Reintroduced National Anthem Have Prevented Banditry, Insecurity – Akpabio Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said the reintroduced national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”, could have prevented banditry and insecurity if the country had retained it. Recall that the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the National Anthem Bill 2024 to revert to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”, which was abolished in 1978. The National Assembly passed the bill to swap the national anthem from “Arise, O Compatriots” to “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” The bill, which speedily passed first and second readings on the same day, was…
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BREAKING: Rivers Crisis : Gov Fubara Swears In Caretaker Chairmen In a new twist to the ongoing crisis rocking Rivers state, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has sworn in new caretaker chairmen for the 23 local government areas of the state. Recall that the lawmakers had invited the nominees for screening as early as 8am on Wednesday. It would be recalled also that Fubara forwarded a list to the state House of Assembly led by factional Speaker, Victor Jumbo. Earlier, the Rivers State Assembly passed the Local Government Amendment Bill into law but Fubara failed to assent to the bill. While the…
Uπbelievable: See How Much Tinubu, Shettima Have Spent On Travels In Three Months The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has accused President Bola Tinubu of neglecting the severe hunger issues facing Nigerians. According to a statement from the organisation’s National Secretary, Peter Ameh, the coalition criticised the President for implementing ineffective policies that had failed to alleviate the crisis, questioning why Nigerians must suffer while government officials enjoy luxury. The coalition pointed out that the government’s inability to secure farms and farmers had significantly contributed to the hunger crisis. Ameh argued that the opulent lifestyle of government leaders revealed…
Don’t Panic, We Are Not Only Country Facing Suffering, Hardship – Tinubu To Nigerians Nigeria is not the only country facing suffering and hardship, President Bola Tinubu has said, while warning the people against economic sabotage. Tinubu spoke when he received a delegation from the National Assembly in Lagos as he emphasised the need for a new value system to drive progress in Nigeria. He made this call while celebrating Eid-el-Kabir with the delegation, who had come to felicitate with him on the occasion on Monday night. The President’s message highlights the importance of values in shaping the nation’s development…
Emefiele: Document Exposes How $6.2m Stolen From CBN Was Shared Documentation has exposed how the $6,230,000 in cash, allegedly taken from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on February 8, 2023, was divided. A special presidential investigative team, headed by Jim Obaze, which examined the tenure of former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, claimed that the $6.2 million was taken from the central bank’s vault under the pretense of paying election observers. In court documents obtained by The Nation, investigators described the theft as an insider job, allegedly orchestrated primarily by CBN officials in collusion with two outsiders, identified as Adamu…
Kwankwaso To Be Arrested Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Kwankwaso To Be Arrested The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the security agencies to arrest and investigate former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso over accusation that the Federal Government was breeding Boko Haram insurgency in Kano. Addressing newsmen on Tuesday, Kano State’s chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Abbas called on the security to drill Kwankwaso to mention those involved in the act of planning to destabilise the state. Kwankwaso who is also the leader of the Kwankwasiyya…
More Crisis Rock Rivers As LGA Chairman Refuses To Leave Office, Insists On Tenure Elongation The former chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Samuel Nwanosike, has insisted on tenure elongation for LGA chairmen in the state. Earlier on Tuesday, Nwanosike took over the entrance to the council secretariat in Isiokpo. Despite his tenure as LGA chairman having elapsed, Nwanosike insists on maintaining his position until the Appeal Court issues a ruling. Nwanosike claims that the appellate court had directed that the status quo be maintained pending the hearing of the case between Martins Amaewhule and others versus…
Suspect Arrested For Attempted Murder Of 65-Year-Old Man With Hammer A police unit, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), has arrested a suspect identified as Sodiq Ishola, for allegedly attacking a 65-year-old man with a hammer at Pako Bus Stop, Iyana Ipaja in Lagos. The suspect, aged 29, was arrested around 8:30 p.m. on Monday in the Iyana Ipaja area after he was restrained from injuring the aged man (name withheld). “Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that the suspect and one accomplice trailed the victim and his wife from Lagos Island on bike to Iyana Ipaja before Ishola descended on him,”…
Benue State’s Allocation: Wasted or Looted? – An Opinion by Hyacinth Aor “No evil is mourned when it is gone” – William Shakespeare With barely over a year in office, the government of Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has little or no scorecard to show with the huge allocation being received by the state from the federal government. The governor’s rightman anchor – cum strategist in the office of the Special Adviser to the governor of Benue State on Research, Strategy and Communications, had canvassed to his colleagues to present achievement projects for assessment by the people of Benue State, as…
60-year-old Man Arrested For Raping 8-yr-old Girl A 60-year-old man, simply identified as Christian, has been arrested by the Police in Aba, for raping an 8-year-old girl in Umuodukwu village in the Obingwa council area of Abia State. Community sources told Vanguard that the suspect had raped the 8 old simply known as Miss Princess 3 times this year before he was caught in the act. In an interview, the Head of Umuonyero kindred in Umuodukwu Village, Hon. Prince Ndubueze told Vanguard that the suspect who is a tenant in the village, was caught in the act by some youths…