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IMO STATE GOVERNMENT AVERTS FLOODING IN THE STATE, DESILTS DRAINAGES IN OWERRI METROPOLIS AND ENVIRONS The Hope Uzodimma led administration  has embarked on a mission to save Ndi Imo from the any kind of flood disaster in the State.  The goal of the State Government’s aggressive cleaning and desilting of the drainages in and around the state capital Owerri, is to prevent the State from been lost to flooding as predicted by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet), to happen in the North Central and in South East State. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties Nze Chinasa Nwaneri who also doubles as the Chairman Task force desilting committee, is leading the task force team in collaboration with the ministry of Environment and the the Imo State Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO), who are not only desilting but removing illegal structures that blocked waterways.  Findings by the committee showed that some houses channel their waste pipes to the ...

Anambra Government Removes Structures Sitting Under High Tension Cables, Others Erected On Unauthorized Positions The Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, ACTDA, has pulled down structures erected under high tension cables and other unauthorized positions at Club Road, formally known as Abakiliki Street, Awka. ACTDA enforcement team also removed shanties situated on the restricted strip of land demarcating both sides of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway at Agu-Awka and Amansea axises. ACTDA, is a state-owned local regulatory authority, that monitors housing and aesthetic development and outlooks of Awka town and other communities that make up the state capital territory.  As ACTDA's pre-removal order requires, owners of the demolished structures had been issued removal notices weeks before the present action. Some affected property owners in the areas, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that while government is taking the right action towards development, a certain degre...

CHINESE PRESIDENT COMMISERATES WITH PRESIDENT BUHARI ON ANAMBRA BOAT MISHAP President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent boat mishap in Anambra State. Over 40 people were reported to have died in the accident which happened Friday, October 7, at Umunankwo in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State. In a letter to President Buhari, the Chinese leader wrote: “Distressed to learn of the boat mishap in Anambra State, Nigeria, which has caused heavy casualties, I’d like to, in the name of the Chinese government and people, extend deepest condolences to the victims and sincere sympathy to their families.”   Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) October 14, 2022  

Kwara Poly Student Jailed 6months for $9,891 Fraud The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC on Friday, October 14, 2022 secured the conviction of 31-year-old Bashiru Azeez Seyi, a native of Oyan in Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Osun State, for offences bordering on internet fraud.  Bashiru, a student in the Marketing Department of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin was prosecuted on one count by the EFCC before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin.  

Alleged N36bn Fraud: Turaki Not Acquitted- EFCC The October 13, 2022 ruling of the Federal High Court Dutse, striking out the money laundering charges brought against Saminu Turaki, a former governor of Jigawa State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC does not amount to an acquittal. This clarification became imperative in view of widespread media reports purporting that the former governor had been discharged and acquitted of the charges preferred against him by the Commission. Justice Hassan Dikko in striking out the case on Thursday, premised his decision on the absence of the EFCC prosecutor in court and stated that the Commission is at liberty to proceed with the case when it is ready. Without prejudice to the decision by his Lordship, his position was not premised on the weight of the evidence by the prosecution or the lack of it. The substantive issues have not even been canvassed before his Lordship. The Commission considers this ruling another unfortunate hia...

This is for Unizik Students, school will resume on 17th October, 2022. "This is to inform staff and students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka that following the suspension of the strike actions by all the University Staff Unions ,the University Management has directed  that Academic activities in the university  resume immediately  in order to complete the 2021/2022 Academic  session.  Consequent upon this,students are to resume Academic Activities with effect from Monday,17th October 2022".  

  PDP MUST RESOLVE ITS CRISIS TO WIN 2023 ELECTION-WIKE *Calls for dredging of River Benue and River Niger to end sufferings of Nigerians Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has again urged the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to do the right thing, if the party must win the presidential election in 2023. The right thing, Governor Wike insisted, is the resignation of Senator Iyorchia Ayu as PDP national chairman, in order for a southerner to occupy the seat within the principle of equity, fairness and justice. Governor Wike restated his position during a live interactive media chat in Port Harcourt on Friday. He emphasised that any leader of a group who causes crisis within the group that he leads, truly lacks the requisite skills to navigate affairs of such group. "This is the time to show leadership skill on the part of those who are leaders of the party. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is the presidential candidate. He is the one who feels the pain." G...

PHOTOS: GOV. BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU  SWEARS IN NEW CABINET MEMBERS AT LAGOS HOUSE, ALUASA, IKEJA ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022   PIX 1 L-R: Secretary to Lagos State Government, Mrs. Folashade Jaji; Mr Gbenga Oyerinde as Special Adviser, Central Business District; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende as Special Adviser, Special Duties during the swearing in of the new Special Advisers at the EXCO chamber, Lagos House, Ikeja, on Thursday, 13 October 2022.  PIX 2 L-R: Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende, Special Adviser (Special Duties) receiving his Oath of Office from Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu during his swearing in at the EXCO chamber, Lagos House, Ikeja, on Thursday, 13 October 2022.  PIX 3 L-R: Mr Gbenga Oyerinde, Special Adviser (Central Business District) receiving his Oath of Office from Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu during his swearing in at the EXCO chamber, Lagos House, Ikeja, on Thursday, 13 October 2022. More photos below....

