Akwa Ibom state party leaders finished planning a huge welcome event for top government officials. President Bola Tinubu will visit along with Vice President Kashim Shettima and party boss Abdullahi Ganduje. All the party governors from other states plan to attend this special ceremony. Senator Ita Enang told reporters about these arrangements during a Friday meeting. The event celebrates Governor Umo Eno joining their political team.
Police Chief Baba Azare promised extra security guards would protect everyone during Saturday's celebration. He warned troublemakers to stay away from the area. Enang used to help the president with lawmaker issues and regional problems. The senator said party members made careful plans to keep everything...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio thinks President Bola Tinubu will crush the competition during the next election. The top lawmaker believes Tinubu will capture almost every single vote when people head to the polls again. Akpabio made these bold predictions during a celebration party for Governor Umo Eno who just joined their political team. The event took place on Saturday where party members welcomed their new member with open arms. Everyone seemed excited about having another governor join their group.
Governor Eno recently left his old political party because of problems with their leadership. The Akwa Ibom State leader decided to switch sides after watching his former party struggle with internal fights. Eno felt tired of...
Anti-corruption officers caught a top government worker who hurt young women. Dr Mkor Aondona helps Governor Hyacinth Alia with planning and research jobs. Police grabbed him on Friday after female students told them he did bad things. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission shared this news on their Facebook page. He faces charges for sexual crimes and online bullying.
Female college students said Aondona tricked them into working at events. He only picked pretty and thin ladies for these jobs. The man made them sleep with him if they wanted the work. These women felt scared and did what he asked. They thought they had no other choice.
Aondona secretly filmed these women during private moments. The students never knew he was...
Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang spoke out against a deadly mob attack that killed eight people on Friday. The violence happened at Mangun District when travelers from Kaduna State lost their way during a trip. A group of 31 people from Basawa community had left Zaria for a wedding ceremony at Qua'an Pan. They rode on an Ahmadu Bello University bus but took a wrong turn somewhere along the route. The travelers stopped to ask locals for directions when angry crowds attacked them.
The governor went to see the attack site and visited hurt people at Mangu General Hospital. He called the mob violence terrible and said it could have been prevented easily. Mutfwang explained that innocent people got caught up during their...
A citizens group from Ondo State wants the federal government to drop plans for new Forest Guards. The Ondo Citizens for Good Governance says adding more security forces will mess up efforts to spread police power around the country. Group leader Olawumi Adegbola thinks the government should make Amotekun Corps stronger instead. He believes turning Amotekun into real state police would work better against crime. The group calls the Forest Guard idea a waste of time and money.
Adegbola argues that creating Forest Guards will just copy what other security teams already do. He says the country needs state police to fight kidnappers and bandits more effectively. The group leader questions why anyone would start new forest protection when...
Navy officers destroyed a massive oil stealing operation deep inside Delta State swamplands. Commodore Abdulazeez Zubairu from Nigerian Navy Ship Delta announced the successful raid on criminals who steal crude oil. The military sent fourteen sailors on two armed boats and one fast speedboat to attack the illegal camp. They found the hidden refinery at map points 5.381734⁰N and 5.587105⁰E near Obotebe village. Officers completely demolished the criminal site after discovering how thieves processed stolen crude oil there.
The navy team acted on secret tips from local people who knew about the illegal activities. Sailors found the camp deep inside mangrove swamps where oil thieves thought nobody could reach them. Military leaders believe...
A Lagos court pushed back a trial date for music manager Eezee Tee until late September. The gospel artist promoter faces serious money crimes that could land him behind bars. Judge Chukwujekwu Aneke moved the hearing to September 26 after lawyers asked for more time. Eezee Tee and his business company must answer seven different criminal charges. The case moved from another judge to Aneke earlier this year.
Anti-corruption officers from EFCC brought the charges against the music boss. They say he broke currency exchange laws and washed dirty money through his accounts. The crimes involve hundreds of thousands of dollars that moved through illegal channels. One charge claims he traded foreign money without proper government permission...
Nigerian military leaders have told people living near their army base to stop building houses on their land. The army owns property around Ekehuan Barracks near Benin City and residents keep putting up new buildings there. Captain Chinonso Oteh speaks for the army and says they might tear down these illegal structures soon. Local community chiefs from Oghede and Iyanomo areas refuse to follow rules they agreed to before. The army tried many times to solve this problem peacefully but nothing worked.
The communities took the army to court earlier but lost their case because they had no legal right to the land. Army officials agreed to settle the matter outside court to keep peace between soldiers and civilians. Community leaders...
Teachers in Nigeria's capital city say local government leaders stole money meant for their wages. The Nigerian Union of Teachers claims six area council chairmen took N4.1 billion that should have gone to educators. Minister Nyesom Wike gave this money to pay teachers the new minimum wage that the federal government approved. Union treasurer Emmanuel Ameh talked about this problem during a television interview. He explained how the council leaders lied about what they did with the cash.
Teachers have stopped working for more than three months because they want fair pay. They met with Minister Wike to ask for help with their wage problems. The former Rivers State governor promised to solve their money troubles and released the funds...
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