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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…

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…