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FG To Inaugurate Kano-Kaduna Railway December 2022

5Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Infrastructure, News, Nigeria

FG To Inaugurate Kano-Kaduna Railway December 2022

The Federal Government has expressed optimism that the Kano-Kaduna railway will be completed and ready for inauguration in Dec. 2022. Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, while inspecting the level of progress on the project in Kano, said that it would be commissioned before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves officer. Amaechi noted that so far, the Federal Government had invested more than 400 million dollars for the actualisation of the project. The minister, however, urged the facilitator of the project, the CCECC, to increase the number of equipment and personnel on site in order to ensure the deadline was met. “We are here basically to find out whether these guys have commenced work and how far they have gone. “This is because they have a target of completin...

Okorocha Is A Younger Brother To Me, I Have Nothing Against Him – Okorocha

5Jan

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News, Nigeria

Okorocha Is A Younger Brother To Me, I Have Nothing Against Him – Okorocha

The Imo State Governor Sen. Hope Uzodinma has broken his silence on issues revolving around attacks on his government and person by former Governor of the State, Sen. Rochas Okorocha. Sen. Okorocha had accused the Imo State Governor of witch-hunting his family since his emergence as Governor. But during the 6th Imo State Stakeholders meeting held in Government House Owerri, Governor Uzodinma said he would not join issues with Okorocha, whom he described as not willing to abdicate the office of Governor after years of leaving office. “I have said it times without number I have no personal grouse with anybody. All of you who know me well in Imo state, I tried one time or the other to contest election. In some cases, I won. In some cases, I did not win. And when I didn't win, I left bac...

Ashleigh Plumptre Switches Nationality To Nigeria

4Jan

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AFCON, News, Nigeria, Sports

Ashleigh Plumptre Switches Nationality To Nigeria

Nigerians are excited after former England youth international Ashleigh Plumptre got approval to switch her allegiance to the Super Falcons. The 23-year-old defender, who plays for Women's Super League side Leicester City, is eligible to represent the African women's football powerhouse because of her father's Nigerian heritage. After joining training camps in Austria and Abuja, she has now been cleared by world football's governing body Fifa and is eligible for Nigeria's tricky 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations play-off against Ivory Coast in February. "We are happy to receive Ashleigh's official clearance from FIFA," NFF director of communications Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport Africa. "It was only possible because of her commitment and dedication. She made the federation's ...

Court Has Declared Bandits As Terrorists, Gazetting To Be Concluded Soon – Malami

4Jan

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News, Nigeria, Security, Terrorism

Court Has Declared Bandits As Terrorists, Gazetting To Be Concluded Soon – Malami

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the Federal Government is yet to officially designate bandits as terrorists because the government is following international best practices. He said his office was in the process of gazetting a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists, adding that the process would be concluded in a matter of days. Malami spoke on Tuesday as a guest on NTA Good Morning Nigeria Show. States in the North-West geopolitical zone including Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna have been ravaged with banditry in the last year. The nefarious activities of the marauders have also spilt into the North Central and other zones in the country. The bandits have killed hundreds of innoc...

Sylvester Oromoni: Autopsy Report Exonerates House Master, Others From Murder

3Jan

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Education, News, Nigeria

Sylvester Oromoni: Autopsy Report Exonerates House Master, Others From Murder

The autopsy report conducted on the corpse of late Sylvester Oromoni, alleged victim of bullying, at the Dowen College, Lagos, is out. The report however, exonerated the school’s House Master and other students arrested in connection with the alleged murder. Consequently, the suspects who have been in Police custody at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for over three weeks, were released last week Thursday, on bail. It would be recalled that the deceased, who was a Junior Secondary School 2 student of the school and a boarder, was rushed to his parents home in Warri, Delta State two months ago, owing to some injuries he sustained while playing football, according to the school. But his parents faulted the school’s claim, disclosing rather, tha...

