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FG UNVEILS NEW NATIONAL ID WITH PAYMENT, SOCIAL SERVICE FEATURES The Federal Government, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), has launched an innovative identity solution with payment functionality for all types of social and financial services to be powered by AfriGO, a national …

HIKE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF INSENSITIVE, INHUMAN – REPS MINORITY CAUCUS The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives says the hike in electricity tariffs across the country by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is insensitive, inhuman, and uncalled for. Representative Kingsley Chinda, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. …

NIGERIANS REACT AS TINUBU GOVT AWARDS ABIA BEST PERFORMING STATE IN SOUTH EAST Social media users are reacting to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s decision to award Abia state with the best-performing state in the South East award. Nedu Eleke, the deputy chief of staff for Alex Otti, the governor of Abia state, shared a photo of the prize on …

SETBACK FOR ENUGU WATER PROJECT AS HOODLUMS INVADE INSTALLATION SITE, DESTROY FACILITIES The Enugu State Government has alleged that some hoodlums, on Friday, destroyed several machines and other equipment being installed to ensure water supply in the state. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Chidiebere Onyia, disclosed this during a press briefing in Enugu on Friday afternoon. “In …

MILITARY IDENTIFIES PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING OF SOLDIERS IN DELTA COMMUNITY A militant leader known as “General Amagbein” has been identified as the mastermind behind the massacre of soldiers in Okuama village, according to General Christopher Musa, who is the Chief of Defense Staff. He divulged the information that Amagbein and his accomplices were the ones responsible for the planning …

ENUGU GOVT TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES ON CLEAN WATER The Enugu State government has announced plans to partner with rural communities in the state on the provision of clean water. Briefing newsmen in her office in Enugu, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Chika Mbah, said the partnership would be government-driven and financed …

NNAMDI KANU APPEALS HIGH COURT RULING ORDERING CONTINUATION OF TRIAL The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed against the decision of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja dismissing his objection to his trial continuation. Kanu, in a notice of appeal dated and filed March 28 through his team of lawyers led by …

KANO GOVT DRAGS EX-GOV GANDUJE, WIFE, SIX OTHERS TO COURT OVER BRIBERY, DIVERSION OF FUNDS The Kano State Government has dragged former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, Umar Abdullahi Umar and five others to court on eight count charges relating to bribery allegations, misappropriation and diversion of funds among others running into billions of naira This was …

NORTHERN ELDERS FORUM BERATES TINUBU OVER INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF, SAYS PRESIDENT HAS BETRAYED TRUST OF NIGERIANS The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the recent increase in electricity tariff, saying that he has betrayed the trust that Nigerians had in him. In a statement which was released by NEF and signed by its Director …

FUBARA PLOTTING TO OBTAIN COURT ORDER TO DECLARE RIVERS ASSEMBLY ILLEGAL – APC; ALLEGATION BASELESS, STATE GOVT The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of plotting to procure an interim order of Court, which will declare the present Rivers State House of Assembly illegal. APC caretaker committee chairman in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, …