Author: NPO Admin II

By Doris Uzoka-Anite President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s G20 Summit visit to India, on the special invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is coming almost exactly sixty-one years after Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the Republic of India, visited Nigeria. Since that historic September 1962 visit, hosted by Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, the first (and only) Prime Minister of Nigeria, in Lagos, Nigerian and Indian leaders have exchanged several visits, and presided over a bilateral relationship that has grown in leaps and bounds. It is auspicious that this latest visit by a Nigerian President is happening not only against the…

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By Kamil Opeyemi The police command in Cross River has dispelled a rumour of disappearance of some men’s private parts in Calabar. The command spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, dispelled the rumour while parading 13 suspects arrested in the state in August. Ugbo said that investigations showed that the rumour, which heightened tension in the state capital, was false. “I want to say it here that the noise that some persons’ manhood have been disappearing in Calabar is not true. “We have investigated the matter and found that there is nothing of such. “We want to warn that people should stop…

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By Hallimah Olamide The number of electricity consumers rose by 200,000 from 11.27 million in the first quarter of 2023 to 11,47 million in the second quarter of the year. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated in its Nigeria’s electricity report for the second quarter of 2023 released in Abuja on Friday that the increase was by 1.84 per cent. The report focused on energy billed, revenue generated, and customers of electricity distribution companies during the period under review. It stated that on a year-on-year basis, the number of electricity customers increased by 6.17 per cent in the second…

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By Kamil Opeyemi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over property recovered from a convicted fraudster, Aisosa Ohue, alias Frederick Leonard, to an American victim, Cheryldene Cook. Its Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the property include the sum of N19 million and three-bedroom semi-detached duplex at Ward 36A Amagba Community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo. He said that the property, which also include a Lexus E350 saloon car, an iPhone 13 Pro Max and a Samsung A31 phone were presented to the victim in Abuja…

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By Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has rescued a motor boy trapped under a fully loaded 40ft container while the driver died instantly during a fatal accident on Thursday around Wharf Road, opposite Area B Police Command outward Apapa.area of Lagos. LASTMA, in a statement by its Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed that Egbetola Sulaiman ‘Zebra 36’ (Apapa) who led the rescue team confirmed that the fatal accident involved a fully loaded 40ft container and a stationed tipper truck with no registration no. “Lastma Egbetola confirmed further that preliminary investigation…

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By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Ogun, on Friday, said it had arrested two suspected cultists in the process of trying to cause disturbance at Fadahunsi, Agbado area of the state. The Police Spokesperson in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, said in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota, Ogun, that the suspects were arrested on Sept. 4. According to her, the arrests were made possible through a response to tip-off about cultists activities in Agbado area of the state. Odutola said that the prompt response of the police quelled the disturbance caused by the cultists, leading to the…

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By Kamil Opeyemi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has commended the Presidential Election Petitions Court for affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, presidential poll. Wike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gave the commendation while speaking exclusively during Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday. The former governor of Rivers State hailed the five-man panel of the Tribunal led by Justice Haruna Tsammani for painstakingly delivering its judgment. Wike said: “Nigerians have spoken, (and) the court has affirmed it. I didn’t expect…

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By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Thursday said it has quelled a dangerous situation at the Garki market that could have potentially disrupted the peace of the neighbourhood. According to a statement by the Commissioner of Police for the FCT, Haruna Garba, an altercation arose between market occupants and certain individuals, including an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) as well as a tailor named Muhammad Habibu where shots were fired at another tailor named Mubarak Mubarak. “This incident led to some of the local youths reacting angrily and attempting to confront…

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By Kamil Opeyemi The National and State Assemblies Elections Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abeokuta on Thursday affirmed the victory of Sen. Solomon Adeola as the duly elected Senator for Ogun West Senatorial District in Feb. 25 National Assembly election. Delivering its judgement in a Petition marked EPT/OG/Sen/2023 and filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial Candidate, Dada Adeleke, Justice Kabir Gabo-led three-man panel dismissed Adeleke’s petition for ‘lacking in merit. The panel also held that two witnesses called by the petitioner failed to give valid evidence to substantiate the allegations of the election not meeting electoral act and constitutional…

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By Kamil Opeyemi The former Deputy Governor of Kogi, Abayomi Awoniyi, on Thursday, officially announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His defection is contained in a letter, entitled, “Letter of resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party”, made available to newsmen in Lokoja. Awoniyi served as deputy to former Gov Idris Wada. He conveyed his resignation in a letter dated August 31 and addressed to the PDP Chairman of Mopamuro Local Government Area of Kogi. The letter partly read: “I hereby write to tender my letter of resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party after 25 unbroken years of…

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