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I DIDN’T DISCUSS NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE WITH SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS – OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has clarified that the issue of releasing Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was not part of the discussions he had with the South-East governors in Enugu, Enugu State, on Tuesday. In a statement released by his Special …

IMMORTALIZE HUMPHREY NWOSU, EX-NEC CHAIRMAN – HOUSE OF REPS The House of Representatives underscored on Tuesday the need for President Bola Tinubu’s administration to immortalise the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Humphrey Nwosu, who returned the late M. K. O. Abiola as the winner of the famous June 12, 1993 presidential election. The resolution was …

WHY WE’RE BREVIEWING ORONSAYE REPORT – HOUSE OF REPS The House of Representatives has inaugurated a special ad-hoc committee to review the Oronsaye Report and other White Papers on the restructuring of federal government agencies, parastatals, and commissions. The committee, chaired by Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Ayokunle Isiaka explained that the move aims to enhance efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and service delivery in …

EX-IMO GOVERNOR, OKOROCHA’S BUILDING COLLAPSES IN ABUJA This is not the best of time for former Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, as his five-storey building under renovation collapsed in Abuja. It was gathered that the building collapsed along Ahmadu Bello Way in Abuja around 9:pm on Monday, July 1. Police said three victims were successfully evacuated from the collapsed building …

RETURN 22 GOVT VEHICLES UNDER YOUR CUSTODY WITHIN SEVEN DAYS – GOV OBASEKI TO EX-DEPUTY SHAIBU The Godwin Obaseki-led Edo State Government has announced plans to retrieve over 20 vehicles still in the possession of erstwhile Deputy Governor, Comrade Phillip Shaibu. This was made known in a public notice signed by the State Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Chris Osa …

DON’T PAY TO APPLY FOR PREPAID METERS – EEDC WARNS CUSTOMERS The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC, EEDC, has cautioned its customers against falling victim to any individual or group demanding money from them to process their electricity meter application. The Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh on Tuesday in a statement reacting to a claim circulating on …

FCT NOT RIVERS, YOU CAN’T DECIDE WHO IS ELECTED – ACTIVIST SLAMS WIKE OVER ATTACK ON KINGIBE An activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has declared that only residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, can decide who becomes senator in 2027 and not Minister Nyesom Wike. Adeyanju said Wike can’t decide for the people because FCT is not Rivers State, where …

SAM AMADI HEADS LP ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE The Labour Party, LP, has constituted its electoral reform committee to be headed by analyst, Sam Amadi. LP mandated the committee to carry out a holistic review of its electoral process to ensure free and fair elections. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, the party said the …

ELECTRICITY COMSUMPTION NOT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN NIGERIA, NERC The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that electricity consumption is not a fundamental right that can be challenged by any consumer in Nigeria. NERC’s legal team’s position is against a suit which had asked the Federal High Court Abuja to restrain it and the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) from …

SENATE DIRECTS NIGERIAN ARMY TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF ENUGU RESIDENTS KILLED BY SOLDIERS The Senate has directed the Nigerian Army to pay a condolence visit to the Eke community in the Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State and condole with the families of local security agents whom soldiers gruesomely killed. It also directed that the Nigerian Army should sympathise …