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The Rivers State House of Assembly has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of dishonesty, threatening to resume impeachment proceedings against him if he continues to breach the constitution. Martin Amaewhule, the Speaker of the House, made this known on Saturday during a press briefing in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Amaewhule, who was accompanied by 26 members of the Assembly, read out a communique issued after the briefing. The lawmakers accused the governor of refusing to hold up to his end of the Presidential Peace Accord which he wilfully signed without coercion. Furthermore, they explained that they withdrew their impeachment notice against…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigeria’s leaders to be selfless and consider it an opportunity to serve the people. Obasanjo stated this on Saturday during a courtesy visit to Governor Godwin Obaseki at the Government House in Benin City, the Edo State capital. According to the former Nigerian President, leadership is an opportunity and privilege. He said the current economic realities require that those in authority make sacrifices and not think of themselves alone. Obasanjo described as unfortunate, the present situation in Nigeria but was optimistic that the present situation would eventually turn around for good with time.…
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has said that he inherited a huge debt burden of $587m, N85bn and 115 contractual liabilities from the immediate past administration of Nasir El-Rufai, lamenting that the huge debt has eaten deep into the state’s federal allocation. The governor, who disclosed at a town hall meeting on Saturday, to give account of his stewardship, said he remained resolute in steering Kaduna to the path of progress using the available lean resources. In attendance at the meeting were traditional rulers and religious leaders, politicians, members of the Organised Labour, civil society organisations, youths and women…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has successfully restored the national grid following a system disturbance at 4:28 p.m. on Thursday. In a statement on Friday evening, the TCN said full recovery was achieved by 10:00 p.m. that same day. The TCN said that a report from the National Control Centre (NCC) in Osogbo, indicated that the system disturbance was triggered by a significant reduction in generation capacity, primarily due to gas constraints. It noted that the reduction led to a rapid decline in system frequency, creating a sudden grid imbalance. It added that the imbalance in grid…
President Bola Tinubu has declared that individuals involved in despicable crimes such as kidnapping must be treated as terrorists. The President made the declaration on Tuesday at a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal judiciary led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. Reiterating the government’s resolve to defeat banditry, the President said those who resort to kidnapping children are cowards, incapable of confronting the might of the Nigerian Armed Forces. ”We must treat kidnappers as terrorists,” the President said, according to a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. “They are cowardly. They have been degraded.…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, as the new Coordinator of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons under the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). The appointment of Kokumo was announced in a statement by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. The retired DIG is a seasoned and accomplished law enforcement professional with over 30 years of experience in crime prevention, management, analysis, and control. Kokumo was DIG, Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja, from 2022 to 2023. The…
Tony Aziegbemi, the Edo state chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has been released after being kidnapped by a gang of gunmen near his home in Benin City. He was set free by his abductors in the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Aziegbemi returned to his Benin City residence around 3 a.m. Crusoe Osagie, the special adviser for media projects to the Edo State Governor, confirmed the release in a telephone conversation with Media The former member of the House of Representatives represented the Esan North-East/Esan South-East federal constituency of Edo State. According to reports, his abductors, who…
The Federal Government says Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has been invited by security agencies for questioning over some comments he made on the activities of bandits. The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, who briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday, said nobody is above the law and found guilty, Gumi will be reprimanded. “The security agencies are up and doing. Sheikh Gumi or any other person is not above the law. If he he suggestions that are constructive enough for the security agencies to take, they will take but if they think that…
The police in the Federal Capital Territory Police have arrested a pregnant married woman, Rosemary Ubah, for allegedly faking her own kidnap and eventually sharing the ransom paid by her husband with her boyfriend. According to a statement by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Saturday, the woman’s husband, one Chiedozie Ubah, reported her disappearance after leaving home for a scan on March 11, 2024, to the Gwa Gwa Police Division. Mr Edozie told the police that he later received a call informing him that his pregnant wife was kidnapped and he needed to pay the sum of N2…
As the clamour for state police grows stronger, the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has faulted 16 governors’ submission of a report on the matter to the National Economic Council (NEC). On Thursday, NEC confirmed receiving memoranda from 16 governors who expressed their support for establishing state police to address the myriads of security challenges facing the nation. Although the names of the governors were not given, 20 other governors were yet to forward their reports to enable the NEC to act on them. Barely a day after the announcement, Governor Makinde who appeared as a guest on Channels described…