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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). Ofem Uket, the Spokesman of Minister of State for Power, Goddy Agba, announced this in a statement today. According to the statement, the president also approved a new interim governing board to oversee the day-to-day operations of the company. This action follows the industrial action by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) workers to protest unpaid allowances, salaries and unremitted pension deductions. The strike left many areas serviced by AEDC in dark, which include the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kogi, Nasarawa and…

Nnamdi Kanu Is Hungry, Starving In DSS Custody, Lawyer Cries Out Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has claimed that his client is starving in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Kanu, who is standing trial for terrorism, had jumped bail in 2017 and fled abroad. From his base, he had incited his followers and made provocative statements, which triggered violence and led to blood shed, according to security operatives. However, he was rearrested in July and lawfully remanded in DSS custody, from where he has been taken to…

ABN TV Boss Floors 3 Contestants To Emerge As PRO Ebem Ohafia Development Union (Photos) Award winning media entrepreneur and the Director ABN TV and Radio, Engr. Ifeanyi Okali Ubaka has defeated three other contestants to emerge the Publicity Secretary of Ebem Ohafia Development Union (EODU). In an election which took place on Saturday at Abum Square Ebem Ohafia, Okali polled 33 votes to defeat Dr. Sam Ogba Echem with 20 votes, Chief Onwuka Idika with 9 votes and Mr. Okwara Bassey with 14 votes See full list of winners below EODU ELECTION RESULTS 1. Mr Emeka Mba- President General…

The Department of State Security DSS on Sunday took into custody General Idris Bello Dambazau, Chairman, Kano State Consumer Protection Council for alleged economic sabotage. A source close the development who do not want his name in print due to the sensitivity of the case said the Retired General was arrested for unilaterally shut down 7 filling stations in total violations of due process. The source explained that General Idris Dambazau’s action was outside the mandate of his Agency, adding that concerted effort to make him see reasons fell on deaf ears. He said “General Dambazau’s action was illegal and…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has revealed lessons he learned from the Kuje correctional centre Abuja when he was incarcerated over alleged fraud while serving as governor of Abia State. Senator Kalu was convicted by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on December 5, 2019, and sentenced to 12 years in prison over alleged N7.65 billion misappropriation. However, Justice Mohammed Liman of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on June 2, 2020, ordered the former governor’s release, leading to his freedom after six months. In a statement on his verified Facebook page…

He served as the Chief of Army Staff between October 1981 and October 1983, during the Second Republic. The former Chief of Army Staff, General Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi, is dead. According to a family source, General Wushishi died at a London Hospital. General Wushishi was born in 1940 in Wushishi, Headquarters of Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State. He served as the Chief of Army Staff between October 1981 and October 1983, during the Second Republic. He served in the Nigerian Army in various capacities, including General Officer Commanding, 4 Infantry Division, Nigerian Army, 1976; Commandant, Staff College, Jaji,…

Bolarinwa Oyegoke Babalakin, an influential judge, who retired as a Supreme Court justice, has died. He was aged 94. Mr Babalakin, the father of billionaire businessman and lawyer, Wale Babalakin, who was called to the London Bar in the late 1950s, died on Saturday morning. Prayers will be held for him today at his hometown of Gbongan in Osun State. Details later…

Group tells Buhari to sack acting NPA MD Bello-Koko It noted that the then Managing Director of NPA couldn’t have been able to dip her hands in the national treasury without the active connivance of the Executive Director in charge of Finance.   A group, Nigeria United Against Corruption (NUAC), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the acting Managing Director of Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), Bello Koko over his alleged involvement in some high profile corrupt practices. The group in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Amb. Zarewa Salisu Sageer, stressed the need for Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, acting Managing…