The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday, said investigation has commenced into an assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. The NSA also said some suspects have been arrested in connection to the incident in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on November 1, 2023. Labour embarked on nationwide strike on Tuesday to seek justice over an assault on Ajaero who was attacked when he was about to lead a protest against alleged anti-labour practices by the Governor Hope Uzodimma-led administration. In the wake of the incident and days to the November 11, 2023…
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Godwin-Maria Utuedoye is a registered Journalist with the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He is interested in Investigative and development Journalism. He lives in Nigeria and focus more in the Niger-Delta region where oil and gas exploration has plunged into poverty and environmental degradation for years. He is also a PR Consultant, content creator, broadcast, print Journalist and Publisher. His vast experience in journalism span over decades of reporting the activities of the untouched areas.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it will cost N35m to fly back to Nigeria the corpse of the Nigerian medical student, Chibuikem Emmanuel, who was murdered in the Philippines. Emmanuel was reportedly murdered in the Philippines allegedly by some Chinese nationals on October 23, 2023, according to a post made to the social networking platform, X, by one Michael Ojuola, who described Emmanuel as his friend. Ojuola had posted on X that the victim was “brutally murdered” by a group of Chinese. “They tied his hands up, covered and tied his mouth and beat him blue-black until he…
As parts of efforts to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal for residents of Keffi Local Government Area in Nassarawa State, the local government chairman, Hon. Baba Shehu Mohammed on Tuesday, distributed over 3000 bags of grains and cash to residents. The distribution of the items took place at the Keffi Police Barracks, under strict supervision by the council chairman in company of a Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Chieftaincy Affairs , Hon. Badamasi Dahiru. Addressing beneficiaries, the Council Chairman expressed profound gratitude to the president of President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nasarawa State Governor,…
…Alleged Poll Was Marred By Vote Buying …7 Political Parties Congratulate Diri, Observers Commend INEC On Improvement Candidate of the Labour Party LP, in the November 11, 2023, governorship elections inBayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri has said he and his team were still studying the results of the elections before deciding the next line of action, alleging that the gubernatorial election in the state was marred by vote buying and other unlawful activities and thereby rejected the result. The All Progressives Congress, APC, and its Governorship Candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, had on Monday, also rejected the result. Eradiri, in a press…
This may not be a better moment for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Candidate Senator Dino Melaye in the just concluded Kogi State off cycle governorship elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has called on security agencies to immediately arrest him even after his defeat for an alleged cyber crime, which the party claimed he had already confessed to in a live television programme. The Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council said, for Melaye, who was defeated at the poll, to have claimed on national TV that he had access to the back-end server of the Independent…
It was a chaotic situation in Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, Monday, as one person was reportedly killed in a cult clash between two rivalry cult groups with the police arresting four suspects. It was gathered that the rivalry cult groups suspected to members of Eiye Confraternity and Vikings were said to have engaged each other in a shootout for several hours on Monday night. The incident led to abrupt closure of all commercial activities as traders and business owners in the Community close shops to avoid being victims of hoodlums who may seized the…
Following the redeployment of the former Imo state Commissioner if Police, Mohammed Ahmed Barde to the Force Headquarter Abuja, his successor, CP Aboki Danjuma has fully assumed duty, calling on all citizens to cooperate and support the command in its activities to ensure a crime free society. His assumption was contained in a statement signed and released by the Force Public Relations Officer to the Imo State Police Command, ASP Henry Okoye. The new Commissioner of Police hails from Wukari LGA in Taraba State. He enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 1992…
The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on November 6, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of eight internet fraudsters to various jail terms by Justice Efe Isoken Ikponmwonba of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State. The convicts are Pele Osai Wisdom, Olise Godspower Iknna, Okeke Benjamin Chinazor, Macdonald Iriaremhen Onajasike, Prince Joshua, Jethro Saapila, Gilbert Nelson Onyeka and Ojo Osatohhanmwen Favour. They were jailed after pleading guilty to one- count separate charge bordering on obtaining under false pretense and unlawful possession of fraudulent documents. One of the charges reads: “That you…
The State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has reserved judgment in three appeals by the governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ovie Omo-Agege; Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Kenneth Gbagi and Labour Party (LP), Kennedy Pela, challenging the election of the People Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) Sheriff Oborevwori as Delta State Governor. The three-member panel presided over by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka, leading Justice Joseph Olubunmi Oyewole and Justice Hadiza Shagari, reserved its decision after taking arguments from counsel for all the parties. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Oborevwori as the winner after…
…Send Strong Words To Governor Oborevwori, Says Ikolo Is Not An Indigene Of Ewu-Urhobo Palpable tension has gripped the ancient Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, as Women from the Kingdom, on Monday, November 13, 2023, have through a protest expressed their anger, firm resistance against the forceful imposition and installation of one Clement Ikolo as their King. The women in their numbers, carrying placards bearing different inscriptions such as; “Ewu is a Peaceful kingdom”, “We don’t need crisis”, “Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, do the right thing” ” Ikolo is not from Ewu” amongst others, called on…