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The All Progressives Congress’s (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has disbanded the party’s Rivers State Executives at all levels. APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, briefed journalists after the NWC meeting at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, announcing the NWC’s decision to appoint a seven-member Caretaker Committee to steer the party’s affairs in the state for the next six months. The members of the caretaker committee are: 1. Chief Tony C. Okocha – Chairman 2. Chief Eric Nwibani – Secretary 3. Hon. Chibuike Ikenga 4. Prince Stephen Abolo 5. Hon. Silvester Vidin 6. Senibo Karibi Dan-Jumbo 7.…

The Ekiti Police Command says it has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged killing of a farmer by a deaf and dumb person on the deceased’s farm. The incident occurred at Ipole Farm Settlement, Agbado Ekiti, in Ayekire Local Council Development Area on Tuesday evening. The trouble started when the deceased, identified simply as Sikiru (aka Badoo), accosted the deaf and dumb, known as Sunday Alabi, accusing him of regularly coming to steal produce from his farm. The suspect was said to have turned violent and pounced on him, leaving him with deep machete cuts on his…

The Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Kingsley Chinonye Unije, for forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and money laundering to the tune of N340,000,000 (Three Hundred and Forty Million Naira only). He was arraigned on Wednesday 22, November 2023, before Justice M. G. Umar of Federal High Court sitting Enugu, on five-count charges bordering on forgery, obtaining money by false and money laundering. Count one of the charges reads: That you Kingsley Chinonye Unije sometime between May and 2022 in Enugu State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High court of Nigeria, with…

The self-styled Prime Minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa has threatened more offensive against the Nigerian Army in the South East of the country, describing them as ‘terrorists’. Ekpa who ascribes to himself the role of the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in-Exile vowed to increase offensive against the Nigeria military in a series of posts on Wednesday. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he wrote, “The eviction notice given to Nigeria terrorist, Nigerian Army to leave Biafra territory has expired and our offensive will increase in all state of Biafra in days to come. The 38-year-old then…

A truck conveying hundreds of people in Niger State, Nigeria has killed at least 17 persons and has left 208 people injured, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said in a statement on Wednesday. The truck reportedly veered out of control and crashed, the FRSC spokesperson, Bisi Kazeem said. The accident occurred at about 0200 GMT on Tuesday in Takalafia village, in the Magama local government area. Truck kills two students in Abuja “The injured victims have been evacuated to Kantagora General Hospital for immediate medical attention, while the dead victims were deposited in the mortuary of the same hospital,”…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared N906.955 billion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for October. This is according to a communiqué issued on Wednesday after the FAAC retreat and meeting in Asaba, Delta State. The communiqué indicated that the N906.955 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N305.070 billion, distributable value-added tax (VAT) revenue of N323.446 billion and electronic money transfer levy (EMTL) revenue of N15.552 billion. It also comprised exchange-difference revenue of N202.887 billion and augmentation of N60.000 billion. According to the communiqué, a total revenue of N1,346.519 trillion was available in…

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) says it has sacked and demoted several staff found to have been involved in ticket racketeering. Fidet Okhiria, the NRC managing director, said this at the interactive session of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on the 2024–2026 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the corporation was working with the security agencies to address the menace. How to apply for FG Startup support Rep. James Faleke, the chairman of the committee, expressed worry over the meagre N345 million in revenue remitted by the corporation in 2023.…

The National Bureau of Statistics has said the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4,189.96 recorded in September to N4,562.51 in October. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for October 2023, released on Wednesday in Abuja. The report said the October price represented an 8.89 percent increase, compared to what was obtained in September. The NBS said the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased on a year-on-year basis by 1.76 percent from N4,483.75 recorded in October 2022 to N4,562.51 in October 2023. On state profile analysis, the report showed that Kano…

The House of Representatives passed the 2024-2026 medium-term expenditure framework on Tuesday, a set of assumptions that will be used to prepare the country’s budget over the next three years. The document, which was agreed by President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet before going to the House of Representatives for approval, pegs the naira around 700 naira per dollar next year before firming slightly in 2025 and 2026. The Nigerian currency last week briefly slumped to a record low of 1,105 against the dollar on the official market, bringing the official exchange rate within touching distance of the parallel market rate. The…

Nyesome Wike has claimed that he has saved N110 billion since he was confirmed as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on August 7, 2023. Wike made the declaration when he announced on Tuesday that the cost of obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) is N5 million. The former Rivers State governor said that the N110 billion generated barely three months since he was sworn in would be ploughed into developing infrastructures in the FCT, Nigeria’s capital. According to Wike, the FCT Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority paid N8.9 billion monthly in salaries. Speaking…