court breached his right to fair hearing. In a Facebook post to confirm the ruling, his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor wrote "Appeal allowed. Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi KANU, discharged and acquitted. We have won ! Victory victory victory victory"  

Anambra Bishop Sacks Five ‘rebel’ Priests The Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Anambra State, Jonas Benson Okoye, has withdrawn the canonical faculties (authorities to perform acts or function in the parish) of five Spiritan priests in the area over alleged insubordination News Express reports that the five priests of St Martin of Tours, Ihiala, had been having a running battle with the bishop over their residency in the parish, which hitherto led to their ejection from the parsonage of the church. The ejection followed an administrative rearrangement aimed to create a new parish in the Area But the Holy Ghost priests refused the order of the bishop for them to vacate the parish for new priests sent to man the church, claiming that their order had been in possession of the parish for over 100 years. Disclosing the development to journalists at Ozubulu, in the Ekwusigo Local Government of the state, on Tuesday, a former Director of Communications of Nnewi Diocese, Rev Dr. Hyginus Aghaulo, said:...

Governor Soludo Receives Anambra Teachers Who Won Presidential Awards Governor Chukwuma Soludo has said that teaching is a vocation that requires passion and commitment. Governor Soludo said this while receiving five Anambra teachers that won the 2022 President's Teachers, Schools Excellence Award in different categories. Noting that teaching job requires sacrifice, Governor Soludo emphasized that the quality of teachers and teaching determines the future of any society. He described the awardees as role models and tasked them with more dedication. Governor Soludo while congratulating them, said that Anambra state is raising a digital tribe that will be useful at home and abroad and assured greater commitment from the state government in rebranding Anambra's education sector. For the Commissioner of Education, Professor Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, Anambra education sector Education system will be transformed under Governor Soludo. She noted that for Anambra to achieve skilled education...