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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has cleared the air that the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, was not under threat of arrest as claimed in some quarters. Factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Okechukwu Isiguzoro made this known in a statement he issued on Friday. Describing the outrageous criticism of the federal government’s Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project as baseless, he called on Obi and the Minister for Works, David Umahi, to engage in mutual dialogue. Ohanaeze, according to the statement, “dismisses rumours of impending arrest of Mr Obi as fallacious fabrications propagated…

The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed the sack of its chairman, Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani by executives of the Galadima Ward of Gusau LGA. This was contained in a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau. The statement described reports of Danfulani’s sack as untrue. The statement added, “The party is also aware of this type of antics of some politicians who are planning to destroy the party in their plan to float a new party for the 2027 elections and are trying to create problems in…

Accuses Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan of giving Olu of Warri backing, effontery Describes claims by Itsekiri Pipelines Surveillance Stakeholders as spurious, irritating The controversy over the termination of the $3.9M monthly contract of the company owned by the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, Pipelines Infrastructures Nigeria Limited (PINL) has continued to linger as Niger Delta Stakeholders Forum (NDSF) once again accused the Itsekiri monarch and the management of PINL of being dishonest. According to the group, for the Itsekiri monarch and PINL to be honest, they have to lay bare the circumstances, which led to the termination…

The Ondo Peoples Assembly, OPA, has stated that decisive action must be taken against Senator Jimoh Ibrahim and Olusola Oke by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for allegedly discrediting the outcome of the primaries of the party held on April 20. The coalition made its position known during a press briefing in Akure, Ondo State capital, where it emphasised that the two aspirants who participated in the primaries and lost to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa had continued to raise issues capable of causing crises within the party. Speaking to journalists, the convener of the coalition, Olufemi Lawson, who was flanked by…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) enforcement officers, aided by intelligence from the Nigerian Army’s 15 Field Engineering Regiment in Badagry, dismantled the operations of Mr Chinedu Okafor, an illegal drinks manufacturer operating from his residence at No. 24, MTN Road, Badagry. CONVERSEER learned that Mr Okafor’s suspicious activities caught the attention of the Nigerian Army, leading to his arrest and subsequent handover to NAFDAC officers at the Ports Inspection Directorate, Seme Border. Upon inspection, the officers evacuated all equipment and materials used in the production of illicit drinks, effectively shutting down the…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has urged Nigerians to always take their first salaries to their parents for “blessings” instead of handing them to clerics. The thespian also argued that the practice of giving the first salary of each year to a pastor among Nigerian Christians is unbiblical. He urged Christians to wake up and stop falling making poor financial decisions in the name of religion. On his Instagram account, Kanayo wrote: “Take your first salary to your father for his blessings not your pastor. “And to that Pastor who said it belongs to him in a video in…

Member representing Garki/Babura federal Constituency of Jigawa State in the House of Representatives, Isa Dogonyaro, is dead. Mohammed Bello El-Rufa’i, who is one of his colleagues, disclosed the death of the lawmaker on his Facebook wall Friday morning. He wrote, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. Earlier today, we lost a colleague in the House of Representatives, a brilliant parliamentarian and an overall good man. May Allah SWT forgive him and grant him Aljannatul Firdaus”. The Deputy House Spokesperson, Phillip Agbese , confirmed the death to Daily Trust, saying he learnt about the death of the lawmaker through posts on…

Bandits, on Thursday night, stormed the Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTEC, Osara, Okene in Kogi State, and kidnapped some students. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, an eyewitness said the bandits swooped on the university around 9:00 pm while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The source said that the bandits came in through the bush, went into three lecture halls and began to shoot into the air to scare the students. “They trapped the students inside the halls and started taking them; the school was thrown into total confusion as fear-stricken students in other…

The Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu, has freed 167 inmates across the five custodial centres in the state. Bashir-Aliyu pardoned the inmates during an official visit to the custodial centres in Lafia, Wamba, Nasarawa and Keffi local government areas of the state. Speaking at the end of the visits on Thursday in Lafia, Justice Bashir-Aliyu said that the tour of the facilities was in line with the extant laws. She further stated that the move was also in compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s order to decongest custodial centres in the country. The chief judge pointed out that…

President Bola Tinubu has assured of the preparedness of the Federal Government to partner with states to bring growth and development to their citizens in the country. Tinubu stated this at the groundbreaking ceremony of the 84km, N169.7 billon Bida-Minna Road in Kakakpagi, Katch Local Government Area of the state. Speaking through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the President explained that for governments at all levels to grow, there must be cordial relationships. He said the Bida-Minna Road would go a long way in easing the transportation of goods and services, thereby boosting economic activities…