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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE  PRESIDENT TINUBU RECEIVES BRIEF ON $10 BILLION INVESTMENT PROSPECTS IN NIGERIA'S STEEL SECTOR President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, at the State House in Abuja, held a meeting with the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, during which he received briefing on investment prospects in the steel sector. The President emphasized that a revitalized steel development industry is both a catalyst for robust economic growth and a doorway to immense opportunities for Nigeria's massive pool of talented entrepreneurs. "We will remain unyielding in our determination to build a Nigeria where every citizen has an equal opportunity to prosper and achieve their dreams. New investments in steel production will spur the growth of so many sectors. Industrialization will be a reality in our country with sufficient energy and steel. Nigerian steel will undergird our economy and other economies i...

Ohio Mom arrested after it's revealed she had faked her daughters cancer for financial gain. 41-year-old Pamela Reed has been charged with theft by deception in Noble County, Ohio. These charges come after an investigation initiated by Noble County Sheriff's Department and Children Services. The investigation uncovered the fact that Reed had exaggerated and fabricated her 7-year-old daughter's medical condition in order to receive money from local organizations.  Reed also had set up a Facebook page called, "Our Rae of sunshine- Team Addey Rae." She used this page to give fictitious updates on her daughter's cancer treatments to obtain cash from the public. Pamela Reed is currently being held on a $50,000 bond.  

Sultan Directs Muslims To Look Out For New Moon Of Rajab Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar has called on Muslims in the country to start looking for the new crescent of Rajab 1445 AH, tomorrow Friday the 12th of January 2024 equivalent to Islamic Calendar 29th of Jumada Thani 1445 AH. This was made known in a statement by the chairman advisory Committee on Religious Affairs Sultanate Council Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Wali Junaidu  He said if sighted, the information should be reported to the nearest district or village head for onward communication to the Sultan 

Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment In Kano Guber Dispute  The Supreme Court will tomorrow, Friday the 12th of January 2024, deliver judgment on the Kano State governorship election dispute between Governor Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party and the All Progressives Congress candidate, Dr. Nasiru Gawuna. This is contained in a notice issued by the apex court to all the parties in the suit. Also, the apex court will deliver judgment in six other governorship disputes before it. According to the notice, the court directed that each party should not have more than two lawyers in attendance. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Inyang Okoro had in December, last year, listened to the final arguments by the parties concerned and reserved judgment on the Kano case. The Kano State Governorship Tribunal had sacked Governor Kabir Yusuf and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to withdraw his certificate of return and instead issue same ...

ZAMFARA GOVT TO SETTLE STUDENTS  FEES Zamfara State Government has assured to pay all the registration fees of indigene students studying in various  tertiary institutions within and outside the state. The State's Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in Gusau the state capital. Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki said efforts have been made by the state's ministry of justice in collaboration with the ministry of education, science and technology to ensure timely payment of the registration fees of the students whose were call to bar from the state. He urged the twenty- five prospective Nigerian Law School Students who are indigenes of the State to remain calm as efforts are being made by the governor Dauda Lawal-led administration to pay their 2023/ 2024 registration fees. The State Commissioner For Education also called on the students to be calm as government was making arrangements to pay their regis...

Peter Obi to Tinubu: Travel entourage reduction not enough, cut governance cost by 60% Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has advocated for a substantial 60% reduction in the overall cost of governance, dismissing recent moves by President Bola Tinubu to slash travel entourages as merely scratching the surface. In a statement shared on his verified X handle, Obi expressed the need for a more comprehensive approach to curbing government expenditure, emphasizing that solely reducing travel entourages would result in negligible savings. The presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, had recently announced that President Tinubu had implemented a 60% reduction in the number of individuals accompanying officials on both international and local travels. This initiative was presented as part of broader cost-cutting measures within the presidency, impacting offices such as the president, vice-president, first lady, ministers, and heads of agencies. However, Obi argue...

China has been experimenting with a new deadly coronavirus-like virus that is "100% fatal to mice," it has been revealed.  According to a new paper published on bioRxiv, doctors trained by the Chinese military had made their own version of "pangolin coronavirus" and had given it to a group of mice to see what would happen.  The pangolin animal can get coronavirus, so that is the version experts have used for this experiment, and called it GX_P2V.  The experts found that the four mice given the virus all dramatically lost weight within five days after being infected, started to become "sluggish" and their eyes went white. And just eight days after they were given it, they all died.  It was then found that the virus had spread to the brain, eyes and lungs, and had actually increased in the brain over the last two days of life.  The scientists have claimed they were "surprised" by the results and they warned that the virus could "spill over int...

