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Senators of the 10th Senate have continued to lament on the leadership style of the president of the senate, Godswill Akpabio. Some of lawmakers who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity slammed Akpabio for treating them like children, accusing Akpabio of abandonment and disrespect. The lawmakers who are in Ikot Ekpene for a 2-day retreat organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), were in total disarray upon arrival. A senator from the South-south geo-political zone in a chat with our correspondent said: "We arrived here yesterday, and nothing was on ground. We were…

The Convener of Abia Infrastructure Mandate, Engr. Chief Odo Ijere, has urged the Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti to engage Abia professionals in contract monitoring. Ijere in a statement personally signed by him on Thursday in Umuahia said, "the New Abia must find use for its own professionals who are not in short supply to supervise the contractors to ensure we're not at the end of the day forced to clutch the short end of the stick". See full statement below: It has come to me as no surprise at all reading the counter narratives of the opposition kill…

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday struck out a charge filed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, (AMCON) against Senator Ifeanyi Patrick Uba and his company, Capital Oil and Gas limited over an alleged N135 Billion indebtedness. The judge struck out the charge following an oral application by AMCON’s Counsel, Oluwaseun Onabowu seeking a withdrawal of the case. At the last sitting in June this year, the court had directed that criminal summons be issued on Senator Ubah and his company. On Wednesday, counsel to the complainant informed the court that consent…

The member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa has commended the Founder/Chairman of UNUBIKO FOUNDATION, Chief Chijioke Umeh for clearing the medical bills of his constituents worth over N10 million at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State. The intervention which took place between October 16 and 17, 2023, was to provide aid to indigent residents unable to clear their hospital bills and are compelled to remain in the hospital pending when the debts are paid. The UNUBIKO Foundation also extended its intervention to beneficiaries from the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency who were…

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW ICPC MANAGEMENT TEAM; APPROVES 90-DAY PRE-END OF TENURE LEAVE FOR OUTGOING ICPC CHAIRMAN In exercise of powers conferred on the President as established in Section 3(6) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, and in furtherance of the Renewed Hope mandate to reform key institutions and invigorate Nigeria's war on corruption, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), pending Senate confirmation: Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu — Chairman / Chief Executive Officer, ICPC Mr. Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu —…

ABIA SAYS NO PLAN TO EVICT NORTHERNERS, INSISTS CATTLE MARKET NON-RESIDENTIAL Abia State Government has described as false news making the rounds that it has directed Northerners, who live and conduct their businesses at the Lokpanta Cattle Market, around the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway by Umunneochi, to leave the state. The government said there was no iota of truth in the fake news as those Northerners "are the second and third generations of Igbos" living in Lokpanta. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Navy Commander Macdonald Ubah (rtd), made this clarification while briefing Journalists at the Government House, Umuahia,…

The Senate on Tuesday dissolved into an emergency executive session after its Chief Whip, Muhammad Ali Ndume, complained about violation of rules in running the affairs of the Red Chamber. Ndume had raised a point of order to draw the attention of the Senate President Godswill Akpabio to his handling of affairs in the chambers which were against the rules. He said, “Mr. President there are some things we do in this chamber that are against the rules. Sir, nobody is too big to learn.” Akpabio did not allow Ndume to end his speech when he ruled him out of…

The House of Representatives on Thursday summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and the Chairman of the Nigeria Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, over alleged detention and maltreatment of Nigerians in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion jointly sponsored by the Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley China (Rivers, PDP), Ibe Okwara Osonwa (Abia LP), and 9 others on Nigerians’ maltreatment and forced imprisonment, including air travellers, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Other sponsors of the motion include Abdussamad Dasukki, Laori Kwamoti Bittrus, Aliyu Madaki, Unyime Idem, Nkwonta Chris, Abbas Adogun, Kabiru Ahmadu, Ginger Onwusibe…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed a new board and management for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). This is according to a Friday statement from presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. He said they are to serve “for a renewable term of four (4) years, in accordance with Section 2(3) of the FERMA Amendment Act, 2007”. The new appointees include: Chairman of FERMA Board — Engr. Imam Ibrahim Kashim Imam Managing Director of FERMA — Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi Member (NARTO) — Yusuf Lawal Othman Member (FMW) — Engr. Ibi Terna Manasseh Member (FRSC) — ACM Shehu Mohammed Member (Finance) — Babatunde Daramola-Oniru…

The Kwara State Polytechnic says Joy Adanma and Vandora Favour Oreoluwa, the two suspects arrested by the police over the death of Adeniyi Ojo, a nightclub owner, are not students of the institution. On Thursday, the police paraded the two suspects in Abuja where they both confessed to committing the crime. They said they intended to rob the deceased while performing BDSM sex. BDSM stands for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism. It is a term used to describe sex that is dominant, rough, and wild, with one partner playing the submissive role. In a statement by…