Amos Oge Kalu, Author at OHAFIATV

May

05

2023

Tinubu’s inauguration: Aso Rock wearing new look for incoming govt – Buhari’s aide

News2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Politics

Ahead of the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29, 2023, the presidency has revealed that Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock is currently being renovated. The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu disclosed this on Friday. Sharing picture via Twitter, he wrote, “Painter at work. Villa wearing a new look for the incoming President.” The president-elect will move from the Defence Guest House into Aso Rock Presidential Villa immediately after his swearing-in ceremony later this month. Tinubu will become the eighth Nigerian leader to rule from the new presidential palace.

May

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Biden, Marcos to discuss countering Beijing in South China Sea

NewsAmerica, Joe Biden, World News, World Peace

Moves to check Beijing’s aggressive expansion into the trade routes and strategic islands of the South China Sea will headline talks Monday between President Joe Biden and his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos at the White House. Marcos is on a four-day trip that follows last week’s state visit to Washington by President Yoon Suk Yeol and a meeting at the White House between Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in January. “It is clear that we’re in a deeply consequential period in terms of our Indo-Pacific engagements,” a senior US official told reporters ahead of Marcos’ arrival. “It’s really…

May

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

FRSC recovered 385 stolen vehicles in 10 years — Official

Lifestyle, MetroFRSC, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, Security

The Federal Road Safety Corps says it has recovered over 385 stolen vehicles since the introduction of the National Vehicle Identification Scheme. The corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the FRSC has recorded huge success with the introduction of the NVIS in the area of intelligence gathering and sharing. He said it facilitated the recovery of stolen vehicles and provided “security agencies with adequate intelligence for speedy tracking of criminals.” “It is, therefore, very key to inform the public that in the last 10 years alone, the FRSC…

May

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Election Petition Tribunal Set 10, 12, 13th May With 257 Judges To Hear Petition Matters.

News2023, Court, INEC

ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL SET THE 10TH, 12TH, AND 13TH OF MAY 2023 WITH 257 JUDGES TO HEAR THE PETITION ARISING FROM THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS The National Judicial Council has released a list of 257 judges who will hear petitions arising from the 2023 Nigerian general elections. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and the State Election Petition Tribunals are expected to resume full operations in May, after the Workers' Day holiday. Below is the full list of the judges: Abia: Justices C.O. Onyeabo, O. Zik-Ikeorha, C.H. Ahuchaogu, A.O. Chijioke, K.C.J. Okereke, L.T.C. Eruba, B. Anya, N. Philomena, A.O. Phoeba, C.K.…

Apr

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

NDLEA intercepts drugs consignment hidden in imported car

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsCrime, Health, Insecurity, Lagos, Metro, NDLEA

By: Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 63 kilograms concealed in a used Toyota Corolla car imported from Toronto, Canada at the Tincan port in Lagos. This is even as an attempt by a freight agent, Mordi Chukwuemeka Samuel, to export 900 grams of the same substance, Loud, hidden inside walls of a travelling bag containing food items, to Kenya, was thwarted by NDLEA officers at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday…