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“I called him out hoping Anita Brown would back me up” – Lady who allegedly aborted pregnancy for Davido, weeps Chisom Flower, the lady who claimed to have aborted pregnancy for singer Davido, breaks down in tears as she decries being dragged by his fans. Amidst two new allegations of pregnancy already leveled against the Afrobeats musician by Anita Brown and Ivanna Bay, Chisom Flower had also claimed to have done abortion for him. Speaking during a live session, Chisom, who claimed she lost her job because of the saga, revealed that she had been motivated to speak up about the past because she had thought Anita Brown, who is dragging David for allegedly impregnating her, would have backed her up. She broke down in tears over the backlashes she’s facing at the hands of the singer’s fans for speaking up. Chisom also insisted on the six million naira the singer had supposedly promised her for aborting the pregnancy.  

Oil Bunkering: We’ll release names of military suspects if … — Militant group A militant group, the Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters of Niger-Delta, SEFFND, has said it would mention the names of military officers involved in crude oil bunkering if the Federal Government has the willpower to investigate and prosecute the culprits. Self-styled General Commanding Officer of SEFFND, Agadagba I, aka River Don, in a statement after a meeting of the militants in Bayelsa State, said: “We know those involved, and can mention their names if the federal government can carry out without bias thorough investigations on them. “The federal government has to probe how the military officers got their postings to the oil region, property, bank accounts, and luxurious lifestyle.” They threw their weight behind the leader of the Niger Delta People Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, who, last month, accused the Nigerian Navy and Army of oil theft in the Niger Delta. The group stated, “The...

9 rescued, others still trapped in collapsed Abuja 4-storey hotel 4th Jul 2023  The Federal Fire Service says rescue operations at the site of the collapsed four-storey building at Dape in Life Camp, Abuja, will resume on Tuesday at 8.a.m. Mr Emeribe David, a Superintendent of Fire, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene of the disaster, that all the agencies involved agreed to resume the rescue operation on Tuesday morning. NAN reports that the building, which was said to be a hotel under construction, collapsed around 4 p.m. on Monday, trapping undisclosed number of labourers. David, who led the team of firemen to the site, said that the fire service received a distress call around 4.pm and reached the site about 15 minutes later. He said that his team joined other agencies in the operations to save the lives of the people trapped in the wreckage. He identified some of the agencies as the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Road Safety Corps, National Emer...

July 3, 2023 Press Statement Resolutions of the Meeting of PDP NWC and Party Caucus in the Senate  The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today, Monday, July 3, 2023 met with members of the PDP Caucus in the Senate. At the meeting, the importance of a virile and stable opposition in the Senate and indeed the National Assembly was emphasized and the Caucus assured that it will play that important role in the defense of democracy, the interest and wellbeing of Nigerians. The meeting condemned in its entirety the alleged subterranean moves by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to meddle with the affairs of the Minority with regards to the emergence of the Minority Leadership which is an exclusive reserve of the Minority Caucus as expressly stipulated by Constitutional provisions and Standing Rules of the Senate. The PDP and the Senators continue with consultations on the emergence of the Minority Leadership in the Senate and are resolved to collect...

Hajj: Kaduna loses 2 more pilgrims as preparation for return journey begins 4th Jul 2023  Two more pilgrims from Kaduna state have died after performing their hajj rites in Saudi Arabia.  The special assistant to the Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Ibrahim Giwa confirmed the deaths to our correspondent in Makkah. He identified the pilgrims as Bashir Umar Sambo from Kubau Local Government and Sulaiman Abubakar (Unguwan Lalli) from Igabi Local Government Areas of the state. “The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency announces the death of Sulaiman Abubakar Unguwan Lalli, KD 086 TRK from Igabi LGA and Bashir Umar Sambo, KD 318 KB from Kubau LGA. “This brings the total number of deceased pilgrims in Saudi Arabia to four. We ask Allah to grant them Jannah, and accept them as martyrs,” he said. He however noted that preparations have begun to transport pilgrims back home. While congratulating the pilgrims on the successful completion of Hajj rites, he...

Gov. Otu imposes curfew in 2 Cross River LGAs 4th Jul 2023  Gov. Bassey Otu has declared a dusk to dawn curfew in Akpabuyo and Bakassi Local Government Areas of Cross River, following crisis in the two LGAs. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh said the curfew takes immediate effect and will run from 7pm to 6am. It would be recalled that both LGAs in the Southern Senatorial District of the state have been recording crisis for weeks in which lives and properties were lost. According to the governor, movement of people and vehicles have been banned during the curfew hours. He said that the measure became necessary to ensure the safety of lives and properties, as well as forestall further breakdown of law and order. “The public is therefore advised in their own interest to adhere strictly to these directives,” he added.   

