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By Jerry Ochada A leading digital channel, Unity Radio and Television (URTV World) has officially unveiled their brand on Saturday, 3rd December 2022. The event held at Chida Hotel Abuja attracted the presence of many elites of Igala extraction. Delivering a keynote address, Prof Armstrong Aduku Idachaba spoke on “The Role of Media in Developing Igala Nation”. He said the purpose of development is to pave way for a rise in the economic wellbeing of the nation. According to Idachaba, a Professor of Theatre Art and the immediate past Acting Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission “Igala land remains one…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has slammed state governors over what he described as their unfair treatment of the administration at the local government level across the country. The President spoke after delivering his speech at an event hosted for members of the Senior Executive Course 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. He said it beats anyone’s imagination how some state governors would collect money on behalf of local government areas in their states, only to remit just half of such allocation to the Council chairmen, who would further…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the Abia state All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship primary election held on May 29, 2022. Justice Binta Nyako, ordered that a fresh primary election be conducted within 14 days. The judge made the order in her judgment on a suit by Chief Chikwe Udensi, challenging the outcome of the APGA gubernatorial primary election, purportedly won by Professor Greg Ibe. She observed that from the evidence and testimonies of witnesses, the May 29 APGA gubernatorial primary election in Abia state was flawed and marred by irregularities. Chief Udensi lost to Professor…
THE Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has presented a total of N172,090,787,292 to the state assembly for consideration as capital and recurrent expenditure for 2023 fiscal year. The amount is made up of total estimated recurrent revenue of N111,248,278,186 consisting of N24,826,741,265 from internal sources, N52,000,000,000 as statutory allocation from the federation account, N2,000,000,000 from Kogi State Mineral Fund (13% Derivation), N25,100,000,000 from Value Added Tax. According to PUNCH, it also includes N100,000,000 from excess crude, 790,000,000 from budget augmentation, N1,000,000,000 from exchange differentials, N3,000,000,000 refund from Federal Government is expected to stand at 81,000,000,000 from non-oil revenue. Also, N200,000,000…
GOVERNOR Jackson Adeleke of Osun state on Wednesday directed former appointed officials to return government properties in their possession within 48 hours. The directive which was contained in a statement by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the governor’s spokesperson in Osogbo, said “any former official who refuses to comply with the directive will face the full weight of the law.” He, however, said the directive was sequel to the large-scale diversion of government assets by top officials of the immediate past administration, adding that “several official vehicles are missing while official records indicated that two-third of former state officials left…
Information reaching SPY News has confirmed resumption of flight operation by Aero Contractors on the 5th of December 2022. Recall that the airline temporarily suspended scheduled passenger services operations with effect from Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A notice of flight ticket on the airline’s website says “we are soaring again” capturing the date of resumption. Aero Contractors is a state-controlled Nigerian airline company based at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. It operates helicopter services and fixed wing domestic and international scheduled passenger services, air charter and third party aircraft operations, largely in support of Nigeria’s…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the renaming of Monkeypox to mpox in English. The WHO announced the decision today in a bid to avoid stigmatization stemming from the existing name. Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified in monkeys kept for research in Denmark in 1958, but the disease is found in a number of animals, and most frequently in rodents. “Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term ‘mpox’ as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while ‘monkeypox’ is…
Controversial Nigerian politician, Femi Fani-Kayode, said no one can kill the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, except God. He stated this in a video posted on his official Twitter handle on Sunday. According to the former Aviation Minister, Tinubu cannot be killed, stressing that only God gives and takes life. Tinubu had during a recent campaign rally in Lagos, declared that nobody can kill him. Reiterating his stance, Fani-Kayode said in the video that nothing will happen to Tinubu before or after the forthcoming election. He said, “There is one fear that I…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has flagged off Nigerian Army (NA) Inter Formation Combat Platoon Swimming Championship at the National Stadium, Surulere in Lagos. The event commenced on Monday (28 November 2022). The Army Chief who was represented by the Commander, Corps of Nigerian Army Engineers, Major General Kamil Kadiri tasked participants to take advantage of the Championship to enhance their fighting efficiency. He said the exercise would assist personnel to conduct operations optimally especially in riverine and amphibious terrains towards there by fulfilling the constitutional mandate of the Nigerian Army. He further reiterated that…
Oil marketers in Nigeria has alleged the lowest price the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited can sell Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol to marketers assuming there is no subsidy is N400/litre. The marketers revealed the figure on Sunday. They also gave other reasons for the continued scarcity of petrol, which had led to the lingering queues at filling stations nationwide. According to the marketers, PMS imports charges were becoming unbearable for the sole importer of the commodity – the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, disclosing that the NNPC had been subtly pushing these charges to depot owners. It was…