Abuja Landlords In Serious Trouble Over Ground Rents The Federal Government has said it will start charging owners of completed unoccupied houses triple ground rents, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa has said. Naija News House reports that several unoccupied buildings and estates dotted Abuja and several other cities across the country. Dangiwa spoke during his visits to sites of housing projects constructed by the government and its agencies on Friday in Abuja. The projects are the Suleja (Dikko) Prototype, Public Private Partnerships Cooperative, Gwagwalada National Housing Programme and Guzape Federal Housing Authority (FHA) also under…
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BREAKING: Less Than 24 Hours To Governorship Election, Another APC Chieftain Dies Less than 24 hours to the governorship election in Kogi State, the chairman of Lokoja Local Government Area , Muhammed Danasabe, has died. He was confirmed dead around 4.30am at a hospital in Lokoja, the state capital. Muhammed was rushed to the hospital after he slumped at his residence. The now deceased local government chairman was said to have been active at series of political meetings in preparation for Saturday’s governorship election. A family source said he was rushed to Shifa Hospital, Lokoja, shortly after he collapsed in…
Romance Scam: Man In Tears After Losing Money To Facebook Girl A middle-aged man (name withheld), who is resident in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has been duped of a large sum of money (undisclosed) by a lady he met on Facebook, who failed to deliver on her promise to visit him. The lady, who goes by the name “Ara Ire” on Facebook, but whose real name is Mercy Adeseye, convinced the man that she was interested in a romantic relationship with him and asked for money to cover her travel expenses. After he sent her money, according to him, she…
BREAKING: Mummy Calm Down: Mother Of Famous Boy Oreofeoluwa Commits Suicide Toluige Babalola, the mother whose son Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola became an internet sensation with the “Mummy Calm Down” video, has reportedly committed suicide. Oreofeoluwa Lawal was only four years old when he became a Twitter sensation in 2020 after a viral video of him begging his mum, Mrs Babalola, to calm down when she wanted to beat him for something he had done wrong. The viral video caught the attention of the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos. After that viral video, young Lawal landed a cameo role…
Israel Has Agreed To Four-Hour Daily Ceasefire In Gaza To Allow People Escape From Conflict Zone, Says US The United States has revealed that the Israel authorities have agreed to pause military operations in northern Gaza for four hours a day from Thursday. This was confirmed by the White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby, adding that the decision was to allow people to flee along two humanitarian corridors and could be used for the release of hostages, which were significant first steps. According to Reuters, US President, Joe Biden, also disclosed to journalists that he was pushing for even…
It’s Not Compulsory Election Held In Imo – NLC Blows Hot The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it is not compulsory that the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Imo is held as planned. The NLC Head International Relation, Uchenna Ekwe, said this in an interview on Channels TV on Wednesday. Ekwe said that the Imo people had been plagued by violence and that the election would not produce anything. He said that the workers in Imo did not have faith that the election would determine anything. He said, “Talking about the election, in Imo in particular, did…
Secondary School Students Kill Teacher In Taraba The Taraba State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has confirmed the death of Bassy Sardauna, a secondary school teacher killed by students on Wednesday in Jalingo. Confirming the incident on Thursday, the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Usman, said the deceased was a staff of Model Secondary School, Jalingo. According to him, the primary suspect, whom he described as an ex-student of the school, conspired with his friends in the school and stabbed the teacher, who was confirmed dead at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Jalingo, where he was taken for treatment. Usman affirmed…
I Rejected Two Bulletproof Vehicles – Peter Obi Blasts Tinubu Over Allocation Of N60billion For Lawmakers’ SUVs The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu for allocating more funds for the purchase of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) for about 400 lawmakers than the total amount allocated to the primary healthcare in the 2023 budget. Obi, who had in his World Press Conference a few days ago announced that he and his political party are now fully in opposition, said that it was a waste of public resources to…
BREAKING: Navy Commander, 10 Other Personnel Arrested Ahead Of Saturday Elections The Nigerian military authorities have arrested and detained a Nigerian Navy commander, Nicholas Uchendu Akalezi aka Akalieze, and 10 other naval personnel for alleged violent activities in Kogi State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. It was learnt on Thursday that Akalieze with service No: NN2880 NDA and from Course 54, a native of Imo State, has been transferred by the military authorities to a detention facility in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A top military source confirmed his arrest on Thursday, but did not give further details on charges…
Fear Grips Gov Fubara, Tells Church To Suspend Recognition Of Guests Amid Wike’s Presence There was mild drama Thursday at the Saint Cyprian’s Anglican Church, Hospital Road, Port Harcourt, as Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, jokingly appealed to the congregants to suspend the recognition of guests amid presence of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The governor, who was recently at dagger-drawn with Wike, said suspension of the roll call was necessary to ensure another impeachable offence is not committed, prompting laughter in the church. Speaking at the rededication service of the 2023/2024 Legal Year of the Rivers State Judiciary, which took…