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PRESIDENT BUHARI APPROVES REDESIGNATION  OF STATE HOUSE CLINIC TO MEDICAL CENTRE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-designation of the State House Clinic back to Medical Centre. Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja after a pre-commissioning inspection of the new Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Medical Centre by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed and Minister of State, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba. ''In March 2019, the President had given approval that the State House Medical Centre, Asokoro, which was facing challenges with funding, deterioration of infrastructure and equipment, be scaled down to a Clinic until the challenges were addressed. ''Now with improvement in the problem areas and the addition of the new VIP Wing with state-of-the-art facilities, we can no longer operate as a C...

" My recent marriage with Sakina has generated a lot of tension and unfounded allegations that I married an underage girl some suggesting she is 11 years old and that she was forced to marry me. That is untrue. The Wedding Video went viral. We decided to keep mute but was advised to state the true facts, here it is: My beloved wife is 21 years old she made her own choice of me as her husband and I loved her too. I hope the blackmailers and doubting Thomas's will see the reality in this picture and leave us alone to enjoy our honeymoon.". One more photo below. 

March 22, 2023 Press Statement   PDP Dissolves Katsina State Executive Committee After extensive deliberation on issues relating to the Katsina State Chapter of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Working Committee (NWC) on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC) hereby approves the dissolution of the PDP Katsina State Executive Committee with immediate effect. The decision of the NWC is pursuant to Sections 29(2)(b) and 31(2)(e) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017). The PDP charges all leaders, critical stakeholders and teeming members of our Party in Katsina State to remain united and focused on the task ahead.   Signed:   Hon. Debo Ologunagba National Publicity Secretary  

Governor Umahi Declares Interest In Contesting For Senate President Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State has indicated interest in contesting for the President of the Senate at the 10th Senate. Gov. Umahi made his intention known on Wednesday while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki. Umahi stated that for equity, justice and fairness, the Senate President Should be zoned to the South East. Akpabio, Orji Kalu also eyeing 10th Senate President 

EFCC Arraigns Bank Manager, Two Others for N55m Fraud in Makurdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, On Tuesday March 21, 2023 arraigned one Kichime Gomwalk, a  branch manager of First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Michael Damkas Buayam of Tan Global Energy Limited, and Abbas Andrew Dayilim of Castlegate International Limited before Justice P. S. Gang of the Plateau State High Court Jos, on a five-count charge bordering on stealing, cheating and obtaining by false pretense to the tune of N55,000.000.00 (Fifty Five Million Naira) fraud. Kichime Gomwalk, while serving as branch Manager, FCMB Plc, Murtala Mohammed Way Jos, in Plateau State is alleged to have forged COCIN GRATUITY CERTIFICATE OF PLEDGE/LETTER OF SET-OFF dated 30th DECEMBER, 2019, purportedly co-signed by Mrs. Monica Bitrus Tang and Rev (Dr.) Amos Musa Mohzo, Directors, which he used to secure overdraft facility from FCMB Plc to the tune of N55, 000.000.00 (Fifty-Five Million Naira) with COCIN Gratuity accou...

GOC COMMENDS TROOPS FOR GALLANTRY, CHARGES THEM TO SUSTAIN OFFENSIVE TEMPO AGAINST REMNANT TERRORISTS The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division and Commander Sector 1 Operation HADIN KAI, Major General Waidi Shaibu made an operational visit to 112 Task Force Battalion, MAFA to commend and appreciate the efforts of the troops in thwarting a midnight attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on the town in the early hours of Sunday 19th March 2023.  General Shaibu  during the visit on Tuesday, 21st March 2023  applauded the tenacity and fierce fighting spirit of the troops during the encounter, describing their tenacity as one of the hallmarks of soldiering. He lauded the concerted efforts of the troops in not only defending MAFA town but for successfully neutralizing scores of the attackers in collaboration with fighter aircrafts Air Component  Operation HADIN KAI causing hasty retreat of any surviving terrorists.  The GOC there...

Labour Party wins first governorship seat Alex Otti of the Labour Party is now the Governor-Elect of Abia State. Otti polled a total of 175, 467 votes defeat his closest rival, Chief Okey Ahiwe of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party who scored 88,529 votes. Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party, YPP, came third with 28,972 votes. Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO, Professor Nnenna Oti, subsequently declared Otti the Governor-elect having polled the highest number of votes and satisfied all necessary conditions.  

Truck Driver Jailed 12months for Illegal Mining in Kwara Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State has convicted and sentenced one Buba Muhammed, a 37-year-old truck-driver, to one-year imprisonment for possession of solid minerals confirmed by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, to be lepidolite, montmorillonite and chrysocolla, without lawful authority. Lepidolite is one of the raw materials used in the production of batteries for vehicles, cell phones, cameras and other electronic devices. The judge also ordered the forfeiture of the truck used as means of transportation of the illegally acquired minerals to the Federal Government. Buba, began his journey to the Nigerian Correctional Service’s Custodial Centre on August 30, 2022, when he was arrested by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, while acting on credible intelligence at Lade, Pategi Local Government Area of Kwara State. He was one of the 13 suspects arrested by o...

