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The Benue State House of Assembly has approved the sum of Six billion, Six Hundred and Forty four Million Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred Naira, N6,644,778,900 for the conduct of local government elections. The House gave the approval on Wednesday during the Plenary presided by the Honourable Speaker, Hyacinth Dajoh. The Governor, Hyacinth Alia had in a correspondence sent to the Assembly which was read on the floor of the house by the Speaker sought for the approval of the Supplementary Budget for the conduct of the October 5th Council elections. The Supplementary Budget reflects Governor Alia’s…

Unidentified gunmen have reportedly shot a security guard at the Action People’s Party (APP) secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is coming barely a month after the party’s secretariat in the New GRA of Port Harcourt was bombed. Addressing newsmen on Wednesday at the party’s secretariat, the state chairman of the party, Sunny Wokekoro, said details surrounding the shooting remain unclear. According to him, the injured security guard is currently receiving treatment at a hospital, while police officers deployed to the secretariat after the bombing incident are yet to brief the party on the latest attack. Wokekoro expressed concern…

The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, NSGF and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Yahaya, has strongly condemned the recent deadly attack in Mafa, Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State. The attack, suspected to be carried out by Boko Haram insurgents, resulted in the looting and burning of shops and houses in the area. In a press statement issued on Wednesday by Ismaila Misilli, the Director-General of Press Affairs at the Gombe Government House, Yahaya described the assault as a “senseless act of violence” that has inflicted immense grief on the affected families and communities. Yahaya commended the…

Two Nigerian nationals, Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna, 34, and Ebuka Raphael Umeti, 35, have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a wire fraud scheme that resulted in over $5 million in losses. The sentences were announced by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday. Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna was sentenced to five years and three months in prison by a federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia on September 3, 2024. In addition to the prison term, Okwonna was ordered to pay nearly $5 million in restitution. He had pleaded guilty on May 20 to conspiracy to commit…

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command attached to Kadarko Division have arrested one Isa Usman, a quack medical doctor. The suspect was nabbed on Wednesday at the Iyayi Village, Kadarko district of Keana Local Government Area, LGA of the state for allegedly procuring and administering Procaine Injection on one Zaki Yaka Ajohol which led to his death. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel made this known in a statement he issued on Wednesday. According to the statement, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect whose level of education is the primary school leaving certificate hails…

Former England internationals, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker, have picked the player that deserves to win this year’s Ballon d’Or. The winner of the 2024 Ballon d’Or will be announced in October. Manchester City duo, Rodri and Erling Haaland, are expected to be among the contenders. Also, Real Madrid trio, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Dani Cavajal are expected to be in the list of contenders for the prize. However, both Shearer and Lineker feel Rodri deserves to win the award for his outstanding season for both club and country. Speaking with former Manchester City defender Micah Richards on the…

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the constitution of a committee to discuss modalities for implementing the new national minimum wage. A statement released by the Secretary to the Borno State Government on Wednesday indicated that the committee would be chaired by the Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Engr. Babagana Mustapha Malumbe, while the Head of Service, Barrister Mallam Fannami, will be co-chair. According to the statement, part of the committee’s duties include: to analyse the current consequential salary adjustment at the federal level and determine the extent to which it can be applied in totality or partially…

To permanently checkmate the incidences of recurrent auto-crashes causing deaths of innocent citizens, the Ekiti State Government has pledged its commitment to speedy relocation of the Iworoko Ekiti Central Market, in Irepodun/ Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State. In the sane fashion, the government also promised to expedite action on the installation of a new Alaworoko that had been vacant since 2019, following the demise of Oba Aladejana to attract development to the town. The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, gave the pledge on Wednesday while receiving stakeholders from the community, led by the Regent, Princess…