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A whistleblower, Michael Achimugu, has said he exposed the corruption allegation against the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to prevent Nigerians from making a great mistake by voting for him. Atiku had admitted in a recorded phone call that he was involved in taking advantage of federal contracting expenditures. “So if there is any contract that …

…Government restates commitment to contain disease Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, on Wednesday, said Etsako West, Esan West and Esan North East were the most affected local government areas by Lassa fever in the state, urging for the collaboration of residents to contain the pandemic across all communities in the state. Addressing journalists in Benin City, the …

A popular High Life musician in Ebonyi State, Kelvin Ibinabo is now hospitalized after he was allegedly attacked and beaten by an Aide to Governor David Umahi in the State. The Aide, known as Machiavelli Ụzọ is the Coordinator of the Ohaozara Development Center in Ohaozara local government area. The artist told Journalists on Tuesday that the Coordinator alongside his …

A married woman in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, Malama Khadija, has dissolved her own marriage and married her daughter’s boyfriend. The incident happened after the daughter of the woman, Aisha, rejected her suitor. However, in their reaction, the woman’s relatives told a local Radio Station in Kano that they were accusing the Hisbah Commandant of Rano LGA …

•Directs DIGs, AIGs, CPs, others due for retirements to go, silent on IGP The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said there would be no extension for officers due for retirements. The commission said that there was an institutional succession plan in Nigeria Police, and that those  proceeding on retirement would not affect the conduct of the February 25, and March 11 elections. …

There is great concern among Nigerians and security experts over the repeated involvement of personnel of the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force in various crimes of recent times. Monitored reports, in the last few months, have indicated that some security operatives, also of the Nigerian Navy, now run kidnapping and robbery syndicates which by implication, threaten the security of …

• Retirement of senior officers won’t affect polls, tenure won’t be extended, PSC insists• HURIWA seeks protection of PSC’s independence Amid ongoing face-off between the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba and the Police Service Commission (PSC) over the tenure elongation of Baba, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, forwarded the name of former IGP, Solomon Arase to the Senate …

Hundreds of Amazon workers in the United Kingdom’s warehouse staged a walkout in the first-ever strike to reject 50 pence pay rise on Wednesday. Members of the GMB union who work at the company’s fulfilment centre in Coventry held industrial action as they demanded a wage increase amid big rises in the cost of living, according to Daily Mail. Amazon …

*We need leaders not treasury looters, betrayers— Abia monarch *’We need trusted leaders to rebuild Igbo land, not looters’ *Present political leaders need to go, they failed us — Rtd. Police officer *Reject vote-buying, elect credible leaders— INC *We need visionary and courageous leaders — Prof. Opata Since the present set of 2015 Class of South-East governors assumed office, the region …

• Denies scarcity of new notes• Senate urges CBN to soft-pedal, Reps seeks review of daily withdrawal limit• Ndume: As a senator, I haven’t seen new notes• Learn from UK, HURIWA knocks CBN over last-minute cash swap• Emefiele breaks silence on N89tr Stamp Duty allegation, says only N370.89b collected in six years• Explains why CBN is bailing out FG via …