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May

2023

10th NASS: Stop Campaign Of Calumny Against Orji Kalu, South-South Group Warns Afegbua

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #APC, #OrjiUzorKalu

10th NASS: Stop Campaign Of Calumny Against Orji Kalu, South-South Group Warns Afegbua A pro-democracy group under the aegis of Niger Delta Political Assembly (NDPA), has said the campaign of calumny against the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu by Kazeem Afegbua is total disappointment to the South South region A statement on Friday by the leader of the group, Dr. Offiong Offiong warned Afegbua to desist from campaign of calumny against the former Abia State Governor in his desperate bid to becomes "Akpabio's SA on Media". Kazeem Afegbua, a former Commissioner of Information in Edo State says…

May

2023

By Famous Reporters

How Kwara Medical Dr. Sedated, Raped Female Nurse During Surgery *She is my girlfriend- Doctor

CRIME#Nurse, #rape #justice #GenderBasedViolence

How Kwara Medical Dr. Sedated, Raped Female Nurse During Surgery *She is my girlfriend- Doctor The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, on Friday, paraded a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly sedating and raping a nurse. The suspect was reportedly performing an operation on the nurse in his hospital in Ilorin, Kwara State, when the incident happened. Joseph, the Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Sawmill, Ilorin, was among 13 suspects paraded before journalists at the police headquarters. The CP said, “On May 5, 2023, a female victim (name withheld), a nurse…

May

2023

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NASS 10th ASSEMBLY: I’ll Like Where Igbo Man Becomes Senate President For Two Tenures- HoR Member-elect, Aguocha *Highlights impacts of failed zoning on S’E

NATIONAL NEWS#10thNationalAssembly, #LabourParty, #ObiAguocha, #Speakership

NASS 10th ASSEMBLY: I'll Like Where Igbo Man Becomes Senate President For Two Tenures- HoR Member-elect, Aguocha *Highlights impacts of failed zoning on S'E By Charity Uwakwe As the struggle for the leadership of 10th National Assembly subsists, the House of Assembly member-elelct for Ikwuano/Umuahia Member-elect, High Chief Obi Aguocha says it is his utmost desire to have a South Easterner emerge as the Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking on AIT Focus Nigeria, the Ogwumabiri 1 of Umuahia who is to represent the seat of capital of Abia state, admitted that the Igbo extraction had…

May

2023

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News Break: Election Petition Tribunal Dismisses Case Against Hon Obi Aguocha Of Labour Party

LEGAL, POLITICS#ChinedumOrji, #ElectionTribunal, #ObiAguocha

News break: Petition Tribunal Dismisses Case Against Hon Obi Aguocha Of Labour Party The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal for Abia State now sitting at Abuja has dismissed the petition: EPT/AB/HR/01/2023 of, Hon. Paul O. Meregini and Action Democratic Party (ADP) against the election of the member elected to represent Ikwuano/Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency, Hon. Obinna Aguocha. The petition alleged that Action Democratic Party (ADP) logo was excluded on the House of Representatives election ballot paper. The Tribunal held that the petition was lacking in merit and…

May

2023

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WPFD 2023: IPC Decries Increasing Attacks On Journalists Establishes Centre On Safety Of Journalists

NATIONAL NEWS#IPC, #MediaAttack, #PressFreedom, intimidation, journalism, victimisation

WPFD 2023: IPC Decries Increasing Attacks On Journalists Establishes Centre On Safety Of Journalist In a bid to further address the growing spate of attacks on journalists and the threats on media freedom in Nigeria, the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, has announced that it is establishing a Centre for the Safety and Protection of Journalist (CSFPJ), as part of its unique activities to commemorate World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2023. A statement by Mr. Lanre Arogundade, IPC’s Executive Director, Melody Lawal has been appointed has the Centre Coordinator, with the task of positioning the CSFPJ to strategically…

May

2023

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81 Division Commences Officers’ Training Week *As GOC enjoins officers to leverage on benefits

SECURITY#NAOSNP, #nigerianarmy

81 Division Commences Officers' Training Week *As GOC enjoins officers to leverage on benefits As part of efforts to further build effective leadership skills among officers within the Nigerian Army 81 Division, the Division yesterday started its 2023 Officers Training Week. The training which will last three days is themed 'Enhancing Operational Preparedness of Officers for Participation in Joint and Multi-agency Operations Within 81 Division Area of Responsibility'. At the training which is ongoing at the 9 Brigade Officers' Mess, Maryland, Ikeja Lagos, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report that the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81…

May

2023

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Breaking!!! 10th NASS: APC Governor rubbishes Party’s zoning arrangement says its injustice

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #APC, #OluwarotimiAkeredolu

Breaking!!! 10th NASS: APC Governor rubbishes Party's zoning arrangement says its injustice Governor of Ondo State and chairman of South-West Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has condemned the zoning arrangement of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the principal offices of the 10th National Assembly, describing it as a “skewed arrangement that reinforces injustice and enhances inequity”. Akeredolu, in a statement personally issued in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Wednesday, noted that the “intentions and motives of the zoning formula represent early signs of steps aimed at attempts to cabin the hard-earned Presidency for our Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed…

May

2023

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Sheath your swords, think Ikwuano first, Council Boss, Orjinta advises *Lauds STI Minister, Ikoh

POLITICS#DanielOrjinta, #Development, #Ikwuano

Sheath your swords, think Ikwuano first, Council Boss, Orjinta advises *Lauds STI Minister, Ikoh Hon. Daniel Orjinta, the Transition Chairman of Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, has advised the people of Ikwuano to discard political affiliations and consider the growth and progress of the Council above their personal interests. Orjinta gave this charge, Sunday, during an appreciation party organised for the stakeholders and party leaders in Ikwuano, by the Minister of States for Science, Technology and Innovations, Hon. Henry Ikoh, in his Ahuwa Oboro country home. The Council Boss commended the Minister for the warm reception organised for…

May

2023

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Senate President: What Should Not Happen Between Bola Tinubu and Orji Kalu

POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency, #BolaTinubu, #Democracy, #OrjiUzorKalu

Senate President: What Should Not Happen Between Bola Tinubu and Orji Kalu Since I am not a spokesperson for any politician, I worked harder than any other intellectuals of my calibre to see Tinubu's presidency to fruition robustly just in the interest of Nation-Building and National Interest. The argument against the choice of South East's Senator-Elect Orji Kalu for the Senate Presidency should not be lightly centred on parochialism. We must rather advocate for the right thing to do at this time of our evolving democracy. Having written a few paragraphs on this platform yesterday, I need to say that…

May

2023

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Emulate OBJ to concede Senate President to S/east, group tells Tinubu By Comrade Murtala Mohammed 10 10

NATIONAL NEWS#10thSenatePresidency, #BolaTinubu, #OlusegunObasanjo

Emulate OBJ to concede Senate President to S/east, group tells Tinubu By Comrade Murtala Mohammed 10 10 The President Elect Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been told by a group known Concerned Citizens For Greater Nigeria to quash any commitment he made with anybody elsewhere over Senate President slot and emulate former President Olusegun Obasanjo to concede Senate President slot to the Southeast geopolitical zone to avoid continued marginalization of zone considering the fact that the zone was further denied the chances of producing the President as well as the Vice President. The Concerned Citizens in a Press briefing at…