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 The Ambassador of Nigeria to the Republic of Benin, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), has denied either stealing billions of naira while in office as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) or turning properties meant for the Nigerian army to personal use. His Private Counsel, Osuagwu Ugochukwu, in a message in Abuja, yesterday, claimed that the Code of conduct Bureau (CCB) had investigated & cleared the former army chief. According to Buratai, revelations by the Cooperate Affairs Commission (CAC) depicted him as neither a director nor a shareholder in the Nigeria Army Property Limited, describing the claims by some sections of the media as false. The statement reads: “Your publication is nothing but a rehash of a rested subject matter, Dubai Properties. The subject matter, which you hastily tried to re-post to the public, has since over six years been put to rest by the federal authorities. “The CCB, having investigated the matter, cleared Buratai of any wrongdoing and found him not guilty. So...

 Garbage, the new film by notable filmmaker Lancelot Oduwa Imaseun will have its world premiere at the 2022 edition of the Nollywood Film Festival Germany (NFFG) scheduled to take place in Frankfurt from 29 to 30 July 2022. However, Gbege, The First Song Saga will screen at 5:30 pm, at the renowned FilmForum Hochst Cinema, Frankfurt on July 29, 2022. Directed by Imaseun who is popular as D’Guvnor and who is best known for helming critically acclaimed productions such as Invasion 1889, the Issakaba series and many other remarkable films, Gbege stars notable Nollywood actors such as Sam Dede, Mercy Aigbe and Charles Inojie. According to a release signed on behalf of the festival organisers—Ehizoya Golden Entertainment, the screening of Gbege will be followed by a screening of a Ghanaian movie, Heroes of Africa by Frank Fiifi Garbin. Also scheduled to be screened is Son of Mercy by Amen Imasuen. The film screening will dovetail into another major highlight of the festival, which is th...

  Explains Delay In NIN-SIM Linkage For Barred Subscribers The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the long-awaited 5G network services would be available across the country by the last quarter of this year. It also explained the delay in verification of the National Identification Number (NIN), especially for subscribers who were barred after the expiration of the March 30 deadline, as a result of the low capacity of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), which slowed the verification process. Head, Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement in NCC, Alkasim Umar, at a capacity building workshop for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) reporters in Abuja, clarified that subscribers, who were able to make calls had submitted their NIN for verification and linkage, while those who were barred had not submitted theirs. He noted that it was not in the interest of telecommunication operators to bar subscribers, as they were losing revenue but they h...

 Breaking news: Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) clashes with security officials in Zaria. Some of the members of the movement have clashed with men of the Nigerian Army over their grievance for the release of their leaders international passport to aid him travel abroad for medical reasons.  This happened in the metropolis of Zaria, within the market district PZ and also along the Tudun Wada Axis of the city. This is an amateur video.  Details shortly...

  Young Leaders Coalition of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bauchi State chapter, has accused the former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, of anti-party activities and recommended him for sanction. Chairman of the youth group, Musa Khalid, while submitting the petition to Bauchi APC Chairman, Babayo Misau, alleged that Dogara convened a meeting with some members of the party in Abuja, which the party leadership in Bauchi warned members to boycott. Khalid said: “The meeting was planned in bad faith to destroy the image of our great party. It is, of course, an illegal meeting because any party meeting must be organised through the chairmanship of Adamu Adamu, through the state party. “We wish to state clearly that Dogara is not a party chairman & not a party executive member; rather he is just an elected member of the House of Representatives. His action provokes the party members in Bauchi.” Meanwhile, Misau has assured the angry youths that APC would not u...

  President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he did not order the Senate to remove the contentious Section 84(12) from the amended Electoral Act 2022. Section 84(12) reads: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” Contrary to claims of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a suit filed against him and 12 others, President Buhari said he only expressed reservations and concerns in respect of the aspect of the Electoral Act. The President’s position was contained in a counter-affidavit filed at the Federal High Court at the instance of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. In the joint counter affidavit by President Buhari and Malami to debunk PDP’s claims in the suit, the AGF explained that the President on February 25, 2022, gave proper,...

 

  As the result of security breaches in Namu on Thursday, April 28, 2022, the Authorities of Quan Pan Local Government Council of Plateau State, hereby impose a dusk to dawn curfew in Namu town and its environs with immediate effect. By this announcement, citizens of the area are expected to remain indoors, until further notice while security operatives have been mandated to take charge of the town. Citizens are advised to remain law-abiding and avoid any action(s) that will cause further breaches. Signed: Hon. Gideon Godenaan Dashe  Secretary QuanPan Local Government Council

  Sweden’s central bank on Thursday raised its key interest rate from zero to 0.25 per cent to counter soaring inflation linked to the Ukraine war and the Covid pandemic. It was the first time the rate was in positive territory since September 2014 &came ahead of schedule, with the Riksbank’s most recent assessment from February forecasting a rise in the second half of 2024. “The forecast is that the repo rate will be raised a further two to three times this year & will be somewhat below 2 per cent at the end of the three-year forecast period”, the central bank said in a statement. The global economy was still being affected by “major disruptions” caused by the Covid pandemic, & more recently Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bank said. Global economic activity was “nevertheless judged to remain good”, the Riksbank added. But high international commodity and shipping prices were expected to lead to high increases in consumer prices “for some time yet”. While monetary po...