  WOMAN STABS HER BOYFRIEND TO DEATH IN NASARAWA  The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Alice Mulak of Ungwan Gwari, Karu Local Government Area of the state for stabbing her boyfriend to death with a knife following a misunderstanding. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, October 14, 2022, said the suspect was arrested by police operatives attached to Mararaba 'A' Division led by CSP Musa Babayola. According to the PPRO, preliminary investigation revealed that the incident happened behind City Rock Hotel, Mararaba at about 0330hrs when the deceased and his girlfriend engaged themselves in fisticuffs as a result of a misunderstanding. "Hence, the suspect was arrested and the knife used in perpetrating the offence was consequently recovered based on the directives of the Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi," the statement read. "The suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal ...

Nigerian Police Arrest Five-Member Kidnap Gang, Recover Over N4Million Out Of N5Million Ransom Paid In Adamawa The Nigeria Police have arrested members of a five-man notorious kidnap gang terrorising the northern axis of Adamawa state The police also recovered N4,079,000, which was part of money paid as a ransom to the kidnap gang to secure the release of an eight-year-old Mustapha Aliyu Fadil, in Mubi, SaharaReporters has learnt.   The spokesperson for the Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the arrests and cash recovery to SaharaReporters on Friday. He said, "Further to the Command's renewed commitment to enhance proactive strategies in crime fighting, the Command has again on the 9/10/2022, disconnected a crime network connecting a syndicate of Five in Mubi North and South Local Government Areas respectively.   "The operation, which was carried out by the Command's operatives attached to the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), yielded positive result as the sum of...

"I thought I was having s€x with my wife"- 39-year-old arrested for impregnating his 13-year-old daughter says A 39 years old man Mfon Jeremiah a resident of FIRRO Estate off Adesan ,Mowe has been arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for impregnating his 13 years old biological daughter(name withheld). The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim who reported that, she discovered that her daughter was pregnant, and when she inquired from the daughter, she was informed that it was her father who slept with her.  The victim was taken to the hospital where it was confirmed that, she is four months pregnant.  Upon the report, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, quickly detailed detectives to the suspect's house where he was promptly arrested.  On interrogation, the suspect confessed been responsible for his daughter's pregnancy, but claimed to be under spell when he did it. He informed the ...

IPOB's Nnamdi Kanu Not Acquitted, He Had Other Cases To Answer - Malami The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) has said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu was not acquitted by the Court of Appeal. He said the appellate court only decided a single issue that borders on rendition. He said Kanu has other pre-rendition cases to answer. Malami made the clarifications in a statement through his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu.  

Orji Kalu Criticises 2023 Budget, Says ‘Nigeria Is At War’ The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Kalu, has called on the Nigerian government to cut the cost of governance to save the country from a worsening economic crisis. Mr Kalu stated this during the review of the proposed 2023 budget by the National Assembly. President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday presented the proposed budget totalling N20.5 trillion, to the assembly. Mr Kalu, while stating his observations during the review of the proposed budget, decried the country’s deteriorating economy. He posted a video clip of the review session on his Facebook page on Thursday. The former governor of Abia State, who now represents Abia North District, said the government must show commitment to solving the country’s economic problem. “Nigeria is not an exception (in the global economic crisis), but we need to reduce the cost of governance. The cost of governance is too heavy. It should be channelled into the manufacturing sector a...

NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES WILL REMAIN ONE INDIVISIBLE INSTITUTION - GEN CHINADE   The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Aminu Chinade has affirmed that the Nigerian Armed will Forces remain one indivisible institution that will continue to collaborate, cooperate, strategies and synergise in the defence of the territorial integrity of the country.   Major General Chinade gave the affirmation when the Commander 671 Nigerian Airforce Detachment, Ibadan, Air Commodore Babatunde Folaji, paid him a courtesy visit to further cement the already established relationship among the two Institutions. The GOC while applauding the existing synergy and cooperation among the security agents in the Division Area of Responsibility, noted that everybody in the country looks up to the Armed Forces for security and peaceful environment, which therefore calls for more jointness, cross information and the discharge of assigned duties with utmost responsibilit...

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star 'Carlton Banks' Alfonso Ribeiro  Shared this photo with the caption  "10 years ago I turned my best friend into my wife. @mrsangelaribeiro1 you’ve made me the happiest man in the world. We made an incredible life together. As a team we have 3 beautiful kids, took my career to amazing heights and became so much healthier. The best is yet to come. Happy 10th Anniversary.". One more photo below.