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By NewsBits The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun has passed away. The 42nd Olubadan was 82 when he joined his ancestors. Oba Balogun spent two years on the throne of his forefathers, having been presented the Staff of Office by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on March 11, 2022. Confirming his death in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, on Thursday, Makinde said Oba Balogun died Thursday evening at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. The governor described the late native ruler as a towering figure…

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By Tony Adibe Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said that the Light-Up Nigeria Project signals a new dawn for power and industrialisation of the Southeast region, saying the initiative aligns with his administration’s disruptive approach to governance underpinned by thinking outside the box. Mbah, while commending the Federal Government and the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) for coming up with the project to ramp up power supply to industrial clusters in the Southeast, enjoined industrialists of the region to fully key into it and take advantage…

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By Tony Adibe The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has said that electricity is sinequanon to any industrial revolution in any country just as he described the southeast zone as the economic hub of Nigeria. Vice President Shettima spoke during the formal launch of the ‘Light Up Nigeria Initiative and the Southeast Business Roundtable in Enugu on Monday. Shettima said that Southeast, which he said has 87 million people living in it, was very important to the country, adding that “if Southeast Zone works, Nigeria works.” He, however, added that…

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By NewsBits The Supreme Court on Friday has set aside the verdicts of the Court of Appeal and election petitions tribunal, which nullified the victory of Kano State Governor Yusuf in the March 18, 2023, governorship poll. Judgment was delivered by Justice John Okoro NAN reports that Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf, and his party NNPP, had filed an appeal against the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed his sacking as earlier pronounced by the Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. The tribunal had sacked Yusuf and ordered…

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Popular Nigerian comedian, Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, popularly known as Alibaba, has recounted how his dad kept malice with him for a decade for choosing comedy over becoming a lawyer. Featuring as a guest in the Christmas edition of The Honest Bunch Podcast, Alibaba recalled leaving the university to inform his dad about his intention to become a comedian and how his reaction forced him to abscond from home. He said he became determined to be a successful comedian in a bid to prove his father wrong. Alibaba said, “My dad…

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Justice Joy Unwana of Oron High Court, Akwa Ibom and her driver who were abducted by unknown gunmen on Monday have regained their freedom. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Ini Ememobong, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Saturday. The victims were abducted along the Okobo-Esuk Inwang-Ndon Ebom road in Akwa Ibom, while her orderly was killed. Ememobong said Governor Umo Eno thanked God for ensuring her safe return and thanked the security agencies for their commitment to duty. The commissioner said the governor sympathised with the judge and…

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By NewsBits The Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said his administration would earmark high allocation to the education sector in the state even as he assured support for the Nigerian Law School in the areas of new infrastructure and rehabilitation of the existing dilapidated structures in the school. Governor Mbah gave the assurances, Monday, when the senior management staff of the Enugu Campus of the Nigerian Law School led by the Deputy Director General (DDG), Mrs. Maureen Stanley-Idum, paid a courtesy visit in his office at the Government…

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By NewsBits The governor of Kano State, Mr Abba Yusuf who was sacked yesterday by the election tribunal is expressing optimism that the judgment will be reversed. The embattled Yusuf was elected on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Recall that the three-man election tribunal headed by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay yesterday nullified the governor’s election and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Nasir Gawuna, as the winner of the March 2023 governorship election held in the state. According to the judge, the ballot…

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By NewsBits The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday handed over relief materials to the Enugu State government for onward distribution to victims of 2022 floods. The relief materials were handed over to the Enugu State Emergency Management Agency (ESMA). They included 1,200 (10kg) bags of rice, 1,200 (10kg) bags of beans, 1,200 (10kg) bags of garri, and 250 (20 litres) kegs of vegetable oil. Others were 250 cartons of seasoning cubes, 300 cartons of spaghetti, 250 cartons of tomato paste and 100 bags of iodised salt. Non-food items…

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