December 25, 2024 – Page 2

Governor Soludo Orders Arrest Of ‘Fake’ Traditional Ruler In Oba Community

December 25, 2024 AlienMedia

Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has ordered the state Police Command to arrest anyone parading himself as the Traditional Ruler of Oba Autonomous Community in Idemili South Local Government Area. Governor Soludo further announced that there was no election conducted in the community for the election of a new Igwe of Oba, insisting that whatever activity or actions taken by the community is illegal and criminal. According to the Anambra state Commissioner for Local Government and Town Union Affairs, Chief Tony Collins Nwabunwanne, who spoke on behalf of the governor,…

Abuja Doctors Give Wike Strike Notice, Threaten ‘Deadliest Shutdown’

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 AlienMedia

Resident doctors in Abuja have given the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, two weeks to meet their demands, threatening to shut down hospitals if their requests are not granted. In a statement on Monday, the President of the FCTA Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), George Ebong commended Wike for his infrastructure strides in Abuja but described the doctors as “abandoned projects. While he fixes the infrastructural abandoned project, we are the human abandoned projects”. Ebong said the “injustice” to doctors “is alien to FCT” and warned that “if this…

Nsukka Terminal Station: Ogige Market Traders, Nsukka Business Community Celebrate Mbah’s Speedy Completion Of Project

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 AlienMedia

The Ogige Market Traders and the Nsukka Business Community have commended the speedy completion of the Nsukka Terminal Station, one of the landmark projects initiated and executed by the Enugu State Government under the leadership of Governor Peter Mbah. This was even as the President of Nsukka Zonal Amalgamated Traders Association (NZATA), Dr. Ezema Dominic, described the governor as a gift to the people of Nsukka, stressing that Mbah was already reviving the economy of the zone through his committed efforts in infrastructural transformation. The traders and business leaders, who…

Governor Uzodimma Presents N755.6 Billion Budget For 2025 Fiscal Year To Imo Assembly For Approval

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 AlienMedia

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has presented a budget of N755.6 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. While presenting the budget, Governor Uzodimma stated that the budget tagged: “Budget of expanded economic opportunities” is 27.6 percent higher than the 2024 budget. Uzodimma explained that the capital expenditure gulped 643.3 billion naira representing 85.1 percent while 112.3 billion naira is alloted to recurrent expenditure, representing 14.9 per cent of the budget. The governor further said that infrastructure sector got the biggest share with a sum…

I Have No Regret Removing Petrol Subsidy —Says President Tinubu

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 AlienMedia

President Bola Tinubu has restated that he has no regrets about removing petrol subsidy in May 2023, emphasising that Nigeria cannot continue to be Father Christmas to neighbouring countries. The former Lagos governor who stated this during the first presidential media chat televised Monday night, said removing petrol subsidy was in a bid to save generations to come, noting that the country was already spending its future while giving freebies to neighbouring countries. Tinubu said petrol subsidy removal some 18 months ago have increased competition within the sector and that…

President Bola Tinubu: No Going Back On Tax Reforms

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 AlienMedia

President Bola Tinubu has insisted that there is no going back on the tax reform bills. Tinubu, who stated this during a media chat in Lagos on Monday, said the tax reforms were necessitated by the need to eliminate colonial-based assumptions in the nation’s tax environment. The Presidential Media Chat, Tinubu’s first, was aired on the Nigerian Television Authority and other television channels Monday night. The tax reforms have sparked controversy across the country, forcing the House of Representatives to suspend indefinitely the debate on the bills earlier fixed for…

Man Beheads Friend After Misappropriating N30million

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 AlienMedia

The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Mr Efe Onoetiyi for killing his best friend, Paulinus Okon after collecting over N50 million from the deceased. The Commissioner of Police Delta State Command, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, disclosed this on Monday while parading the man, alongside four other killers. He said, “I welcome you to this briefing which is particularly painful. It involves the murder of one Paulinus Okon by his bosom friend, one Efe Onoetiyi. Paulinus was reported missing on September 8, 2024, by his brother after he went out…

Expresso Presidency: What OBJ Told Tinubu: You’re Converting Nigeria’s Assets To Personal Property!

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 AlienMedia

…Nigeria’s Not Lagos By Steve Osuji The voice of a statesman is also the voice of God: Yes, it’s not just the voice of the people that’s the voice of God, as that age-old aphorism suggests. And there’s no doubt that former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is today’s last true statesman. Of course, the hallmark of statesmanship is the audacity to say things others only murmur about. Expectedly, Obasanjo didn’t disappoint recently when he called out President Bola Tinubu leaving sweltering words on his back. Tinubu’s canines like Bayo Onanuga…