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Accuses Maeba, Sekibo Of Plotting To Instigate Violence Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused Senator Lee Maeba and Dr. Abiye Sekibo of trying to instigate violence in the state by deliberately violating a state law that prohibits the location of political offices in residential areas of the state. Recall that the governor had threatened to jail any politician who disobeys Order 21 and 22 of …

Ebonyi State Government has concluded its maiden edition of the State Honours Award with over 300 prominent Nigerians from all over the country as recipients, among whom was Nigeria’s late Military Head of State, General Sani Abacha. Abacha was honoured posthumously as Grand Commander, Ebonyi Hall of Fame (GCEHF) for being the instrument for Ebonyi State creation in October 1996, …

Medical doctors at the Ondo State Mother and Child Hospital Trauma Centre, Ondo town, are battling to save the life of a nine-month pregnant woman, operated upon by a quack doctor, Rabiu Olalekan, at a private hospital in Orita Ojo, in Odigbo Council Area of the state. The 31-year-old suspect, who was paraded by the state Police Commissioner, Oyeyemi Oyediran, …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured that the first phase of the ongoing ‘Light-up Edo’ project, to recreate a night economy and enhance security of life and property, will be completed before next year. Obaseki gave the assurance while addressing journalists in Benin City after inspecting several project sites including Akpakpava Road, Mission Road and Ezoti Street, all …

The Nigerian government says it plans to sell some electricity-generation companies in the country, six months after it announced the restructuring of power distribution companies and privatisation of five power projects. The government said the sale will take place in the first quarter of 2023 and the proceeds will be used to fund the 2023 budget, Bloomberg reported Thursday. President …

The leadership of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF has tabled the demand for federalism before the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi. PANDEF made the demand at an interactive meeting held on Friday in Yenagoa when Obi visited Bayelsa State in continuation of his presidential campaign. The group’s demand which was read to the Labour Party candidate …

• Apex bank silent on cost of redesigned notes, orders 500m pieces• House knocks CBN leadership for sidelining lawmakers• Coalition takes ‘Emefiele Must Go’ protest to Presidential Villa• Demands cancellation of ‘voodoo, abracadabra’ economics Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has dismissed perceptions that the apex bank’s redesign of naira notes and withdrawal limits were politically motivated. Emefiele …

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has instituted fresh suit to compel the Department of State Service, DSS, to grant him unhindered access to his medical doctors. Kanu, in the suit he filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, said he would need his doctors to conduct an independent examination to ascertain his …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it ordered 500 million pieces of the redesigned naira notes introduced recently. Its governor, Godwin Emefiele, stated this yesterday, when he briefed the House of Representatives on the new cash withdrawal limit introduced by the apex. The CBN boss, in reaction to a question on the quantity of the redesigned  N1000, N500 and N200 …

Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have killed ten bandits in two similar operations, seizing six motorcycles during ambush patrols in Chikun and Birnin Gwari local government areas respectively of Kaduna State. Report said the troops set up ambush positions at bandits’ crossing points in the areas, and fell to the superior weaponry of the troops. A statement on Friday by …