In order to complete the Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kano pipeline, the Infrastructure and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Infrastructure Bank of China, and China Export Credit Agency (SINOSURE), which were expected to contribute $2.38 billion, or 85% of the project’s total cost, withdrew. As a result, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has already spent over $1.1 billion.

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, confirmed an earlier exclusive report on the AKK project by The Guardian about the withdrawal of the initial financiers as a result of the contract’s inflation by 570 percent and said the national oil company would continue to finance the project despite the fraud allegations.

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Cases of malaria recorded across Anambra state has reduced by over 30 percent since last year, following the distribution of 3.8 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets by the state government.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike disclosed this to newsmen during a press briefing in Awka on Tuesday, to mark this year’s World Malaria Day in the state.

World Malaria Day is marked every 25th of April, to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control.

It was instituted by WHO Member States during the World Health Assembly of 2007...

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned one Danladi Mohammed, before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, on one count charge of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N7,600,000.00 (Seven Million and Six Hundred Thousand Naira).

The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charge. Counsel for the prosecution, S.O Saka who appeared alongside V.O Ekanem and A.A Ayenshola asked for a date to commence trial.

Justice Fadawu adjourned the case till May 8, 9 and 10, 2023 for the commencement of trial and ordered the remand of the defendant.

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Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has launched a five-year strategic plan for the Ministry and its Services/Board for efficient service delivery.

The Minister declared that the Ministry of Interior is integral to national security and prosperity in a way that many do not readily grasp. He said these are done through the four services of: the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) which monitors comings and goings at the country’s borders, ensuring that those who are likely to harm Nigerians and their welfare from outside are kept at bay...

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Congratulations on attaining your life ambition of becoming the president of a United Nigeria. Always viewed with caution those who had the office thrust upon them. A lack of preparation for the office affects their performance. Good to know you desired this office hence you should be better positioned for the office. Your predecessor also coveted the office but did not use the years prior to taking office to prepare and deliver the maximum good for the maximum number. The good he delivered was for a minority as he was busy herding cows in his doldrums years.

That you are psychologically prepared doesn’t guarantee success as Nigerian reality sets in and rubber hits the road. What is this Nigerian reality? Some say standard economic theories do not work in Nigeria, I beg to differ. Unorthodox economic policies have been thrust on us for last eight years and the non-result is glaring. Emulating economic policies that delivered for other peoples is a good place to start rather than believing it would not work for Nigeria.

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Now, Nigeria is without form and void. Darkness covers the face of the deep and the unquiet Spirit is hovering over the land. Africa’s most populous country is at a fresh dangerous crossroads. At the beginning when darkness covered the earth, God said: ‘’Let there be Light,’’ and there was light. Now, Nigeria needs a leader who will command light to outshine the country’s darkness and exorcise the unquiet spirit. Once a country returns to factory-reset mode or Hobbes’s state of nature: Optimism, Peace and Hope disappear, none of our important human needs is reliably realizable in such a milieu.
Indeed, the perfect storm is already gathering, killer herdsmen have since cut short their vacation, they visited an IDP camp in Benue state and massacred over 128 internally displaced people mostly pregnant women and children recently, before zooming off to Sokoto, they had a stopover in Kaduna where reckless kidnapping and killings took place...

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has directed the Commissioners for Water and Environment, Industries and Cooperatives, as well as Agriculture and Natural Resources, to immediately investigate the report that Pure Biotech Company Limited located along Makurdi – Gboko road has a sewage disposal system that empties waste into River Benue thereby contaminating the water and endangering aquatic life in the river.

In a statement by Terver Akase, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, the Governor said he expects the three Commissioners to report back to him with their findings as quickly as possible, for the next line of action....

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An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between a public servant, Okpanachi Yahaya and his estranged wife, Zainab Adejoh over infidelity.
The Judge, Malam Abdullahi Abdulkareem, dissolved the marriage according to Islamic Law, following Yahaya’s prayer for divorce on grounds of infidelity. Abdulkareem ordered Adejoh to observe “Iddah” (waiting period) of three months according to Islamic injunction, before contracting another marriage.
He added that the issue of child custody which the petitioner brought before the court should be filed as a separate suit. Meanwhile, the petitioner had told the court that he got married to the respondent under Islamic law on Sept.14, 2019 and is blessed with two children, ages 14 and 12....

