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LAGOS – Contrary to an earlier arrangement, the Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti, who was scheduled to meet with police authorities at Panti, Lagos, with the Movement of the People’s (MOP) legal team and activists, will now be heading for the State Police Command in Ikeja. An MOP source who pleaded anonymity told Newsjaunts on Tuesday morning on phone that the team would be meeting with the top police chiefs at the Command. Although the source could not say the reasons for the last-minute change of plan, he disclosed that the MOP team was already on their way to the command headquarters…

The Federal Government has imposed new restrictions amid the rising cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in various parts of the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, announced this on Monday at the briefing of the task force in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He explained that the directives were advisories issued to state authorities for implementation in the next five weeks. The new restrictions include the closure of all bars, nightclubs, pubs and event centres, as well as recreational venues in all states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). All restaurants were…

Ebonyi State Chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA has said it received over 100 reports of rape cases and various other forms of violence against women and girl children in the State in 2020. The State Chairperson of the non Governmental Organisation, Grace Iheanacho-Chima who gave graphic details of some of the reports received, calls for more collaborative efforts aimed at mitigating the trend in the State. The event officially marked the end of the 2020 year activism against Gender-Based Violence by the female lawyers in Ebonyi State. Like its counterparts across the world, FIDA, Ebonyi State…

Members of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, have called for the appointment of substantive heads in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and the Presidential Amnesty Programme to drive the development agenda for the people of the region. The group made this known as it staged a peaceful demonstration along the East-West Road on Monday, stressing that it has lost confidence in ongoing forensic auditing of the NDDC. The group took over the East-West road quite early to express their displeasure and drive home their positions on appointments into the NDDC as well as the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The group said…

The National Assembly has passed the 2021 budget raising the proposed estimate of N13.082 trillion to N13.588 trillion. This is an increase of N505 billion from the proposed figures presented by the executive. This budget was passed on Monday by both the Senate and the House of Representatives during their special plenary held mainly to pass the budget ahead of the Christmas and New Year break. The lawmakers are sticking to the $40 per barrel benchmark price of crude but asked President Buhari to send a supplementary budget because of the increase in oil price in the international market which…

LOKOJA- Kogi state Commissioner for works and Housing, Engineer Abubakar Ohere has charged Nigerians to look beyond sentiments in choosing the next president for the country. He said, the hitherto considerations for the election of President which was based on regions , ethnicity and religions have not been able to offer purposeful leadership to the people stressing that age, courage and antecedents of managerial acumen should be the yardsticks in determining who governs the country. Engineer Ohere gave the charge On Monday while speaking with Journalists in Lokoja on the need for well meaning Nigerians to avoid parochial consideration in supporting…

The Ebonyi state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused Governor Dave Umahi intimidation and threats to the lives of some of its prominent chieftains in the state. At a media briefing in Abuja on Saturday, members of the executive committee of the chapter, said the governor started threatening and intimidating key PDP chieftains in the state shortly after his defection from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on November 17. In an address read by the Publicity Secretary of the chapter, Silas Onu, on behalf of himself and others, the politicians raised the alarm that…

ADO-EKITI- The National Industrial Court, sitting in Akure has voided the disengagement of 32 technologists by the management of the Ekiti State University (EKSU). Recall that the sacked staff had dragged the EKSU Governing Council and Vice Chancellor (first to third defendants respectively) to court over the matter. Justice K.D Damulak in the suit number NICN/AD/03/2020 directed the University to effect the payment of the outstanding three months salaries of the affected workers. In the judgment delivered on December 8, which copy was made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti Justice Damulak said, “The claimants are hereby reinstated to their erstwhile positions…

ABUJA- The high command of the Nigerian military on Saturday, said that one armed bandit was killed and three other criminals arrested during a night patrol on Thursday and Friday, by its troops in Zamfara state. In an operation update released through Major General John Enenche, Coordinator of the Defense Media Operations, (CDMO), the high command said that one of the arrested persons, a female, was also impersonating the Nigeria police, to defraud unsuspecting citizens. General Enenche said, “On 17 December 2020, troops of Forward Operating Base Shinkafi, while on night patrol, came in contact with some armed bandits at Bakinruwa…

The Niger State Government has directed all workers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state to remain at home from Monday, December 21, 2020. The workers were asked to remain at home in a circular to MDAs signed by the Head of Service, Salamatu Abubakar in order to remain safe from the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The circular was titled, “Stay Free from 2nd Wave of Coronavirus Pandemic stated that only officials on essential duties were exempted. It stated, “Please, refer to the subject matter above. I write to inform you that in view of the…