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Nov

01

2023

The UK and Nigeria have reaffirmed their partnership—Envoy

PoliticsNext Level, Nigeria, Politics, United Kingdom

The Nigerian government and the United Kingdom (UK) have extended their alliance. This was announced at the start of a three-day 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, Presidential Aides, Permanent Secretaries, and Top Government Functionaries by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), President Bola Tinubu officially opened the retreat on Wednesday in Abuja, with the topic being "Delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda." Montgomery praised Tinubu's administration for its "big bold" economic reforms and stated that Nigeria was facing significant difficulties in terms of social, economic, and security. "The major…

Nov

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Why Imo Police detained the President of the NLC

Metro, Opinion, PoliticsImo State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NLC, Police, Politics, Security

Reports that Imo State Police Command agents detained Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have been refuted. The NLC President was taken away by command officers on Wednesday morning during a protest in the state capital of Owerri, according to OHAFIATV News. The NLC President was in Owerri to organize Imo workers for a massive protest rally in the state over claims that the state government was violating and abusing workers' rights and privileges. In response to the news of Ajaero's detention, ASP Okoye, the state police public relations officer, stated that the NLC President had…

Oct

31

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Fubara: Timi Frank urges Tinubu to sack Wike as minister

Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Politics, Timi Frank

Press Release31/10/2023 Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Tuesday, called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to urgently sack the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for masterminding a plot to impeach the Governor of Rivers State, Siminilaye Fubara. Frank in a statement in Abuja, condemned the action of the police in tear-gassing and pouring water on Governor Fubara who is supposed to be the Chief Security of the state. Wike He also called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to urgently remove the Commissioner of Police in…

Oct

31

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Nov. 11 election: Governor Uzodimma plans to rent all hotels in Owerri

Entertainment, Metro, Politics2023, Hope Uzodinma, Imo State, Politics

The administration of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has requested that all hotel owners and managers in the city of Owerri reserve their rooms exclusively for government use ahead of the upcoming gubernatorial election. According to the memo issued by Barr. Jerry Egbule Egemba, Commissioner for State Ministry of Tourism, the government was planning to rent and occupy all the hotel rooms, no matter their size or classification, in the state from Saturday, November 4, to Saturday, November 11, 2023, thus shutting out election observers and other political parties. The commissioner instructed hotel owners to send information regarding their…

Oct

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia PDP challenges Otti to investigate into Ikpeazu’s road contract in Aba.

Abia State, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Alex Otti, Labour Party, Okezie Ikpeazu, Peoples Democratic Party

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter in Abia State has refuted Governor Alex Otti's Sunday claim that Okezie Ikpeazu's previous administration spent N10 billion on the Port Harcourt Road in Aba. In same manner, the party has been challenging Otti to form an impartial technical verification panel in order to confirm the accuracy of the road construction and drainage projects on Port Harcourt Road. Okezie Ikpeazu and Alex Otti "I know that some monies had been taken in the past," Otti had said during his Sunday night media talk with journalists.The 2017 money exchange rate was 280 naira, same like…