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Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State says the Federal Government has started reconstruction work on the collapsed Enugu-Port-Harcourt Expressway bridge. The governor said the reconstruction began with palliative work on one lane of the bridge that was still standing to ensure it was ready for use within the next 10 days. Mbah said this when he and the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, paid a pre-reconstruction visit to the site on Thursday. Mbah appreciated the minister and President Bola Tinubu for their prompt response to alleviate the hardship the collapsed bridge had caused road users. “I thank Mr President…

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Rivers has 36,712 cases pending in its courts – Chief Judg A total of 36,712 cases are pending in various courts in Rivers, the Chief judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, said on Thursday in Port Harcourt. Amadi said at a special court session to mark the beginning of the 2023/2024 Legal Year in the state that most of the cases had been in court since the preceding Legal Year. He said High Courts in the state carried over 11,074 cases from the 2022/2023 Legal Year when it disposed of 5,041. He added that Magistrates Courts carried 14,943 cases into…

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The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has urged the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, to collaborate  with religious organizations to address the root causes of insecurity in the country. In a meeting with the CDS on Thursday, SCSN leaders said that the current military approach need to be re-address to curtailed insecurity,  saying that more needs to be done to address the underlying factors that are driving people to violence. In a release, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau,  Director, Defence Information, today in Abuja. Dr Bashir Aliyu Umar, team leader of the SCSN delegation, said that…

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The Defence Headquarters has warned troublemakers who plan to dress in military uniform to disrupt the governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa on Saturday to stay away or face “injurious consequences.” Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, gave the warning on Thursday, saying that the military is aware of the plans and will not allow its image to be dragged through the mud. Buba said that troops and platforms are being moved to reinforce security in the three states, and that security agencies are ready to identify and differentiate between real soldiers and the fake…

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Many Air Passengers stranded as NLC Shut down Abuja Airport Many air travellers have been left stranded following the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday. A combined team of NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) blocked both the entry and exit ways of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The protest is part of the series of actions that the two labour unions say they will zero in on Imo, following the attack on the NLC president, Joe Ajaero. The NLC and TUC had on Tuesday declared a nationwide…

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Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, reiterated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment towards the overall development of the Niger Delta as well as other parts of the country. Senator Shettima who represented President Tinubu at the grand finale of the All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial rally in Bayelsa State ahead of Saturday’s election noted that Bayelsa State, like every other state in Nigeria, remained dear to the visions and developmental focus of the Tinubu administration. The Vice President revealed that a wholistic plan for the development of the Niger Delta and all parts of…

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed his first national budget, the 2023 supplementary budget, into law. President Tinubu signed the N2.17trn Budget at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday afternoon. The Senate and the House of Representatives passed the supplementary bill, with Chairman Solomon Olamilekan Adeola’s report adopted. The supplementary bill, aimed at labour wage adjustments and security, expeditiously passed first and second readings in the National Assembly. The Federal Executive Council had during a recent meeting approved the 2023 supplementary budget of N2.1 trillion and sent to the lawmakers for vetting and approval.

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