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At least 240 inmates have escaped the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State, following an attack by yet to be identified gunmen. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesman, Mr Francis Enobore confirmed the incident in a communique on Monday, stating that the attack took place at about midnight on Sunday. According to him, the attackers in their numbers arrived at the custodial centre heavily armed and immediately engaged the guards in a fierce gun battle. Mr Enobore further disclosed that the Comptroller–General, Haliru Nababa has ordered a recapture procedure to be activated immediately and detailed investigation carried…

Mben Political Assembly (MPA), the think tank pushing for a governor of Ohafia descent for Abia State in 2023, has applauded Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for appointing two illustrious sons of the community commissioners and also naming a daughter of the area, in a recent political appointment. Governor Ikpeazu approved 27 commissioner nominees, including Chief Kingsley Imaga and Chidiebere Uwagwu Kalu, both from Ohafia clan, according to government statement on Sunday. The government had earlier appointed Chief Mrs Love Ezema, Principal Secretary for the Office of the Wife of the Governor. The MPA in a statement signed  by Chief Emele Onu,…

The Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, has officially named the wife of late Prophet Temitope Balogun, aka T.B Joshua’s wife, Evelyn, as the new leader of the church. SCOAN said the church activities would be under the guidance of God and leadership of Mrs Evlyn Joshua. In a statement on its verified Fcebook page, SCOAN urged members and followers to pray for Mrs Evelyn as she takes on her new role. According to the statement: “Good Morning. We thank you for all your prayers and your love for the ministry since the glorious home call of our dear father,…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has sent a list of 27 commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly. The nominees include former Secretary to the State Government, Mazi Donatus Okorie; ex Super Eagles player, Karibe Ojigwe; immediate past Commissioner for Transportation, Chief Kingsley Eke Imaga; Ndom Godwin; Chief Okezie Erondu; immediate past Commissioner for Agriculture; Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji; Mrs Uwaoma Olewengwa; former Commissioner for Local Govt and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Christopher Enweremadu; Barr. Charles Esonu, Chief Chinagorom Nwankpa, Hon. Monday Ajaegbu, Deaconess Rose Nna, Chief Kingsley Imaga, Chidiebere Uwagwu Kalu, Barr. Chijioke Mark and Chief Chisom Nwachukwu, Other are…

Unknown gunmen kill Igwe Aguleri, Alex Edozieuno Gunmen on Friday allegedly killed the former traditional ruler of Aguleri, in Anambra State, Alex Edozieuno, and his driver, identified as Chukwuemeka. Both men were said to have been allegedly ambushed and killed at Otuocha in the Anambra East Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Friday. The former monarch had been deposed last year, after he joined 11 other traditional rulers to travel to Abuja with an oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze, to see President Muhammadu Buhari, without authorisation by the government. The state police command’s Public Relations…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday ordered the Rivers Government, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, and the Attorney-General of the Federation to maintain status quo, pending the hearing and determination of applications before it in respect of the Valued Added Tax, VAT. The Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, had on August 9 declared that it was the Rivers Government, and not FIRS that should collect VAT and Personal Income Tax in that state. The three-man panel of Appeal Court justices led by Justice Hassan Tsammani ordered all parties to maintain status quo and refrain from taking any…

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed into law the State VAT Bill as passed by the House of Assembly. This was confirmed by Gbenga Omotoso HC, information & Strategy in a statement The Governor signed the “bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services” at about 11. 45am today , after returning from an official trip to Abuja . By this act, the Bill has now become a Law.

While the dust is still settling on circumstances surrounding President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to sack two of his ministers, permutations on their likely replacements are taking clearer shapes. The two ministers relieved of their duties on September 1, Sabo Nanono (Agriculture) and Saleh Mamman (Power) are from Kano and Taraba states and their kinsmen have begun lobbying in earnest to ensure their replacements come from their states. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, for instance, has publicly appealed to the president to ensure that the state was not overlooked in the replacement scheme for the sacked minister, hinging…

Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, says the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari was only on social media platforms. Buhari, on Thursday, visited Imo state to commission some projects executed by the Uzodimma administration. Before the visit of the president, IPOB had declared a sit-at-home in the state, and said Buhari is not welcome in Imo. Speaking on the development in an interview on Channels Television, Uzodimma said residents of the state were excited about the president’s visit, and that they came out to welcome him. The Imo governor…

Following the death of Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua earlier this year, Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court, Lagos has affirmed Mrs Evelyn Joshua as a trustee of Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in line with with the church’s constitution which prescribes a minimum of three trustees for the church. The judge affirmed Mrs Joshua as a trustee of the church while ruling on an application brought before the court. The application was filed before the court by concerned and committed members of the church represented by Mr. Kola Kareem and Mrs. Moji Oguntoyinbo against the Incorporated Trustees…