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The family of David Ukpo, who was taken to the United Kingdom by the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, for a kidney transplant has cried out as they have not heard from their son David, following the conviction and sentencing of Ekweremadu. The former deputy senate president and his wife, Beatrice, were sentenced on March 23, 2023, at the …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999.” The suit followed reports that the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed …

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has sacked all transition committee chairmen across the 21 local government areas of the state. This is contained in a letter titled ‘Expiration of tenure and handover to Heads of Local Government Administrations (HLGAs),’ dated May 17, 2024, and signed by the state Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Collins Nwabunwanne. The …

Academic community of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan has mourned the passing of Prof. Bolanle Olufunke Ayodele Osifo, whose exit took place on April 8, 2024. In a tribute to the late professor, the Provost, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Professor Olayinka Omigbodun said Professor Osifo’s kindness and belief in the potential of others, especially women, were …

Nigeria’s Federal Government has dismissed the planned alliance between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. According to the Presidency, President Bola Tinubu is not bothered about the planned alliance, noting that the President was not losing sleep over alliance plots by Atiku and Obi, the PUNCH reports. Atiku had contested the presidency in …

Aliko Dangote, Chairman of the Dangote Group, announced that by next month, Nigeria will no longer need to import gasoline due to the operational plans of the Dangote Refinery. Speaking as a panellist at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Dangote highlighted that the refinery, which has already commenced supplying diesel and aviation fuel in Nigeria, has the …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that he will support the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, if the Peoples Democratic Party decides that it is the turn of the South-East in 2027. Atiku, the presidential flag bearer of the PDP in the 2023 general election, said he will throw his weight behind Obi if he …

The US-Nigeria Air Transport Agreement, which has been provisionally applied since 2000, came into force on May 13, 2024. A statement by the US Embassy in Abuja said the bilateral agreement establishes a modern civil aviation relationship with Nigeria consistent with US open skies international aviation policy and with commitments to high standards of aviation safety and security. The agreement …

…Call for govt intervention The women of Okoloba community in Bomadi local government area, weekend, protested against what they called the return of armed youths of Okuama in Ughelli South local government area, who they alleged were threatening the peace of the riverine area. The placard carrying women, led by the chairlady of Okoloba community, Mrs Timipakebi Goodwin, and secretary, …

The Federal Government has explained the importance of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to economic development, saying every 1,000,000 vehicles converted to CNG will save the country about $2.5bn. The Programme Director, Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas, Pi-CNG, Michael Oluwagbemi, said the push for CNG by the Federal Government would end the era of pollution, environmental degradation and economic hardship. Oluwagbemi spoke …