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A new regulatory framework established by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will allow it to seize billions of naira from dormant accounts, store them, and use the revenues to buy treasury bills and other government securities.

The CBN recently released a guideline that details the management procedures for funds trapped in dormant accounts, potential uses for the funds, pending customer refunds, compliance expectations, monitoring and evaluation, dispute resolution, and sanction for violations. The guideline is dated August 6 but was just released...

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Libya survivor and returnee, Oyiza, has recounted her ordeals while in Libya to seek for a better life. The now Football journalist has helped many Nigerians in captivity in Libya to gain freedom and return home. She informed her followers on her official Facebook page that she has officially registered LUNA FOUNDATION, which stands to fight against human tracking.

“On the 30th of March 2015, I left the shores of nigeria to embark on a life-changing trip to Libya. I had just one goal to achieve on that trip, work for 5 years and come back home, achieve the highest form of my academic pursuit and live happily ever after.”

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The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, yesterday, charged students of Judeen International School to join the fight against economic and financial crimes to secure their future and that of the country.

Bawa who spoke through ACE II. Zainab Sani Ahmed, Head of Public Affairs, Kaduna Zonal Command, at the inauguration of the EFCC Integrity Club in the school, reminded them that the country’s future lies in their hands....

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Some states are not responding badly on the need to extend Universal Health Coverage to its citizens. It is cheering news to note that national laws and policies that support the right to health of the citizens are being domesticated in most states. One of such law and policy is the establishment of the Mandatory Health Insurance scheme and the provision of the one percent Consolidated Revenue Fund for the Basic Health Care Provision Fund. The domestication of these laws and policy is the only vehicle to which Universal Health Coverage can be attained. Using Sokoto State as case study for this write-up, The Sokoto state Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (SOCHEMA) was established by Law No.2 of 2018 to provide affordable, accessible and equitable healthcare services to all residents of Sokoto State. It guarantees the provision of needed healthcare services It is based on the Islamic Insurance called Takaful...

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The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed his condolences on the death of former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola.

Oyebanji in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, described Ajibola’s death as a huge loss to the legal profession, international diplomacy and Nigeria as a country. The Governor noted that the deceased served Nigeria in various capacities with humility, integrity, passion, commitment and to the best of his ability hence the worthy legacies he left behind.

He noted that Ajibola’s distinguished himself in legal advocacy and was a leading light in the law profession which peaked with his election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

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Elections everywhere tend to be divisive. This is because mobilization of support hinges on a successful creation of a simplistic binary of ‘we-versus-them’ dichotomy, which is then nourished by all manner of scaremongering. This is why political campaigns are often likened to wars without weapons. In Africa, it is even more so where politicians seem to have taken literally the exultations by Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering pan-Africanist and Ghana’s independence leader (1957-1966), to seek first the political kingdom and everything else would be added unto them.

In Africa, the allure of political office is exceeding high. Apart from being perhaps the quickest means to personal material accumulation, there is a pervasive fear that the group that captures state power could use it to privilege its in-group and disadvantage others. For these, electoral competitions tend to be especially anarchic, deepening existing fault lines and even creating new ones. In countries like ours where the basis of nationhood remains highly contested, and where several groups have institutionalized memories of hurt, electoral contests often re-open old wounds that raise doubts about the basis of togetherness. This therefore makes it imperative that the task of healing and reconciliation is prioritised after each election.

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to pray for the triumph of justice in the country and rekindle their hope for a new and purposeful Order that derive only from the Will of the people.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologubagba, the PDP said the coming of Easter, at the time Nigerians are despondent over the outcome of the 2023 general elections, serves as an assurance that no matter how long falsehood and manipulation appear to thrive, the truth will surely prevail at the end of the day...

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After an expanded meeting of the Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party leaders have resolved to work harmoniously until the governorship mandate is reclaimed.

The meeting had in attendance state leadership of the party, federal and state lawmakers-elect, the Kaduna State governorship candidate Rt. Hon. Muhammad Isa Ashiru; and his running mate Dr. John Ayuba. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, the state party chairman Hon. Felix Hassan Hyat said, the party leadership and party members decided to meet with the governorship candidate and his running mate to reassure them of their support to reclaim their mandate...

