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Anambra Federal Lawmaker Claims Ex-Speaker’s Bill, Reveals Why He Executes Shoddy Roads
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Hon. Azubogu made the claim on Monday through his Media Assistant, Hon. Ikechukwu Onyia during an online interactive session with the people of Nnewi South Local Government Area who hosted him to a media chat to hear his achievements in the House and his plans for the people as one of the candidates vying for the Anambra South Senatorial seat.

The Federal lawmaker who hails from Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area, is the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, as well as the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) for the Anambra South Senatorial Zone in the forthcoming general election.

Breaking News: Supreme Court Adjourns Naira Swap Case Till 22 February
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The apex court, which heard the case on Wednesday, was filled to capacity with a retinue of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, other lawyers and the Governors of Kaduna and Kogi States, Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello, respectively.

At the last hearing, the court had temporarily banned the implementation of the 10 February deadline of the CBN from making the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes legal tender.

Breaking News: Gunmen Burn Down High Court in Imo 10 Days After Killing Judge
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This is coming barely ten days after Nnaemeka Ugboma, the judge in charge of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the state was gruesomely murdered right inside the court by the gunmen as he was presiding over a court session.

According to eyewitness, the arsonists came heavily-armed to attack the court, the Oguta High Court, located right inside the Oguta Local Government Headquarters.

Taraba APC Crisis: Tinubu Rally Abruptly Called Off Again
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The sudden announcement said the rally has been put off for another day due to “lack of a conducive atmosphere.”

An earlier announcement had directed party members to converge on Monday to receive the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The sudden postponement have sparked off more discussions that the internal crisis may have reached a head and dead end as no concrete reason was given for the postponement.

We Are Investigating Chrisland School Student’s Death – PPRO
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The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday.

Hundeyin said the Pen Cinema police division in Agege was handling the preliminary investigation after the incident.

He said that the Homicide Section of the State Central Investigation Department, Panti, would take over the case on Monday for discreet investigation.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of the School over the death of the student.

Breaking News: Anambra Police Foil Another Gunmen Attack, Kill One, As Gunmen Storm Police Station With Fuel
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This was disclosed in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who also said the gallant officers also gunned down one of the arsonists.

According to him, the incident happened at Ogidi Police Station in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state where the gunmen stormed at about 2:15am on Monday with intent to set it ablaze.

Controversy Trails Death Of 12-Year-Old Student In Lagos, Parents, Sch. Mgt. Dissent
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This is making it the second time the popular school is making news in bad light in less then one year, having trended sometime last year after the leakage of a video of a female student of the school being involved in immorality with her schoolmates during a competition in Dubai.

The mysterious death of the 12-year old became known when her father, Michael Adeniran took to social media on Saturday night to cry out over her demise, and to demand a probe into her death, while also calling on the Lagos State Government and the police to intervene in the matter.

Click below to watch the ordeal

Updated: Source Identifies Killers Of Okowa’s Police Escorts In Anambra
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According to the security expert, a local criminal gang operating within the Ihiala community may have carried out the attack. Top on the list of suspects is the criminal gang popularly refereed to as the Ochiagha gang. They are believed to have carried out the attack judging by their previous activities.

The credible but unverified source pointed to the criminal gang as having orchestrated the attack that killed three police officers attached to the Delta State Governor.

Breaking News: Unknown Gunmen Attack Gov, Okowa Kill Three Policemen
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Giving the names of the three deceased police officers as Inspectors Lucky Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh, a police officer attached to the Anambra State command who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed that the three officers who were part of the advance party of the PDP vice presidential candidate and governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa to Abia state were attacked and killed by unknown gunmen at about 1.30pm at Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State and their vehicle set ablaze.

Anambra Community Deserted As Soldiers Allegedly Storm, Set Houses Ablaze, Shoot Residents (Photos)
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Ashes, and corpses of burnt human beings were also seen in the community, while rubbles of houses, goods, and other properties set ablaze also littered the community, with very few and apparently fear-gripped residents seen around, who had come to check on their properties or pick one or two things.