BENUE GOV.-ELECT SAYS, 'I DON'T NEED FIRST LADY TO GOVERN' The Benue State governor-elect, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has said that he has worked for over 32 years as a Catholic Priest without a wife, therefore he did not need a First Lady to govern the state. Fr. Alia who spoke through his director of communications, Tersoo Kula, said aside being a Priest without a wife, the Constitution of Nigeria does not even recognise the Office of the First Lady, and therefore the First Lady does not have any major role in the governance of the state. Fr Alia, in his reaction after his declaration as governor-elect said: “My fellow citizens, a new Benue is possible, and I enjoin all of you to join hands with me to make it a reality. Let us begin by embracing a new way of thinking and action by cultivating a new ethos that expresses the best of us, that brings forth our better angels and not our worst demons.” According to him, unending political recriminations and willful economic...

 CHUDE NNAMDI IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR CYBERSTALKING  – POLICE The Nigeria Police hereby confirms that one Mr. Chude Franklin Nnamdi with Twitter handle ‘@chude__’ was arrested in Onitsha, Anambra State on the 18th of March, 2023, and he is being investigated by the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre (NPF-NCCC) Abuja, for cyberstalking, pursuant to a complaint received via a petition, about his activities on social media which contravenes the provision of Section 24 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 and other criminal laws. Furthermore, a prima facie case has been established against him while the case file has been forwarded to the Force Legal Department for further action.  The Nigeria Police Force therefore urges members of the public to familiarize themselves with provisions of the law and be aware of the penalties for violating them most especially cybercrime laws with the new trends in the digital media space. CSP OLUMUYIWA ...

AFTER FRESHENING UP TO COME AND REACH CLOUD NINE, MAN MEETS HIS DEATH - NAKONDE By Jackson Mwewa Chabala Junior  A Nakonde truck driver is fighting for his life the district hospital after towing an alleged Tanzanian Business woman at the boarder.  According to information made available, a man identified as Enock Sichizya, 47 year old Zambian large truck driver, today around 03:30 hours found a well shaped lady in her clung dress with small popped breasts lazing around near the Zambian-Tanzania border. He flashed his lights to check if she was alone, the light at once flashed her godly features, the man looked at the Congo dust and sexual booster drink on the dashboard and immediately became excited. He stopped the truck, luckily she was just alone. It only took one question and the lady was already on the passengers seat claiming to be a business woman waiting for a truck from Tanzania. The man was still, his eyes were set on the yellow thighs, the tongue on the lower licki...

Trader Arrested For Plotting To Set Anambra Market Ablaze With Charm By Juliana Nwachukwu A trader at Mgbuka Obosi Old Motor Spareparts Market, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Mr. Ikenna Okafor, has been arrested for allegedly plotting to set the market ablaze in the wee hours of Monday, March 20. He was said to have stormed the market at about 3.30 am, cleverly dodged the market security outfit and sneaked into the Vigilante Garage (VG) and set fire in one of the shops, to escalate to the entire market. In the process, the security men saw the fire and on rushing to the scene, saw the man running, pursued him and arrested him even as he pleaded to them to mention any amount of money for him to be freed, but his plea felt on deaf ears. The Chairman of the market, Chief Samuel Ifulunwa, was contacted by the security men on phone and he rushed to the market where he was briefed on the ugly incident. Fielding questions from newsmen, the chairman said that the shop he s...

Soludo Congratulates Tinubu, Reiterates Call For Kanu’s Release The governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has congratulated Bola Tinubu on his emergence as the president-elect following the conclusion of the 2023 elections. In a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, the governor also congratulated Tinubu’s closest opponents for their courageous and impressive outing. Soludo, who had in the past called for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, also appealed to Tinubu to release the Biafran agitator immediately after inauguration. Let me also congratulate the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his election. We congratulate your closest opponents for their courageous and impressive outing.  Nigeria needs healing and restructuring, and the fundamental challenges of insecurity and the economy remain humongous. We pledge to collaborate and partner with you and the Federal Government for the development of Anambra state an...

I misled MPs but not intentionally, says Boris Johnson 22 March 2023 Boris Johnson has accepted he misled Parliament over Covid rule-breaking parties in Downing Street, but denied he did it on purpose. The former prime minister has published a 52-page defence of his actions ahead of a grilling by MPs on Wednesday. In it, he says his assurances to MPs that lockdown rules had been followed were made in "good faith". Mr Johnson faces being suspended or even expelled from Parliament, if MPs decide he deliberately misled them. A group representing families of Covid victims said his claim to have acted in good faith was "sickening", and it was "obvious" he deliberately misled MPs. Since April last year, the Commons Privileges Committee has been investigating whether Mr Johnson initially misled Parliament over what he knew about parties in No 10 during lockdown. After media stories about what would become known as the Partygate scandal emerged in late 2021, Mr Jo...

