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3 FEARED DEAD AS GUN MEN ATTACK UMUAKA COMMUNITY IN IMO STATE

Unidentified gunmen, on Sunday night, opened fire on a patrol vehicle, killing three vigilance operatives and a passerby at Umuaka Community in Njaba Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo. Newsmen learnt that the incident occurred near the local Afor Umuaka Market and Hilltop Primary School at about 7:20p.m. A community leader, who pleaded anonymity, described the attack as a “devastating ambush”. The source told newsmen that the people of the community and neighbouring communities had been under siege by gunmen […]

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Featured

KEIR STARMER EMERGES UK'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, AFTER LABOUR PARTY’S LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN UK GENERAL ELECTION.

Keir Starmer is now UK's new prime minister, after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide general election victory. The Conservative Party suffered a huge collapse after a tumultuous 14 years in power, which saw five different prime ministers run the country. Rishi Sunak - the outgoing Prime Minister - accepted responsibility for the result and apologized to defeated colleagues during a brief statement outside a rainy 10 Downing Street. He said he would resign as party leader […]

July 5, 2024 7

General

FEDERAL HIGH COURT FIXES SEPTEMBER 18 FOR JUDGMENT IN A SUIT SEEKING THE REMOVAL OF ABDULLAHI GANDUJE AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF APC.

A Federal High Court in Abuja, has fixed September 18 for judgment in a suit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the plaintiff, Benjamin Davou; and lawyers to the defence adopted their processes and made their submission for and against the case. The plaintiff; the North Central APC Forum, led by Saleh Zazzaga, had filed the suit to query the propriety of […]

July 5, 2024 10

Economics

LONG QUEUES RETURNS TO PETROL STATIONS ACROSS NIGERIA, AS REPORT EMERGES OF NNPCL’S STRUGGLES TO PAY $6 BILLION PETROL PAYMENT BACKLOG.

Long queues are gradually returning to petrol stations across Nigeria, raising fresh concerns about shortages as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) struggles with a staggering $6 billion petrol payment backlog. Reports say the NNPCL owes around $6 billion to international traders for imported petrol as traders said the state-owned company is taking more days to make payment instead of within 90 days. It quoted Reuters as saying that NNPC’s mounting debt, which includes overdue payments exceeding $4 billion-$5 […]

July 5, 2024 12

General

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LAUNCH PROBE INTO ALLEGED N1.5 BILLION DIVERSION OF CONTRACT FUNDS AT FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WOMEN AFFAIRS.

The House of Representatives has launched a probe into the N1.5 billion meant for the payment of contractors, but allegedly diverted by principal officers of the Federal ministry of women affairs. The House Committee on Women Affairs commenced the probe in Abuja against the backdrop of petitions by contractors over non-payment of contracts executed. Chairman of the committee, Representative Kafilat Ogbara, said the ministry initiated new contracts not captured in the 2023 budget and diverted N1.5 billion being funds for […]

July 5, 2024 14

General

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU, ON HIS RE-ELECTION AS THE ECOWAS CHAIRMAN

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu, on his re-election as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu, who was first elected as ECOWAS chairman on July 9, 2023, got re-elected during the 65th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday. Speaker Abbas said President Tinubu’s re-election into the ECOWAS chairmanship was a testament […]

July 4, 2024 7

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RUSSIA STRIKE KILLS 31 IN UKRAINE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

A children hospital has been seriously damaged in Kyiv by an early Monday morning barrage of Russian strikes on Ukraine. At least 31 people have been killed across the country, including 17 in Kyiv, during the rare daytime attack A doctor at the Ohmatdyt Children Hospital, Ukraine's biggest paediatrics facility told the BBC the moment the missile struck was "like in a film" with a "big light, then an awful sound" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is visiting Poland where […]

July 4, 2024 4

General

PRO-WIKE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY GIVES GOVERNOR 7 DAYS TO RE-PRESENT 2024 BUDGET

The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the 2024 budget to the House. The order follows the first sitting of the pro-Wike House on Monday after some months. The other House led by Victor Oko-Jumbo also held a parallel sitting. Fubara had earlier presented the budget to the House loyal to him when his current Chief of Staff Edison Ehie presided as the Speaker. Ehie and […]

July 4, 2024 6

Business

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY ON CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it has declared a state of emergency on crude oil production, adding that the move is geared towards increasing Nigeria’s oil production and growing its reserves. Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, disclosed this in a keynote address at the opening of the 23rd edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition Week in Abuja, on Tuesday. According to Kyari, the NNPCL declared war on the challenges affecting crude […]

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