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Rivers legislator Kelechi Nwogu talks security, jobs, serial killers and APC
Ngozi Nwoke, Lagos Hon Kelechi Nwogu is a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, representing Omuma state constituency. In this interview with Daily Sun, the legislator sheds light on the security challenges and other burning issues affecting the Rivers State. As one of the oldest serving legislators in the
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Ogun agency proposes N135.4bn revenue in 2020
The Ogun Internal Revenue Service (OGIRS) has said that it intends to generate the sum of N135.4 billion as revenue in 2020. Mr Adekunle Adeosun, the Head of OGIRS, disclosed this while defending the agency’s 2020 budget proposal before members of the state Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation, in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Adeosun said that the
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FRSC advises travellers to report errant drivers
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised passengers and other travellers to report reckless and errant drivers through its toll free line during the Yuletide Celebration. Mr Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Ota, Ogun, on Tuesday.
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UN condemns alleged execution, abduction of civilians in Borno
Mr Antonio Canhandula, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator to Nigeria, has condemned the alleged execution and abduction of people on major highways by armed groups in Borno. Mrs Eve Sabbagh, the Head of Public Information of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Canhandula said
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Tobacco industry targeting youths at Yuletide wrong – Tobacco-control campaigner
Daniel Kanu The grand finale of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) Tobacco Control Rap Challenge held at the weekend in Lagos. The competition which started on September 2, 2019, was targeted at creating awareness on the enforcement of the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act 2015 and Tobacco Regulations to the youths
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Rangers coach unhappy with club’s domestic league performance
Amobi Ezeaku, Team Manager, Rangers International FC of Enugu, has expressed worries at the club’s performance in the domestic league He said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Enugu that efforts must be made to pull the club out of the relegation zone. “It is painful that a
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Invest in Enugu, Ugwuanyi tells indigenes, investors
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on indigenes of the state especially those residing outside and all legitimate businessmen and investors to think Enugu in their investment decisions as his administration has provided the conducive environment for business to thrive. Gov. Ugwuanyi, who spoke during the inauguration of an ultra-modern truck park at
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Christmas: Police in Kebbi warn against use of fireworks, explosives
The Kebbi State Police Command has warned against the use of fireworks and other explosives in the state during the yuletide. The state Commissioner of Police, Garba Danjuma, gave the warning at the press conference in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. ”To ensure hitch-free celebrations, the command wishes to reiterate that the ban on the use
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Bauchi Assembly passes N167.2 bn budget for 2020
The Bauchi State House of Assembly, on Tuesday passed the state’s N167.2 billion Appropriation Bill for 2020. This followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Appropriation at plenary. Presenting the report, the chairman Alhaji Abdulkadir Dewu said that the committee conducted budget defence by inviting Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as
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Kogi Governor loses elder sister
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday night lost his elder sister, Hajia Rabiat Bello, following a protracted illness. A statement signed by Bello and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, on Tuesday in Lokoja confirmed the death The governor said that the deceased died
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Gov. Yahaya Bello loses elder sister
Muhammad Bashir, Lokoja Hajia Rabiat Bello, an elder sister to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello is dead. Hajia Rabiat, 57, passed away, after a protracted illness at her Okene residence. In the announcement personally signed by the governor, on behalf of the family, the the late Hajia Rabiat died late on Monday. “With total submission
Armed men kill one soldier, injure another in attack onJonathan’s home
Pauline Onyibe, Yenagoa Unknown armed men have attacked the country home of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government (LGA) of Bayelsa State killing a soldier and injuring another. Information has it that the gunmen, who struck at about 3am, entered through the river linking Otuoke Community and Otuaba Community, before attacking the
Man allegedly kills wife with eye drops
Authorities in North Carolina say a man who worked as a paramedic is accused of using eye drops to kill his wife last year. Joshua Lee Hunsucker, 35, of Mount Holly, was arrested Thursday in the September 23, 2018, killing of Stacy Robinson Hunsucker, 32, the North Carolina Department of Insurance said in a statement.
Police: Commissioner’s son kidnapped
Some unknown gunmen in the late hours of Sunday invaded the official residence of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Water Resources, Nengi Talbot, and abducted his six year old son, Antonio. The police confirmed the abduction took place at about 10:30 p.m. on Sunday at the commissioners’ quarter in Opolo axis of Yenagoa, the state
US Senate Democratic Leader, Schumer, outlines documents for impeachment trial
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday outlined the kinds of documents he would like to have introduced as evidence in the upcoming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, including emails and other communications held by the White House and State Department. In a letter to his 99 fellow senators, Schumer wrote that denying
Cote d’Ivoire issues arrest warrant for presidential candidate Soro
Cote d’Ivoire has issued an arrest warrant for Guillaume Soro, a former rebel leader and candidate in next year’s presidential election, four government sources said on Monday, just before he was due to return home after more than six months overseas. The move against Soro, who retains the loyalty of many former rebel commanders who
Single tenure: The bill that failed to fly
How Reps shut down six-year single tenure bill The House of Representatives last week kicked against a bill seeking to make provision for a six-year single term for presidents, governors and members of the national and states Assembly. PHILIP NYAM reviews the debate R eminiscent of Daniel Kanu’s infamous Youth Earnestly
Presidency: Buhari unwilling to allocate oil wells as gifts
…explains why Nigerian elite are against President …says no plans to muzzle media, free speech T he Presidency has said that the resolve by President Muhammadu Buhari not to allocate the nation’s oil wells as gifts to some powerful and influential Nigerians since he assumed office in 2015, has been largely
Wike: Dickson traded off Bayelsa to avoid EFCC’s arrest
G overnor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State yesterday continued his verbal assault on his Bayelsa State counterpart, Seriake Dickson, accusing him of deliberately making the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to lose the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was done, according to Wike, in
Oil well: Sheathe your swords, PDP tells Wike, Dickson
T he Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, to sheathe their swords in their altercations over disputed oil well. Dickson and Wike had attacked each other since the court judgement that gave the disputed Soku oil well to Rivers State.
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