ENUGU GOVT GEARS TO REPOSITION ANAMMCO The Enugu State Government has stated its desire and preparedness to reposition the old Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (ANAMMCO), based in Enugu, to upscale its economic relevance in the state. The State Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Mr. Chika Ugwoke, made the pledge after Gov. Peter Mbah took a facility tour of the ANAMMCO …
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THOUSANDS OF DOCTORS CONSIDERING LEAVING UK – GMC Factors driving thousands of doctors to consider leaving the UK have been revealed in new research published by the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC had commissioned independent research into the reasons doctors may be considering, or have already made, a move abroad. The report, Identifying groups of migrating doctors, also makes …
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US CRITICIZES ‘ARBITRARY ARRESTS’ OF GODWIN EMEFIELE, NNAMDI KANU The United States Government has criticized the arbitrary arrests of Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by security personnel in Nigeria. In its ‘2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria,’ published Tuesday on …
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APC SUPPORTERS ATTACKED, PREVENTED IGBO VOTERS FROM VOTING DURING 2023 ELECTION – US REPORT The United States Government has analysed how supporters of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), attacked and prevented supporters of opposition parties, particularly Igbo people, from exercising their voting rights during the Lagos State governorship election in March 2023. In a report titled, ‘2023 …
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AYOGU EZE, FORMER SENATOR, GUBER CANDIDATE, DIES AT 66 Ayogu Eze, a former senator, who represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly between 2007 and 2015, is dead. Ayogu Eze, who contested the governorship of Enugu State in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died in an Abuja hospital after a protracted illness. A …
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WIKE, FUBARA, WAR GETS HOTTER AS FOUR COMMISSIONERS QUIT GOVERNOR’S CABINET Four Commissioner serving in the administration of the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, have since resigned their appointments into the State Executive Council. Whereas the Commissioner for Works, George Kelly, and the Commissioner of Power, Henry Ogiri, had earlier resigned, the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, …
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NASS GRANTS FINANCIAL AUTONOMY TO 774 LOCAL GOVT COUNCILS The National Assembly on Tuesday has in a landmark move amended section 124 of the nation’s constitution granting full financial autonomy and administrative autonomy to all the 774 local council authorities across Nigeria. Similarly, the amendment scrapped the existence of State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) from the constitution. By this development, …
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MASS RESIGNATIONS HIT IMO PDP In a significant blow to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over ten prominent party members in Okigwe Zone (Imo North Senatorial Zone) have resigned from their positions and withdrawn their membership. This development follows the recent renouncement of affiliation by former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, who criticized the party’s inability to uphold its regulations …
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WE’VE NOT ARRESTED BINANCE EXECUTIVE WHO ESCAPED FROM NIGERIA – KENYAN AUTHORITIES Contrary to reports, Kenyan officials have denied the arrest of Nadeem Anjarwalla, a Binance executive wanted in Nigeria for tax evasion charges. Nigerian authorities had requested the Kenyan government to arrest and extradite Anjarwalla three weeks ago, but so far, Nairobi has only confirmed his presence in the …
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BUHARI, TINUBU TOOK NIGERIA’S ECONOMY 18 STEPS BACKWARDS IN 9 YEARS – FIJ – Data has shown that President Bola Tinubu and Muhammadu Buhari, the immediate past president, took Nigeria’s economy 18 steps backward in nine years. According to Statisence, an AI data company, Nigeria dropped to the 42nd largest economy in the world in 2023 from its 22nd position …
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