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The family of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said that his medical team has arrived in Abuja. Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu who disclosed this to Vanguard, said the team came for the emergency ear surgery recommended by the Department of State Services, DSS, medical unit. He said that the team was awaiting permission from the DSS to access the IPOB Leader to properly examine him . The medical unit of the secret police had about penultimate week, recommended urgent ear surgery for Kanu. Kanu has remained in solitary confinement at the Abuja headquarters of the DSS since his “abduction in Kenya” and subsequent extraordinary rendition to Nigeria in June 2021. Despite several court judgements as well as the United Nations Opinion that Kanu be unconditionally released and compensated, the Federal Government is yet to release him. There have been clamours and appeals by eminent Nigerians and groups to free Kanu. Many also hold the view that his co...

 GOVERNOR UZODIMMA PREACHES POLITICAL HARMONY AS HE HOSTS COALITION MEMBERS OF THE 10TH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE Governor Hope Uzodimma has appealed to the coalition members of the 10th House of Representatives to do more in closing ranks with every other members of the 10th House of Representatives ahead of the June 13th Inauguration of the 10th National Assembly. The Governor, who is the Chairman of Progressive Governors' Forum (PGF), made this appeal while playing host to the coalition members of the 10th House of Representatives at the Imo State Governor's Lodge, Abuja. At the meeting, His Excellency preached for political harmony as a panacea for quality governance. The members presented their choice of Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu for the Speakership and Deputy Speakership positions for the 10th House of Representatives, which Governor Hope Uzodimma described as the Choice of the people's representatives and as such should be supported by all prog...

   President Asiwaju Tinubu orders immediate Opening of all Nigeria boarders... Hmmmmmmm, good as it sounds , I hope we aren't going back to era of Nigeria been dumping ground for all kind of foods and goods and influx of terrorists, every government policy must be supported by counter action that will help it work,  We have many  dubious citizens who are mostly smugglers , who opening of these borders will help flood Nigeria with foreign rice and items , which will kill our local production ,  There must be a paradigm shift from old ways of doing things, most develop third world countries now, did closed their borders for many ,many years , we must move from consuming and import oriented economy to producing economy,  To do that ,we must be ready for the pains , no pain no gain ,  Nigeria moved from African highest importer of rice to African largest producer of rice with these years of border closure ,  A rich and develop country ,is a country w...

By Law, Peter Obi Is Expected To Hang Tinubu’s Photos In All His Businesses. He Is Now The President — Reno Omokri He wrote: ‘’Sadly, many of Peter Obi's supporters lack political maturity and emotional intelligence. If I praise Tinubu, they will attack me and say I have collected money from him or want appointments. These guys are better suited for war. In their minds, if you supported another candidate during the elections, you MUST hate Tinubu and condemn ANYTHING he does. But that is not politics. That is hatred. Elections are over. The case is now in court. There is nothing we can do about it. Now, we must focus on the government. Who is the President for now? Tinubu. By law, even Peter Obi has to hang Tinubu's photo in ALL his businesses. And from his ward to his Local Government to his State Government, they must all adorn Tinubu's picture. Be objective. Rein in your propensity to insult. Support Nigeria. If Tinubu does well, encourage him. If he does wrong, discoura...

I Can’t Drive Car Despite Driving Trucks – 22-Year-Old Female Truck Driver Ademola Omolade, a 22-year-old truck driver from Ogbomosho, Oyo State, born in Osun State, has said that she cannot drive a car despite driving trucks. Stating how she began to drive trucks, the young lady noted that her parents started pestering her to learn a trade after her secondary school education. According to her, they wanted her to learn tailoring or hairdressing, but she had no interest in any of those. At the time, she was living with her aunt in Lagos State, whose husband was a truck driver. So when her uncle was given two trucks to manage, he asked her if she could be managing the trucks for him and she agreed. During her course of managing the trucks for her uncle, she developed an interest in driving trucks and that was how she started her journey to becoming a truck driver.

