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AKPABIO LACKS MORALITY TO ASK SOUTH-SOUTH GOVS TO ACCOUNT FOR 13 PER CENT DERIVATION- WIKE Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has taken a swipe at the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for accusing governors in the region of mismanagement of 13 percent derivation fund. He said it was disingenuous for Akpabio who as Governor of Akwa Ibom State to act like a demi-god , to accuse incumbent governors of financial recklessness just because they did not attend the inauguration of Niger Delta Development Commission ((NDDC) headquarters building in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The governor took…

Fire razes army barracks in Kano The cause of the fire was being investigated. A raging inferno on a building used to illustrate the story A raging inferno on a building used to illustrate the story A night fire destroyed offices at the Bukavu Army Barracks in Kano on Thursday, Fire Service announced in a statement on Friday. Spokesman of the state fire service, Sami Yusuf, said firefighters were able to put out the inferno that razed 11 offices. Mr. Yusuf said the fire, which occurred about 9:10p.m, also destroyed four stores and toilets in the building. “On receiving the…

Imo Women Not Getting Married Due To High Cost Of Marriage, Bride Price, Imo Lawmaker Raises Alarm Hon. Kennedy Ibeh, member representing Obowo State constituency in Imo State House of Assembly, has sponsored a bill to regulate the outrageous cost of customary marriages in Imo State. Hon. Ibeh, while presenting the bill for the second reading on Wednesday during plenary, said that the practice predominant in Igboland, had caused so many of the young ladies to remain single. According to him, “a suitor coming to pay for a lady’s dowry may find it tasking to settle for the English wedding…

Troops of the Nigerian Army have just rescued 180 kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi local govt area of Kaduna State. The armed bandits in large number had attacked the institution at around 11:30pm on Thursday and kidnapped several students and staff. The armed bandits broke into the institution by breaching a perimeter fence. They then encroached about 600 meters to attack the first facility. The Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs on receiving a distress call, alerted the 1 Division Nigerian Army and the Air Training Command of the Nigerian Air Force. Troops…

Funds meant for arms purchase ‘missing’ under Buratai, other service chiefs — National Security Adviser. The National Security Adviser, NSA Babagana Monguno, has revealed that funds given to former service chiefs for arms purchase cannot be traced. On January 26, President Muhammadu Buhari removed the service chiefs in persons of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. The president had immediately appointed their replacements in persons of Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff;…

PPPRA deletes template announcing petrol price increase The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has deleted a petrol pricing template announcing an increase in the retail price of petrol. The template, published on its website on Thursday night, was deleted on Friday morning amid the outrage over the price increase. The template had said the recommended retail price is between N209.61 and N212.61 per litre. The landing cost of petrol was put at N189.61. The ex-depot price, which is the rate marketers get the product, was fixed at N206.42. Moments after the increase was announced, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…

Wike Is A Drunk,  I Can’t Bring Myself Low To His Level – Amaechi Blows Hot Rotimi Amaechi, the former Governor of Rivers State, has said he won’t join issues with his successor and current governor of the South-South state, Nyesom Wike, The PUNCH reports. Amaechi, who is the Minister of Transportation, stated this on Thursday while featuring on an Arise TV programme, monitored by The PUNCH. For some years, Amaechi of the All Progressives Congress and Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party have not been in good terms over certain political issues that concern the state. Wike had on…

Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello has said that criminals posing as repentant bandits tricked the state to believe they have repented to get more money to buy weapons for their heinous attacks. Mr. Sani-Bello revealed this while speaking on Thursday to a vigilante group at Mariga local government. The governor revealed that the state government had stopped all forms of dialogues with bandits owing to their trickery. ”From experience, it has been discovered that the repentant bandits, after collecting cash from the dialogue option, they will purchase more weapons and return to their old ways of banditry.” Mr. Sani-Bello said.…

Armed Robbers Who Killed POS Agent In Aba Finally Arrested, One Of Them Is Deceased's Brother Suspected armed men that robbed and killed POS agent, Miss Ezinne Grace Iroh in Aba, Abia State have been arrested. Late Ezinne Iroh is from Amuke Ohafia, Ohafia LGA of Abia State. The names of armed robbers are Ralph Godwin(Leader) hail from Kogi state, Chibuike Samuel from Mbaise Imo State. Godwill Kalu from Ohafia and Uzoma Samuel from Obingwa in Abia State. According to reports, they were arrested after they slotted the victim's sim card to a phone in a bid to run mobile…

Tanker Drivers Block Lagos-Benin Expressway Over Killing Of Two Drivers Allegedly By Fulani Herdsmen, Demands Obaseki’s Presence Before Vacating The Road Petroleum Tanker Drivers and other articulated heavy vehicles have blocked the Lagos-Benin highway over the killing of two drivers by the terrorist alleged to be Fulani herdsmen last night. The robbers were said to have made away with an undisclosed amount of money from their victims. The drivers who angrily blocked the ever-busy Lagos-Benin Expressway after Ofosu, the boundary between Edo and Ondo States at the military checkpoint refused all please to vacate the road.Our sources revealed that the…