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Delta, Rivers and Akwa Ibom, the oil-rich Nigerian states, got N93.1 billion bumper allocations in February 2024 from the revenue generated in January 2024. Delta got N38.1 billion, Rivers, N28.4 billion while Akwa Ibom received N26.6 billion of the N2.07 trillion shared to the three tiers of government. The figure represents 23.9 percent rise from N1.67 trillion distributed in January 2024. The FAAC accrual has been on the rise since second quarter of 2023 after the implementation of the twin policy reform of the President Bola Tinubu administration. More news FG, States and LGs Get N906B as October Allocation- FAAC…

Nigerians have cautioned against reprisals in Okuama community of Delta to avoid wanton destruction of lives and property of innocent persons at the expense of fishing out killers of the soldiers in the area. Already, troops of the Nigerian Army have stormed Igbomotoru community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, razing houses and allegedly killing some people. The action is sequel to last week’s killing of 16 soldiers and officers at Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Soldiers in five gunboats reportedly invaded the community, razing houses suspected to be the hideout…

The identities of the Nigerian Army commander, three officers, and 13 soldiers who were killed by attackers in the Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have been published. The Defence Headquarters shared their photos and names on X account on Monday. The fallen soldiers, serving with the 181 Amphibious Battalion, were on a peace-keeping mission to quell community clashes in Bomadi Local Government of Delta State when the incident occurred. Also read Delta Community deserted for fear of reprisal attack over killing of soldiers What triggered killing of soldiers in Delta community- Report  Murder: Decomposing Pastor…

Grief and shock gripped members of The African Church at Bali, headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State following the gruesome murder and discovery of the decomposing bodies of their pastor and his wife by unknown persons. The grief is compounded by awful decomposing bodies of a pastor of the Church and that of his wife who were found in the bush along Maraba Baisa in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State on Saturday, March 16. The members are yet to find consolation as the 13-month-old baby of the deceased is still missing. Pastor Jacob Aba, who…

Suspected assailants, Friday evening, fled after killing the General Overseer of Mount of Solution Redeemed Church, Ikot Ekang in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Apostle Elisha Asuquo. The Pastor in-charge of the church, Pastor Aniekan Ibanga was also shot dead by the unknown gunmen. The incident was said to have occurred at the premises of the National Headquarters of the church around 7 p.m. when the duo were having a meeting in the church. The assailants were said to have stormed the church premises on a motor-cycle and after committing the crime, left through Abak-Ikot Ekpene Federal…

Vladimir Putin, the longest-serving Kremlin leader since dictator Josef Stalin, who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953, has been re-elected as the President of Russia for another six years and secured himself a fifth term in office, Reuters has reported. Exit polls and first results by pollster FOM revealed on Sunday, that Mr Putin received a record 87.8 percent win in the presidential election, which will make him the longest-serving Russian leader since dictator Josef Stalin. The polls, which ended at 8pm Moscow time, made it the country’s first-ever three-day election. The outcome of the…

The leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have directed their members across university and inter-university centre campuses nationwide to withdraw services from Monday, 18 March.  The associations embarked on a seven-day warning strike last week over the unpaid withheld salaries of their members after the 2022 nationwide strike. In a fresh memo issued by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of both SSANU and NASU, and signed by the National President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim, and the General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, the associations urged…

Some Nigerians have bared their minds on what triggered the killing of Nigerian soldiers by angry youths at the oil-rich Delta community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Straightnews has gathered. No fewer than 16 military officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army comprising Commanding Officer of 181 Battalion, two Majors, a Captain, 12 soldiers and civilians were among those killed by unknown gunmen in riverside Ijaw and Urhobo communities of Delta State. Straightnews learnt from undisclosed sources that soldiers of the Nigerian Army visited Okuama, an Urhobo riverine community in Ughelli  South of Delta State requesting to see the…

Many residents of the Okuama in the Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okolaba in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, on Friday, fled the communities for fear of reprisal attacks over killing of key military personnel. This was as soldiers took over the area and reportedly set some houses ablaze in reaction to the killing of 16 soldiers, including senior officers. Channels Television reported late on Saturday that 15 bodies of the soldiers were recovered by soldiers of the Joint Task Force under the supervision of the General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, at…

Defending champions Manchester City will play record winners Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals while Barcelona take on Paris St Germain after the draw was held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon on Friday. Real Madrid are 14-times champions and knocked City out in 2022 semi-finals but Carlo Ancelotti’s side were soundly beaten 5-1 on aggregate by Pep Guardiola’s team in the last four last year. “We don’t have another option. It looks like a little bit of a tradition… playing the kings of the competition, winning 14 Champions Leagues,” Guardiola told reporters. “Hopefully we can arrive in a good…