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Bwari, Kuje and Abaji Districts have been revealed as the area councils where the most kidnappings take place in Abuja. This revelation by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), the authorities in charge of Nigerian capital, Abuja goes as a precaution to residents or visitors of Abuja, especially this festive period. The Director of Administration and Finance, FCTA Security Services Department, Ebele Molokwu, made this known during the end of the year media briefing on the activities of the department. She said major kidnapping incidents in the territory were usually from those councils even though there are some isolated cases…
X (formerly known as Twitter) users have taken sides with Apostle Osayi Arome at the ongoing media battle between a comedian, Mr. Macaroni and the clergyman. In a video clip, recently shared on X and other social media platforms, Apostle Osayi was heard openly criticizing a church (whose name he did not mention) for hiring Mr. Macaroni (whom he referred to as “a strange comedian “) help advertise its forthcoming programme. “Somebody says he wants to advertise a church meeting. Then he gets an obviously strange comedian whose philosophy about life is to promote lust in brilliant ways. “So a…
Confirmed reports on Sunday have it that armed gunmen ambushed famous Nigerian actor, Sylvester Madu who was in Cameroon for a movie shoot. The attack left 3 of his movie crew dead and 8 others injured as he barely escaped death. The actor had been in Bamenda, Cameroon, at the invitation of local filmmakers to shoot a film titled ‘Abakwa’. However, while Sylvester and the team were relaxing at a leisure site in Bamenda, commotion arose when infamous Cameroonian militia Ambazonia Boys, also known as Amba Boys, struck. The Amba Boys said that the owner of the bar brought Sylvester…
Immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has revealed what he noted as his greatest regret as governor of Akwa Ibom State. The ex-governor made this revelation during a Special Thanksgiving/Welcome Service by the United Evangelical Church, Lagos Township Superintendency, on Sunday, organised to honour him and his wife, Mrs. Martha Emmanuel. According to Udom, he went to work as Governor with a blueprint and despite all his accomplishments, his only regret is that he did not have control over policies. The ex-governor said if he had control over the state’s policies, Akwa-Ibom would have been ahead…
President Bola Tinubu’s has revealed his government’s budget for year 2024 which is pecked at N27trillion which is two times higher than Buhari’s 2023 budget. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) gave the approval for the figures today, at the weekly executive meeting presided over by President Tinubu. It should also be recalled that in January, former President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N21.83trillion into law.
Enjoy the highlights from Cross River Southern Senatorial District Senator, Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong’s thanksgiving service on Saturday in Calabar. https://twitter.com/a_ekpenyong/status/1729007921890251077?s=46
On Sunday being November 26, 2023, one of the aircrafts of United Airlines left Lagos for Abuja but incidentally landed in Asaba, Delta State. For this, the Head of Corporate Communications of United Airlines, Achilleus Chud-Uchegbu has come out to say that bad weather was the reason the plane could not land in Abuja. “The incident was as a result of bad weather in Abuja, so the pilot temporarily diverted the flight to Asaba,” Chud-Uchegbu said. The confusion was heightened when the cabin crew announced their landing saying that they have touched down Abuja, only for the passengers to realize…
The NDDC Managing Director/CEO, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku has announced that come next year (2024) the Commission will introduce local postgraduate scholarship program to fend for those unable to secure the foreign postgraduate scholarship program. Dr. Ogbuku said this last week while responding to questions on why the commission has not increased the number of its foreign scholarship beneficiaries. The NDDC boss explained that funding had been a challenge. “We increased the allowance for the studies from thirty $30,000.00(N24 million) to $40,000.00 (N32 million) and this affected our finances, making it necessary to create a balance. “However, from next year we…
Yesterday in Calabar, there was a Thanksgiving Service held in honor of Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong of Southern Cross River Senatorial District. Held at the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Duke Town Cathedral, Calabar South, the service also featured infant baptism of the Senator’s baby. The following photographs tell the complete story…
By Saviour Miracle: Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has announced the indefinite suspension of N-Power. According to Betta who spoke Saturday morning on TVC television said the decision was birthed by some irregularities within the scheme, disclosing that Government has launched investigation into the utilization of funds since the inception of the program. “We must go back to look into N-Power and understand what the problems are so we will basically suspend the programe for now until we are done with proper investigation into the utilization of funds into the N-Power program. “We want to…