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Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, has discovered another illegal crude oil pipeline in Delta State. The pipeline was attached to the 48-inch Trans Forcados Export Trunkline in Burutu Local Government Area. The federal government recently awarded a multi-billion naira pipeline protection contract to Tompolo’s Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited. A source close to Tantita told GbaramatuVoice that the latest illegal pipeline found this week was behind a military security post. The location is less than a kilometer from the Forcados Export Terminal in the Ogulagha community. The line also links to another abandoned pipeline within the defunct AGIP Petroleum…

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Saturday, told the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu that he has no political party. Sanusi spoke in Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria on the occasion of the seventh edition of KadInvest, an annual event organised by the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency. The ex-CBN governor lamented oil theft, Nigeria’s rising debt profile, unbalanced subsidy payment and soaring foreign exchange, amongst other monetary and economic challenges facing Nigeria at the moment. He called for transparency and credibility in the management of the nation’s resources and…

Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has commended the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for calling off its eight month strike. Kalu, who had a few months made a compassionate appeal to ASUU, applauded the Executive and legislative arms of government for continous engagement with the body. The former Governor, who is also an entrepreneur in the education sector, stressed the importance of quality and affordable education for national development. Kalu who recalled his free education policy during his stint as Governor of Abia state, called on the federal government and…

Pan-Fulani group, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Appeal Court’s verdict which discharged Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism charges preferred by the federal government. The group insists Mr Kanu is a terrorist and threat to national security, urging the Buhari regime not to release him from detention. Saleh Alhassan, Miyetti’s national secretary termed the appeal court judgement “a miscarriage of justice”, stressing “they shouldn’t make the mistake of releasing Kanu.” “We are very sad with this judgement, how can a terrorist like Nnamdi Kanu that have organised the killing of innocent pastoralists, women, children, security personnel, insurrection against…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has admitted collecting N100 million from a governor. Governor Nyesom Wike had accused the party national chairman of corruption, saying aside the N100 million taken from the governor, Ayu also collected N1 billion from a Presidential aspirant in Lagos. Answering questions from journalists after a meeting of the Board of Trustee (BoT) at the party headquarters in Abuja, Ayu said the issue of N1billion started when the came into office and needed money to hit the ground running. He said the party wanted to take a loan, but…

The National Security Council has clarified the Federal Government's position on the status of the case against leader of proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. It said Kanu still has a case to answer. An Appeal Court, in Abuja on Thursday, thrashed the case of terrorism leveled against Kanu, a decision which sent a frenzy out to various quarters. It was translated to mean his likely immediate release from detention. However, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said Kanu had not been acquitted as there are other cases against him. Towing same line of reason, the…

A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa state has nullified the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that produced Senator Aihatu Dahiru Binani as the governorship candidate of the party. The Tribune reports that Justice Abdul-aziz Anka on Friday declared as null and void the election conducted on May 26, 2022 by the APC and accordingly annulled the purported victory of Binani as the winner of the election. During the primary election, Binani polled 430 votes to defeat her closest contender, Nuhu Ribadu, who scored 280 votes, as reported by SaharaReporters on May 27, 2022. Justice…

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally, a member of the union’s National Executive Committee told Channels TV early Friday. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday. The meeting was called by the union to determine its next line of action after its state branches met over the Court of Appeal ruling last week. The Court of Appeal had ordered ASUU to suspend the strike before its appeal of the ruling ordering lecturers to…

AHEAD of the 2023 elections, Governor Nyesom Wike says he has accepted Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, but will never ever accept party national chairman, Sen Iyorcha Ayu to remain in office before the elections. Wike who asserted this while hosting Cross River State PDP governorship and all state and national assembly candidates along with local government chairmen of his private residence in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Wednesday night, also said genuine efforts to amicably resolve the impasse in the PDP were being frustrated by rent-seekers in the party. Addressing his…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has declared support for the candidacy of Ifeanyi Okowa, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to TheCable, at a meeting with some members of the PDP on Wednesday night, Jonathan addressed Okowa as Nigeria’s incoming vice-president. The meeting was attended by party stalwarts, including Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state. “Our incoming vice-president — he has served two tenures as a governor,” Jonathan told Okowa as he held his hand. The former president also wished those contesting for various positions in the 2023 elections “more success”. This is Jonathan’s first public statement backing…