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Jul

2025

Akpabio replaces Natasha as diaspora committee chair

NATIONAL NEWS#committeeondiasporaandNGOs, #Senate, #SenatorGodswillAkpabio, #SenatorNatashaAkpotiUduaghan

Akpabio replaces Natasha as diaspora committee chair Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, has been removed as chairman of the senate committee on diaspora and NGOs. The Senate named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations. Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the announcement during plenary on Thursday, thus confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on suspension Akpabio named Aniekan Bassey, who represents Akwa Ibom north-east, as the new chairman of the diaspora and NGOs committee. Bassey is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “The new…

Jul

2025

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You’ve separatist’s intentions, FG Blasts Peter Obi over comment on Nnamdi Kanu

NATIONAL NEWS#BiafraAgitation, #DrPeterObi, #Extradition, #ipob, #MaziNnamdiKanu, #Saparatiist

You've separatist's intentions, FG Blasts Peter Obi over comment on Nnamdi Kanu The federal government of Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu has criticised Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, over his recent call for the release of IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, had queried the reason for the prolonged detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying there is no justification his arrest and extradition. Reacting, a source in the Presidency, who spoke anonymously to The Punch, accused Obi of harboring “separatist tendencies” and supporting…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

AIG Fayoade holds refresher training for Zone 2 Police Officers on use of force

NATIONAL NEWS#Force, #IGPKayodeAdeoluEgbetokun, #NigeriaPolice

AIG Fayoade holds refresher training for Zone 2 Police Officers on use of force The Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG in charge of Zone 2 Police Command, AIG Adegoke M. Fayoade today organized an intensive refresher training for officers in the Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan. This is to enable them be at the cutting edge as it concerns the Use of Force in the Discharge of Statutory Police Duties, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report. The session was facilitated by AIG Adeoye Adeniran Oluwafimihan (retd). It was held at the M.D. Abubakar Conference Hall,…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Breaking: Head rolls, blood spills, as wrongly parked Imo govt waste truck chops off Bus driver’s head

METRO#death, #Driversnegligence, #Ghastlyautocrash, #ImoStateWasteManagementAgency, #okrotraders, #wrongparking

Breaking: Head rolls, blood spills, as wrongly parked Imo govt waste truck chops off Bus driver's head The yet to be identified driver of the bus rammed into the wrongly parked Imo govt truck, leading to his untimely death. Pandemonium broke out across all nooks and crannies of Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, yesterday, as a bus conveying market women rammed into a Waste Disposal Truck, said to be owned by the government of Imo State. The Waste Disposal Truck which had the inscription 'Imo State Waste Management Agency ',was said to be parked by…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Disrupting The Old Order: The New Model Of Governance In Nigeria Pioneered By Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah.

NEWS, POLITICS

In less than three years in office, Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has emerged as one of Nigeria’s most visionary and results-oriented State leaders. Through a blend of innovation, technology, fiscal discipline, and bold reforms, Mbah is steadily transforming Enugu State from a once “civil service economy” into a thriving hub of productivity, smart economy driven by technology, and inclusive growth. His leadership style which is rooted in measurable goals, performance-driven governance, and technological disruption of the status quo has redefined what it means to govern in the 21st century. A Governor with a Vision and a Plan From the onset,…

Jul

2025

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Buhari brought 12.5m votes to merger — parties added only N3m in 2015, says Boss Mustapha

POLITICS#BossMustapha, #GarbaShehu’sbook, #presidentMohammaduBuhari

Buhari brought 12.5m votes to merger — parties added only N3m in 2015, saysBoss Mustapha A former secretary to the federal government (SGF), Boss Mustapha has asserted that the three opposition parties—Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP)—which were part of the merger that formed the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013, contributed only three million votes to the 15.4 million secured by former President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 elections. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday at the launch of Garba Shehu’s book, ‘According to the President: Lessons From A Presidential…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

CEHRAWS calls on Abia to intervene in attack on Item widow, plot to bribe authorities by Chief Ukoha, Others

METRO#CEHRAWS, #CentreforHumanRightsAdvocacyandWholesomeSociety, #Culturalostracization, #Widow

CEHRAWS calls on Abia to intervene in attack on Item widow, plot to bribe authorities By Charity Uwakwe The Centre for Human Rights Advocacy and Wholesome Society (CEHRAWS) has expressed utter indignation over what it described as the vicious and coordinated attacks, destruction of property, and subsisting threats to the life of Mrs. Esther Onuoha, a 52-year-old indigent woman from Uzo Mkporo, Apanu village in Item community, Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. According to a statement signed by Comrd. Okoye, Chuka Peter, on behalf of CEHRAWS, and issued to Famousreporters.com, today, Wednesday, July 9, the organisation decried the…

Jul

2025

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Breaking: Former APC Chairman, Ganduje Clinches Fresh Appointment

POLITICS#AbdullahiGanduje, #APC, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #FAAN, #FederalAirportsAuthorityofNigeria

Breaking: Former APC Chairman, Ganduje Clinches Fresh Appointment Former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). It would be recalled that the former party chairman recently, resigned as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ganduje secured the appointment from the present administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under the All Progressives Congress (APC), shortly after resigning as the APC Chairman. The announcement was made today, Wednesday, during the formal inauguration of newly appointed FAAN board members in Abuja.

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

2027 IMO GUBER: Cede tickets to Okigwe Zone, group Urges parties

POLITICS#2027Imogubernitorial, #GovernorHopeUzodimma, #OkigweZoneYouthDigestiveForum, #SkillAcquisition, #youthEmpowerment

2027 IMO GUBER: Cede tickets to Okigwe Zone, group Urges parties As 2027 general election crawls in, a socio-cultural group, under the umbrella of Okigwe Zone Youth Digestive Forum, (OZYDF) has urged all the political parties in Imo State to consider ceding their 2027 governorship tickets to competent sons or daughters of Okigwe Zone extraction, in the spirit of equity, fairness and justice. Rising from the maiden summit of Okigwe Zone Youth Digestive Forum, held last Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Rockview Multipurpose Hall, in Owerri, the State's capital, the group in a communiqué signed by Barr. Chijioke Onwubuariri, the…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

I’ve killed many, can’t count all, says suspected notorious Cultist

CRIME#Cultism, #Cultist, #Investigation, #WasiuAkinwande

I've killed many, can't count all, says suspected notorious Cultist A suspected cultist Wasiu Akinwande, has made a terrific confession, leaving authorities dazed. The suspect, popularly known as Olori Eso, said he had committed a staggering number of murders, stating he had “killed too many to remember them all.” He made this chilling confession to a team of homicide detectives from the Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) in Panti, Yaba. Akinwande was arrested by detectives from the Lagos State Police Command on June 20, 2025. Police investigators were reportedly chilled by the cult member’s nonchalant demeanor and lack of…