  Former Governors of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha and Emeka Ihedioha have expressed shock over last weekend’s explosion, which occurred in Abaezi forest in Ohaji /Egbema Local Council of the state, where about 110 persons were burnt to death, describing the incident as an unfortunate and avoidable loss of human life and property. The duo also called for a detailed investigation of the disaster, calling on the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, to raise a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the inferno. Also, the Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Kennedy Ibeh, has commiserated with families who lost loved ones. On the way forward, a former Imo State governorship candidate, under the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) in the 2019 governorship election, Brady Chijioke Nwosu, advised the Imo State government to put in place a formidable employment policy/programme to employ Imo youths to dissuade them from illegal activities. Their media aides, Chibu...

  Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has told the Minister of Transportation and presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi, that there is a new spirit in the South East All Progressives Congress (APC), stressing that the party is united. Uzodimma made this known when Amechi met with party delegates from the five South Eastern states to seek their support and votes in the primaries. The consultation, hosted by Uzodinma at the APC Secretariat in Owerri, had party chairmen, state executives, local council executives and delegates from Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Abia and Ebonyi states. Uzodimma said: “You will come again by the grace of God, either as an aspirant or as a candidate. One strong message I want to give is that there is a new spirit in the South East for our great party; we have done all the necessary political engineering. APC in South East is united. APC South East is one.” Amaechi, therefore, pledged that if given the opportunity, his experience in dealing with insecurity as gover...

Imo State Government has explained that giving compensation to the families of the victims of the Abaezi illegal refinery explosion in Ohaji/ Egbema Local Council of the state is like encouraging a criminal or an armed robber killed in the process. Also, the State Government has given reasons why the governor, Hope Uzodimma, has not visited the site of the incident since Friday night it occurred, maintaining that the governor has dispatched the Commissioners for Petroleum Resources, Chief Goodluck Oprah, and his counterpart in the Health Ministry, Dr Prosper Ohayagha, among other officials, who identified, carried out a mass burial and fumigated the environment. The state government, therefore, questions why some people were confronting the governor with the question of his inability to visit the site, saying it was unnecessary until any time he so desires, insisting that Uzodimma cannot be stampeded into visiting there and celebrating illegality. The Commissioner for Information and S...

 

Burna Boy will be the first Nigerian artiste to headline at the world’s most famous arena on Madison Square Square Garden stage on April 28, 2022. To capture the moment Burna Boy has planned a virtual experience for his fans tagged “One Night in Space”. The Livestream of “One Night in Space” will be hosted on YouTube beginning at 9 p.m. ET on the day of the sold-out show. The giant of Africa star will be headlining for artists like Jay Z, Justin Bieber, Bruce Springsteen and others set for the show. In an interview with Essence, Burna Boy talked about the inspiration behind it all saying that the “One Night in Space” to stream the live concert is to capture the ‘’larger than life’’ excitement and performance of the show that he would bring to the city. He added that a team created cosmic illustrations through the involvement of talented artists like French illustrator Pol-Edouardo, Andrew Martinez and a design firm Precision Design Group to make it possible, merging the sym...

 

  Advises Orlu people to produce development plan, embrace peace Owner of illegal site declared wanted Desist from illegal bunkering or face the law, Farouq warns perpetrators Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has described the weekend explosion, which occurred in an illegal oil refinery at Abaezi Forest, in Ohaji/Egbema Local Council, which claimed over 100 lives, as an act of economic sabotage perpetrated by the victims. The incident occurred about midnight on Saturday as many persons gathered to allegedly transact the business, according to the police. Uzodimma said this, yesterday, in Imo while reacting to the incident, urging people to identify and have legal means of livelihood instead of indulging in illegal and dangerous activities. He alleged that the illegal site was where many persons who also came from neighbouring states such as Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta gather to indulge in illegal buying of refined crude oil mainly in the midnights. He, however, com...

 Four children electrocuted in Ondo state. Two siblings and another two children were confirmed dead due to lack of oxygen in the hospital. The children were confirmed dead when electric cable fell on the container shaped shop which they were in when it fell on the structure. They were four in number, which three were confirmed dead, the last victim is alive and conscious. The fourth child confirm as to how they were electrocuted by the electricity cable which fell on the shop. She said, "we were playing when he heard that the cable fell not knowing that it fell on the shop. So we continued playing and in that instance, they brought back the light". Blessings, being the fourth victim is still receiving treatment in the hospital. Please do well to comment on our post to be able to serve you better.