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PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW BOARD AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), inclusive of the following Board and Management team members: Mr. Chiedu Ebie - Chairman - Delta Dr. Samuel Ogbuku - Managing Director / CEO - Bayelsa  Mr. Boma Iyaye - Executive Director (Finance and Admin) - Rivers  Mr. Victor Antai - Executive Director (Projects) - Akwa-Ibom Ifedayo Abegunde - Executive Director (Corporate Services) - Ondo  Sen. Dimaro Denyanbofa - State Representative - Bayelsa  Mr. Abasi Ndikan Nkono - State Representative - Akwa Ibom Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya - State Representative - Delta  Chief Tony Okocha - State Representative - Rivers  Hon Patrick Aisowieren - State Representative - Edo  Mr. Kyrian Uchegbu - State Representative - Imo  Victor Kolade Akinjo - State Representative - Ondo...

Court halts ICPC, EFCC, others from probing Kano anti-graft boss A High Court sitting in Kano State on Tuesday issued an interim order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, and others anti-graft agencies from interrogating the Chairman, Kano Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado. Rimin-Gado secured the court injunction to restrict further meddling into the affairs of the state anti-graft agency barring a last minute to have appeared before the Federal anti-graft agencies. The EFCC and the Code of Conduct Bureau earlier invited Rimin-Gado alongside a Director of account in the state agency for interrogation. In a letter signed by the Deputy Director, Cybercrime and Other Related Offences, Muhtar S. Bello, the EFCC invited the Kano anti-graft boss to produce details of its spending between 2019 and 2021. Also, a similar letter by the Director Intelligence, Investigat...

Any Project Below Standard In FCT, Not Acceptable – Wike To Contractors August 29, 2023      The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has told contractors of various projects in the FCT that he is not going to accept anything below standard Speaking with the contractors in a video shared via the minister’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, August 29, he said that if there is any staff of the contractors that may have been compromised in standard they should sort it out within themselves as he would not accept anything below standard from them. He said: “We are determined to make sure that every contractor goes back to sight, not just going back to sight but with direct supervision from my office and the office of the minister of state. The major problem we have had or we are having in this country is lack of supervision. “We are not going to tolerate anything below standard; if there are people you have been working with who have be...

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has suspended its presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities. Kwankwaso was suspended alongside 18 others for six months by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. The suspensions were put to a voice vote by members of the party at its special general assembly, held at the Rockview Hotels in Apapa, Lagos. Addressing newsmen at the end of the meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, August 29, Secretary of the BoT, Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi, accused Kwankwaso of hobnobbing with President Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi, without the board’s authorisation.   Abdullahi announced that Kwankwaso had been stripped of the NNPP national leader status by the board for allegedly violating the party’s constitution.   Abdullahi said;...

“I Won’t Beg for My Freedom”, Nnamdi Kanu Gives Reason  Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has made it clear that he won't beg the Nigerian government for his release.  In a recent statement, Kanu said he doesn't want his lawyers, family, or Igbo elders to plead for his freedom either. This decision is based on his belief that begging for his freedom would dishonor the memory of the late Pa Mbazulike Amaechi. Late Pa Mbazulike Amaechi had traveled from the South-East to Abuja to ask the government to fulfill his wish before he passed away. He pleaded for Kanu's release, but unfortunately, his request was ignored by the government. Kanu thinks that requesting his release now would disrespect Amaechi's memory. This stance was shared through a letter written on August 25, 2023, by Kanu's lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome, SAN. The letter was provided to The Punch on August 28, 2023. Kanu's lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, stated: "Kanu unequi...

FRSC Nabs Man Driving Vehicle With Nigerian and Foreign Plate Numbers The Federal Road Safety Corps has arrested a man who used both foreign and Nigerian number plates on his vehicle. The driver with the vehicle, a Volkswagen (Golf 3) with Kano number plate (BBJ746AA) placed at the front, and a foreign one (CV 51UMC) placed at the rear was apprehended within Idu operational area of the Corps in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, following adequate intelligence gathered by the tactical team.  The driver, alongside his car, has been handed over to Life Camp Divisional Police Command, FCT for further questioning and possible prosecution, after concluding preliminary investigation by the Corps Intelligence Unit. — Gift Habib. One more photo below. 

Isese: Court Grants Iya Osun Abebi Bail   Madam Efunsetan Abebi Aniwura aka Iya Osun, has been reportedly released from a correctional facility in Ilorin, Kwara State. Publisher of SaharaReporters and politician, Omoyele Sowore, made this known via a statement on his Facebook page, Tuesday. The statement read, "#Freetaniolohun. Iya Osun was granted bail in Ilorin, Kwara State. Two sureties with N200,000 affidavit of means. Keep them on their toes for the sake of justice." Madam Abebi was arrested on July 31, following a complaint lodged by Alfa Abdulsalam Baba Tonile Okuta-Agidi and some other Muslim clerics in Kwara state.