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Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said he left at least $4bn balance sheet generated from his companies in 1998 before joining politics, saying he didn't start life as a politician but businessman.  The former Abia governor said before 1998, he built business entities, particularly in the media, oil, and gas sector, shipping, airlines, and others.  In a social media post, Sen. Kalu said he had enough resources to fund his former party the PDP, when he joined politics in 1998. He said, "I built several entities (businesses particularly in the media, oil, and gas sector, shipping, airlines, and others), and in 1998, I left more than a $4 Billion balance sheet in my companies before venturing into politics".  He wondered why people like him are expected to be penniless while those who have done next to nothing parade themselves as achievers.  He noted further, "In 1998, I used my resources to fund the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), my former...

Kebbi Hosts Mass Wedding For 300 Divorcees, Widows  Over 300 divorcees, widows, and indigents have celebrated matrimony in a mass wedding sponsored by the Kebbi State Government.  The wedding which took place at the Abdullahi Fodio palace in Gwandu Emirate, Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, was organised by the state government under Hajia Nafisa Nasir Idris, the governor's wife, through her initiative, the Nafisa Nasir Development Foundation.  Governor Nasir Idris, overseeing the ceremony, encouraged the couples to foster friendship and be confidants to one another.  The governor, who was represented by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Muhammad Usman-Ankwe, announced plans for periodic mass weddings to unite less privileged individuals as husbands and wives. The administration allocated N21 million as dowry for the 300 brides from the state's 21 local government areas, with each bride receiving a dowry of N70,000.  Credit: NAN

Anambra Landlord Refunds House Rent To New Tenant On Hearing He's From Ebonyi State The affected tenant, Ifeanyichukwu Eluu, who's a Pastor shared his experience online. He wrote: “The last experience I had, getting an apartment in Anambra state wasn't a good one. I had paid 100% for the apartment to the caretaker, preparing to settle in after signing the necessary tenancy agreement the following day.  "But there was a reconsideration afterwards, we had stayed for a longer time in a hotel. So, we needed to quickly move into the property, of which we informed the caretaker about the move. We rushed to get the basic things to equip the house right away and the same evening, we moved into the house. "Around 12 midnight, I saw an alert of the exact Money I paid to the caretaker. I called him right away, he said the landlord refunded the Money when he heard we're from Ebonyi state," Abakaliki" as generally refered. "I felt so insulted, embarrassed, ...

Ifeanyi Ubah, a member representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, has called on the people of Anambra to give him their mandate in the 2025 governorship election to enable him to address the state’s leadership questions. Mr Ubah of the All Progressives Congress, who spoke to journalists in Nnewi on Sunday, said he was asking for just a term of four years. He said he would conduct local government elections within four months if he became the governor to encourage political participation at the grassroots and make LGA funds available for competitive and decentralised development. He said local government elections would also unbundle the state government, make local government funds available to them and shift development to grassroots while the state exercises a supervisory role over them. The senator said, “All I ask for is one term of four years. I promise to conduct local government area elections within four months of (my) election. At the moment, I rate governance in Ana...

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested Bello Mohammed, a 28-year-old suspected kidnapper from Zamfara State, in Kaduna State. He is accused of killing Nabeeha, who was kidnapped along with her family members in Bwari, FCT, Abuja. Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated that the Divisional Police Officer, Tafa Division, acting on intelligence, raided a hotel in the Tafa area of Kaduna and apprehended Bello with N2.25 million, suspected to be proceeds from ransoms collected from kidnapping victims in the area. Adejobi disclosed that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to being part of the gang that kidnapped the family members of Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024. He also admitted to killing several kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, the daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January 2024, in a kidnappers’ camp in Kaduna State. “The suspect, in a dramatic situation, offered N1,000,000 to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried ou...