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The Lagos Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ACE 11 Michael Wetkas, has assured the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, of further investigations into the fake $6m seized by its officials at the Seme Area Command.

In a statement yesterday, the agency said Michael gave the assurance while receiving the fake $6m during a media briefing organized by the Customs Area Controller, Seme, Badagry, Comptroller Dera Nnadi...

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The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Tuesday expressed sadness over the press statement by the Nigerian Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed accusing him of treason.

The Minister had, in a press statement, accused Mr Peter Obi and his Deputy, Sen. Baba Datti-Ahmed, of treason, saying he had incited citizens to revolt against the announcement of Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu as the President-elect.

In a release seen on his official Twitter handle, Obi said that he was not perturbed by the Minister bandying around the word ‘treason’ because, as far as he (Obi) was concerned, he had taken the legal route towards the recovery of his mandate and that he remained committed to that....

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The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria Capital Territory has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba and the Force Secretary, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Inuwa to appear before the court on May 2, 2023, to show cause why they shouldn’t be committed to prison over flagrant disobedience to a lawful court order.
The presiding judge, Justice O. O. Oyewumi gave the order in a ruling on committal proceeding against the duo in Suit No: NICN/ABJ/21M/2023 between CSP Egong Egwu Egong, CSP Omeh Felix Okechukwu, CSP Paul Obot Umoh and SP Galadima Bello Claimants/Applicants (For themselves and as representing all members of Course 33, 34 & 35 (Force Entrants) of the Police Academy AND Police Service Commission, Inspector-General of Police and Force Secretary, Nigeria Police as Defendants/ Respondents....

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Anambra State Government on Thursday confirmed one death and 15 suspected cases of Lassa Fever in the state in the month of January, 2023.

Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike conformed this to newsmen in Awka, Anambra State Capital yesterday. Lassa fever, named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases occurred in 1969, is an animal-borne, or zoonotic, acute viral illness spread by the common African rat.

Prevalence and high disease burden have also been seen in parts of West Africa including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria.

Dr Obidike, who said the state’s emergency response team had already been responding to the recorded cases while relevant surveillance measures were in place to curtail spread, further said government had constituted contact tracing teams to follow up on the cases....

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It is no longer news that some of the first-term governors-elect will face many months of unpaid workers’ salaries and mounting pension liabilities, as well as agitation for the implementation of the nationally agreed minimum wage, rising inflation, escalating prices of goods and services, and dwindling purchasing power. These incoming governors, about seventeen of them, according to reports will have a difficult time boosting the economies of their individual states because they will take over at least N2.1 trillion in domestic debt and $1.9 billion in foreign debt from their predecessors.

It is equally a common knowledge that in January 2023, Patience Oniha, Director general, Debt Management Office (DMO), while fielding questions from journalists at the public presentation and breakdown of the highlights of the 2023 appropriation act in Abuja, noted that the incoming Federal Government would inherit about N77 trillion as debt by the time President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure ends in May.

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A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi has ordered that four men be remanded for allegedly dismembering a hunchback.

The Police Prosecutor, Insp Joshua Anyuabagu told the court that the case was transferred from the Naka Divisional Headquarters to the State Criminal investigation Department, Makurdi via a letter No. AR:3100/ BNS/NK/VOL.1/220 dated 31st March. Anyuabagu said on March 21, a team of detectives from Naka Police Station led by Insp Suleiman Mumini while on surveillance patrol at the Naka earth Dam, sighted a black sack by the banks of the dam.

He said when the detectives brought the sack out of the water, they discovered a dismembered corpse of a hunchback.

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Leading discussions at the United Nations Security Council on challenges posed by increasing terrorism cum extremism and mechanism to eradicate the scourge across Africa, Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi unreservedly shared his country’s unique experiences, progressive approach and success story with the gathering in New York.
President Filipe Nyusi, who chaired the lengthy discussions attended by leaders from the Africa and top diplomats, strongly suggested that a better approach in preventing violent extremism must necessarily be through stronger cooperation between the UN and regional organizations in Africa. Mozambique, southern African country, which holds the rotating Security Council presidency in April, has been battling a deadly insurgency in the north for more than five years.

https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/defeating-terrorism-in-africa-through-multilateral-cooperation/

Napoli was without their talisman Victor Osimhen last night when they were destroyed by Serie A current holders AC Milan during their 28th league match of this season. The emphatic humiliation suffered denied Napoli a 19 points lead against Lazio in the Serie A log.

