Category: National
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17 feared dead in Delta tanker fire
No, it’s only 3, Police insists No fewer than 17 persons were reportedly burnt to death in a tanker explosion near Koko junction section of the Benin/Sapele Expressway, Ethiope West council area of Delta state on Wednesday. Four vehicles were also said to have been destroyed in the incident, which multiple sources said happened around…
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Dangote truck kills father, son in Kogi as youths fume
A truck belonging to Dangote Cement Company was on Tuesday set ablaze in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, following the killing of a man and one of his sons. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the truck was about negotiating the bend leading to the Zone 8 when it lost control and crushed a pedestrian and…
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Reps honour Arotile
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, honoured Nigerian Air Force’ first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who died last week. The NAF had said Arotile died on Tuesday last week at the age of 24, when she was inadvertently hit by the reversing vehicle of an excited former Air Force Secondary School…
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(update) NDDC probe: Acting MD collapses during investigative hearing
The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei fainted on Monday during an investigative hearing at the National Assembly. Pondei collapsed where he was seated as members of the House Committee on NDDC grilled him. The committee had grilled him for about 45 minutes before he passed out. Pondei has…
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Falana commends Wike for foiling Nunieh’s arrest
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday applauded the move by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, stopping the police from arresting a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh. Falana also demanded that the Department of State Services obey three separate court orders for the release…
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Release former NDDC boss to us now, Rivers CP tells Wike
Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Gobum Mukan, has called on Governor Nyesom Wike to hand over former Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, who is currently taking refuge at the Government House in Port Harcourt. The Rivers State Police boss called on the governor to hand over…
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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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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…
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Tolulope Arotile: Ijumu, Okun, Kogi and Nigeria had lost a very young, not easily replaceable gallant soldier… Elder Olowodola
Kogi philanthropist and All Progressive Congress Leader, Elder Benjamin Olowodola has described late Tolulope Arotile as an irreplaceable gallant soldier and fighter, whose short sojourn on earth left indelible footprints in the history of the Nigeria Air force. This statement is contained in the condolence message he released as he received the shocking and tragic…
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Kogi NYCN mourns late Arotile, describes her passage as heartbreaking
National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Kogi state chapter has expressed grief over the death of Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot. Arotile died from head injuries she sustained from a road accident at NAF base in Kaduna on Tuesday 14th, July 2020. The council in a statement issued on Tuesday by the…