The Senate has called on the executive arm of government through the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to intervene and include the rehabilitation of Umuahia-Umudike-Ikot-Ekpene, Aba-Ossisioma to Port-Harcourt Roads in the planned nationwide repair. It mandated the Committee on Works (when constituted) to investigate the award of the contracts …
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The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, yesterday, received a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, where he lauded him for his resilience and quest to govern the state, and prayed for him not to encounter regrets. The monarch …
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Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, differed yesterday on the security situation in the country. While PDP governors raised the alarm that insecurity in the country is worsening, the APC said the Federal Government is addressing the situation, …
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The House of Representatives yesterday asked commercial banks operating in the country to stop excess charges and illegal deductions from their customers. The call came as the House unanimously adopted a motion by Godwin Offiono from Cross River at plenary. Presenting the motion, Offiono noted that some banks and …
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Operatives of the Ebonyi Police Command has killed two hoodlums, who were allegedly enforcing sit-at-home, in the state. Sit-at-home in the South-East is a brainchild of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra to protest the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The hoodlums were said to have shot …
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Former Borno State Deputy Gov. Adamu Shettima Yuguda Dibal, who chaired the last governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, on Tuesday testified before Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal. The primary election produced Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the APC Governorship Candidate for the 2023 General Elections. …
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Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno has read riot act to local government chairmen across the 31 councils, saying, his administration would not hesitate to withdraw development projects earmarked for such areas if the restive youth resort to confronting contractors with frivolous demands for compensation. Besides, he charged council …
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House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Water Resources (when constituted) to investigate why the N1.165 billion contract for the rehabilitation of Obudu Dam Resort has been abandoned. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Peter Akpanke at plenary yesterday, recalling that the federal government …
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday set up a committee comprising all the principal officers of the House and others to screen the newly appointed service chiefs. The Speaker, Hon Tajudeen Abbas announced this at the Plenary. According to him, the principal officers include; Bejamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker, Julius …
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Due to the increasing insecurity in Plateau State, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced a temporary relocation of the orientation camp. According to a statement issued by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, the venue for the 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 orientation exercise …
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