The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Benue State Chapter, has disclosed that they will use their one-month pension to purchase a governorship nomination form for the governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, to contest again come 2027.The pensioners made their intention known through their chairman, Mike Vembeh, during the presentation of
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The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) has adjourned to Wednesday, January 15, 2025, for the commencement of a full hearing on the petition filed by Dr. Asue Ighodalo and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging Governor Monday Okpebholo's declaration as the winner of the September 21,
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Nigeria Police Force has threatened legal action against Amnesty International, except an immediate retraction and public apology over a publication titled “Bloody August: Nigeria Government’s Violent Crackdown on End Bad Governance Protests.”In a letter to the Organization signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi,
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A Rivers State High Court has nullified the controversial Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congresses conducted in 2024 by party members loyal to the former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike.The court also sacked party chairman Hon. Chukwuemeka Aaron and declared null and void the positions of all purported LGA and
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Anietie Udobit, LagosThe Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has been impeached the Assembly members over multiple fraudulent allegations.Obasa was removed by the lawmakers during a plenary on Monday.Details surrounding the speaker’s removal are still sketchy as of press time.However, the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mojisola Meranda,
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaOperatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested a suspected Yahoo boy, internet fraudster, identified as Ajayi for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Salome Enejo for rituals.The suspect was caught with a fresh human head in Agwan Sarki, Orozo, a boundary area between Nasarawa State and the Federal
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Anietie Udobit, LagosFormer wife of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, a broadcaster and CEO, Agidigbo Radio FM, Ibadan, Oriyomi Hamzat, and the school principal of Islamic High School, Abdullahi Fasasi, being prosecuted for murder and manslaughter, have been granted N10 million bail each by an Oyo State High Court.The three
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Anietie Udobit,AbujaThe Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that a female passenger who caused a major disruption on an Abuja-bound Ibom Air flight would be prosecuted.In a statement on Monday, the NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, revealed that the passenger, whose identity remains undisclosed,
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaThe Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has recently claimed significant progress in resuscitating the long-neglected Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, boasting that the facilities are now operating at various productivity levels.This development, if accurate, represents a significant milestone in Nigeria's quest for energy self-sufficiency and economic revitalization.However,
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaGovernor Umo Eno has celebrated Akwa Ibom-born gospel minister Pastor Nathaniel Bassey over the invitation extended to him by the United States (US) government to minister at President-elect Donald Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast on January 20, 2025.Speaking through his chief press secretary (CPS), Mr Ekerete Udoh, yesterday,
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