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WHY 2023 POLLS RECORDED LOW VOTER TURNOUT – NATIONAL PEACE COMMITTEE The Chairman National Peace Committee (NPC) and former Head of States, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), Convener Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, and other members of the committee have listed why the 2023 general elections recorded low voter turnout than expected. They spoke on Friday at the formal presentation of the …

RUSSIAN TEAM ARRIVES AJAOKUTA FOR COMPLETION TECHNICAL AUDIT “About Twenty Three advance Team of Original Builders of Ajaokuta Steel Company (TPE) from Russia have arrived Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited Since Monday 12th, August 2024 for Technical Audit With The Team of Engineers in The Company in Anticipation for The Completion of ASCL. Certainly, Some Analog Equipments Shall be Replaced With …

NNPC YET TO METER PIPELINE ONE MONTH AFTER PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE – DHQ The Defense Headquarters (DHQ) has said despite presidential directive, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is yet to meter pipelines one month after. The director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists on military operations The Chief of Defence Staff …

CLAIM OF MY IGBO PATERNITY MAKES ME LAUGH – OBASANJO Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the claim of his Igbo paternity, declaring that such insinuation made him laugh. The former President said he did not believe that anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country, declaring that, “we own this country together.” …

27 JUDGES TO FACE NJC PROBE PANELS OVER ALLEGED MISCONDUCT The National Judicial Council, NJC, has constituted four probe panels to investigate 27 high court judges in the country over various allegations of judicial misconduct brought against them. The Council also issued letter of adviceto Justice O. M. Olagunju of Oyo State High Court to be circumspect as a judicial …

CHINESE FIRM RELEASES ONE-ON-ONE REALLY SEIZED PRESIDENTIAL JET Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese firm has released one of the seized Nigeria’s presidential jets. Recall that Zhongshan, the Chinese firm had secured a court order to confiscate three Nigerian presidential jets pending when Zhongshan receives $74.5 million awarded to it against Nigeria. The spokesperson of the company who …

TINUBU SHOULD BE SCARED OF DANGEROUS, UNANNOUNCED PROTEST THAT SACKED BANGLADESH LEADER – FALOLA WARNS Renowned Professor of History and African Studies, Toyin Falola, has criticized the administration of President Bola Tinubu for failing to address the core issues that sparked the #EndBadGovernance protests across Nigeria earlier in August. Speaking as a guest on the socio-political program ”Inside Sources with …

PUT HUNGER, POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, INSECURITY, OTHERS EQUALLY ON WATCH LIST – SOWORE TELLS TINUBU Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, has asked President Bola Tinubu and security agencies to also put hunger, poverty, insecurity and others on a security watch list in order to maintain peace in Nigeria. Sowore, who was the presidential candidate for the African Action …

ENUGU INDIGENES REJECT ANAMBRA MAN POSTED AS BISHOP In a move that has sparked widespread outrage and protests, the Anglican Church in Nigeria has elected Ven. Prof. Sam Ike, an Anambra man, as the new bishop of Enugu Diocese. The election, which took place on August 13, 2023, in Abuja, has been rejected by the indigenes of Enugu State, who …

GUNMEN ABDUCT OVER 20 MEDICAL, DENTAL STUDENTS IN BENUE Gunmen have kidnapped over 20 medical and dental students and a House Officer in Benue State. The students were en route to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu. The students, said to be from the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos, were travelling …