High Fuel Cost: Enugu State Government Introduces CNG Buses

High Fuel Cost: Enugu State Government Introduces CNG Buses

By Chinedu Echianu The Enugu State Government has taken steps to introduce Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses as part of the efforts to preserve the environment and also make transportation affordable for citizens. The state government has equally created the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to oversight and catalyse investment in the energy and mineral sector. These were made known by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere […]

September 28, 2024 4

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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno Loses Wife

By Chinedu Echianu Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has lost his wife, Mrs. Patience Umo Eno to the cold hands of death. The tragic news was announced by the state's Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong in a press release issued in the early hours of Friday. According to the commissioner, the First Lady died at a hospital on September 26, 2024, surrounded by family members The statement […]

September 27, 2024 6 2

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HURIWA Lauds Anambra State Government for Appointment of Mefor as Information Commissioner

By Chinedu Echianu Civil Rights Advocacy Group: Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has commended the Anambra State governor Professor Charles Soludo over what it described as "the meritorious appointment" of a top brass Abuja based journalist and a clinical psychologist Dr. Law Mefor as Anambra State Commissioner for Information. Mefor's appointment followed the sack of the former commissioner for Information, Paul Nwosu by the governor over alleged […]

September 18, 2024 7 4

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Eid Ul-Mawlid: NILDS DG Calls on Muslims to Emulate Character of Prophet Muhammad

By Chinedu Echianu The Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) Professor Abubakar Sulaiman has felicitated with the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of this year's Eid Ul-Mawlid. Recall that the federal government had declared Monday 16th September, public holiday to mark the Mawlid which is in celebration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Professor Sulaiman in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mohammad […]

September 15, 2024 14 3

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Criminalization of Civil Protests: NBA To Reactivate Pro-Bono Department

By Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has vowed to reactivate it's moribund Pro-Bono Department to ensure that indigent Nigerians persecuted unjustly can be offered free legal representation at all times. The new President of NBA Afam Osigwe (SAN) made this known when he received the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) who were in the NBA headquarters on a courtesy visit. A statement signed by the Head […]

September 12, 2024 34 1

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Use FCT To Test Run State Police, FCT Lawmaker Tells Tinubu

By Chinedu Echianu The lawmaker representing Abuja Municipal and Bwari Area Councils in the House of Representatives, Hon. Joshua Chinedu-Obika has made a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu to consider adopting the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for a pilot scheme in state policing as a way of tackling what he described as the alarming and unprecedented rate of insecurity in the nation's capital. Speaking in an interview with Democracy […]

September 3, 2024 25 4

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Southern senators mourn late hajiya yar’ adua

By Anayo Akwitti Nigerian Southern Senators Forum has expressed sadness and commiserated with Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar' Adua and the entire Yar'Adua family over the passage of their matriarch Hajiya Dada Musa Yar' Adua. In a statement personally signed by the Chairman of the forum,Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, the lawmaker eulogised the Hajiya Yar' Adua on behalf of his colleagues. "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of […]

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Speaker Abbas to engages Nigerian youth under Legislative Mentorship Initiative

By Oluwakemi kindness The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, will on Wednesday engage a segment of the Nigerian youth who are currently participating in the Legislative Mentorship Initiative (LMI). This is coming a little over a month after the Speaker's engagement with a broad segment of the Nigerian youth on July 31 at a town hall meeting, where over 25 youth groups attended. According to a statement […]

September 3, 2024 8 3

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Inspector General of Police pledges commitment of police to rescue all Nigerians currently in captivity of kidnappers.

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has given the assurance that the police would rescue all Nigerians currently in the captivity of kidnappers. According to a statement by the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, the IG stated this at the Force Headquarters while reflecting on the effectiveness of the operations for the rescue of the 20 University of Maiduguri and Plateau State University medical students who were abducted in Benue […]

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