By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 Rep. Dennis Idahosa (APC-Edo) has emerged as the All Progressives candidate for the Sept.21 Edo governorship election. Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo, the Chairman of the APC Edo governorship primary election committee, said this at the end of the election on Saturday in Benin.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has reopened the head office of Sahad supermarket previously sealed for customers extortion and lack of transparency in prices fixing. The Acting Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Dr Adamu Abdullahi, said this in a statement inContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The Nigeria Custom Service (NSC) joint border patrol team sector IV has seized consignment of sex enhancement drugs worth N19.6 duty paid value in Sokoto state. The Coordinating Comptroller, Mr Kolapo Oladeji, made this known while briefing newsmen in Sokoto. He said that trucksContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), have uncovered 14 sites illegally refining crude oil in Rivers, the Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, has said. Okeke who assumed duty on Thursday, said that the illegal refining site, located on Ataba Island, close toContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 Two of Africa’s representatives, Nigeria and Egypt have suffered defeats at the ongoing ITTF World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) taking place in Busan, South Korea. A statement by Olalekan Okunsan, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), stated that while NigeriaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The Imo Hoteliers Association has petitioned Gov. Hope Uzodinma over what it described as assault, defamation of character and intimidation of one of its members, Mr Magnus Awarzi. The petition, signed by the association’s Chairman, Mr Chima Chukwunyere, and other executive members, was madeContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 Niger Government has appealed to women in the state to be calm and patient as it is doing everything possible to alleviate the current hardship and rising cost of living. Hajiya Hauwa Bako, Special Adviser to the Gov. Umaru Bago on Social Investment Programme,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it has arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said they were arrested at Kurudu, Jahi, Kubwa and Gwarimpa areas of Abuja. He said thatContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The UK Government said it spent more than 300 million pound sterling delivering programmes and peacekeeping in Africa in 2023 to strengthen security and ensure stability. The UK Minister of State, Cabinet Office, Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during herContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 No fewer than 150 former State House of Assembly speakers are expected to participate in Adamawa Conference 2024, says Sen. Simon Lalong. Lalong, a former governor of Plateau and the Chairman of the conference, made the disclosure in Yola on Friday, while briefing newsmenContinue Reading