OBASANJO’S BIOLOGICAL FATHER WAS AN IGBO POLICE OFFICER – AARE ONA KAKANFO OF EGBALAND

OBASANJO’S BIOLOGICAL FATHER WAS AN IGBO POLICE OFFICER – AARE ONA KAKANFO OF EGBALAND The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Egba-land, and the Otun Ba’asegun of Egbaland, Chief Sunday Adekunle Majekodunmi has stated that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s biological father is an Igbo man from Onitsha, Anambra State. The former Nigerian Army officer and a medical doctor, who celebrates his 90th …

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FOR NOT COLLECTING SALARY: ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW SOLUDO SURVIVES – SHEHU SANI

FOR NOT COLLECTING SALARY: ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW SOLUDO SURVIVES – SHEHU SANI A former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has thrown a jab at Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State over his claim of not receiving salary since assuming office. Sani said only God knows how Soludo and his family manage their lives without collecting salaries for about two …

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SLAIN MILITARY OFFICERS: FORGET ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS – RETIRED GENERAL

SLAIN MILITARY OFFICERS: FORGET ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS – RETIRED GENERAL A retired military officer, Major General Mohammed Bashir Garba has rejected the notion of human rights in response to the killings of the 16 soldiers in Delta state. He argued that the soldiers who were also killed deserve human rights consideration. He called for the apprehension of the perpetrators and …

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TENSION IN SCHOOLS AS TERRORISTS KIDNAP OVER 800 IN ONE WEEK, KILL SCORES

TENSION IN SCHOOLS AS TERRORISTS KIDNAP OVER 800 IN ONE WEEK, KILL SCORES Safety of schoolchildren is again under scrutiny as bandits carry out audacious attacks across the Northern part of the country. From Wednesday, March 6 to Monday March 11, about 800 unsuspecting Nigerians, mostly schoolchildren, were kidnapped by daredevil terrorists in the northern part of the country. According …

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FG BEGINS NATIONWIDE METERING PROJECT

FG BEGINS NATIONWIDE MASS METERING PROJECT The Federal Government has begun the mass meter­ing of the Nigerian army formations nationwide with a promise to end the era of es­timated billings in the power sector. Speaking during the flag off of the metering exercise at the headquarters of the 9th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Ikeja military canton­ment at the weekend, …

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MOU NOT A BINDING AGREEMENT, TRANSPORT MINISTRY REACTS TO MPH RAIL CONTRACT

MOU NOT A BINDING AGREEMENT: TRANSPORT MINISTRY REACTS TO MPH RAIL CONTRACT The attention of the Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMT) has been drawn to emerging comments and commentaries by certain persons (especially on social media) concerning the status and implications of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 12th February, 2024 by the Honourable Minister of Transportation (HMT), Senator …

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ANGRY SOLDIERS RAZE DELTA COMMUNITY AFTER KILLING OF 16 MILITARY PERSONNEL

ANGRY SOLDIERS RAZE DELTA COMMUNITY AFTER KILLING OF 16 MILITARY PERSONNEL The Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, where four senior officers and 12 soldiers were killed, have been razed. Channels Television reports that there are strong allegations that some angry soldiers may have perpetrated the act after their colleagues were killed. Meanwhile, the search …

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DELTA YOUTHS KILL 16 ARMY PERSONNEL ON PEACE MISSION

DELTA YOUTHS AMBUSH, KILL 16 ARMY PERSONNEL ON PEACE MISSION The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, says some youths had allegedly ambushed and killed 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army on a peace mission to Okuoma community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta state on Thursday. Gusau revealed this on …

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GUNMEN KIDNAP EDO PDP CHAIRMAN

GUNMEN ABDUCT EDO PDP CHAIRMAN The Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Aziegbemi, has been reportedly abducted by gunmen. The chairman was abducted at about 7 pm on Friday, less than three days after the expiration of the party’s State Working Committee. It was gathered that the PDP chairman was kidnapped on Friday …

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UK FIRM SIGNS MOU FOR PORT HARCOURT-ENUGU-CALABAR-ABUJA RAIL LINE

FG, UK FIRM SIGN MOU FOR PORT HARCOURT-ABUJA RAIL LINE The Ministry of Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Messrs MPH Rail Development Limited, a United Kingdom company for the implementation of the Port Harcourt–Enugu–Calabar–Abuja Standard Gauge Rail Line project under a public-private partnership framework. This announcement was made in a statement sighted on Friday on the ministry’s …

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PENSIONERS DEMAND LIVING WAGES, SAY SOME PENSIONERS RECEIVE N1,500 EVERY MONTH

PENSIONERS DEMAND LIVING WAGES, SAY SOME MEMBERS STILL EARN N1,500 MONTHLY The South-South zonal forum of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners has called for the harmonization of their pensions to be a living wage. A communique signed by the Chairman, William Seleipere and the Secretary, Obong Cosmas Essien and made available to our correspondent in Uyo on Wednesday, said the …

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ABOLISH NIGERIAN SENATE, IT’S A COVEN OF THIEVES – SOWORE

ABOLISH NIGERIAN SENATE, IT’S A COVEN OF THIEVES – SOWORE Omoyele Sowore, the convener of RevolutionNow, has ignited controversy by calling for the abolition of the Nigerian Senate, branding it a “coven of thieves” and a “retirement home for liars and corrupt former governors.” Sowore’s comments come in the wake of allegations that Senators received N500 million each from the …

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BUDGET PADDING: I GOT N266M – ABARIBE

BUDGET PADDING: I GOT N266M – ABARIBE The lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has clarified the discrepancies in the sharing of the Zonal Intervention Project fund. Peoplesvoice recalls that Senator representing the Cross River North, Agom Jarigbe had on Tuesday alleged that ranking senators got N500 million while he got nothing. Jarigbe made the assertion on …

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NIGERIAN GOVT FINALLY FILES TERRORISM CHARGES AGAINST MIYETTI ALLAH PRESIDENT

NIGERIAN GOVT FINALLY FILES TERRORISM CHARGES AGAINST MIYETTI ALLAH PRESIDENT In compliance with the Federal High Court order, the Federal Government of Nigeria has filed terrorism charges against the detained President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo. In the terrorism charges dated March 12, Bodejo was accused of undermining the national security of Nigeria by establishing and arming an …

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