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The House of Representatives has taken a major step to scrap the current presidential system of government being run in Nigeria and replace it with the parliamentary mode of government. This is as the House introduced three Bills, seeking to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to allow transition from the current presidential system to a parliamentary system at all levels of government – federal, state, and local government. The Bills, namely ‘Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Alteration) Bill, 2024’, HB.1115, HB.1116 and HB.1117 sponsored by Hon. Kingsley Chinda, the Minority Leader and…

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is exploring the possibility of relocating certain units from Abuja to Lagos. According to a memo dated 14th February 2024, with reference CSA/HGA/MRP/ML/001, seen by Naija News correspondent, the move is to improve organizational efficiency and manage office accommodation in Abuja. The NUPRC added that the relocation is driven by the need to enhance service delivery, reduce operational costs and make adequate utilization of assets in Lagos. The memo, therefore, asked each department to identify and send a list of units that can operate independently with minimal supervision in readiness for the move…

RESOLUTION/PRESS RELEASE OF NDE UKOJI ROYAL CLAN OF OKAGWE-OHAFIA, DATED THIS 14th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024. To the good people of Okagwe Ohafia, Ohafia supreme traditional Ruling Body (Ohafia monarch), great concerned Ohafia indigenes and Abia State at large, we, the Nde Ukoji Royal Clan unanimously make our stand and resolution known to the general public, on the Kingship (Eze-ogo) matter in our beloved community. In accordance to our ancestral family rotational order, custom and equity, structured by our forefathers, and the Ohafia monarch’s new order on choosing a traditional ruler, We hereby in one voice, present to you our…

A former Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State. “I have officially joined the APC by registering as a member of Isiama ward,” Uchendu said in a chat with The Whisperer. While appreciating the leadership of the party for admitting him into the party, he applauded the performance of the two APC federal lawmakers from Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC, Abia North), and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu (APC, Bende). He urged other elected lawmakers to emulate…

The United States authorities have released the site of the tragic crash that killed the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, and five others. In the photos released on Tuesday, two officials of the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were seen inspecting the debris of the ill-fated helicopter. Wigwe, his wife, Doreen; their son, Chizi Wigwe; and former Nigerian Exchange Group Chairman, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, crashed in an Airbus EC130 helicopter close to the California-Nevada border near Halloran Springs. The four passengers and two crew members on board the ill-fated helicopter died on Friday, February 9. The…

The Mayor of Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Chief Dr. David Ogba Onuoha Bourdex MFR, OON "Ugo’Ena" Nde Abiriba, has initiated the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the council headquarters located at Ebem Ohafia. The LGA headquarters, which has been neglected and abandoned over the years, has practically turned into farmland. Bulldozers and graders are currently clearing the area previously used for farming. Our correspondent observed contractors equipped with various machinery, including graders, at the council headquarters, conducting tasks such as grading internal roads to prepare for interlocking stone pavements, leveling the football field pitch, and reconstructing offices, among…

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, rewarded the Super Eagles of Nigeria with a national award (Member of the Order of the Niger, MON) flats in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and piece of land. President Tinubu made the pronouncement when he received the players and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation is led by the Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh. See photos below:

Access Holdings Plc has on Saturday revealed that it lacks specific information regarding the crash of an helicopter, believed to be carrying Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank Chief Executive Officer, his wife, son and three other passengers in a Southern California desert. The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday confirmed the helicopter crash in California near Las Vegas. But, in a statement released to journalists, Access Holdings confirmed receiving numerous inquiries regarding the crash of an airplane in the USA but insisted it lacked specific information on whether the company’s CEO was involved. “We have received numerous inquiries concerning an…

Eminent businessman and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Mr Herbert Wigwe, who alongside his wife and son died in a helicopter crash in the United States of America this weekend. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization while lamenting the demise of the renowned banker, condoled with the Board, Management, Staff and stakeholders of Access Holdings, adding that the death of Wigwe is a huge loss to the country. Kalu who described the late banker as a thoroughbred professional with a proven…

A search is on for Herbert Wigwe, the group Managing Director of Access Bank Corporation and other members of his traveling party after a helicopter in which they were traveling in California went down. The accident also claimed the lives of other individuals. ABC News reports that survivors have been found in the crash that occurred in the Mojave Desert shortly after 10:00 pm PST on Friday. “The scene of the crash was determined to be east of the 15-Freeway, near Halloran Springs Road,” ABC News quoted a statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department to have said on…