The convoy of a former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha came was attacked by gunmen suspecte last friday, killing a police officer. The former lawmaker was returning from Enugu after attending the burial ceremony of the wife of a former senate president, Ken Nnamani. The ex governor’s convoy was reportedly attacked at Ihube in Okigwe community which is along the Okigwe- Enugu expressway. Okorocha made this known on Sunday at the birthday celebration of the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11 governorship polls in Imo state, Senator Samuel Anyanwu held at Amaimo in the…
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has assured that the 10th House of Representatives that gender-based bills being passed by the 9th Assembly but not signed into law were reconsidered and passed. Abbas gave the assurance at the weekend in Abuja when he led a delegation of members, alongside his deputy, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, to thank the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, for the support given to them to emerge as the Presiding Officers of the 10th House. The Speaker in a statement issued Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, said…
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has expressed deep concerns over the suspension of the Chairman of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Bola Tinubu. The president had last week suspended the anti-graft boss over “weighty” allegations of abuse of office levelled against him. However, the Chairman of HEDA, Olarenwaju Suraju in a statement issued Sunday said Bawa’s Suspension was taking place within a month of the new government’s assumption of office. He noted that this is now becoming a tradition for every regime, on assumption of office to decapitate the organisation and send the…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akinola Kazeem has warned that the recent statement made by a former Niger Delta agitator, Asari Dokubo was capable of setting the country ablaze. Dokubo had last Friday alleged that some personnel of the military were 99 per cent of oil theft in the Niger Delta region could be traced to the military. But Kazeem in a statement issued Sunday said Dokubo utterances as unfounded and unfortunate and should be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians. The retired military officer recalled that Dokubo at a point was awarded the contract to secure the…
The military has challenged former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo to name officers responsible for oil theft in the Niger Delta. TheHintsNews reports that Dokubo had on Friday after meeting with President Bola Tinubu alleged that some military personnel were responsible for 99 percent dog oil theft in the region. But reacting to the allegation on Saturday, the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy yesterday described the allegation as spurious and unguarded. The two arms of the military whom the former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, frontally accused of being responsible for 99 per cent of oil theft in the…
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has raised the alarm after about 80,000 individuals tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Nasarawa state. The agency, however, revealed that the identified HIV-positive persons are currently receiving treatment in the state. The Executive Director of Nasarawa State AIDS Control Agency, Dr. Ruth Bello disclosed this during Saturday’s visit by NACA officials to Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. He said: “About 80,000 individuals have been identified as HIV-positive and are currently receiving treatment in the state. We have about 80,000 persons now identified with HIV and currently under treatment…
The National Collation Officer of the Peoples Democratic Party (2023) during the 2023 presidential election, Senator Dino Melaye, told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the results of the presidential election were wrongly computed and announced, hence his refusal to sign the final result has declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Melaye, who is the governorship candidate of PDP in Kogi State told the court that though the party had agents in all polling units across the federation, some of the agents also declined to sign copies of election results in their locations owing to widespread electoral…
A former Niger Delta agitator, Asari Dokubo, said President Bola Tinubu has promised to take a “decisive action” against military personnel behind the oil theft in Niger Delta. He said the oil theft that has taken place in the region for the past eight years was unprecedented. Dokubo disclosed this Friday while addressing State House Correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. His words: “The Army and Navy are behind oil theft. They intimidate civil defence, who are by law expected to protect installations. They tap directly from the oil head. What has been happening in…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately grant unrestricted access to lawyers and family members of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Hamza Muazu who gave the order on Friday in Abuja emphasized that such access was a constitutional right. The order followed an application by Emefiele’s counsel, J.B. Daudu, who informed the court that he had written letters to the DSS on June 14, 2023, to obtain further instructions from his client. However, the secret police had failed to respond to the application. But, counsel to…
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up panels to probe seven judges accused of corruption. The Council’s Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye in a statement issued Friday, however, said that petitions against 26 others, including a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili were dismissed The Council at its meeting chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola, who doubles as the chairman of the council, said it considered reports from various investigation committees and the Preliminary Complaints Assessment Committees on petitions written against 33 judicial officers from both the appellate and the High…