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Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi has advised President-elect Bola Tinubu to accommodate his Rivers Statecounterpart, Nyesom Wike, in his cabinet.The Ebonyi helmsman made the remark in Port Harcourt atthe inauguration of the remodeled Community SecondarySchool built by Wike in Okoro-nu-Odo, Obio-Akpor LocalGovernment Area of Rivers State.Umahi said despite being a member of the opposition PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP...

The House of Representatives’ will on the 11 th of April, 2023,grill ministers and other heads of agencies as well as oilcompanies and banks over the alleged illegal sale of 48million barrels of crude oil valued at 2.4 billion dollars.In a notice to the invitees, the house committee alsodemanded memoranda from whistle-blowers whose alarmhad led to recovery of public funds from corrupt individualsand organizations....

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Former Vice Chairman, South South, of All ProgressivesCongress (APC), Prince Hilliard Eta, has berated formerMinister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his claim thatthe President-elect, Bola Tinubu, influenced the appointmentof the National Chairman of the Independent NationalElectoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu.Eta, in a chat with newsmen in Abuja, said there was no iotaof truth in the claim by Amaechi, who s...

As Muslims prepare for Ramadan, the Sultan of Sokoto andPresident of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs,Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar The Third, has directed Muslim faithfulto look out for the new moon on March 22, 2023, whichsignals the beginning of Ramadan.Abubakar announced this in a statement by the Director ofAdministration of the Council, Zubairu Usman-Ugwu.The Sultan said one of the special activities du...

The National Population Commission (NPC) says that it willdeploy 17,000 personnel for the conduct of the 2023 censusin Osun State.It also said it has started meeting with communities, whereborder issues are on-going, to ensure a crisis-free exercise.Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Federal Commissionerrepresenting Osun, Senator Mudashiru Hussain, said thecommission decided to deploy adequate numbers ofpersonnel...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock over thedemise of the Secretary and Director of the Civil Defence,Correctional, Fire and Immigration Board of the Ministry ofInterior, Hajiya A’isha Rufa’i.The President expressed sadness over the director’s death ina statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, in Abuja.The late A’isha Rufa’i had received the commendation ofInterior Minister Rauf Are...