The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “To reject the recently approved $1.08bn World Bank loan and instead direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly investigate the allegations that over N233bn of public funds are missing, diverted or unaccounted for by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc., Abuja and other ministries, departments and agencies [MDAs]. SERAP said, “Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence and any missing public funds should be fully…
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Port Harcourt, April 6, 2025 (NAN) Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 6 Division have apprehended 43 suspected oil thieves during a coordinated raid on illegal artisanal refineries across Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states. Spokesman for the division, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt on Sunday, noting that 14 artisanal refineries were also dismantled during the operations. Danjuma also revealed that troops seized 14 boats and confiscated about 254,000 litres of various stolen petroleum products between March 31 and April 6. Providing details of the operations, he explained that soldiers in Delta raided the Old Ogorode community…
The Federal Government is set to flag off construction of the Cross River Section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway on April 14. The section is known as Section B3 of the coastal highway project. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made the disclosure at a stakeholders engagement on Section Two of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project in Lagos on Sunday. “We are going there, to Cross River, on 14, to flag off the construction. By 15, we also go to Akwa Ibom to flag off. “That 65km is the worst terrain. It is 65km times two, which is 130km,”…
A nationwide protest led by the Take-It-Back Movement and other civil society organisations has commenced in Abuja. The demonstration, which kicked off on Monday, April 7, 2025, is aimed at drawing attention to the alleged misuse of the Cybercrime Act, the worsening economic hardship in the country, and what organisers have described as a “state of emergency” in Rivers State. Members of the Take-It-Back Movement demonstrate in Abuja over inflation, insecurity, and alleged repression on Monday, April 7, 2025. (Photo: Olukayode Jaiyeola) Protesters gathered in the nation’s capital, wielding placards with various inscriptions such as “Stop the Repression” and “Let…
-PROMISES FIVE MAJOR PROJECTS,OTHERS IN 2026 BUDGET The Town Square meeting organized to afford Oron Federal Constituency opportunity to avail the Akwa Ibom State Governor of their needs, became another empowerment avenue for Governor Umo Eno as several indigenes smiled home with cash grants. The cash totaling N335m naira were given to traders, farmers and business owners in the five local government areas of the federal constituency, including Oron, Okobo, Udung Uko, Urue Offong Oruko and Mbo. 51 million naira went to 108 farmers from the 2 billion naira farmers loan, 543 business men and women got 225 million naira,…
Today, April 5, 2025, His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, returns to Oron Federal Constituency for the exciting Arise Town-Square and Empowerment Series. Let’s take a moment to look back at his impactful visit on March 12, 2025, when he launched the game-changing Oron Maritime Infrastructure Development Works, By James Edet Nestled on the bank of the scenic Oron River, an offshoot of the Atlantic Ocean, Oron town is characterised by beautiful beaches and the enticing aroma of rich seafood, providing a perfect backdrop for the transformative vision of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed rumours that he collapsed and was flown abroad for medical treatment, describing the claims as satanic and politically motivated. Speaking on Thursday while inspecting some projects in the nation’s capital, Wike said, “I don’t want to give credence to people who are only interested in spreading rumours. First of all, I am a human being, not a ghost. If someone collapses, it is a human being that collapses, not a ghost. Unfortunately, I did not collapse.” Wike clarified that he has remained active in his duties, pointing out that he…
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has boasted that there is a tendency for his critics to be killed if they speak ill of him in his church situated in the Auchi Area of Edo State. Suleman sparked controversy with the statement in a video circulating on social media on Friday to prove his followers’ unwavering loyalty. He said, “If you want to die and you’ve been praying for death, but it hasn’t come, there’s a way to make it happen,” Suleman declared. “Come to Auchi, stand by the front gate of our church, and…
Media personality and actress, Omotunde Adebowale-David, also known as Lolo 1, has shared her painful experience of being raped by a male colleague in the broadcasting industry and how it traumatises her. She opened up about the incident on her podcast, Say My Piece, saying the experience still traumatises her, especially because she still sees the man who did it. “I hardly ever say this, and I am not even ready to tell the full story. The stories of sexual assault. When I discussed it with my daughter yesterday, she held my hand and said, ‘Mummy, you’ve gone through so…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has raised the alarm over the activities of vandals and illegal miners at its transmission towers, saying that the activities are threatening the nation’s national electricity grid stability. It stated that if nothing was done to checkmate the nefarious activities, the national electricity grid would remain vulnerable to frequent collapses due to the imminent fall of the transmission towers and lines resulting from the vandalisation and illegal mining of sand and laterite along the right of ways. The TCN General Manager (Transmission) in charge of the Enugu region, Dr. Thomas Inugonum, raised the alarm…