Uzodimma To Name Sponsors Of Insecurity In Imo Tomorrow

3Jan

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News, Nigeria, Security

Uzodimma To Name Sponsors Of Insecurity In Imo Tomorrow

Governor Hope Uzodimma will use the occasion of the sixth edition of Imo stakeholders forum scheduled to hold on Tuesday to name those who are sponsors and financiers of insecurity in the state. Imo Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, stated this in a statement on Sunday. Emelumba said the Imo government is in possession of evidence of the involvement of those responsible for the carnage in the state in recent times. The Commissioner added that Governor Uzodimma will also use the forum to update the people of the state on his performance in the last two years. According to him, the stakeholders meeting/luncheon will hold on Tuesday at the Government House at noon at the Ahiajoku Convention Centre, Owerri. Emelumba who said the meeting, the sixth in th...

Isa Idris: Scarcity Of Passport Booklets Will End By March 2022

2Jan

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News, Nigeria

Isa Idris: Scarcity Of Passport Booklets Will End By March 2022

Isa Idris, acting comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), says the delay in passport processing as a result of booklet scarcity will be over by March. Speaking on Saturday during a media interaction, he blamed the challenge of delayed passport production on the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying global lockdown, and also the difficulty in accessing foreign exchange in the country. According to him, part of efforts put in place to address the delay is the launch of the enhanced e-passport, which he noted has improved features. “Just Friday, we received a total of 45,000 booklets towards clearing the backlog and in December alone, we received more than 100,000 booklets which we have continued to distribute across the passport centres nationwide. This is ...

Imo: Six Killed As DSS, EbubeAgu Raid Orlu LGA In Search Of Criminals

2Jan

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News, Nigeria, Security

Imo: Six Killed As DSS, EbubeAgu Raid Orlu LGA In Search Of Criminals

Six people were reportedly killed and one other injured as a combined team of soldiers and operatives of the Ebubeagu security outfit raided Umutanzi in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State. It was gathered that the invaders stormed the rural community at about 4 am on Thursday morning, shooting sporadically. The shooting led to panic as residents who were just waking up ran out of their houses and jumped into the bushes, as some sustained multiple injuries in the process. Many doors and windows were shattered as security agents were said to have shot directly at them. A resident and pastor of a local church, Pastor Anthony Akatta, told our correspondent that the invaders laid siege to the community for more than seven hours. He said they later left with some youth who ar...

Armed Robbers Kill Augustine Ekanem In Akwa Ibom After Snatching His Car

1Jan

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Breaking News, Crime, News, Nigeria, Security

Armed Robbers Kill Augustine Ekanem In Akwa Ibom After Snatching His Car

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed a broadcaster with the Akwa Ibom State Broadcasting Corporation, (AKBC) Uyo, Mr Augustine Ekanem. It was gathered that Ekanem alias “Talk and laugh” and "Country Man" was shot dead at about 8:30pm on Thursday, December 30, at a filling station and his car was snatched from him at gun point. According to eye witness account, the robbers killed the journalist when they sighted him making frantic calls while they were driving away after snatching his car. His corpse has been deposited at a mortuary at Ikot Ambang, Ibiono Ibom LGA. Source: Linda Ikeji Blog

Housemaid Absconds With Her Madam’s 2-Year-Old Son Praise Otojareri In Lagos

1Jan

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Crime, News, Nigeria

Housemaid Absconds With Her Madam’s 2-Year-Old Son Praise Otojareri In Lagos

A family in Lagos state is currently in search of their two-year-old son, Praise Otojareri, who was allegedly taken away by their house help simply identified as Favour, on Sunday, December 19. Mr. Moses Otojareri, the father of the missing boy, said sometime in November, a man who his wife knows very well came to their house in Aguda, Surulere, with two girls and said they were in need of a job, He said his wife who runs a salon decided to employ Favour to cater for their two children, a nine-year-old daughter, and their two-year-old son. He said on December 19, his wife, two children, and Favor left for church. He said while in church, his wife who is a hairdresser received a call from a customer who needed her at her shop. He said his wife left the church and gave instructions to Fav...