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The senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has urged the Federal Government to prioritise maternal mortality in its budget to curb the rate of deaths during childbirth.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/give-maternal-mortality-priority-in-2024-budget-sen-natasha-to-fg/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the operator of McHarvey Capital Limited, Benjamin Ikaa, Chidera Jonas and Ikaa Benjamin before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/3-arraigned-over-alleged-1-6m-crypto-currency-fraud/

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have repelled an attack by armed hoodlums, who blocked all roads in Opuje community, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ndlea-officers-repel-gunfire-attack-in-edo-forest/

Amnesty International, has accused Nigeria military of trying to cover up mass killing of civilians in the bombing of Tudun Biri village, Kaduna State.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/kaduna-bombing-military-trying-to-cover-up-mass-killing-amnesty-intl/

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday said the Opebi-Mende-Ojota Link Bridge and other arterial roads connecting the bridge would be ready for commuters by the Second Quarter of 2024.

read more: Opebi-Mende-Ojota link Bridge ready Q2 24, says Sanwo-Olu

Mr. Peter Obi has congratulated President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof Benedict Oramah on his emergence as Forbes Africa’s 2023 Person of the Year.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obi-congratulates-oramah-on-emerging-forbes-africas-2023-person-of-the-year/

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has directed that all pending intra-party litigations across the country should be withdrawn forthwith.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/withdrew-intra-party-cases-in-court-pdp-directs-members/

Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, has expressed grief over the army bombing of Tudun-Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state, during which scores were killed.


read more: Kaduna bombing: Sultan led JNI demands justice for victims families

Former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the military to exercise utmost caution and professionalism in future campaigns, following the mistaken bombing of villagers for bandits in Kaduna State, Sunday night.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/kaduna-bombing-military-must-exercise-utmost-caution-peter-obi/

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has on the Federal Government to launch a thorough investigation into the military drone airstrike that killed dozens of people and left scores injured in Tudun Biri community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/probe-kaduna-bombing-atiku-tells-government/

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated President Bola Tinubu over his over-bloated delegation of 1,411 individuals to the Conference of the Parties, COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which delegation is reportedly brimming with his cronies, political minions and their mistresses at huge expense to the nation.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/pdp-berates-tinubu-over-bloated-cop28-delegation/

Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has expressed gratitude to his boss and principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, for felicitating with him on his birthday anniversary.


read more :https://frontiernewsng.com/shaibu-thanks-governor-obaseki-over-surprise-birthday-message/

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed insinuation that he is beneficiary of Federal Goverment’s reinstated Integrated Logistic Services Nigeria Limited, Intels, contract.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/im-not-a-beneficiary-of-renewed-fg-intels-contract-atiku-abubakar/

Mr. Peter Obi, has described as a twist of sad irony, that Nigeria’s delegation to the on-going COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, matched that of China at 1411.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/nigeria-matched-chinese-1411-delegates-to-cop28-summit-pater-obi/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio to use his leadership position “to promptly reject the plan by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nysom Wike to spend N15 billion for the construction of ‘a befitting residence’ for the Vice President, Mr. Kashim Shettima.”

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/n87-4trn-debt-reject-wikes-n15bn-on-vp-residence-serap-tells-akpabio/

Labour Party, LP and its governorship candidate in the Imo governorship election, Athan Achononu, have cried out that Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was frustrating their efforts to inspect the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, used for the November 11, poll.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/imo-poll-inec-frustrating-efforts-to-inspect-bivas-lp-cries-out/

Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday, narrated to a Federal High Court, Abuja, how the inability of a defunct commercial bank (Diamond Bank) to disburse huge sums of money prompted the airlifting of N1.219billion cash to former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose for the governorship election in the state.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/we-airlifted-n1-219bn-to-ekiti-for-fayose-election-in-2-tranches-obanikoro/

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, described the N27.5 trillion budget for 2024 fiscal year as proposed by President Bola Tinubu to National Assembly as a huge disservice, if allowed to pass.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/tinubus-2024-budget-is-deceitful-strangulating-hopeless-pdp/

Labour Party, LP, on Tuesday, said it was embarrassed and depressed that the Supreme Court had, after hearing its appeal, refuse to deliver any judgment and also fail to avail the party of any copy of whatever it considers to be its decision.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/presidential-poll-scourt-yet-to-read-or-release-judgment-in-our-appeal-labour-party/

GBV can manifest in a variety of ways. Some of these include: physical violence, such as assault or slavery; emotional or psychological violence, such as verbal abuse or confinement; sexual abuse, including rape; harmful practices, like child marriage and female genital mutilation; socio-economic violence, which includes denial of resources; and sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/justice-preventive-intervention-for-victims-of-gender-based-violence-2

The Labour Party, LP, has that the ruling of various Election tribunals and the Court of Appeal against its gubernatorial candidate in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga, and some members of the party-state legislators in Enugu State do not reflect the electoral position of the people of the state.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/enugu-gov-acourt-decision-doesnt-reflect-position-of-the-people-lp/

Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, has called on lawyers, who accused judges of collecting bribe to stop being cowards but make bold to present the evidence to law enforcement agencies, even when the bribes were allegedly given by or through them.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/present-evidence-of-bribe-taking-against-any-judge-nba-tells-lawyers/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, of Delta State, Monday, performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of three flyovers, cloverleaf, road expansion and pedestrian bridges in the Effurun and Warri metropolis of the state.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/gov-oborevwori-flags-off-construction-of-n78bn-effurun-warri-flyovers/

Ogun and Oyo State High Courts and a Federal High Court have convicted and sentenced to various jail terms, 33 internet fraudsters who were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/courts-convict-33-internet-fraudsters-in-oyo-ogun/

Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the February 25, poll, has stressed the need for the prioritisation of investment in education, as it remains a critical contributor to national development.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/we-must-prioritise-investment-in-education-peter-obi/

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has received the National Information Technology Merit Award, NITMA, IT Gold Merit Award, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development of Information Technology, IT, in Edo State.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obaseki-wins-nitma-2023-ict-gold-merit-award/

Ahead of the Edo State 2024 Governorship Election, the state deputy governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu will Monday, November 27, 2023, officially declare his intention to seek the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming primary of the main opposition party.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/edo-2024-shaibu-declares-for-governorship-race-monday/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked the World Bank President, Mr. Ajay Banga “to promptly, transparently and effectively conduct investigation into spending of loans and other facilities by the country’s 36 state governors and to suspend any loans and funding if there is relevant admissible evidence of mismanagement or diversion of public funds by any of the states.”

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/suspend-loans-to-nigerias-36-states-over-misspending-serap-tells-world-bank/

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on November 25, raided a lounge in Osogbo, Osun State, where a night party organised for illicit substance abuse was going to hold and arrested some of the organisers who were found with drug exhibits.


read more https://frontiernewsng.com/ndlea-arrests-organisers-of-osun-illicit-drug-party-unholy-alliance-during-raid/

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has expressed deeply worried about the current state of affairs within the Nigerian judiciary.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/northern-elders-express-worry-over-conduct-of-judiciary/

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been asked to commit the former Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule and his deputy, Dumle Maol to prison over alleged refusal to obey an order of the court.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/rivers-assembly-crisis-amaewhule-his-former-deputy-risk-jail-term/

The Abia State government Wednesday, said it had uncovered an orchestrated plot by disgruntled politicians to sponsor a blackmail campaign against Governor Alex Otti using unnamed media outlets.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/abia-govt-alleges-plot-to-blackmail-governor-otti/