Author: Paul Utebor
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EU’s von der Leyen says frozen Russia assets will rebuild Ukraine
A proposal for the European Union to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine will be put forward in the coming weeks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. The European Commission will put forward a plan to do so before the summer break, von der Leyen said while attending a conference on Ukrainian…
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Warrant of arrest: Appeal court set aside judgment against Amaechi, others
An appeal Court in Port Harcourt, has set aside a bench warrant of arrest issued against former Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections, Tonye Cole and the Commissioner for Power in Amaechi’s administration, Austine Wokocha, This is coming following the appeal filed by…
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[Video] White garment church prophet, reacts to Pastor David Ibiyeome’s statement
A White garment church Prophet, Gabriel Evans has advised the founder of Salvation Ministries, pastor David Ibiyeomie, against living in a fool’s paradise, following his statement of hating white garment church because of some of their practices. Recall that earlier this week, during one of pastor Ibiyeome’s ministerial sermons, he noted that he hated the…
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NEMA receives 102 stranded Nigerians from Libya
No fewer than 102 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya were on Wednesday received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Lagos. The returnees were officially received by Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA on behalf of the Federal Government, according to a statement made available to newsmen by the agency. The statement said that of…
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Food Security: UN allocates $20m to scale up response in N/E
The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million to ramp up humanitarian response to problem of food security and nutrition crisis in North East. A statement on Tuesday by Ann Weru, the Head of Public Information United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Nigeria, said the fund was from the Central Response…
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Police arraign brothers for alleged rape
The Police on Tuesday arraigned two brothers, Wahab Afeez, 26; and Shuaibu Afeez, 23, in Lagos State, for alleged conspiracy, rape, breach of peace and threat to life. The defendants, whose addresses are unknown, are standing trial before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court on a four-count charge. The prosecutor, ASP Ikem Uko, told the court…
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Imo PDP stronger, focused on guber election – Chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo has said that the party is stronger, united, and not distracted with the defection of seven State Working Committee (SWC) members to APC. Mr Charles Ugwuh, state PDP chairman said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports seven members of…
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NAFDAC begins nationwide mop-up of unregistered herbal medicines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has started a nationwide mop-up of unregistered herbal medicines. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. She said that the action followed a recent discovery of sale of uncertified, unregistered herbal…
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Order restraining NLC, TUC from embarking on strike subsists – Court
The National Industrial Court on Monday declared that the order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned industrial action subsists. Justice Olufunke Anuwe stated that the order as granted on June 5 subsists pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The court…
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Failed negotiations: App-based transport workers threaten indefinite strike
The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transport Workers of Nigeria (AUATWON) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike, over failure of the app-based companies to negotiate and accede to its demands. This is contained in a statement by Mr Jossy Olawale, Chairman, Media and Publicity of the union. Olawale said that efforts to reach an…