Make sacrifices by cutting down cost of governance, NULGE tells Tinubu 4th Jul 2023  The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called on President Bola Tinubu to lead by example in his call for sacrifices by cutting down the cost of governance and reducing the salaries of political appointees. The NULGE also demanded a single institution fixing salaries of workers and that political officeholders ensure parity, adding that there is the same market system across the country. The National President of the NULGE, comrade Olatunji Hakeem Ambali who stated this in Ado Ekiti during the commissioning of the NULGE Hotels and Suites initiated by the state chapter of the union, demanded a 300 per cent increase in salaries of local government workers to mitigate the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. Ambali maintained that every Nigerian including the political office holders should be ready to make sacrifices, calling for a downward review of the salaries and wages of gov...

‘I am warning you, try me you will see' - Senator Ifeanyi Ubah warns Simon Ekpa to stop ordering Sit-At-Home in Anambra Senator representing Anambra South, Ifeanyi Ubah, has told a Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, to take his sit-at-home campaign to his home state of Ebonyi and leave Anambra State out of it. Ubah had urged residents of the state to open their businesses on the first weekday and shun the Monday sit-at-home order by non-state actors. There have been several reports of attacks on residents who defied the sit-at-home order of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Last week, De-facto IPOB leader, Simon Ekpa ordered the South East states to embark on a sit-at-home exercise to protest the continued detention of erstwhile leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. But Ubah says the move is detrimental to Anambra indegenes and has warned Ekpa to stay off Anambra indigenes. “We have observed the sit-at-home for nearly two years now and every Monday, all business activity in our sta...

FG, INEC’s Disregard Of EU’s Report Disheartening — TMG The Transition Monitoring Group has described as disheartening, the dismissal of the European Union’s report on the 2023 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Federal Government. The EU had, in its report presented on June 27, said the 2023 election exposed enduring systemic weaknesses and therefore signalled a need for further legal and operational reforms to enhance transparency, inclusiveness and accountability. However, the Federal Government on Sunday rejected the report, describing the conclusions of the EU Electoral Observer Mission as “jaundiced”. In a statement on Monday, the Chairman of the TMG, Auwal Rasfanjani, said local observers and civil society groups working on election observation and democracy had also raised similar concerns about gaps in the electoral process in Nigeria. “The recommendations by the European Union align with the views of many civil society groups and local ...

Sit-at-home: Two suspected robbers, four vehicles burnt in Anambra, Abia Two suspected armed robbers and four vehicles were burnt in Anambra and Abia states yesterday as residents continued to observe sit-at-home. Residents of major cities in Enugu and Imo states also stayed home in spite of assurances of their safety by their state governments. Magic FM gathered that the robbery suspects were attempting to rob tricycle passengers at the Obosi Roundabout along the Owerri-Onitsha Road, in Idemili North Local Government Area, when they met their waterloo.   An eyewitness said: ”The robbers tried to escape, but were caught by the mob who immediately set them ablaze with disused tyres and fuel.  “They (suspects) normally operate with the tricycle they rob from people, but today, they boarded as passengers.  “But midway to their destination, the two started robbing the passengers who immediately started shouting despite warning that they should be gunned down if they shou...

Bread producers serve notice of imminent hike in prices Nigerians have been asked to brace up for increase in the prices of bread, a major food item on the table of almost all Nigerians. The produce said their cost of production has risen following the withdrawal of fuel subsidy and the liberalization of the foreign exchange (forex) market by the federal government. President of Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria (PBAN), Engr. Emmanuel Onuorah, who disclosed this in an exclusive chat with Newsmen, stated: “For us in the premium bread making, it is a mixed feeling laced with a feeling of déjà vu”. He noted that most of the baking ingredients are import dependent, adding that the floating of forex has led to increase in the cost of clearing of the ingredients. Onuorah said: “Most of our baking ingredients are import dependent; ranging from flour produced from wheat, Ascorbic Acid, Calcium Propionate, Yeast, bread softener etc, are mostly imported. The forex floating led to increa...

SOKOTO STATE TO BEGIN AIRLIFT OF ITS PILGRIMS TOMORROW (TUESDAY), Airlift of the Sokoto state pilgrims back home is to commence tomorrow. Director General of the State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Alhaji Ibrahim Umar disclosed this in Makkah  He said to that effect, all arrangements had been completed to ensure a successful airlift, According to him, pilgrims from Gada local government that came in the first flight would be the first to be airlifted home. He explained that, arrangements for the airlift during the inaugural exercise would be followed during the conveyance of the pilgrims back home. Alhaji Ibrahim Umar maintained that, the pilgrims from Gada would be transported to the Jeddah international airport today for the impending journey back to Sokoto state.  

NPF SPORTS LEVY: PUBLICATION MISCHIEVOUS, CALCULATED ATTEMPT TO RUBBISH POLICE INTEGRITY, AGE-LONG TRADITION Following the recent spread of disinformation with regards to the NPF sports levy deduction by some sections of the media, the Nigeria Police Force vehemently wishes to clarify that these claims are baseless and misleading, calculated to deceive the public and rubbish the integrity of the Force. In as much as the Force does not intend to dignify the unprofessionalism and falsehood of the media outlets, it has however become rife to correct the baseless and misleading news publication aimed at maligning the person and integrity of the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD., NPM, with regards to the Police Annual Sports Levy deduction. The Nigeria Police Force Sports is primarily funded by an annual deduction which has been in force from time immemorial; and it was consolidated in the year 2003, and reviewed by the management of the Force in the y...

