Author: Alex Enemanna
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COVID-19: British Airways retires entire 747 fleet
British Airways is to retire its fleet of Boeing 747 with immediate effect due to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. The airline has used the craft since July 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model. It was planning to retire the fleet of 31 craft in 2024 but its…
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Inflammatory comments: Ohanaeze Ndigbo urges FG to caution Miyetti Allah
The apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the Federal Government to call to order the Miyetti Allah, the umbrella body of Fulani herdsmen in the country, over their incessant unguarded and provocative statements and threats capable of setting the country ablaze. In a statement, Ohanaeze Ndigbo condemned the effrontery of Miyetti Allah in…
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Omoluabi thanks friends, associates for birthday wishes
The Senior Special Assistant to Kogi state governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Political Matters, Hon. Omoluabi Olabode Adeyemi has expressed gratitude to friends and associates for identifying with him on his birthday. Omoluabi in a release on Friday titled ‘Note of Gratitude’ said he was humbled by several goodwill messages he received on his birthday…
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Groups seek release of lawyer arrested for criticising Gov. Ikpeazu
Some human rights groups have demanded the release of a lawyer, Emperor Ogbonna, who was allegedly re-arrested on court premises in Aba, Abia State, by personnel of the Department of State Services. The Citizens’ Gavel, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Paradigm Initiatives, Civic Media Lab, CODE and Civic Hive, urged all stakeholders in the justice…
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Supreme Court ruling: I accept my fate — Alaibe
A former Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant, Mr Timi Alaibe, on Thursday accepted the judgment of the Supreme Court which dismissed his appeal challenging the emergence of Governor Douye Diri, as the party’s candidate in the 2019 governorship election. Alaibe, in a statement titled, “Alaibe Vs Others: It Is A Party Affair, Says…
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Court jails son of visually impaired man for stealing Church offering
The son of a visually impaired man, Emmanuel Nwonu, was on Thursday, sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment without an option of fine by an Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki for stealing church offering. The convict, had penultimate Wednesday, stolen an undisclosed amount of money and a phone from a woman in the Udunukwe…
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Retirement: Group carpets NASC, queries its power to retire Clerk, others
The constitutional controversy being stirred by the management of National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) is far from being over as their power to retire principal officers of the National Assembly is being questioned a civil society group, Action For Legislative Reforms. This is even as the group demanded a retraction of a press release purportedly…
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Kogi NYCN felicitates with Hon. Omoluabi on his birthday
National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Kogi state chapter has congratulated the Senior Special Assistant to the state governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Political Matters, Hon. Omoluabi Olabode Adeyemi on his birthday. In a birthday message on Thursday issued by the chairman Kogi NYCN, Comrade Israel Alonge, he described Omoluabi as a champion of the…
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Alleged fraud: Umahi fires FADAMA boss
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Wednesday suspended the Ebonyi FADAMA III Coordinator, Dr Cletus Nwakpu, over alleged corrupt practices and financial crimes. This came barely 24 hours after two auditor-generals were suspended in the state by the governor. Nwakpu’s suspension was announced during a virtual State Executive Council meeting in Abakaliki, which was…
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I never harassed fmr NDDC acting MD, Akpabio insists
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied sundry allegations, including harassment levelled against him by a former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ms. Joi Nunieh. Nunieh, who headed the former Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC, in an interview on ARISE NEWS Channel, the broadcast…