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36 STATE ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS BACK STATE POLICE Thirty-six State Houses of Assembly speakers in Nigeria have reportedly approved the National Assembly’s current efforts to include state policing in the country’s constitution. The resolution was reached at the conclusion of their meeting in Abuja. The National Assembly is in the process of amending certain sections of the 1999 constitution, but the …

RESIGN AS LP CHAIRMAN IF YOU NEED FORGIVENESS, AJAERO TELLS ABURE The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday told the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) Julius Abure to obey a judgment of the FCT High Court if he needs the forgiveness if its president, Joe Ajaero. The court restrained him and two others from parading themselves as national …

NJC DROPS WIFE OF  EX-GOV YAHAYA BELLO FROM LIST OF JUDGES APPROVED FOR KOGI HIGH COURT The Nigerian Judicial Council (NJC) has finally dropped the name of Amina Bello, the wife of the fugitive and immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, from the list of nominees to be appointed as judges of the High Court of Kogi State. …

COURT RESTRAINS ENUGU GOVT FROM DEMOLISHING OSISATECH POLYTECHNIC A Federal High Court in Enugu has ordered the Enugu State government to stop the demolition of Our Saviour Institute of Science, Agriculture and Technology (OSISATECH) Polytechnic and College of Education for the proposed Enugu Central Station. Governor Peter Mbah’s administration has demolished properties on 30 hectares of land for the proposed …

MANY CRUSHED TO DEATH AT POLICE CHECKPOINT IN ABIA At least 18 travellers were killed in a crash on the Umuahia-Enugu axis of the Port Harcourt Enugu Highway on Thursday morning. It was gathered that the accident occurred at a police checkpoint around the Lokpanta area of Abia State in the wee hours of Thursday. It was also learned that …

17-YEAR-OLD GIRL, DOROTHY JEAN TILLMAN, EARNS DOCTORATE DEGREE A teenager from Chicago walked in her graduation ceremony this month after earning her doctoral degree at 17. Dorothy Jean Tillman II told “Good Morning America” that she was homeschooled in her early years before entering college at age 10. In 2020, she said she earned a Master of Science degree, and …

DEATH TOLL FROM KANO MOSQUE ATTACK RISES TO EIGHT Death toll from the Gezawa Mosque attack in Kano State has risen to eight, with 17 others still in critical condition receiving treatment. Seven more victims died while receiving treatment at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano, as confirmed by the police. SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Police Public Relations …

FUBARA RELEASES DOCUMENTS OF MASSIVE CORRUPTION UNDER FORMER GOVERNOR WIKE Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, after months of stooping low in the face of onslaughts from the camp of his former principal, turned political adversary, Nyesom Wike, has finally braced for battle. The governor has since last week continued to fire shots at the immediate past governor of the state, …

TIME RUNNING OUT FOR APC CHAIRMAN, GANDUJE, AS GOVS PUSH FOR REPLACEMENT Time is running out for Abdullahi Ganduje as national chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), according to sources within the party. Governors elected on the platform of the party are said to have resolved to persuade President Bola Tinubu to sacrifice the former governor of Kano …

FG TO EMPOWER NYSC MEMBERS WITH N10M EACH The Federal Government has announced its plan to support 5,000 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members with N10 million each for their entrepreneurial ventures after their service year. This was revealed by Dr. Jamila Ibrahim, the Minister of Youth Development, during the inaugural meeting of the NYSC management with heads of Corps …