Day: March 18, 2025

Tinubu Declares State of Emergency blames Fubara

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President Bola Tinubu has declared State of Emergency on Rivers State in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday 18th March 2025. The president also blamed the State Governor Siminalaye Fubara for the state of the things. Full text below Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned…

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NAF NIGHT AIRSTRIKES ANNIHILATE TERRORIST COMMAND HUB IN MANDARA MOUNTAINS

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

“In a bold demonstration of air power and precision night warfare capabilities, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) night airstrike on 16 March 2025 annihilated terrorist hideouts in the Mandara Mountains, dealing a devastating blow to insurgents.” The night operation targeted insurgent enclaves deep within the treacherous Mandara Mountains, delivering a crippling blow to the terrorists’ stronghold and disrupting their activities.          NAF airstrike in Mandara Mountains destroying terrorist hideouts. Acting on credible Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) data, reports indicated that the notorious terrorist leader, Ali Ngulde, and…

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“I am sorry,” Corps member apologizes for labeling Lagos a ‘smelling state’ in viral video.

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

Ushie Uguamaye, commonly known as Raye, a Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps member who went viral last week for criticizing the government, has apologized for “talking down” on Lagos. On Monday, Raye said on Instagram that her statements may have hurt Lagos citizens and expressed apologies for her language choice. She explained that her purpose was not to offend individuals who call Lagos home, but to express her candid observations as a tourist. She added that the inflammatory comment was part of a larger project, a 30-day rant challenge to…

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Tension in Rivers as the Assembly serves Fubara with a misconduct notice for the impeachment move

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

Rivers State was tense and uneasy Monday after the state House of Assembly began the impeachment process against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Prof. Ngozi Odu. An impending impeachment procedure was indicated when Fubara and Prof. Odu received a notice of alleged egregious misconduct from the Martin Amaewhule-led Assembly, which was loyal to Nyesom Wike, the former governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. The Speaker received a notice outlining the alleged misbehavior as a follow-up to a letter signed by 26 Assembly members on March 14, 2025.…

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I’m not going to leave you to suffer, Oyebanji reassures victims of the rainstorm

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

I’m not going to leave you to suffer, Oyebanji reassures victims of the rainstorm Biodun Oyebanji, the governor of Ekiti State, has promised residents of various towns affected by the downpour that the government will not leave them to suffer during this difficult time. As he had previously demonstrated, Oyebanji stated that the government would give the victims relief supplies so they could repair their destroyed buildings. He expressed sadness for the horrific experience of homelessness that many residents of the state had to endure as a result of the…

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Wike Cancels 4,794 FCT Land Titles Over Unpaid ₦6.9bn Ground Rent

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the revocation of 4,794 land titles in the FCT, over non-payment of ground rent, estimated at N6.9bn for more than 40 years. This was contained in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, on Monday, following a press briefing by the Director of Lands, Chijioke Nwanwkoeze, on Monday. According to the statement, a total of 8,375 property owners in the Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II,…

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Diezani pleads with the court to stop the EFCC from selling his confiscated assets.

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former minister of petroleum resources, has petitioned the Federal High Court in Abuja to prevent the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, from selling all of the properties that were taken from her. In the lawsuit she brought through a group of attorneys headed by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, the former minister also asked the court to issue an order compelling the anti-graft agency to collect from anybody (natural or corporate) that it had sold any of the properties to.   Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke The…

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