It was gathered that the massive destruction was perpetrated over the week, following the resumption of the age-old communal clash between the two communities.

When interviewed, one of the residents of the community, Mr. Amamchukwu Izuogu, said the soldiers stormed on Wednesday. He narrated that they asked him about his children, whom, he told them, all live in Onitsha. Hé said they also checked his room, but couldn’t find anyone there, before they left, only for him to start hearing shortly after that they had begun burning some houses in the community.

He suspected that the military may have been brought by the people of Omor, with whom they are having the communal clash.

Bruce Fein Blasts British High Commissioner To Nigeria Over Nnamdi Kanu Detention
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In the letter, Bruce Fein charged the British High Commissioner of abandoning a British citizen “to the cruel, lawless dungeon of Nigeria’s DSS“. He questioned “Have you no sense of decency? Have you a heart of stone unmoved by monumental injustice?”

Naira Protest: Police Arrest Suspected Hoodlums For Allegedly Stockpiling Arms In Oyo
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The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebowale Williams, made this known during a security summit, organised by the command on Friday in Ibadan to douse the tension created by scarcity of fuel and new naira notes.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit was attended by heads of sister security agencies, officials of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN), Association of POS Operators, market leaders, traditional rulers and religious leaders.

Naira Swap: FG Backs Down On Deadline, Agrees To Obey Supreme Court Ruling
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The Federal Government has agreed to suspend the 10 February deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on the exchange of naira notes, in accordance to the Supreme Court ruling.

Recall that the apex court in its ruling on Wednesday, suspended the 10 February deadline on the old naira notes which expires today.

The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who confirmed this in an interview on Arise TV yesterday, said the government was hopeful that the ex parte ruling which expires on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023, would be upturned.

Breaking News: Supreme Court Bans FG From Stopping Use Of Old Naira
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The Supreme Court Court of Nigeria has temporary stopped the Federal Government from to halting the use of the old Naira notes on Feburary 10, 2023.

Breaking News: Gunmen Kill Varsity Lecturer In Anambra
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A resident of the area, who pleaded anonymity, said the gunmen stormed the deceased’s residence and fired some shots at him. The source further said the deceased made efforts to survive as he was strugglingly running and gasping for help with the bullet wounds, but the gunmen still chased after him and rained some more bullets into his head, which led to his death.

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This happened over three weeks, and your are reporting it now?

Ikenga Ugochinyere has since held a press conference where he categorically held Hope Uzodimma responsible for the attack

[Update] Breaking News: Ikenga Imo’s Home Under Attack, Brother Held Hostage
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Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere’s house in Akokwa Ideato have been invaded by members of Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s ebubeagu militia, masked armed gunmen with tiger squad on their dress and face covered gunmen in police camouflage uniform shooting and...

Breaking News: The Home Of Ikenga Ugochinyere Under Attack Again In Imo
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Details however are still sketchy. This will be the third time Ugochinyere has been attacked. The first was at his campaign launch when his supporters traveling in his car were attacked, few days later his house was attacked. That attacked left three people dead and many cars burnt.

Forecasting Nigeria After The 2023 Presidential Election: Scenario 2, President Atiku Abubakar – By Julius Ogunro
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Atiku is cosmopolitan and over the years has built friendships with people from all of Nigeria’s geopolitical zones. His businesses are famed for inclusiveness and for employing people on merit regardless of ethnic origin. So he is well-liked across the board as a man who is fair and broad-minded. He is also of the PDP, the first real national party in Nigeria. Before PDP’s emergence in the late 90s, the biggest political parties were often regional-oriented that made half-hearted attempts at inroads to other areas outside their strongholds. The PDP changed that. Its founding fathers included many retired generals from all corners of the country, leading to the charge that it was a retired general’s club.

Boss Mustapha is Not Working Against Tinubu – APC Debunks Allegation, Warns Blackmailers to Leave SGF Alone
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Reacting to allegations made against the SGF by a lesser group known as Concerned APC Stakeholders (CAS), the national publicity secretary of APC Mandate Defenders, Mr. Ifeanyi Emeka said, Boss Mustapha is a well respected party leader who has great respect and close relationship with Senator Tinubu right from when he was the Deputy National Chairman of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) for Northern Region and would not engage in any real or imaginary plot to sabotage the electoral chances of the APC and Senator Bola Tinubu.