ICPC arraigns Man over Alleged Employment Scam The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned one Umar Abubakar, for offences bordering on alleged forgery and employment scam. Abubakar was docked before Honourable Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman of Adamawa State High Court 1, sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. The Commission in a Charge No: HC/ADSY/127C/2022, accused the defendant of obtaining by false pretense the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000) from an unsuspecting job seeker with the promise that he was going to help his victim secure an employment with ICPC.  

WHO Hails UK Government For Committing Two Million Pounds To Strengthening Health Workforce In Nigeria  The World Health Organization, WHO, has welcomed a new funding commitment made by the United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care to support Nigeria in strengthening her health workforce in the vision of achieving Universal Health Coverage The £2 million grant will cover a period of two years to support the government of Nigeria to optimize performance, quality, and impact of the health workforce through evidence-informed policies and strategies. The UK has, so far, provided a multi-million-pound to boost support to healthcare, staff recruitment and retention in three African countries – Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana so as to support resilience against global health challenges. Nigeria's health system like many countries in the global south has been bedveiled with challenges to having a resilient health system that is able to provide quality health services, promote health...

Anambra State Government Arrests Illegal Revenue Collectors In Aguata, Orumba North Local Government Areas Anambra State Government has arrested two persons suspected for illegally collecting government revenue at sand beaches in Aguata and Orumba North Local Government Areas. An Enforcement team of the Anambra State Internal Revenue Service, AIRS, led by the Executive Director in charge of Operations and Other Revenues in the agency, Dr Christian Madubuko  One of the suspects, arrested around a sand beach in Agulezechukwu, Aguata local government, Mr Cyril Anigbogu said he works for a traditional ruler in the area who he said they pay from 7,000 to 10,000 naira daily from tipper drivers who excavate sand from the beach in that community. The second person caught in Awgbu community, Orumba North local government, Mr Onyebuchi Obele, said he sells tipper ticket for Anambra State Tipper Association ASTA, through one Mr Jekwu Onyejibe popularly known as "Jekwu Nanka."  Accordin...

GOV. SANWO-OLU PROCLAIMS 10TH LAGOS ASSEMBLY, URGES LEGISLATIVE FOCUS ON PEOPLE’S WELFARE   •Obasa re-elected as Speaker, gets woman deputy •Ninth Assembly passed 46 bills, 120 resolutions to set new record   At 11:20am on Tuesday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu proclaimed the first session of the 10th House of Assembly, following the inauguration of 40 members-elect of the State legislature by the clerk.   The ceremony, Sanwo-Olu said, symbolised the continuity of the State’s democratic journey, stressing the role of legislature, as indispensable pillar of democracy, was vital in exercising the power of the people in a system of governance. The Governor said the legislative arm embodied the hopes and aspirations of the State’s residents, who elected representatives to work in partnership with other arms of the Government in the quest for good governance and prosperity of Lagos.   Sanwo-Olu, who described Lagos as a citadel of resilience and dynamism, noted ...

 Power Derived From Rigged Election Not From God -Shehu Sani *** “After they buy votes, falsified figures and rigged elections, they will bring in religion to launder and legitimise their evil; and want you to believe that power is from God. Power derived from rigged elections is not from God.  “If you honestly win or rig elections, deep inside your heart and conscience you know the truth. Even though we live in a World of ‘end justifies the means,’ there will always be consequences for wrong doing. Evil can be visited upon people for long, but it will never ultimately triumph.” -Senator Shehu Sani, Twitter

HAJJ 2023: LAGOS AIRLIFTS 2,379 INTENDING PILGRIMS TO SAUDI ARABIA  The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board (LSMPWB) has so far airlifted a total of 2,379 intending pilgrims comprising of 994 males and 1,385 females to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the holy pilgrimage exercise. The immediate past Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Olanrewaju Elegushi disclosed this during the airlift of the seventh batch of the state contingent on board a Flynas Airline XY 5722 with 415 intending pilgrims (157 males and 258 females) at 2 a.m Nigerian time from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, on Tuesday. Elegushi stated that the airlifting exercise which was kick-started last week Thursday, June 1, ahead of the initial scheduled date of June 4, has been encouraging so far. He noted that the only challenge was the delay being experienced in the issuance of visas by the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Abuja. According to him, if the visa issuance had been as fast as expec...

