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GOVERNOR UZODIMMA CHARGES THE 10TH IMO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER-ELECTS TO RENDER TRUE REPRESENTATION AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE  The Imo State Governor, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has charged the 10th Imo House of Assembly Member-Elects to render their services and true representation to their Constituencies as true representatives of the people. Governor Uzodimma made this known as he declared open the 10th Imo House of Assembly induction retreat held at Akwa Ibom State. Governor Uzodimma congratulated them for their win which he said has proven their capacity to represent the people. He, however, reminded the member-elects of their duties and responsibilities to defend and protect the interests of their constituents without fear or favour. The Governor also advised cultivating good synergy amongst themselves for the common good of Ndi Imo. He further advised them to be of good conduct, both in private and in public.  According to the Governor, "You are elected to se...

POPULAR SAPELE HOTELIER ALLEGEDLY BEATEN TO DEATH BY HIS TWO SONS Emekeme Joseph popularly known as Semikolo the Chairman of Covenant Suites a hotel chain and a Deacon of Winner's Chapel is dead. From a reliable source, the man fell gravely ill after his sons assaulted him. The sons who graduated from Covenant University, allegedly caught their father with a side chick and demanded a million naira bribe or they'll inform their mom who was at the time holidaying in the United States. It is said that the father called off their bluff and true to their threat they reported the sleazy affair to their mother. The next day their father dropped by at the Coca Cola depot of the wife and when the sons saw him they hounded him out of the place. According to insiders he angrily went home and seized the keys of the cars of the sons which made them angry and they descended on him with blows and kicks. He called the police and the boys broke the head of one of the police men.  The boys were ...

*PHOTO NEWS:  2023 CHILDREN’S DAY CELEBRATION: ANAMBRA STATE POLICE COMMAND PARTNERS POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE (PCRC) ON SCHOOL VISITATION In celebration of 2023 Children’s Day, Anambra State Police Command today 26/5/2023 collaborated with the Police Community Relations Committee Anambra Chapter to visit the Police Children School, Awka and distributed gift items like exercise books and bags. The Command through the Police Public Relations Officer DSP Ikenga Tochukwu during interaction with the pupil noted that children are the future and part of the conscience of our community and should be monitored not neglected. He also encouraged the children to know little things like, the names of their parents, phone numbers, the address of where they live, etc in case of any eventuality and urge parents to create a deliberate relationship with their wards. This will help them have access, to guide and direct them properly.  On the other hand, the Woman leader of PCRC Chapt...

Why I Won’t Leave My Husband If He Cheats On Me -Yeni Kuti Yeni, daughter of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has said that she will not leave her marriage if her husband cheats on her. She said this in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, on Friday. Yeni said that her late father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, had 27 wives and her mother didn’t leave the marriage. She said, “I won’t leave my husband if he is cheating. That is me. You can leave your own husband if he is cheating. That is you. Don’t judge me, I’m not judging you. “My father had 27 wives, my mother didn’t go. It’s me that will now come and go because of one girl. It cannot happen.” Credit: Instagram | chudeity  

Give Former First Ladies Some Privileges - Aisha Buhari Outgoing First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called for the application of certain privileges akin to the provision of vehicles, sponsored medical treatments and provision of some stipends, among others that are due to former Presidents, to wives of Presidents as against the existing position. Mrs Buhari said first ladies deserved these privileges just like their husbands or Presidents in office and out of office because when the pressure comes, nobody wants to know whether you are out of the villa or not. Aisha Buhari spoke at the launching of a book in Abuja authored by the President of the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), Mrs Vickie Anwuli Irabor, titled, “The Journey of a Military Wife”. Explaining why the privileges should be extended to first ladies, Mrs Buhari said, “I married my husband as the wife of a former president. I am going in a few days as a wife of a former president a second time. “They sho...