Nigeria currently has 679 peacekeepers in global operations — NDC commandant 22 March 2023  The Commandant National Defence College (NDC), Rear Adm. Murtala Bashir, says Nigeria currently contributes 679 peacekeepers, deployed to various missions to enhance global Peace Support Operations. Bashir said this at the opening of the seminar on “Future of Peace Support Operations”, for participants of Course 31 of the college on Tuesday, in Abuja. “Nigeria currently has 310 peacekeepers which is inclusive of military, police and civilians in UN missions, 200 in ECOWAS missions, 54 in UN/AU Hybrid missions and 115 in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF),” he said. He noted that the internal security challenges had reduced the number of troops contributed by Nigeria to the global peace keeping operations. The commandant added that Nigeria now ranked 44 instead of 4th globally and 19 instead of 1st in Africa. “As at 2010, Nigeria was the 4th global contributor to peacekeeping and 1st ...

Chad jails 400 rebels for life after ruler’s death  22 March 2023  More than 400 rebels in Chad were handed life sentences on Tuesday following the death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno, who was killed in 2021, a public prosecutor told AFP. After a mass trial, they were sentenced for “acts of terrorism, mercenarism, recruitment of child soldiers and assaulting the head of state,” said Mahamat El-Hadj Abba Nana, prosecutor for the capital N’Djamena. He did not give a detailed figure for those jailed, saying only that “more than 400 were sentenced” to life, while 24 other defendants were acquitted. The trial opened last month behind closed doors at Klessoum prison, 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of the capital. In early 2021, the country’s main rebel group, the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), launched an offensive on the north of the country from bases in Libya. On April 20, the army announced that Marshal Deby, Chad’s iron-fisted ruler for the previous three d...

Igbo man, 2 women win assembly seats in Taraba 22 March 2023  An Igbo man, Nelson Len, has been elected as member of Taraba State House of Assembly for Nguroje constituency. PDP’s Nelson defeated Barrister Bappe Muhammed, a serving member. Also, two females, Hajiya Batulu Muhammed (APC) and Borinica Alhassan (PDP) were elected to represent Gashaka and Bali constituencies respectively. In the 24-member assembly, PDP won 14 seats, APC 7, NNPP 2 and SDP 1.  APPRECIATION TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF NGUROJE CONSTITUENCY AND TARABA STATE AT LARGE.  I want to sincerely show my gratitude to the almighty God who have preserved and guided me and TeamImpact throughout the electioneering period, the glory I dare not share with any mortal.  I most sincerely appreciate His Excellency, the Governor of Taraba State Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku and the governor elect Lt. Col Agbu Kefas (Rtd) for their fatherly role and acknowledged the overwhelming support of my party,stakeholders, and fai...

Ex-permanent secretary, wife found dead in Lagos home 22 March 2023  The family of an ex-permanent secretary in Ogun State, Adefemi Egbeoluwa, and his wife, Oluwafunmilayo, have been grieving after their lifeless bodies were found at their residence around Allen Avenue, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the couple were at home with their domestic worker on the day of the governorship and state House of Assembly elections when some yet-to-be-identified persons invaded the premises and killed the couple. After perpetrating the crime, the suspects reportedly attacked the domestic worker, beat her till she lost consciousness, and fled. Following the attack, it was learnt that neighbours who got wind of the information, while lamenting over the events that claimed the lives of the aged couple during the invasion of their residence, rushed to the premises to ascertain the condition of the victims. Some other neighbours were said to have visited the nearest police sta...

Soldier shoots okada man, kills nursing mother, baby over N200 22 March 2023  A soldier has reportedly shot a commercial motorcycle rider and his passenger, a nursing mother and her baby, in Babanna community in Borgu LGA of Niger State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday evening when the victims were returning home from the Babanna weekly market. Residents told City & Crime that the soldier fired a gunshot at the commercial motorcycle rider for refusing to pay the N200 bribe he demanded and that the bullets penetrated his stomach and hit the woman he was carrying, as well as the baby on her back. A resident, Saidu Babanna, said, “One of the soldiers deployed in Babanna to protect lives and property shot three people because of a N200 bribe. When the victims were entering Babanna in the morning, soldiers collected N200 from them at their checking point, and when they were returning from Babanna to Nigangi in Benin Republic, the soldiers demanded another N200 f...

PRESS RELEASE Resumption of Collation of Governorship Election Results in Abia and Enugu States. INDEPENDENT HATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION NE entMaitama District Plot 436 P.M.B 0184, Abuja, Federal Capital Teritory, Nigeria. Webuiter wmww.inecnigerlia.ang Online Newspaperie. PRESS RELEASE MEC RESUMPTION OF COLLATION OF GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULTS IN ABIA AND ENUGU STATES It will be recalled that the Commission met on Monday 20th March 2023 and reviewed the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday 18th March 2023. Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to suspend further collation of the Governorship election results in some pats of Abia and Enugu States in order to carny out a review ot the collation processes in both States, The Commission has concluded the review. Consequently, the collation of results tor the Govenorship clection in both Abia and Enugu States will continue today 22nd March 2023. The Commission appreci...