Besides, the SGF is preoccupied with the task of meeting the demands of the transitional period which mostly rests on his office as a frontline secretariat for the presidency as the administration gradually winds down.

Fulani Herders, Not Police, Returned The Four Kidnapped Students In Nasarawa – Investigation
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An authority in Doma Local Government and concerned indigents of Doma Local Government has opened a can of worms surrounding a press statement released by the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police concerning the rescued four Primary school pupils of Local Government Education Authority in Al-waza community of Doma Local Government. The pupils were brought to the Authority by a team of Fulani herdsmen not police.

“Atiku Unhappy With Campaign” – Source
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Exacerbating matters for Atiku are the lieutenants within the PDP presidential team who have refused to join the campaign against Peter Obi. Many of the PDP stalwarts from the south east geopolitical zone who are working to materialize the PDP quest for the presidency, have been reluctance to join the train to rebrand Peter Obi. The likes of Senator Uche Ekwunife who is the senator representing the Anambra central district under the PDP banner have turned around her support from Atiku Abubakar to Peter Obi. She had initially made public pronouncements of her support for the PDP presidential candidate while denouncing the presidential candidate of the Labor party as inexperienced – and thus not ready.

Sex workers on the run as colleague dies in Anambra hotel
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According to reports, the the dead body of the sex worker, simply identified as Chisom, was seen when cleaners went to sweep her room. This led to besieging of the scene by some residents and other customers in the hotel who gathered in bewilderment. However, some of the colleagues of the deceased had packed their belongings and fled the hotel.

Because no wound or injury was found on the corpse, some of the ‘spectators’ suspected that Chisom was strangled by someone, while others argued that she must have committed suicide.

One of her close friends, who did not reveal her identity, however, opined that the deceased might have been strangled by an early caller. She revealed that she (the deceased) had a disagreement with a customer the previous week, who allegedly paid her but she refused to let him copulate with her, as the ‘customer’ threatened to deal with her.

“APC Has Already Lost This Presidential Race” – Babachir Lawal
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He lamented the injustices suffered by the northern Christians in the hands of northern Muslims through the policies of the APC government targeted at given undue advantage to the northern Muslims against Northern Christians. He cited the positions such as Vice Chancellors federally owned universities where out of 26 available positions, only 5 was given to Christians – the remainder to Muslims. This structured disparity, he claims, results in the lopsided admissions currently witnessed in Nigerian public universities where Christians who scored higher scores are denied admission while Muslims who scored much lower scores are given admission. For eight years, “we endured this injustice”.

Another #Endsars Looms – APC Warns Buhari
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Addressing newsmen In Abuja on Friday, Garus Gololo who dub as the coordinator of the North- east Youths for Tinubu/ Shetima presidential campaign warned that if nothing is done to hurt the current hardship unleashed on Nigerians by the CBN policy the Federal Government risk another massive protest that will be worse than the #EndSars protests in Nigeria.

”If you go round the ATM in Abuja, Lagos and kaduna where Nigerians gathered as early as 3. Am and the Banking Halls where they are fighting to withdraw money , nothing paints an ominous sign of an imminent crisis in Nigeria recently like the Central Bank Governor’s policy”

Shocking! Man Reveals How Police Officer Sells Human Parts To Anambra Politicians
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This shocking revelation is coming barely three days after another social media user known as The Big Masquerade ‘Ijele’, released another shocking revelation on some of the people behind the killings in Anambra State, in which he fingered some top Anambra politicians, and highlighted some of the operations they have masterminded, to include the gruesome murder of Dr. Chike Akunyili and the owner of Udala FC, Chief Philip Chinonso Udala, among others.