N4.9m Bet: Man Jailed Two Years for Misleading EFCC with False Petition Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna, has convicted and sentenced one Dodo Ayuba Ahmadu to two years imprisonment on one count charge bordering on giving false Information. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him. Justice Bello, convicted and sentenced the defendant to two years imprisonment with an option of N150, 000.00 fine. The convict ran into trouble when the Commission received a petition on 7th March, 2023 by one Oluwayemisi Samuel against an unknown individual, alleging that the person fraudulently transferred the cumulative sum of N4,600,000 and N1,000,000.00 from her account and that of her son Samuel Joshua using stolen phones. Under investigation, it was discovered that the eldest son of the petitioner named Hezekiah Samuel transferred the cumulative sum of N4, 900,000 into a betting wallet but lost the money. The complainant and the defendaan...

Gunmen behead man in drinking joint in Abia 26 May 2023  Gunmen have beheaded a yet-to-be-identified man, after killing him at a drinking joint in Aba, Abia State. The unknown gunmen numbering about four were said to have stormed the drinking joint along Georges Street by St. Michael’s road junction in a tricycle and shot the deceased thrice, beheaded him with a machete and fled the scene. Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the incident caused panic in the area as people scampered to safety, leaving their drinks and vehicles as well as the deceased in a pool of blood. Though the reason for the killing was yet to be ascertained, sources have attributed it to cult violence. A business owner along St. Michaels road, said; “The drinking joint was filled with people enjoying themselves until there was a gunshot. Nobody knew where it came from, but everybody scampered to safety. When I returned to close my shop, I saw a man lying in a pool of blood and they cut off his head. The police late...

Beginning of Tinubu administration ‘might not be rosy’ — Shettima warns 26 May 2023 In an apparent bid to temper expectations, the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, says the administration of his principal, Bola Tinubu, may not be off to a rosy start. Both Tinubu and Shettima are expected to be sworn in on Monday, signalling the end of the administration of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari after the completion of two four-year terms. Shettima, in an address delivered on Friday at the 2023 Presidential Inauguration Public Lecture at the National Mosque, Abuja, assured Nigerians that Tinubu would hit the ground running. “The starting point might not be rosy, let me be very honest with you. The oil subsidy has become an albatross around our necks. The multiple exchange rates system is a drain on the national economy and creates a dual economic system,” he said. “There are certain decisions that the new administration will take, but in the fullness of time, Nigerians will come not ...

COURT IMPOSES N17M FINE ON LITIGANTS, LAWYER IN LAWSUIT AGAINST TINUBU, APC TO HALT INAUGURATION Federal High Court in Abuja Orders N17m Fine Against Litigants and Lawyer in Frivolous Suit Seeking to Halt Tinubu's Inauguration Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has imposed a fine of N17 million on three litigants and their lawyer for filing a baseless lawsuit attempting to prevent the inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The court found Praise Ilemona, Pastor Paul Issac Audu, and Dr. Anongu Moses, who jointly initiated the suit to halt Tinubu's swearing-in, liable for the fine.  The three litigants are required to jointly pay N10 million to President-Elect Tinubu and an additional N5 million to the All Progressives Congress (APC), who were among the seven defendants in the case. Justice Omotosho also ordered an annual interest rate of 10 percent to be applied to the judgment debt until it is fully settled. Furthermore, the lawyer who filed t...

EXCITEMENT IN ABUJA AS NIGERIA AIR JET ARRIVES: SIRIKA DECLARES, "WE ARE HERE!" Landmark Moment as First Nigeria Air Flight Touches Down in Abuja On a Friday afternoon, the inaugural Nigeria Air flight successfully landed at Abuja's Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika took to his official Twitter handle to confirm this significant milestone. "We are here. To Almighty God be all the glory. It has been a very long, tedious, daunting, and difficult path. We thank everyone for the support," Sirika expressed, accompanying his tweet with a video showcasing the airplane. He continued, "This, by the will of God, will be for us and generations to come. Ya Allah make it beneficial for our country and humanity." The arrival of the Nigeria Air flight marks a crucial step in the long-anticipated commencement of operations and the unveiling of the delivery process, following years of delays. In March, Sirika had affirmed that the airl...