AIRTEL NIGERIA CEO/MD CARL RAYMOND CRUZ PAYS COURTESY CALL ON GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU AT LAGOS HOUSE, ALAUSA, IKEJA, ON TUESDAY, 6TH JUNE, 2023 PIX 9621 L-R: CEO/Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Carl Raymond Cruz receiving a plaque from Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a courtesy call on the Governor, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday, 06 June 2023 PIX 9644 L-R: Head, CSR Airtel Nigeria, Chioma Okolie; CEO/Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Carl Raymond Cruz; Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat and Director, Corporate Communications and CSR, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Femi Adeniran during a courtesy call on the Governor, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday, 06 June 2023 PIX 1145 L-R: CEO/Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Carl Raymond Cruz with Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a courtesy call on the Governor, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday, 06 June 2023. More photos below...

Soludo Inaugurates Solution Market, Vows To Eject Street Traders  By Juliana Nwachukwu Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra State, Sunday, as he was inaugurating Solution market, located in Amazon motors axis, on Owerri road, Ogbaru, vowed to eject street traders by December this year, saying they constitute nuisance to the environment. Making the vow, he advised street traders to get to the empty shops inside various markets in the State waiting for occupation, pointing out that the exercise is in line with the State Government's resolve to ensure Clean, Green and Sustainable Anambra for healthy living. He made the vow through his Special Adviser on Trade and Markets, mry Everest Uba, saying that all should assist in restoring the lost glory of the State. "By December we shall commence the ejection of street traders from Ose Okwodu, Main market and Ochanja Central market, so that vehicles and others will have access to markets. Those on the streets should get into the markets,...

OYO SUSPENDS SAKI WEST LG BOSS OVER MISAPPROPRIATION OF N63M  Oyo State House of Assembly has suspended the Chairman of Saki West Local Government, Sharafadeen Omirinde, over allegations of misappropriation of funds. The suspension came after a petition was brought to the house by members of the local government legislature and signed by over two-third of the Councilors in Saki West LG.  Omirinde was accused of illegally diverting the sum of 63 million naira belonging to the Local Government into a private purse, religious bigotry, anti-party activities among others. The House declared Omirinde suspended on Tuesday during its plenary sitting.  The House also directed the vice chairman of the local government to take over while Omirinde steps aside to allow for proper investigation by concerned committee of the house.  

MAKINDE APPOINTS 9 AIDES FOR DEPUTY GOVERNOR  Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of nine aides for the office of the Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal. The newly appointed aides to the Deputy Governor as contained in a letter signed by the Chief of Staff, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, are: Ajagbe Yusuf Olatunji: SA (Political) Sakariyah Kunle Sanni: SA (Administration) Hassan Ajibade: SA (Legal) Omoetan Omolere: SA (Print Media) Badmus Adesola: SA (Domestic) Oyedeji Ahmed: SA (Public Affairs) Alhaji Nasiru Ayinde: SA (Projects) Ajibade Waheed Ademola: SA (Media Online) Mutalib Adewale: Personal Assistant The Governor also approved the appointment of Miss Adetola Adedibu as Special Assistant to the Governor on Liaison Office Abuja. The Governor congratulated the new appointees and urged them to see their appointment as a call to service. He implored them to discharge their duties with utmost loyalty and all sense of responsibility.  

