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There was drama Thursday at the Gombe State House Assembly during plenary when an All Progressives Congress member representing Akko west constituency, Abdullahi Abubakar, escaped with the mace in an attempt to impeach the Minority Leader. The Punch learnt that the Minority Leader, Mohammed Usman Haruna, was reported to have held a press conference on May 5, soon after the Ward Congress, where he condemned the processes of the Ward Congress of the All Progressives Congress in the State. It was learnt that following this development , the Peoples Democratic Party-dominated assembly, felt embarrassed by the move of the minority…

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Oyo State Police Command has arrested a Lance Corporal with the Nigerian Navy, Jimoh Adesoye, 28, twin brothers and 12 other suspects for robbery and receiving stolen goods. While parading the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, said that the naval officer used his uniform and position to transport vehicles snatched by the criminal gang to buyers. He said, “The Lance Corporal often used his position and uniform to transport vehicles snatched by the gang and helped dispose of the stolen vehicles. The gang which is also on the wanted list of…

Biometric gadgets for the implementation of daily salary payment for civil servants have been introduced by the Ugandan government in a move to pay every civil servant according to the number of days worked rather than a guaranteed monthly salary. The head of the Delivery Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Prof. Ezra Suruma, disclosed that the government have started installing the gadgets at public health and educational institutions to monitor clock-in, clock-out of health workers and teachers at their duty stations. According to Suruma salaries of absentee civil servants will be deducted equivalent to work days…

The 2019 governorship race in Akwa Ibom State is said to have torn two religious organisations in the state apart as their two leaders are purportedly locked in a battle royale on who is to control the soul of Government House, Uyo. Straightnews gathered that the battle among the principal religious leaders to get relevance ahead of the 2019 governorship race has degenerated to fragmentation of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Akwa Ibom State chapter. Investigations into the recent squabbles between the immediate past chairman of CAN, Arc-Bishop Cletus Bassey and the incumbent, Rev. Ndueso Ekwere have glaringly shown that…

As Catholic faithful across the country embarked on peaceful protest over the recent killings of members in some states, Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has condemned the spate of killings based on religious inclinations in the country. Emmanuel bared his mind Tuesday when the Catholic Bishops of Uyo and Ikot Ekpene Dioceses, Most Rev. John Aya and Rev. Father Camillus Umoh, led a procession of Catholic faithful of the two Dioceses, in honour of victims of Benue killings, to Government House, Uyo. The governor said that there were strong possibilities the perpetrators of the crime were being sponsored, trained and…

Clashes and violence with trails of blood, arrests and detentions inundated members of Biafra Independence Movement/Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, BIM/MASSOB nationwide as they marked their 18 years’ anniversary this year. In Onitsha, Anambra State, BIM accused the joint military task force operating in the state of killing its five members. BIM also accused the military task force of breaking the sculls of four of their members and arresting 206 others in what they termed a most gruesome manner. Confirming the killings, injuries and arrests to newsmen shortly after the encounter, Mazi Chris Mocha, BIM’s Director of Information, stated…

The Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor has expressed displeasure over what he called the prolonged silence of the federal government in the killings. Ezeokafor spoke Tuesday after Catholics in the various dioceses in Anambra State had taken part in procession that coincided with the burial of two Catholic priests and 17 others in Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Speaking through the Chancellor of the Diocese, Reverend Father Francis Chidume, the bishop argued that the silence was an indication that the penetrators of the heinous crime acted on instructions. In the various towns, the Christians marched from…

tre Unyime Idem is the man who thinks, dreams, loves and exemplifies entrepreneurship in words and in action. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but through dint of hard work and focus he has worked and turned himself into a reference point in the telecommunications sector. Idem is a moving figure in entrepreneurship and an employment creator. Where his father and mother stopped in petty trading, he has, with virtuoso and tenacity, upped the ante by adding immense value to the growing telecommunication industry in the country. Based on his superlative performance and consistency, he…

The national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has been dragged before Federal High Court in Abuja over the conduct of ward and local government congresses of the party in Bauchi State. The plaintiffs are Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, House of Representatives, Senator Sulaiman Nazif, Senator Isa Hammah Misau, Senator Muhammad Muhammad, Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, Ibrahim Zailan, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, Captain Mohammed Bala Jibrin, Aminu Tukur and Maryam Garba Bagel. The defendants in the suit are APC National Chairman, Oyegun, Mallam Mai Bunu, National Secretary of APC, Dr. Tony Macfoy, state chairman of the party, and Mr. Sam Para.…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, warned that his administration would not tolerate mediocrity from any public or private citizens but promised to go out of his way to reward excellence. Buhari, who gave the warning at the 17th National Productivity Order of Merit, NPOM, Awards at the Nigerian Airforce Conference Centre, Abuja, presented awards to Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, and other Nigerians drawn from the corporate and public sectors. The President frowned at the menace of corruption which, according to him, has affected the economic well being of the country and warned that his…