PANTAMI: OVER FOUR YEARS, 4,366 DIGITAL ECONOMY SECTOR PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED Pantami Reports Successful Implementation of 4,366 Digital Economy Projects in Four Years In a virtual and physical commissioning ceremony held in Abuja, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, announced that a total of 4,366 projects have been successfully implemented over the past four years. These projects encompass a range of initiatives, such as the establishment of Emergency Communications centers by the Nigerian Communications Commission, the development of ICT centers by the National Information Technology Development Agency, the deployment of ten operational mailing vehicles for the Nigerian Postal Service, and nationwide Universal Service Provision projects. During the ceremony, Pantami inaugurated various projects, including the construction and equipping of an IT Hub in Gashua, Yobe State (North-East), a Digital Awareness Programme at Cardoso High School in Apa...

MAKINDE SIGNS CHIEFTAINCY AMENDMENT BILL INTO LAW  The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has signed the Amendment Bill to the Chiefs Law of Oyo State into law.  The amended law permits the seamless and efficient functioning of the Traditional Council in Oyo State, ultimately resulting in decreased litigation. The governor extends his gratitude to the honorable members of the Oyo State House of Assembly for swiftly passing the Bill and for their unwavering support of his administration. More photos below. 

HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE AIDED OUR ADMINISTRATION’S SUCCESSES, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI   President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday in Abuja, attributed the tremendous success his administration recorded in the provision of critical infrastructure in the past eight years, many of which he had been commissioning across the country in the past few days, to the harmonious relationship between the Executive and the Legislature, adding that the Legislature was the cornerstone of any democracy.   President Buhari spoke at the commissioning of the permanent site of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, (NILDS) Abuja.   "I have traversed all parts of Nigeria in the last few days commissioning several critical national infrastructures that our administration has completed over the past eight years. Our successes as a government are primarily due to the harmonious relationship between the Executive and Legislature," the Pres...

 FG DECLARES MAY 29TH  AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY  The Federal Government has Declared Monday, May 29th as public holiday for Presidential Inauguration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government, according to a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore. Minister Aregbesola extended his congratulations to all Nigerians on this momentous occasion, commending their unwavering faith in democracy, as demonstrated through the nationwide election that led to the inauguration of the President and his Deputy, as well as in all elections held across the country. He urged Nigerians to continue their support and promotion of democracy by upholding the rule of law and preserving democratic institutions.  

ANAMBRA STATE CHILDREN’S PARLIAMENT PASSES A RESOLUTION URGING GOVERNOR SOLUDO TO LAUNCH AGGRESSIVE MEDIA CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE AND OTHER VICES.  By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu  Anambra State Children’s Parliament has passed a resolution calling on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to find solution to the some social vices prevalent amongst children  The parliament passed the resolution in Awka, following a motion of urgent public importance sponsored to that effect by the House Leader, Hon. Ikechukwu Michael Onyedika, during their annual sitting to usher in the Children’s Day celebration. Honorable Ikechukwu explained that due to some of the vices experienced in the state, children are at risk of kidnap, death, early marriage and poor quality education considering the fact that these aspects seem neglected by the state government.    The parliamentarian maintained that there should be aggressive awareness campaigns, capacity building and all in order to combat these ...

 GOV SANWO-OLU COMMISSIONS NEWLY RECONSTRUCTED AND UPGRADED ROADS, PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRES IN LAGOS ISLAND, ON FRIDAY, 26TH MAY, 2023 Today, we officially reopened the redeveloped and upgraded Iga Iduganran Primary Healthcare Centre in Isale Eko.  The Iga Iduganran PHC was redeveloped by the Rebuild Lagos Initiative and the scope of health services being provided in the Healthcare Centre has been expanded from its initial capacity. We have handed it back to the Oba of Lagos, His Royal Highness, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu and the community to continue to serve the residents' medical needs. PIX 0224: Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the unveiling of a plaque to officially commission Sura Primary Healthcare Centre, Tapa Street in Lagos Island, as part of activities marking the Day Five of the inauguration ceremonies of Governor Sanwo-Olu/Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Friday, 26 May 2023. Behind the Governor is the Chairman of Lagos Island East LCDA, Hon Muibi Alade Folawiyo. PIX...