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Security Forces Kill Notorious Bandit Commander, Dogo Maikasuwa

Notorious bandits’ commander, Dogo Maikasuwa, have been killed by security forces just as another bandit died from gunshot wounds, while others escaped with varying degrees of injuries following a gun duel with soldiers, in Gengere-Kaso Forest around Chikun and Kajuru boundary. A statement signed by Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said: “After an era of terrorizing citizens and… []

Minister Orders Probe Of N200 Audit NDDC Contracts

– Obong Umana Okon Umana, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs The South-South Reawakening Group (SSRG) has urged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Obong umana Okon Umana to as a matter of national emergency ensure the quick inauguration of a substantive NDDC board already screened and approved by the Senate in order for the board to hit the ground running. The Minister has ordered for… []

Naira Redesign: “There Is No Going Back On The Plan Despite Criticisms” – Buhari

– President Buhari While speaking in London on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said he does not understand the reasons for complaints by Nigerians over the plan to redesign Naira notes. However,, Buhari confirmed that there is no going back on the plan despite criticisms. He said: “With this change of currency, I think there will be issues with a lot of money but time is… []

New Telegraph Nominates Obi Cubana Entrepreneur Of The Year

– New Telegraph Managing Director, Ayodele Aminu and Obinna Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana The forthcoming New Telegraph Awards will hold on November 18 at the Balmoral Hall, Federal palace Hotels, Lagos and the Chairman of Cubana Group, Chief Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has been nominated as the New Telegraph’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2022. In his acceptance letter, dated October 12, 2022,… []

Buhari Visits King Charles lll In London

– Buhari and King Charles at Buckingham Palace President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, met with His Royal Majesty King Charles III at the Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom. The president is in the United Kingdom for a two-week medical vacation. This is the first time the president will be meeting the new British King as he was absent during the coronation of the monarch in October…. []

Ararume Demands N100bn Compensation As He Drags Buhari to Court Over Alleged Unlawful Removal As NNPC Chairman

– President Buhari, Sen. Ararume Senator Ifeanyi Ararume on Thursday commenced legal action challenging what he described as his unlawful removal as a Non-Executive Chairman of the newly Incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC). Ararume, in the suit filed before a Federal High Court, Abuja, is also demanding a whopping sum of N100 billion compensation for damages suffered as a result of his unlawful removal…. []

Contempt: Court Sends EFCC Chairman To Kuje Prison

– EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa had been convicted by an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama for contempt of court. The EFCC chairman was convicted on Tuesday in relation to the anti-graft agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. The court had ordered the EFCC to return to a… []

Diezani: Court Stops EFCC From Seizing London Properties As AITEO Boss Named Rightful Owner

-Diezani Allison-Madueke in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Olukayode Adeniyi at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been stopped from seizing four London properties that were wrongly linked to the former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke. The court also barred the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Crown Prosecution Service… []

Ekweremadu To Spend Christmas, New Year In Prison As Court Fixes Jan 31 For Trial

– Ike Ekweremadu The Central Court in London, the United Kingdom, has adjourned the trial of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, from May 2023 to January 31, 2023. Ekweremadu is facing charges over alleged organ harvesting. The Old Bailey agreed that arguments will be heard on the 16th or 19th of December 2022 before the commencement of the trial in January. Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice… []

Alleged N2.9bn Fraud: “EFCC’s Charge Against Me Is Defective And Baseless” – Okorocha

– Rochas Okorocha Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday, challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to try him on the basis of a 17-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. Okorocha, who piloted affairs of Imo state from 2011 to 2019, is facing trial alongside a chieftain of the ruling… []

Just In: FG Pays ASUU Half Salary For October

The Federal Government only paid lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in the month of October. Lecturers and senior members of ASUU, who spoke to our correspondent under strict confidence noted that the government only paid half salaries. It was reported how ASUU called off its eight-month-old strike on October 14, 2022. Lecturers were encouraged to… []

Son’s Death: CJPAN Sends Condolence Message To Davido

Celebrity Journal Publisher’s Association of Nigeria, CJPAN has sent a condolence message to top Nigeria’s hip hop artiste, David Adeleke aka Davido, over the shocking death of his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. In a statement released by the PRO department, the President of the association, Mr. Joshua Uloko, expressed his sympathy over the sad incident, while asking God to grant the family the fortitude to bear… []

US University Confers Honorary Doctorate Degree In War Studies On Sunday Igboho

– Sunday Igboho displaying his certificate Famous Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo who is popularly known as Sunday Igboho has bagged an honorary doctorate from the Triune Biblical University. The university is based in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. Recall that Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, in July last year, for the alleged falsification of his passport. Before then, he was… []

Africa Institute for Charity (AIC) Launch Reverberates in The United States.

Listed in America’s Nonprofit 501c3 Publication. The official launch of Africa’s premier Nonprofit Charity Institution for Leadership and Management, which took place in Lagos on the September 5, 2022 United Nations International Day for Charity, has been reverberating around the globe particularly, the United States of America. The epoch-making event which included Nonprofit lectures series, Charity Walk, Giving Sunday, investiture/induction of pioneer members of the… []

Ex Gov’s Special Adviser Dragged To Court Over Nmillion Unpaid Loan.

-Sen. Ibikunle Amosun In a bid to recover alleged debt of N68,061,269.02 ,Asset management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON, has dragged Mojibola Oluwole Sanni before a Federal high court in Lagos. Mojibola Oluwole Sanni was former adviser to the former Governor of Ogun state Ibikunle Amosu on Economic Planning and Development, Joined as co-defendant in debt recovery suit is a limited liability company Green Courts Limited…. []

Terrorism: Uduaghan Should Be Invited For Questioning- Kogi Govt Insists

– Gov. Yahaya Bello A Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Mrs Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan had been invited by the Kogi State Government has called on heads of security agencies in Nigeria to invite the female politician for questioning over alleged terrorism-related activities capable of dragging the state back to “the dark era”. The Government said despite heavy security interventions by… []

Herdsmen Knock Ortom As Group Demands Creation Of Nomadic Affairs Ministry

– Herder on duty Socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Association, on Monday, called for the establishment of a ‘Federal Ministry of Nomadic Affairs’ with a mandate to broaden educational opportunities and address pastoralist challenges. The group also knocked the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, over his stance on the anti-grazing law. Miyetti Allah stated this in a communique issued Monday and jointly… []

Okotie To Buhari: Restructuring Will Be Your Greatest Legacy

-Rev. Chris Okotie Pastor -Interim government advocate, Rev Chris Okotie has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to support restructuring and write his name in gold. ‘Nigerians made President Muhammadu what he is and I believe that as a patriot, and statesman,he would do the right thing by supporting our proposition for an interim government and write his name in gold’, Okotie said during his interview last… []

NJC clears Ex-Abia Chief Judge, Uzokwe, writes Gov. Ikpeazu to pay her accrued benefits & entitlements

– Justice Theresa Uzokwe The National Judicial Council has asked the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, to pay the former chief Judge of the State, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, retirement benefits and entitlements accrued to her. Recall that Uzokwe was purportedly suspended from office by the Abia State House of Assembly in January 2018 following a petition brought against her by a faceless group, known as… []

Adebanjo: Tinubu’s Endorsement By Pa Fasoranti is Diversionary

-Tinubu receiving blessing from Afenifere chieftain, Pa Reuben Fasoranti The Sunday 30th October meeting between All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and immediate past leader of Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti has generated another controversy as the current Leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, described the meeting as diversionary. He said the “real Afenifere” has made its… []