Day: April 17, 2024

House of Representatives shifts resumption date to April 30

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The House of Representatives has announced the further rescheduling of the resumption date from the ongoing recess. According to a release signed by Hon Akin Rotimi Jr.the House Spokesperson,the new resumption date is now set for Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. “This adjustment, as communicated by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, Esq., in an internal correspondence to Honourable Members on Wednesday, is aimed at giving Honourable Members more time for constituency outreach to secure adequate input in the constitution review process. “The extension…

N80.2b Fraud: EFCC to arraign Yahaya Bello Thursday

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Thursday, April 18 Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello, the former governor of Kogi State before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.   He will be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite alongside three other suspects, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu on 19- count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N80, 246, 470, 088.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eight Nine Naira, Eighty Eight Kobo.   Bello’s arraignment is…

NUJ FCT Correspondents Chapel mourns Veteran Journalist,Ude Ejikeme

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ ) FCT Correspondents’ Chapel has expressed shock over demise of one of its members, Mr. Ude Ejikeme who died in the early hours of Tuesday April 16th 2024 after a brief illness at Garki Hospital Abuja. In a statement jointly signed by Comrade Jide Oyekunle and Raphael Oni the Chairman and Secretary of the Chapel respectively on Wednesday described the untimely death of the veteran journalist as a rude shock as its happening when the union is trying to recover from a similar…