Why We Joined Labour Party -Kenneth Okonkwo  *** “You will see a president go in and he has a different ideology from his party in Nigeria and the party will become confused. APC for instance, if you read their manifesto, you will be so thrilled but if they had followed the manifesto there wouldn't have been any reason they wouldn't have achieved the objectives. They talked about the restructuring, state police, one naira to one dollar. If they had followed those steps they would have arrived at the decision. Unfortunately, then, a president came in and said sorry I don't know what you are talking about. “When you don't have these(dedication, determination and discipline), sorry you cannot have consistency in creativity that will give the objectives you want. So, it is in state of floors that is why when I hear somebody talk of ideology differences. Which one? “What we have in Nigeria now is that you identify a politician that you believe has the commensurate character,...

AFCON 2024: Benched Players Making The Super Eagles’ Team, Says Ex-International *** Former Nigerian international, Bright Omokaro, says representing Nigeria in the Africa Nation’s Cup (AFCON) has now become an all comers’ affair, where benched players in their foreign clubs are making the Super Eagles team. He said this was unlike his playing days in the 1970’s, when it was tough to dorn the Nigerian jersey. Mr Omokaro said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday, when asked to assess the Super Eagles level of preparedness ahead of Saturday’s Côte D’Ivoire tournament. NAN reports that the tournament is scheduled to last till February 11. “It is sad that we have a handful of players who are not first choice players in their respective teams, and they are representing Nigeria at the Nations Cup; this is very unfortunate. “The easiest way to get into the Super Eagles these days is to just play for any foreign club, it could be a third tier division, it doesn’t matte...

SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN TORTURE IN VIRAL VIDEO ARRESTED The Headquarters, 6 Division, Nigerian Army viewed with utmost dismay the unprofessional conduct of two of its personnel involved in the brutality of a civilian in Rivers State, in a viral video making the rounds in the social media. It is instructive to mention that the soldiers involved in that unprofessional conduct have been clearly identified and arrested.  The Division wishes to unequivocally state that, the Nigerian Army remains a professional force that conducts its activities in adherence to established rules of engagement and respect for the fundamental human rights of the citizenry. Thus, no form of infraction would be condoned from erring personnel.  The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigerian Army/Land Component Commander, Joint Task Force, South South, Operation DELTA SAFE, Major General Jamal Abdussalam has directed that a full scale investigation be conducted immediately. He has further reass...

CLAIM OF POOR FEEDING OF SOLDIERS IN ZAMFARA IS MISGUIDED The attention of Headquarters 8 Division has been drawn to a report by Sahara Reporters being circulated online alleging that troops deployed in Zamfara State are being poorly fed and have not been paid their December 2023 allowances.   It is pertinent to state that contrary to the claim of poor feeding of the troops, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, who is physically at the vanguard of ongoing clearance operations in Zamfara State to ensure socio-economic activities continue to flourish in the State for the past two weeks, has been feeding from the same source as the troops, demonstrating his commitment to their well-being and morale. Furthermore, in his commitment to ensuring inclusiveness and accessibility of his troops, he runs an open door policy that encourages any officer or soldier to approach him with their concerns, ideas and challenges  regardless of rank or appointment, to ensure that th...

Police arrest notorious arm robbery suspect, fake soldier, recovers 1 AK 47 riffle On 10/01/2024 at about 1130hrs, acting based on credible information, operatives of the Command’s Anti robbery team on intelligence led Patrol along Fadaman Bauna intercepted a group three young men suspected to be armed robbers riding on an unregistered Bajaj Motorcycle. The hoodlums  abandoned the motorcycle and took to flight on sighting the Police men, but were given a hot chase. Consequently, one Kabiru Alhaji Yusuf was arrested while two others escaped. A search was conducted on him where one AK 47 riffle and a motorcycle were recovered as exhibit.  In another development, on 6/1/2024 at about 1739hrs, one Muhammed Haladu 'M' of behind Ozas Hotel, Karu Abuja was arrested on full military camouflage at Awe LGA by two soldiers who came home on pass and handed him over to the Police at Awe Division.  The suspect claimed to be a soldier attached to 231 Battalion Biu, Borno State, but inve...

Nigeria Lady, Amarachi, commits su!c!de  She is a staff member of Globus Bank, Ikorodu, Lagos. She left a su!c!de note where she listed the reasons why she t00k her l!fe. According to another source This afternoon, A female marketing staff of Globus bank, Ikorodu, Lagos, Amarachi Ugochukwu who is said to be just 32yrs was found dea.d in the staff toilet. They said her phone she left on her table kept ringing which made her colleagues to start looking for her. They were later to find the office toilet door was locked from behind...door was forcefully opened and her motionless body with an empty medium sized SNI¶¶ER bottle and a diary where she wrote left a $uicide note. What is this bikonu?? Her $uic#ide note reads👎👎 "NOTHING IS WORKING IN MY LIFE" "MY FIGURES ARE LOW" "MY BRAIN IS CLOGGED UP" "THE ECONOMY IS GETTING HARDER" "MY DECISIONS ARE WRONG" "MY MIND IS MESSED UP" "THE FUTURE DOESN'T SEEN BRIGHT AT ALL, I SE...

