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The City of Lagos resonated penultimate weekend as Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists, held her Annual Conference on INTEGRITY AND PATRIOTISM. It was a moment of glitz and razzmatazz, a spurring evening as guests and recipients converged at the luxurious Sheraton Hotel Ikeja Lagos. The initiative which started in 2023 is designed to discourage corruption in our society by sensitizing leaders with the spirit of Patriotism and Integrity. Several eminent Nigerians who have been conferred with the award have various testimonies of how the award has put a stronger check on their self-conduct as leaders. Idowu Daniel, a 71 year…

The Global President of civil rights advocacy group, One Love Foundation, Chief Dr Patrick Osagie Eholor has urged the Minister of Health, Dr Ali Pate to ensure strict monitoring and implementation of his order to medical personnel, charging them to save lives first before any other thing. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, had charged hospitals in the country to prioritise saving lives above any other thing. There have been outcries over the years for hospitals demanding police reports from gunshot and accident victims before the commencement of treatment, which has led to many of…

The Lawmaker representing Anambra South senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has defected from the Young Progressives Party to the All Progressives Congress. The Notice of his defection was contained in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and read on the floor of the Senate Chamber. Senator Ubah, who was elected in the platform of the YPP at the last General election for a second term says the reason for his defection is as a result of irreconcilable differences within the party. His defection from the YPP now swells the ranks…

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW EFCC CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION By the powers vested in President Bola Tinubu as established in section 2 (3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, that “the Chairman and members of the Commission, other than ex-officio members, shall be appointed by the President," President Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation. Mr. Ola Olukoyede is a…

A House of Representatives member, representing Isa-Sabon Birni federal constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga, is dead. A member, representing Sabon Birni South constituency at the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Almustapha (aka Boza), confirmed the death. According to Boza, the federal lawmaker died around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday after a brief illness, Daily Trust reports. He was said to have been admitted in the hospital around Tuesday noon. “His remains would be taken to the National Mosque for the bathing rites after which it would be flown to Sokoto for burial…

A group of Northern Nigeria youth under the aegis of Arewa Peace Initiative (API), has slammed the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule for resorting to religious blackmail after his sacking by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The group in a statement signed its National Coordinator, Yakubu Muh'd on Tuesday in Lafia, urged the embattled governor and the Nasarawa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to look inwards instead of “blackmailing” the people of Nasarawa State, saying: "The Governor knows he was rejected by both Christians and Muslims during the 2023 Governorship Election." “Arewa Peace Initiative says that…

The Global President of civil rights advocacy group, One Love Foundation, Chief Dr. Patrick Osagie Eholor has threatened legal action against the Benin City Chapter of Nigerian Bar Association. Reacting to a suit by the NBA Benin City Branch demanding an apology, retraction and the sum of N500m, Eholor described the claim as untrue and unfounded, saying, "he is the one that should be apologised to". He said : "I am waiting for Edo Osagie, who has been sending people to beg me, but has now written me. I am not afraid, I speak the truth and he cannot stop…

Renowned security consultant, Dr. Ody Ajike has applauded the verdict of the Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which struck out the petitions filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Okey Ahiwe, and that of Ikechi Emenike of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and upheld the election of Governor Alex Otti. In a statement he personally signed on Monday in Abuja, Ajike, said the rulings were predicated on fairness and objectivity on the point of law. Ajike, in the statement, lauded the tribunal judges for treating the petitions on their merits, saying the verdict was a…

The ECOWAS community court of justice sitting in Abuja has awarded N250,000 fine against the federal government in favour of Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor of One Love Foundation. In a suit which was filed by Samuel Ihensekhien Junior on behalf of Patrick Eholor of One Love Foundation, seeking damages and restraining orders against Nigerian government, to prevent it from enforcing Sections 5, 4, 3, 1 of NBC code on all broadcasting stations— The sections relate to reportage and giving details of security issues and persons affected by insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria. But the group argued that the actions offend…

US-based philanthropist, Chief Lady Amaka Mba-Olobor, has been honoured as the Nigerian Integrity Woman of the Year 2023, by the National leadership of Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists (NACJ). Presenting the award to the Abia born philanthropist, on Friday at Sheraton Hotel Ikeja Lagos, during its 2023 Annual Conference tagged Nigerian Patriot Conference, National President of the association, Dr Charles Okhai, noted that the honour was on the back of her very impressive and consistent track record of your diligence, selfless service to humanity, excellent leadership capacity, and above all, her high sense of integrity, and great spirit of patriotism.…