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Anambra Bureau of Statistics presents Performance Report to Anambra Assembly By Frances Nwabufoe The Statistician General and Managing Director, Anambra State Bureau of Statistics, Mr. Obiora Obiabunmo has reiterated his commitment to  ensuring that data collection is digitized in Anambra State, noting that he has focused on changing the existing manual collection since assumption of duty as that has affected the timeliness and consistency of data. The Statistician General said this before the House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation at House of Assembly complex, Awka during the Assembly’s oversight meeting on the 2022/2023 Quarterly Performance Appraisal with the Anambra State Bureau of Statistics. Mr. Obiabunmo noted that the Bureau is currently working with the Anambra State Information and Communication Technology Agency and Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning to develop a digital platform that would allow for digital collection of data from Ministries, Dep...

Lagos Demolishes Buildings At Rockview, Ajao Estate    Residents have gone into lamentation as the Lagos State Government started the demolition of no fewer than 13 residential buildings at Rockview street, the Ajao Estate area of the State. The State authorities regarded the structures as illegal occupation which was constructed along a pipeline, adding that, it is in close proximity to the Murtala International Airport, Lagos. A viral video showed the demolition of the buildings carried out as a woman’s voice cried out that she did not pick anything out from her house. Watch video below. 

KITWE WOMAN WHO SOLD  HER HUSBAND IDENTIFIED  A 34 year old  Zambian woman identified as Edna Mukwana Banda has left many shocked after she sold her husband Ackim Banda 35 for K5,000 to his girlfriend and bought clothes for her children. According to Mukwana, she took the decision after she caught her husband who didn't return home for over 7 days with another woman identified as Sila on their matrimonial bed. She said; ”My husband is married to alcohol and sleeping around with other women. I told the woman who has been misleading him to send me K5,000 but she sent me K4,000 instead. I have used all the money to buy new clothes and let the man be with his girlfriend", she said. Picture: Edina Mukwana Banda and her husband Ackim Banda.  

BANDITS ATTACK COMMUNITIES, ABDUCT MANY IN NIGER. Bandits have again attacked some communities and abduction unidentified number of people in Paikoro Local Government Council of Niger state. Similarly many people are said to have been injured during the attack. The incident was said to have occurred on Friday by two o'clock in the afternoon after Friday prayers and Saturday morning where unidentified gunmen suddenly attacked  the villages of Essan, Koitapi, Wuda and Loitapi among other villages in the area. Reports revealed that the bandits who operated for several hours without interference, also carted away with cattles, motor cycle, cash, and destroyed houses in the affected communities thereby rendering them homeless while others are said to have scattered inside the forest for safety. It was gathered that the armed men started shooting sporadically to scare the villagers at any village they arrived, noting that the villagers were helpless due to absence of security agencies in...

Lawmaker Presents Ambulances, Empowerment Materials to About 500 IDPs  The member representing Chibok, Damboa and Gwoza Federal Constituency in Borno state, Honourable Ahmed Jaha has presented empowerment materials to about five hundred Internally displaced persons and other vulnerable people of his constituency.  At a ceremony in Government House Maiduguri, Governor Babagana Zulum commended the member for empowering his constituents who have been devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency.  Governor Zulum promised to provide more developmental projects to the area and also complete existing ones.  Some of the projects according to the Governor include completion of Chibok-Mbalala road, construct of new General hospital in Damboa, deploy modern equipment to enhance mechanise farming and collaborate with the Federal government to rehabilitate the Maiduguri-Damboa road.  The member representing Chibok, Damboa and Gwoza Federal Constituency Honourable Ahmed Jaha said ...

Singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, celebrates wife Chioma Rowland, known as Chefchi as she clocks 28years on Sunday, 30th April 2023. "Today I just want to celebrate my right hand! My go to! Happy birthday baby! God bless you. Your love is timeless. It's a forever thing I ASSURE YOU! ❤️❤️❤️"  

Kidnappers Release 74 Persons In Zamfara In Zamfara State, 74 abducted from Wanzamai village in Tsafe Local Government Area of State have regained their freedom after payment of six million naira as ransom to the abductors. A resident of the village who disclosed that the abductors have released 74 while two were killed, the remaining kidnapped victims are still in captivity. The 74 victims were brought into the village in vehicles straight to a private hospital for medical screening. They were said to have been abducted in the affected villages of Wanzamai, Gidan Cida and Kuceri but one of the victims later escaped. The abductors demanded more money before they would release the remaining twenty persons still in captivity. The 74 who regained their freedom are weak, highly traumatized, and need urgent medical attention to be able to get back on their feet. On Friday, 7th April, 2023 suspected terrorists invaded Wanzamai, Kucheri, Gidan Chida villages and abducted 96 women and children...

17 Anambra buildings harbouring gunmen for demolition — Police 30 April 2023  No fewer than 17 buildings have been marked for demolition in Uli community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to the state police command, the buildings have been harbouring criminals and gunmen, disturbing the peace of the state. It said consequently, a heavy deployment of officers, including policemen and the army had been deployed to the area to commence surveillance in the four villages that make up the community to restore peace in the area. The Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, disclosed these during the Uli Peace and Security Summit/Convention on Saturday. Echeng, who was represented by the Area Commander of Ihiala, ACP Bassey Christopher, said the security operations in the community were tagged ‘Action all the way’. He said, “Any building harbouring criminals and gunmen will be demolished and about 17 of them have already been marked for demolition and we are not goin...