Denise Coates is the richest woman in UK. Last year she was paid $280 million by her company, making her the highest paid CEO in Europe and one of the highest paid persons in the world. Denise Coates is the founder of Bet365, an online gambling company offering sports betting and online casino games. She founded Bet365 in 2000 after working for her father's local sports gambling company as manager for years. She envisioned that online gambling will be the future of gambling so she invested on time. She was right. Today with  a networth of $7 billion she is the richest woman in UK and with a take home pay of $280 million, she is among the highest paid CEOs in the world.  

Suspension of Igwe Neni: *Soludo Deserves Commendation, Not Condemnation*  Paul Nwosu A number of unreasonable reactions have trailed the suspension of the traditional ruler of Neni, Anaocha LGA of Anambra State, by the Government of Anambra State, through a notice of suspension letter, signed by the Commissioner for Local Government, Hon, Tony Collins Nwabunwanne, on Monday, January 8. The letter clearly cited the Code of Conduct for Traditional Rulers in Anambra State (issued by the traditional rulers) which provides that no traditional ruler can confer chieftaincy title on anyone outside his domain (his community) without obtaining the permission of the traditional ruler of the recipient’s community and the directive issued by the state government through the Ministry that no such chieftaincy title should be conferred by a traditional ruler on a recipient outside his town/community without obtaining clearance from the Ministry, which the Neni Traditional Ruler flouted. Even in...

I don’t know where to live, my daughter-in-law and her lawyer, Femi Falana are after my life” Mohbad’s father cries out Joseph Aloba, the father of late singer, Ileriouluwa Oladimeji Aloba better known as Mohbad has made a strong allegation against his son’s wife, Wunmi, and lawyer, Femi Falana. In an interview with MAX FM, Joseph alleged that his life had been threatened by his daughter-in-law and her lawyers. Crying out for help, he claimed that he didn’t know where to live as Wunmi and Femi Falana were threatening to eliminate him. “I don’t know where to live, Wunmi and Femi Falana are threatening to eliminate me from the face of the earth”.  

Can you catch smoke”? Very Dark Man questions Tonto Dikeh, others as he celebrates his release Popular self proclaimed human rights activist, VeryDarkMan has returned to his Instagram, celebrating his release after videos and photos of him being detained emerged yesterday. e shared a video on his page showing off his dance moves to music, while wearing a white skirt and adorned with beads. As he danced to the beats, he captioned the post,  “Can you catch smoke? Google the RATEL and come back…..Aluta continua” He also sign-off, with the words Aluta Continua,” hinted at his determination to continue to toe his path. This comes after Tontodikeh disclosed on her Instagram yesterday that she had successfully arrested VeryDarkMan. Recall that Tonto Dikeh had shared images and videos yesterday showing the arrest, including scenes of him with his lawyer and moments of him signing documents.  In her captions, she expressed her distaste her to falsehoods and revealed that VeryDarkMan, ...

‘You Wasted Our Time’ — Supreme Court Slams APC, Affirms PDP’s Eno Akwa Ibom Governor The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Akanimo Udofia, against the election victory of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno. The apex court advised the APC candidate counsel, Hassan Liman, to withdraw his appeal because the findings of the lower courts on his case were based on facts and in order. The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos had affirmed the election of Eno who contested on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) platform. The appellate court dismissed all the appeals against the governor’s election. The appeal court held that the allegations of certificate forgery were not substantiated. The appellate court also held that the allegations of criminal convictions against the governor had been set aside by a court of law. At the Supreme Court, Hassan Liman, counsel for appellants, appealed against the judgement of the Court of Appeal....

 STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE  PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW BOARD OF NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN PILGRIM COMMISSION President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the following nine (9) qualified Nigerians to serve on the board of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC): 1. Colonel Aloche Adole — Chairman 2. Dr. Stephen Adegbite — Secretary  3. Omowumi Olubunmi Ogunlola — Member, South West 4. Clement Alobu Nweke — Member, South East 5. Chief Prince Weli Wosu — Member, South South 6. Prof. Joseph Haruna Mamman — Member, North West 7. Dr. Toma Hamidu Ragnjiya — Member, North East 8.  Dr. Simon Abu Samson Dolly — Member, North Central 9. Bishop Raphael Benjamin Nwankwo — Representative, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) The President charges the new appointees to consider their appointment as an opportunity to serve the nation and, as such, wholly commit themselves to this important purpose. Chief Ajuri Ngelale  Special Adviser to the President  (Me...

