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PDP suspends ex-Abia Reps member, Abonta for alleged anti-party activities

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The quick past part who addressed Ukwa East and Ukwa West Government Voting demographic, Hon Uzoma Nkem Abonta, under the foundation of the People groups Progressive alliance (PDP), has been suspended from the party. This was spread the word for newsmen in Akwete today, Wednesday 28, in a proclamation by the PDP Ward Director and Secretary of the party in Akwete-Ohandu Ward. A portion of the reasons they claimed include: hostile to party exercises, factionalization of the party in the ward, proudly exposing the party to a few court suits with no response to the PDP inside system of resolving clashes and debates, his arrangement as the Representative Chief General of the All Reformists Fantastic Collusion (APGA) in the 2023 general political race and his public acknowledgment of the said arrangement, his refusal to surrender the bike given to the Ward Director by Congressperson Enyinnaya Abaribe, his conspicuous refusal to pay the party duty for quite a while at this point, and his open
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Baby Dies After Mother Gives Tramadol, Goes Clubbing

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   An unidentified woman whose child died after she allegedly gave her baby tramadol drug and went clubbing has been arrested by the Cameroonian Police Command.  "The innocent child was the only thing standing in her way as she couldn't take him to the club. So what did this girl do? The Instagram user, who shared the story with pictures of the lady and the dead baby, said the mother gave the child the drug so the baby could sleep while she went out to party with friends. The incident was said to have happened in Likombo area of Tiko in the South-West region of Cameroon. It was further revealed that the said mother locked the baby in the house after giving him the drug before going out. Upon her return, she discovered the child lying down lifeless where she had put him and then raised the alarm. It was further revealed that the residents of the community descended on her and beat her up before the police intervened and carted her away. The caption of the post reads, “This lady
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Cash Swap: CBN Bars Abuja, Lagos POS Operators

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  The Apex Monetary Authourity also known as the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN)  has excluded mobile money/Point of Sales agents in Abuja and Lagos from its newly launched cash swap programme. In a document released to selected agents on Monday January 23, the CBN provided some guidelines for the cash swap programme. The development came as the January 31 deadline for the phasing out of the old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes approaches. According to the document, only five banks have been approved to engage in the programme. They include Access Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, and First City Monument Bank. It read in part, “Not all agents can participate. This is open to only selected agents profiled by the super agent/MMO/bank and submitted to the Central Bank of Nigeria and participating banks (Access, Zenith, UBA, First, FCMB).” On the number of states selected for the programme, it read, “Selected agents in all the 36 states (except
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International, Local Flights Grounded As Aviation Handling Company Strikes

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  Passengers where left stranded on Monday, 23rd of January, 2023 as Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) embarked on an indefinite industrial action over salary increment. As a result of this, Royal Air Macro and Qatar Arlines passenger flight were turned back, while Virgin Atlantic, dropped passengers without workers to handle the clearance. Recall that on January 16th, the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN) wrote a memo signed by Ocheme Aba (General Secretary) and Francis Akinjole (Principal Deputy General Secretary) to their members explaining that they have been in negotiations with the management of NAHCO for the review of current salaries since June, 2022 without any headway. The memo read: " As the ultimatum issued by our unions have gone unheeded and the management continues to play on our intelligence through scheduling of purposeless meetings, we have come to the conclusion that the m
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Ohanaeze Places $50, 000 Bounty On Simon Ekpa

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  The Southeast has been urged by the apex socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Worldwide to disregard the sit-at-home order by Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu. Ekpa had declared sit-at-home on Monday and Tuesday across the Southeast. In a statement on Monday by Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the group said Ekpa's poly is part of "his paymaster" who is one of the frontline presidential candidates in respect of the 2023 election. However, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, declared Ekpa the number one enemy of the Igbo nation, hence the sit-at-home should be nullified. In a statement by Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze urged Southeast governors to declare Monday and Tuesday public holidays to allow people of the Southeast to get their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs. He urged the Southeast Governors to emulate the wisdom of the Abia State Government to declare public holidays on the same days
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Apostle Suleman Sues Halima Abubakar For N1 Billion

