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Dec

25

2023

Rivers crisis: Fubara says, “I have accepted Tinubu’s peace deal.”

News2023, Nyesom Wike, Politics, Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara

Governor of Rivers State Siminalayi Fubara has announced that he has agreed to the stipulations of the peace agreement mediated by President Bola Tinubu to end the state's protracted political impasse. The confrontation between Fubara and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, his predecessor, preceded the crisis. During the Christmas holiday in 2023, the governor stated in a statewide broadcast that he has accepted the peace treaty. He pointed out that the state's political conflict has been able to be resolved in part because of the president's intervention. Fubara said he had spent considerable time to review the content…

Dec

23

2023

By OHAFIATV

ECK Foundation Distributes Palliative To Make Yeilutide Exciting For Widows in Bende

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, Politics2027, Abia State, ECK Foundation, Emeka Kalu, Metro, Politics

By Comr. Amos Kalu In his determination and resolve to continue to touch the lives of the people in positive ways, the President of ECK Foundation, Chief Dr Emeka Kalu, has provided food items, cash and other items as palliative to widows, vulnerable persons and the aged in Bende communities as a means to cushion the biting effect of economy downturn being faced by Nigerians for a while. Recall that the US-Based Engineer, politician and grassroots Politician had earlier created a veritable platform to discover Youths for sponsorship through a football tournament among communities of Bende Local Government with a…

Dec

23

2023

By OHAFIATV

House of Rep: South East Devt. Commission Bill passes third reading

Economy, Metro, News, PoliticsBiafra, Economy, Politics

Yesterday, the House of Representatives carried a bill proposing the creation of the South East Development Commission through third reading, 53 years after the Nigerian civil war. After reviewing the bill's report, the House made a unanimous decision in the Committee of the Whole, which was presided over by the deputy speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu. The bill's explanatory memorandum, which was signed by all of the South East lawmakers including Kalu, the lead sponsor, stated that the Commission would be in charge of managing funds allocated from the Federation Account for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, homes,…

Dec

23

2023

By OHAFIATV

“My policies will bring succour,” Tinubu assures Nigerians ahead of Christmas.

Business, Economy, Metro, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Economy, Next Level, Politics

President Bola Tinubu reassured Nigerians that his initiatives would be beneficial. President Tinubu announced this at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Central Mosque in Surulere, Lagos, according to presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale on Friday. His government's economic reforms aim to provide a strong basis for Nigerians today and in the future, he said. While on a brief Christmas holiday in Lagos State, President Tinubu reiterated his commitment to the welfare of all citizens, saying the recent 50% cut in inter-state land transport fares nationwide and the payment of N-Power beneficiaries' backlog of allowances, among other reliefs, are all efforts to ease Nigerians' burden…

Dec

23

2023

By OHAFIATV

Mbah’s election as governor of Enugu upheld by the Supreme Court.

News, Politics2023, Enugu State, Labour Party, Peter Mba, Politics

On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah's election. The principal judge, Justice Mohammed Garba, interpreted the claim that Mbah lacked a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate as a mere allegation. All of the arguments made in the appeal against the appellant were addressed by the court. The Labour Party's Chijioke Edeoga, the appellant, had brought INEC and Mbah before the court to contest the Court of Appeal's ruling that had rejected his challenge to the governor's election. In a unanimous ruling, the Lagos Division of the Appeal Court addressed each of the three points raised…