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Partner on Solid Mineral Development Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will collaborate to promote development of solid minerals as the world transit from fossil fuels to cleaner energy. This was made known by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake during a meeting with his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Bandar AlKhorayef on the sidelines of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr Alake harped on the need to forge partnerships, as the global energy transition is contingent on critical minerals, which exist in abundance in Nigeria. “We need a lot of investments in exploration, exploitation, extraction, processing, and local value addition. We realize that we must look at regions outside of Africa to collaborate, further consolidate, and enhance our capacity to explore and exploit the natural resources that we have. For us to maximally utilize, exploit, and derive maximum revenue for our own economic and infrastructural ...

Gov Zulum Signs N358.7 Billion 2024 Appropriation Bill               Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has assented to the 2024 budget of 358.7 billion naira into law. The budget size was increased by eighteen billion naira as passed by the State House of Assembly. Governor Zulum at the event directed heads of agencies and members of the state executive council to strictly comply with the provisions of the appropriation bill while presenting their memos. He commended the leadership and members of the Assembly for timely approval of the budget. "We have to commend the leadership of the House of Assembly, we also have to commend the maturity of the house," Zulum said. The Governor remarked that with the capital expenditure of over two hundred billion, the state will witness massive infrastructural development. He expressed optimism that the budget will have significant impact on the citizenry.  Speaker Borno State House of Assembly, Honourable A...

Exclusion of 6 Borno LGAs in NDHS survey not related to insecurity - NPC                       The National Population Commission NPC Borno state says the exclusion of six local government areas in the ongoing 2023/2024 National Demographic and Health Survey NDHS was not due in insecurity.  In a statement by the State Director of the Commission, Malam Haruna Ibrahim explains that process of selecting partipating local governments and communities across the state was purely done through random sampling.  It adds that the random selection was not peculiar to Borno but all the thirty six states and the FCT.  "The Commission wishes to clarify that the non inclusion of Magumeri, Marte, Mobbar, Chibok, Abadam and Guzamala local governments in ongoing National Demographic and Health survey NDHS were not due insecurity as was reported " Ibrahim says. The statement explains that areas such as Baga, Kala-Balge and Damboa have a...

FG Seeks Collaboration with Labour Unions on Workers’ Welfare Federal Government has solicited the cooperation of the Nigeria Labour Congress in promoting workers’ welfare and national productivity. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkiruka Onyejeocha, stated this in Abuja when she paid a visit to the President and leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as part of strategy to mobilize critical stakeholders to align with government’s agenda in the Labour sector. She remarked that without the cooperation of the Labour union, it would be difficult for the government to better the lot of Nigerian workers. According to the Minister, President Tinubu’s deep concern for the well-being of Nigerian workers was at the forefront of our discussions. I reiterated the government’s desire to partner with the NLC in propelling Nigeria forward towards a brighter future” The Minister said government was ready to work with labour unions to promote the wellbeing of workers, as well...

Adhoc Committee of National Economic Council Reaffirms Pledge to Combat Oil Theft National Economic Council's NEC adhoc committee on oil theft has reiterated commitments to end the menace by blocking the leakages and improve production capacity. The Chairman, Governors forum of the oil producing states and member of the committee, Mr Hope Ozodunma of Imo state  gave the assurance while briefing newsmen on the out come of their first meeting on the issue   Hope Ozodunma explained that oil theft in Nigeria had become a serious concern among stakholders and other Nigerians considering the fact that oil sector provides the largest share of economic contribution of the Nation's sources of revenue He recalled that last month of december 2023 the National Economic Council  had a meeting and among the deliberations constituted an adhoc committee to look in to the issue of oil theft in the country Hope explained that this oil theft has negetably reduced drastically the contum...

EFCC Quizzes Eight Suspected Oil Thieves in Port Harcourt   Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigations into the activities of eight suspected oil thieves in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.   The investigations are coming on the heels of the Hand- Over of the suspects to the EFCC by the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Akiama Road, Bonny Island, Port Harcourt on Wednesday,  January 10, 2024.   According to the Navy, the vessel, MV Cabrini, and her eight  crew members were arrested during an operation on Wednesday November 8 2023. They were arrested with an unquantified amount of illegally acquired Automotive Gas Oil ,AGO,  along Bonny Channel.   The suspects are:  Tyson Saidi, Emmanuel  Memedo, Bamidele Owoeye, Sunday  Okenwa, Sanusi Adeola , Kessen  Friday, Miebaka, Kienka  and Emmanuel Adewole.   Naval Hand-Over Officer,  Lieute...