Tinubu govt announces plan to collect tax from market traders, informal sector President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government has announced the Value Added Tax Direct Initiative to enable FG to collect taxes from the informal sector. The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, disclosed this in a statement through its Twitter handle on Monday. FIRS is expected to partner with the Market Traders Association of Nigeria, MATAN, to collect & remit VAT from their members, especially those in the informal sector.  

 Tinubu Meets NSA, Service Chiefs In Abuja President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, met with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and Service Chiefs at the State House in Abuja. Present at the meeting are the Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa; Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla; Chief of Air Staff, AVM H.B. Abubakar and the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. This is Tinubu’s first known in-person engagement with the security helmsman since their appointment on June 19, 2023. More photos below. 

Islamic group, Ilorin traditionalists on collision course over Isese festival 3rd Jul 2023  Crisis is brewing between an Islamic group and some traditionalists in Ilorin, Kwara State over a plan celebration of a festival. The PUNCH gathered that a Muslim group, Majlisu Shabab li Ulamahu Society, in Ilorin recently stormed the residence of a traditional religion priestess to caution her against embarking on planned Isese festival in five local government areas, which constitute the Ilorin Emirate in the state capital. Isese, the Yoruba word for tradition, is used to denote different kinds of festivals held by adherents of the Yoruba traditional religion in Nigeria, Cuba, Brasil, the United States, Benin, and other countries. The Islamic sect said Isese festival must not take place in Ilorin West, Ilorin East, Ilorin South, Moro and Asa. The group, which took its protest to the home of the priestess, identified as Adesikemi Olatunji, believed to be a worshiper of Osun, warned the you...

Rescue Operation Continues As 4 Storey Building Collapse In Abuja July 3, 2023 Nine persons have been rescued from a four-storey building that collapsed in the Life Camp Area of Abuja on Monday, July 3. The building, under construction at the time of the collapse, had many workers trapped in it. According to a report, there were about 20 people in the building, which was said to have an underground facility. Officials of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fire Service, National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), among other response teams, were at the scene to conduct rescue operations. Building collapse has become a recurring incident in the FCT. On Wednesday, April 19, two persons died in a building collapse in the Wuse 2 area of the FCT. On Thursday, February 2, a three-storey building, still under construction, collapsed in the Gwarimpa area of the FCT, killing three persons. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) subsequently revoked the allocation for the plot o...

UPDATE : GIRL RESCUED FROM RITUALIST FATHER SET TO BE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL.  By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu Anambra State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner Honourable Ify Obinabo says the 17 year old victim of homicide is set to be discharged soon. The Women Affairs Commissioner, Hon Obinabo disclosed this after a visit to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Amaku Awka where the girl has been receiving medical attention after her rescue.  Hon Obinabo therefore thanked the governor of the state, Prof Chukwuma Soludo for always making the affairs of children and young girls his priority and appreciated the good people of Anambra for their prayers and support, the hospital management for their prompt response, even as she noted that she will not relent until justice is served. The 17 year old who was visibly happy extolled the women Affairs boss for her love and care towards her and promised to never let her down. Recall that the 17 year old survivor recently underwent...

AZ:5130/OGS/VOL.7/159 01/07/2023  OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE.  MEET OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE CP ALAMUTU ABIODUN MUSTAPHA psc Ogun State Police Command is happy to announce to the good people of Ogun State that CP ALAMUTU ABIODUN is the 36th Commissioner of Police and he takes over from AIG OLANREWAJU YOMI OLADIMEJI psc. He was appointed into the prestigious Nigeria Police Force on the 18th of May 1992 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Course three at the Nigeria Police Academy Kaduna between 1992 and 1994 he holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Lagos State University.  He proceeded to Gwoza Maiduguri in 1993 for Police Mobile Force, Anti riot and Tactical maneuvering training. Later that year he participated in the Citizenship and Leadership Course in Jos. In 1995 he was in Lagos State for Executive traffic management Course.  CP ALAMUTU ABIODUN MUSTAPHA psc has attended several development c...

EFCC PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Sale of forfeited assets is postponed until further notice. Continued submission of bids is therefore discontinued. 

WHY I'II NOT BETRAY THE MANDATE OF BENUE PEOPLE LIKE PDP - GOV. ALIA Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has said that the Benue chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, lack the moral justification to rate his 30 days administration, pointing out that reconstructing a collapsed system takes more time. The governor who was reacting to criticisms of his 30 days administration in an assessment by the PDP, reminded the major opposition to note that an administrations performance is not measured in a month. Alia whose reaction was contained in a statement signed by his chief press secretary Sir Tersoo Kula, made available to journalists at the weekend, argued that changing a collapsed system left behind by the immediate past government needed series of well- planned and properly guided steps, lamenting that Benue State ever it’s creation has never been this devastatingly raped and wrecked. The governor who said he was not complaining despite reckless abandon of civil servants and ...