Sudan Crisis: We have no food, Nigerian Ambassador cries out 30 April 2023 Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan, Safiu Olaniyan, has given an update on the situation in the war-torn country. The envoy gave the update while reacting to complaints and allegations levelled against the embassy. In a voice note, the ambassador assured parents and students that the embassy officials were fully on ground in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, to ensure their evacuation. He also clarified that the embassy was not in charge of hiring buses to convey evacuees out of Sudan, and pleaded with those aggrieved to rethink the alleged plan to attack embassy officials. He said the Ministry of Disaster and Humanitarian Affairs as well National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were in charge of the buses. “Good afternoon my fellow Nigerians. My name is Ambassador Olaniyan. I’m reaching out to you at this point on the issue of buses that’s creating tension everywhere “I just want to let you know that the...

 Serial Killer Nabbed In Ogun, Offers N1m To Escape.. The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a suspected member of a notorious ritualist syndicate, Ifasoji Ayangbesan for allegedly killing and dismembering one Oyindamola Adeyemi. The suspect was arrested on Friday, April 28 in his hideout in the jebu-Ode area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that the 35-year-old suspect upon his arrest offered the police a NN1 million bribe for his escape. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspect to journalists in Abeokuta on Sunday... According to Oyeyemi, the suspect and other members of his gang had killed their victim, Oyindamola Adeyemi, and dismembered her body for a money ritual. Oyeyemi said the victim was killed in January in the Ijebu-Ode area of the state. The PPRO said, the suspect was arrested following a painstaking intelligence-based investigation embarked upon by detectives from Oba...

DISCLAIMER: RE-ICPC ONLINE TEST PORTAL 2023 The attention of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has been drawn to an  information purportedly from the Commission urging ''shortlisted'' candidates for 2023 ICPC recruitment to login into a certain www.dcsirecruits.com on 25 August, 2023 for an online test, adding that already ICPC had sent messages to shortlisted candidates. ICPC wishes to make it abundantly clear that this information is false in its entirety as it has neither opened any online test portal nor sent any messages to anyone to partake in any online tests on www.dcsirecruits.com.  The Commission therefore urges members of the public to disregard the information.  Signed: Management  

ENUGU STATE GOV.-ELECT, MBAH INAUGURATES ACTRESS PATIENCE OZOKWOR AS A MEMBER OF HIS TRANSITION COMMITTEE On Thursday, the Enugu State governor-elect, Peter Mbah, inaugurated Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor, along with 63 other members of his transition committee. The committee, which comprises technocrats, financial and management experts, entrepreneurs, advocates for transparency and accountability, as well as technology and innovation specialists, was inaugurated at the Old Government Lodge GRA, Enugu. Mbah expressed his gratitude to the committee for accepting the invitation to serve the State, and he expressed optimism that their diverse expertise and ideas would be utilized in developing a policy and action plan for his incoming administration. “Ndi Enugu chose us because they believe that we are going to take them through the consequential journey of development, growth and greatness. And urged the committee to make the journey a verifiable road map, he said Sharing the inau...

FG IMPOSES NEW TARIFF ON ALCOHOLIC DRINKS 30th April, 2023     The Nigerian government has imposed a 30 percent tariff on the importation of alcoholic beverages such as wine, spirits including whiskey, brandy, vodka, rums and smoking tobacco – cigarettes, among others. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Minister of Finance, Budget and planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Fiday April 28, 2023. The statement reads, “This is to confirm that Mr President has approved the implementation of the 2023 fiscal measures made up of Supplementary Protection Measures (SPMs) for the implementation of ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) 2022-2026 and revised excise duty rate on alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and tobacco products as well as the introduction of excise duty on Single Use Plastics (SUPs). “Beer and stout including other alcoholic beverages and beer not made from malted- whether fermented or not, attracts 20 percent import duty. “Also, the government has imposed 2 and 4 p...

Ed Sheeran faces trial over copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it on” British singer, Ed Sheeran, has appeared in a New York federal courtroom on Tuesday, 25th April, 2023, over a copyright infringement case that alleges his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud” was sourced from the 1973 Marvin Gaye classic “Let’s Get it On.” Sheeran, along with Sony and others, were sued in 2017 by the heirs of the late songwriter Ed Townsend, who wrote the soul hit that was later recorded by Gaye. They alleged that Sheeran’s 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud” copied harmonic progressions, melodic and rhythmic elements from “Let’s Get It On” without permission. According to reports, Kathryn Griffin Townsend, his daughter and only living direct heir, is the plaintiff leading the civil trial. During questioning from the plaintiff’s legal team, Sheeran argued that many pop songs share similar chord progressions, and that his decision to do a mash-up of “Thinking Out Loud” and “Let’s Get it On” at a 201...

Drug consignments hidden in imported car, food items seized at Lagos airport, seaport . As NDLEA busts Akuskura factory supplying Cameroon, Chad, Niger Republic in Adamawa Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 63 kilograms concealed in a used Toyota Corolla car imported from Toronto, Canada at the Tincan port in Lagos. This is even as an attempt by a freight agent, Mordi Chukwuemeka Samuel, to export 900 grams of the same substance, Loud, hidden inside walls of a travelling bag containing food items, to Kenya, was thwarted by NDLEA officers at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday 29th April. When Mordi presented the bag, which he claimed contained food items for export, operatives noticed that in the course of searching the consignment, the side walls of the bag were unevenly bloated, after which they dismantled the false p...