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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State has raised concerns regarding the state government’s appropriation of the federal government’s Ramadan assistance. Last Saturday, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya initiated the distribution of food items intended to support the Muslim community during Ramadan. In a statement, PDP spokesman Abdulkadir Ahmad Dukku ...

Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore and Prophet Umueke Miracle, leader of the Dynamic Flame of Fire and Miracle Ministries in Port Harcourt, have agreed to a live demonstration of miracles following a heated debate on the authenticity of supernatural healings. Sowore, in a recent interview, dismissed claims of miraculous healings ...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has claimed that the dismissal of former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, was influenced by the late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Naija News reports that Akpabio made this revelation on Friday during an event at the former Senate chamber ...

A former Niger Delta militant leader and a key figure in the third phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Osaanya Ossanya, has accused some failed politicians of attempting to discredit the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. Osaanya alleged that these individuals, unhappy with the government’s gains against ...

Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have expressed concern over recent threats by militants to resume hostilities if the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is impeached by the Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly. Recall that a militant group, the Niger Delta Rescue Movement (NDRM), issued a warning to the Federal Government, vowing ...

The Federal Government’s ambitious plan to revamp Nigeria’s tax laws has gained momentum as the Senate and House of Representatives received over 200 memoranda from stakeholders during public hearings. Naija News reports that the hearings, which attracted participation from government agencies, private sector representatives, civil society groups, and tax professionals, ...

The Nigeria Tax Bill, titled “An Act to Repeal Certain Acts on Taxation and Consolidate the Legal Frameworks Relating to Taxation and Enact the Nigeria Tax Act to Provide for Taxation of Income, Transactions and Instruments, and for Related Matters,” is among three bills transmitted to the National Assembly by ...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged critics to refrain from making uninformed remarks about the Upper Legislative Chamber, emphasizing the need for a proper understanding of parliamentary rules before engaging in debates. Naija News reports that he issued the caution while receiving a delegation from the Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth ...

Major opposition parties have warned President Bola Tinubu not to be swayed by the recent vote of confidence he received from governors and top figures of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. In separate interviews with Sunday Punch, opposition parties argued that such ...

Mrs Seromi Pauline Awa, the widow of Professor Eme Awa, former chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission (NEC), has passed away at the age of 86. Her passing was confirmed in a statement by one of her children, Uzoma Awa, who announced that she breathed her last on Wednesday, ...