The Anambra State Police Command has arrested nine suspects linked to the gruesome killing of Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly. Azuka was kidnapped on 24 December 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas. His decomposing body was discovered by the roadside near the …

One hundred thousand less privileged individuals, including women and children, have received free medical care in eight Local Government Areas of Southern Kaduna senatorial district as part of a Federal Government Constituency Intervention Project. Amos Gwamna, the representative for Zango Kataf and Jaba Federal Constituency, shared this during the health programme, and a visit to some patients who had undergone …

An e-hailing driver, Stephen Abuwatseya has apologised to the House of Representatives member representing ABA North/South of Abia State in the National Assembly, Alex Ikwechegh who assaulted him after an altercation occurred during a package delivery. In a video statement released to the press on Thursday, Abuwatseya expressed regret for provoking Ikwechegh and asked Nigerians for forgiveness. He also urged …

The House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Polytechnic and Higher Technical Education, Gboyega Isiaka, says the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed N84.2bn to applicants as of September 2024. The disbursements, he said, included N27.5 billion for institutional facilities and N56.7 billion for upkeep of facilities. Isiaka, who represents Yewa North/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency in Ogun State, said 351,317 students …

The Deputy Senate Minority Leader, Dr Lere Oyewumi, has charged women and youths in Osun West Senatorial to embrace entrepreneurship to earn a decent living. Oyewumi, currently representing Osun West in the Senate, spoke on Sunday in Ikire at an empowerment programme he organised during which, beneficiaries consisting of women and youths, drawn mainly from Osun West Senatorial District, received …

The National Assembly Special Committee on Crude Oil Theft has warned that the era of stealing the country’s crude oil is over as anybody found to be involved in the act will face the full wrath of the law. In a statement on Saturday. chairman of the special committee, Hon. Ado Doguwa said: “We can not in anyway afford to …

A member of the House of Representatives,  representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency, Danladi Aguye has responded to the nationwide call to ensure food sufficiency in the country. Aguye made his contribution by distributing 600 bags of fertilisers to farmers in his constituency. Speaking at the distribution ceremony in Lokoja on Sunday, the Chairman of Lokoja LGA, Comrade Abdullahi Adamu, who represented …

The lawmaker representing Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency, Hon. Mansur Manu Soro, has paid National Examinations Council (NECO) examination fees for 102 students of Gifted Secondary Schools located in Sade, Soro, Kafin Madaki and Darazo towns of Darazo-Ganjuwa federal constituency. According to a statement by his media aide Aleeyu Darazo in Bauchi yesterday, this move is to consolidate the gains of Mansur’ …

The lawmaker representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, Abia State, Obinna Aguocha, has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his office to secure the release of detained Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPoB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu has been in detention since his extradition in June 2020, facing charges of alleged terrorism by the Federal Government. Despite a 2022 Court of …

The need for holistic reforms of the nation’s laws to safeguard the rights of Nigerians has pitted a federal lawmaker, Oluwole Oke against Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Oke, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Osun State, chairs the committee on Judiciary. In a telephone interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, Oke noted that human rights …