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The General overseer and senior pastor of Fire and Omega Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has filed a defamation lawsuit against actress Halima Abubakar. Recall that the actress in 2022 alleged that she had an affair with the preacher because he told her he was a divorcee with three children. Halima also accused the cleric of reneging on his promise to marry her and being behind an undisclosed life-threatening ailment that had plagued her for years. However, in a new Instagram live Video with Comedian Princess, Halima claimed Suleman proposed to her more than seven times during their relationship and met her parents for introduction. "I did not know he was married. He told me he was separated. I used to beg him to go and settle with his wife but he said No. He proposed to me more than seven times. He involved my parents and met them for introduction," she alleged. She also alleged that she was pregnant for him three times and lost all three while he also had sex with her w
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85% doctors planning to leave Nigeria, says NARD

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Not less than 85 per cent of Nigerian doctors are planning to leave the country to seek greener pastures, as reported by Sunday Punch. This is based on the facts obtained from the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. The report also showed that the preferred countries for immigration intentions are the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The NARD members are of House Officers, Registrars, Senior Registrars, and Medical Officers below the level of Principal Medical Officers. According to the President of the association, Dr Emeka, said if the government did not take steps to address the ongoing brain drain in the country, the situation will get worse in the health sector. “When we are saying these things, it looks as if it’s a joke. Mobility of labour is acceptable anywhere and what the government should do is to address the root causes of the immigration of doctors, as long as they don’t address it, when they see better opportunities out there, they will want to go th
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THE thirty- six State Governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF has constituted saddled with the responsibility of interfacing with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on the Naira redesign and withdrawal policy put in place by the apex bank.

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  THE thirty- six State Governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF has constituted saddled with the responsibility of interfacing with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on the Naira redesign and  withdrawal policy put in place by  the apex bank. The committee which is chaired by former Governor CBN and the Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo has Governors Udom Ammanuel of Akwa Ibom; Dapo Abiodun of Ogun; Babangida Zulum of Borno; Simon Lalong of Plateau and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa States as members. The committee, according to the Communique issued on Saturday at the end of its virtual meeting held with the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele on Thursday night, Chairman of NGF and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal said that the State Governors urged the CBN to consider the peculiarities of States especially as they pertain to financial inclusion and under-served locations. The Governors have also observed that there are huge challenges that remain problemati
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Robbers Injure Scores, Rape Ladies In UNIZIK Hostels

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  It was gathered that No fewer than 17 students of   Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State sustained varying degrees of injury while an unconfirmed number of female students were allegedly raped after some armed robbery suspects numbering about 20, raided scores of the hostels located along Ifite road, Awka, the state capital on Thursday, January 19. According to a source, the robbers, heavily armed with guns, axes and matchets, went from room to room, hostel to hostel, raping female students and dispossessing them of their phones, ipads, money and other valuables unchallenged. “We were at the hostel when we heard gunshots and fled for our dear lives as they were yet to get to our own hostel. We had to hide at the back of some shops in the area. We had loud noise of female students shouting for help but nobody could summon the courage to stop them because they were well armed. Those that attempted to resist were beaten blue and black. The number of hostels in the area, includi
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British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak fined for failing to wear seatbelt in social media video

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  UK's prime minister, Rishi Sunak has been fined by Lancashire Police for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip in the back of a moving car. He apologised for the “brief error of judgment” after the clip was posted to Instagram during a visit to the area to talk about Levelling Up funding. It is the second fixed penalty notice for Mr. Sunak; while chancellor, he was issued with a £50 ticket for breaching Covid lockdown laws at one of the events that sparked the Partygate scandal. Reports at the time suggested Mr. Sunak had to be “talked out” of resigning over the fine. Lancashire Police said: “You will be aware that a video has been circulating on social media showing an individual failing to wear a seat belt while a passenger in a moving car in Lancashire. “After looking into this matter, we have today (Friday, January 20th) issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of fixed penalty.” A No 10 spokesperson confirmed Mr. Sunak would pay th
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Road to Wole Soyinka train station in Ogun collapses, residents cry for help

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  Various portions of the road leading to the Wole Soyinka Train Station in Ogun State have collapsed, DAILY POST reports. The Wole Soyinka Train Station is one of the 10 stations that make up the 156km Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail commissioned in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. However, when the state-of-the-art train station was completed by the Federal Ministry of Transportation, government did not take into cognisance, the need to fix the access road that goes to the station. Today, the road has become a nightmare to train users, who are now considering returning to the roads instead of teavelling to Lagos and Ibadan through the railway. When our correspondent visited the train axis on Saturday, it was noticed that the 3km Kenya/Olokuta/Idi-Aba road is in shambles. Different portions of the road have been washed away by erosion, giving the people no other option than to cry to both the state and federal governments for succour. One of the community leaders, Chief Eze
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