Rivers State House of Assembly has passed the Rivers State Local Government (Amendment) Bill into law by overriding the assent of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.The House, on March 13, 2024, passed the bill and forwarded same to Fubara for assent, which the governor declined.Section 100(5) of the 1999 Constitution of the
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After two months of being declared wanted and searched for, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), finally arrested three members of a criminal organisation which specialises in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America.This followed the recent seizure of the single largest consignment
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Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Benjamin Kalu, has described as reprehensible and repugnant the alleged murder of Abia-born businessman, Emmanuel Okocha by a police officer in Aba on Saturday.Kalu called for a thorough investigation into the unfortunate incident, insisting that the police officer must be made to
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The president-general of Ohanaeze-Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the organisation will continue to protect the interests of Igbos across the world.Iwuanyanwu, who stated this yesterday when he addressed newsmen in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, however, said the socio-cultural organisation will not come to the aid of
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has rejected the call for state police.According to him, Nigeria is not mature for state police.Egbetokun stated this on Monday at a national dialogue on state police organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja.The theme of the dialogue is ‘Pathways to Peace:
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The Leaders of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, Prof Banji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Adeyemo, commonly known as Sunday Igboho, along with Ola Ademola, have written an open letter to Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, requesting the formal initiation of negotiations for the Yoruba region’s peaceful secession from Nigeria.The letter, dated
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President Bola Tinubu has opened the African Counter-Terrorism Summit at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Abuja.In a statement on Sunday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, informed us that a high-level summit, organised by Nigeria in collaboration with the United Nations
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The federal government is expecting a fresh $2.2 billion single-digit interest loan from the World Bank and another budget support facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB).The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, disclosed this during a press briefing at the end of Nigeria’s activities at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings
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The emir of Dutse, Alhaji Hameem Nuhu Sanusi, has flagged off a special round of a polio vaccine campaign targeted at reaching over 1.5 million children in Jigawa State.The ceremony took place at his palace after he personally administered the vaccine on some children and assured the general public that
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