One of the popular names, Victor Osimhen, was not part of the squad that played at home against AC Milan last night at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium.

https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/napolis-100-win-record-whenever-victor-osimhen-starts-a-game-remains/

Following an alleged plot to scuttle the democratic process and install an interim government in Nigeria, the Labour Party (LP) has denied being part of such an unconstitutional arrangement.

The News Chronicle earlier reported that the Department of State Services (DSS) on March 29 raised an alarm over a plot to install an interim government ahead of the handover slated for May 29...

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Scholars throughout the world that have studied the Yoruba Culture and Religion have been intrigued by the ancient history of YORUBA of West Africa. German explorer Leo Frobenius came across some sculpted bronze heads and terracotta figures in Ile-Ife, convinced he had discovered remains of the mythical lost city of Atlantis. Beyond the way Yoruba accommodate other religions and cultures without giving up their own, they have surprised other scholars, so much that doctoral students must be careful how they present dissertations for approval. You may see within the same family a Reverend father, a respectable Imam and a prominent Babalawo. This is a volatile mixture in most cultures.

The disappearing glory of Yoruba civilization, culture and esteemed blood in a country deluged with money but only abject poverty to show for it must be reversed. This must be through intensive workshops by Think-tank reorientation groups at home and Diaspora; not by political moneybags. These Yoruba speaking groups, though massively located in Western Nigeria, are all over West Africa, Brazil, Cuba in Central and Southern America. They can be identified by their religion, language, Santeria and ORIKI. Some Yoruba artifacts unveiled at Iwo Eleru near their historical home of Ile-Ife, dated as far back às 10,000 B.C....

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An Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a class teacher, Peter Jacob, to life imprisonment for defiling a 9-year-old pupil with special needs.

Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had efficiently proved the charge of defilement against the defendant. According to her, the evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses were cogent, compelling and believable.

The judge held that the evidence of the defendant and the three defence witnesses (staff of the school where the defendant worked) were self-serving...

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Anambra State Government is to flag off the drainage desilting campaign in the state on Friday.

The campaign will be flagged off by Governor Chukwuma Soludo at Ochanja market, Onitsha.

Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu made the disclosure on Thursday in a chat with TNC correspondent in Awka.

According to the Commissioner, the flag off by the Governor on Friday will cascade down to the nooks and crannies of the state with the subsequent flag off of similar exercise at the local governments, communities and ward levels...

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Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze says it is not appropriate for the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Oji Uzo Kalu, to wake up and begin to arrogate to himself the sole right to head the leadership of the 10th Senate which would be inaugurated in a few months.

In a statement made available to media houses in Port Harcourt, Eze urged the former Abia Governor whose State has just broken a long record of hostage by godfathers and cabals who have serially looted their common patrimony and left them in squalor for decades to channel his energy towards relieving himself of the huge corruption allegation pending against him at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC....

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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent out greetings and best wishes to Muslims as they commence 30 days of Ramadan fasting, urging that they use the season “to project the best and finest virtues of Islam by personal conduct, and not precept.”

In a goodwill message to mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, President Buhari says “let us use this opportunity to put the best teachings of Islam into practice, such as kindness and the love of humanity.”..

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It is with a sense of praise to the Almighty Allah that I welcome Muslim faithful in Nigeria and across the globe to this year’s glorious month of Ramadan.

As Muslims, we understand that the basic tenets of this holy month is about sacrifice and devotion in worship to God. For us as Nigerians, this year’s Ramadan has come at a time when our dear country is at the crossroads.

For us as individuals and as a people, we are at a point of despondency and confusion.

But the month of Ramadan has come to us as a blessing from the Almighty with an opportunity for us to wash away our worries, doubts, and hopelessness.

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Popular Nigerian Table Shaker, Reno Omokri has queried the growing trend of women asking their husbands to choose between them and the men’s mothers.

In a post on Facebook, Omokri argued that a woman who loves a man will not ask him to choose between her and his mother. He clarified that the mother and the wife have their special place in the man’s life...

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