Bloody Guber Campaign: Sadiq Abubakar Security Men Shoots Two At Campaign Rally In Bauchi
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Information reaching 247ureports.com from Bauchi State indicates the gubernatorial campaign of the All Progressive Congress [APC] may have continued to struggle with their supporters amidst a grueling campaign. This is as the security agent attached to Sadiq Abubakar fatally shot two persons at Akuyam town in Misua Local Government Area [LGA] where the APC gubernatorial candidate went for a prescheduled rally on Monday, January 30 2023.

Pro-Biafra Group Launches New Biafran Flag, Coat Of Arms
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This is just as the group has called on Ndigbo and all lovers of Biafra in Nigeria to participate in the 2023 general elections, because the people deserve the right to vote and be voted for in Nigeria since Biafra is still under the control of Nigeria.

Speaking with newsmen in Owerri, Imo State capital during a National Executive Council meeting which occurred within the week during which they reviewed issues concerning the people of Biafra, the coming Nigeria’s elections, among other things, the group’s head of Information ministry – Prince Armstrong Orji, hinted that the change of flag was due to the unpalatable events occurring, in the name of Biafra freedom struggle.

Breaking News: Armed Gunmen Invade Mimi’s Place, Havana Cinema, Imo State
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Police men acting under the instruction of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma numbering over 50 are presently at the premises of a popular hotel in Owerri, AllSeasons Hotel, arresting staff and guests.
An insider source revealed that no fewer than 3 yet to be identified persons including a media worker have being reportedly shot by one of the trigger happy security men.
This is happening few days the compound of a chieftain of PDP in Ideato was razed down, over 20 vehicles burnt to ashes and 4 persons reportedly killed.

Breaking! Top Anambra Politicians Fingered In Murder Of Dr. Akunyili, Udala FC Boss, Others
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The revelation also highlighted some of the recent attacks championed and spearheaded by the group, including the gruesome murder of Dr. Chike Akunyili at Afọr Nkpor sometime in 2021. Dr. Chike Akunyili was the husband to the former Director General of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili.

The most shocking of the revelation is the identities of the people behind the acts, which include a former member of the House of Representatives in the state, Hon. Ifeanyi Ibezi, who is also the current candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Idemili North and South Federal Constituency in the 2023 general election. Hon. Ibezi hails from Abatete in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state, and is also said to be an APGA Boy. It was also said that Ibezi is notorious for his political prostitution and thuggery.

Massacre Looms: Tiv Community On The Run As Fulani Community Readies Revenge
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Adding gravitas to already fermenting stench is the Governor of Nasarawa State who have indicated that the Fulani herders were innocent. He made the statement shortly after setting up a panel to investigate the killing. The rumor within the Fulani community is that the attack was sponsored and/or ordered by the Governor of Benue State.

The source added that the young herders that were killed in the airstrike were the infamous killer Fulani militia. He claims that “those ones were the ones that have been killing our people. They are killers. They have been kidnapping and killing and raping our daughters and wives. It was good they were killed. We don’t feel sorry for them at all. We wish the military will weep the rest of them out. The remaining ones are planning have to revenge the killing but they are not going after the Nigerian military. They want to massacre all of my people. If you come to my community you will not see anybody there. They have all left, the men, the women and the children.”

In Awka, Commercial Sex Worker Fights Customer for Paying Her with Torn Old Naira Note
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The incident happened at about 9:46 PM at one of the chalets along the popular Abakaliki Street (also known as the Club Road) in Awka, Anambra State capital.

The drama became noticed when a feminine voice was heard raging in anger, right at the front of the chalet, which drew the attention of the passers-by and the denizens of the area. A man in his late 30 was also seen at the scene, with a hand tightly hooked on his trousers, while he was fiercely threatening to beat up the lady if she refused to release his trousers.

Words like: “Oga, nothing like I for tell you earlier”, “No allow me change am for you ooo”, “You must give me new money or do transfer for me”, “You think say I come Awka come play” “Abeg no use my hustle play with me jare” and others were repeatedly uttered by the lady who was using one hand to gesticulate, while also tight-holding the man’s trousers with the other hand, as spectators gathered to leverage the scenario.