Court Sends 19 Internet Fraudsters to Prison in Benin Justices Efe Ikponmwonba and M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, convicted and sentenced 19 Internet fraudsters to prison for fraud. The convicts are Fidelis Esajini, Nicholas Azeke, Marvelous Alakpa, Adelike Ifeakachukwu Destiny, Osamwingie Osarenwinda, Mathias Friday Gbenga; Collins Etiosa Iyekeoretin, Anyanwu Miracle, Justice Aifo, Emmanuel Efetobor. Others are Osahenie Louis Uwoghiren, Emmanuel Osifo, Timothy Nowamagbe, Desmond Taiwo, Atunu Brilliant Ewomaoghene, Elvis Onojebe, Promise Uduaghan, Francis Uzoma Okoliko and Omokaro Omonefe They were arraigned separately on one count charges bordering on retention of proceeds of crime, fraudulent representation and unlawful possession of fraudulent documents by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The charge against Collins Etiosa Iyekeoretin reads: “that you, Collins Etiosa Iyekeoretin sometime bet...

Alleged N1.35bn Fraud: Appeal Court Reserves Ruling in Sule Lamido’s No Case Submission The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has reserved ruling in the appeal by a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing his no case submission. The former governor, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their companies, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd are standing trial before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a 37-count amended charge of money laundering to the tune of N1.35 billion fraud. Lamido allegedly abused his position as governor between 2007 and 2015 and laundered several sums of money which he received as kickbacks from companies that were awarded contracts by Jigawa State Government under his leadership. The trial which commenced in 2015 has seen the Commission calling over 16 witnesses before closing its case. Rather than open their defence, the defendants ...

Tinubu Instruct NNPC To Discontinue Crude Swap, Targets Cash Payments For Petrol Imports says NNPC Boss Kyari With the removal of subsidy on petrol in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is set to discontinue crude oil swap in favour of cash payments for petrol imports. To this effect, the company is is winding down crude oil swap contracts with traders and will pay cash for petrol imports as private companies could begin importing petrol as soon as this month, Reuters reports. This means that NNPC is in the process of ending crude swap contracts with traders. Instead of exchanging crude oil for refined petroleum products, the state-oil company will now make cash payments for petrol imports. The move is part of President Bola Tinubu’s plans to deregulate the petrol market and reduce the burden on government finances, the statement said. President Bola Tinubu on Monday during his inauguration announced that “subsidy is gone” sending the market into a ...

Controversy As Nasarawa Assembly Gets 2 Speakers  Two speakers have emerged out of the leadership crisis that dodged the Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday. They include the immediate past speaker, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi and Mr Daniel Ogah Ogazi representing Kokona East constituency. While Abdullahi was elected at a sitting which took place at the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ogazi emerged as speaker from the proceeding at the State Assembly complex.  

Fuel subsidy: Governor Obaseki promise increase in minimum wage  .... To reduce Edo state worker working days Read the governor's statement below: "In the wake of fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government, fuel prices have increased astronomically leading to rise in prices of goods and services and overall cost of living. The Edo State Government shares the pains of our people and wants to assure everyone that we are standing with them in these very challenging times. We want to reassure our people that we will do all within our powers as a subnational government to reduce the pains and ameliorate the sufferings our people are currently facing due to the current realities. As a proactive government, we have since taken the step to increase the minimum wage paid to workers in Edo State from the approved N30,000 to N40,000, the highest in the country today. We want to assure you that we will continue to pay this amount, while we hope to increase it even further, if more all...

Aliko Dangote varsity adopts CBN’s e-naira for tuition payment Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano, is to adopt the newly introduced e-naira for the payment of tuition in the higher institution. Shortly after accepting the initiative, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Musa Tukur Yakasai, assured that he will implement the policy after consultation with the state government. In its bid to raise awareness and invite more subscribers to the e-naira policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria in Kano took the mobilisation to the university. Delivering an address at the office of the Vice Chancellor, Alhaji Musa Tukur Yakasai, on Tuesday, the Kano Branch Controller of the CBN, Umar Ibrahim Biu, called on the university community to adopt the new E-wallet system in it’s payments of tuitions, salaries and other transactions. He explained the need for the university community to migrate to the cashless system for financial security and efficiency using the e-naira initiative. ...