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PDP SUSPENDS NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN, ALI ODEFA The South-East zone national vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Odefa, has been suspended over alleged anti-party activities. Odefa was suspended by the party’s Oguduokwor Ward chapter in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. This suspension, which takes effect immediately, was disclosed on Friday in Abuja following a …

TINUBU MAKES U-TURN, CONFERS GCON ON HOUSES OF REPS SPEAKER, TAJUDEEN ABBAS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, News360 Nigeria reports This follows a protest by members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly. …

BE DECENT WITH YOUR POLITICAL GOAL – POLICE TELLS FUBARA Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun,The Nigeria Police Force has slammed the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, for calling the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, unprintable names and making unfounded allegations against the force. Fubara on Friday at a press conference …

SUSPEND RIVERS LG ELECTION – ELDERS FORUM TELL FUBARA The Rivers State Elders Forum has condemned the state government’s decision to defy a Federal High Court ruling and proceed with the scheduled Local Government Election on October 5, 2024, as reported by TVC News. In a video shared by TVC News on October 4, the group insisted that the election …

WE’RE BOYCOTTING RIVERS LG ELECTION – POLICE The Nigeria Police Force has announced its decision to comply with recent court rulings that prohibit security agencies from participating in the forthcoming Local Government Chairmanship Election in Rivers State, scheduled for October 5, 2024. In a statement issued on October 3, 2024, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, Public Relations Officer for the Rivers State …

NIGERIA IS NOW SAFE; YOU CAN TRAVEL SAFELY TO ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY. – TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has boasted that Nigerian security has improved under his leadership. Tinubu, who was represented by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the inaugural international lecture organised by the News Agency of Nigeria, narrating how …

I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING YOU WON’T MAKE HEAVEN UNLESS YOU PAY TITHE – PASTOR ADEBOYE The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to …

ENUGU BACK TO LIFE – VP SHETTIMA EULOGISES GOVERNOR MBAH OVER DEVELOPMENT STRIDES Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, declared that Enugu State is back to life under Governor Peter Mbah. Shettima, who said the time for politics was over, noted that Mbah was turning the state around through multiple projects across all sectors. He was in Enugu to …

FUBARA DARES IGP – SAYS ELECTION MUST HOLD, YOU’LL SHOOT ME TO STOP IT Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Friday declared that the state’s local government must hold as scheduled. Fubara further declared that the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun can’t stop him from accessing the premises of the state’s Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC. Addressing a …

NNPC PORTAL SHUTDOWN, DELAYS PETROL SUPPLY – MARKETERS Oil marketers have said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited portal used to purchase petrol has been shut against dealers, making it impossible for them to apply for the commodity purchase. They said marketers are still awaiting over 90 million litres of petrol from the state-owned company. This is valued at …