Category: Leadership

’48-Hour Ultimatum,’ IYC Envisages Calls For Fubara’s Impeachment

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has condemned plans to impeach Gov. Siminalayi Fubara and destabilise Rivers, pledging to protect the state interest. Comrade Prince Sukubo, Chairman of the group’s Eastern Zone, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that there were alleged plans to impeach Fubara. Sukubo stated that the Friday Supreme Court’s rulings had been weaponised by individuals who did not have the best interests of the state at heart. “We are aware of alarming plans by certain elements to destabilise Rivers State and undermine the mandate given to…

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EFCC Grills Ex-Akwa Ibom Gov Emmanuel for Alleged ₦700bn Fraud

ADEOLA YUSUF

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, for alleged N700 billion Fraud. Emmanuel was arrested after he honoured an invitation of the EFCC on Tuesday to answer allegations of money laundering and diversion of funds preferred against him by the Network against Corruption and Trafficking. The petitioner alleged that Emmanuel received N3 trillion from the Federation Account in eight years but left a debt profile of N500bn and unpaid ongoing projects worth N300bn. He was also alleged…

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Lagos State Varsity Demands Justice Over 28 Year-Old Graduate’s Death

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Lagos State University, on Tuesday, called for timely justice over the death of one of its recent graduates, Adedamola Ogunbode, popularly known as Horlar. The university said this in a statement by Oluwayemisi Thomas-Onashile, its Deputy Registrar and Coordinator, Centre for Information and Public Relations, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria. “The university management is deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of Ogunbode, a recent graduate of LASU. “The deceased, fondly known as Horlar, was allegedly killed by a prophet in the Ojo area of…

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Governor Approves Re-appointment Of Monarch Sacked By Supreme Court

ADEOLA YUSUF

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the re-appointment of Adebayo Adegbola as the Eleruwa of Eruwaland, the state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, has disclosed. In a statement on Tuesday, the Commissioner recalled that the monarch was installed in 1998, but deposed on November 29, 2019. This followed an order of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Oyelade said: “A document by the state’s Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters indicated that the stool of Eleruwa has remained vacant. READ ALSO: How Immigration ex-CG…

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Ita-Giwa: Female senators Can’t Say They’ve Been Sexually Harassed

ADEOLA YUSUF

Former presidential adviser and ex-lawmaker, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has dismissed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claims of sexual harassment, stating that female senators cannot be harassed once they attain their positions in the Senate. Akpoti-Uduaghan recently alleged on a live television programme that Senate President Godswill Akpabio frustrated her attempts to raise motions concerning the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State because she refused his alleged sexual advances. Reacting to the claims on Arise TV on Tuesday, Ita-Giwa argued that female lawmakers should not make such allegations, as holding a senatorial position…

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Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband, Dies At 82

ADEOLA YUSUF

Dean was born in 1942 to Edgar “Ed” Henry Dean and Virginia “Ginny” Bates — whom Parton affectionally referred to as Mama Dean and said she was her best friend, according to the singer’s website. The husband of Dolly Parton, Carl Dean, died Monday aged 82, the country music superstar said, after nearly 60 years of marriage kept out of the spotlight despite the singer’s chart-topping fame. “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years,” Parton wrote…

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Women Protest Over Murder Of Pregnant Housewife By Husband

ADEOLA YUSUF

A group of women under the aegis of Concerned Market Women staged a peaceful protest in Benin City on Monday, condemning the killing of 38-year-old housewife Success Izekor by her husband, Kelvin Izekor. Success, who was four months pregnant, was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband at their home on No. 50, Upper Mission Road, Benin City, on Saturday, 22nd February 2025. The protesters, carrying placards with various inscriptions, decried the increasing cases of domestic violence against women. READ ALSO: Naira Down To N1,510/$ In Parallel Market NNPC Reduces…

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Naira Down To N1,510/$ In Parallel Market

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,510 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,505 per dollar last weekend. But the Naira appreciated to N1,499 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). READ ALSO: NNPC Reduces Petrol Price To ₦‎860/Litre Former UNILAG Chief Imam Prof. Murtala Bidmos Is Dead DevReporting Takes Off, Names Mojeed Alabi Team Lead, Christiana Alabi-Akande Editor Abducted Afenifere Youth Leader, Eniola Olajuni, Regains Freedom Sexual Scandal Rocks Senate, Natasha Fingers Akpabio of Harassment + VIDEO Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed…

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‘For Two Days,’ Lagos Airport Runway Shut + REASON

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the temporary closure of Runway 18R/36L at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for rehabilitation work. The closure, scheduled for March 3 and 4, comes just two weeks after the runway was reopened following an 11-month maintenance shutdown. In a memo dated February 28, FAAN’s Head of Operations, J.U. Nwosu, cited safety concerns, stating that construction equipment at the A2 Taxiway-link could pose a hazard to landing and departing aircraft. The memo, addressed to the Airport Manager and the Regional General Manager…

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NLC Rejects Electricity Tariff Adjustment, Threatens Nationwide Protests

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected plans by the Federal Government to regularise electricity tariffs for customers for Bands A, B and C. In a communique released on Sunday after the National Executive Council (NEC) in Yola, Adamawa State, the labour union vowed to lead mass nationwide protests across Nigeria should the government continue with its plan. Last Thursday, Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said lower bands would be upgraded to Band A. In its communique sign by NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, the labour union rejected the “forcefully…

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