‘I avoided breaking the law by using helicopter’ — Natasha
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has disclosed why she used a helicopter instead of road transport for her recent visit to constituents in Kogi State. Natasha, who represents Kogi Central senatorial district, said her husband advised her to use a helicopter. The senator made this known on Thursday while fielding questions on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme.
‘I avoided breaking the law by using helicopter’ — Natasha
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has disclosed why she used a helicopter instead of road transport for her recent visit to constituents in Kogi State.
Natasha, who represents Kogi Central senatorial district, said her husband advised her to use a helicopter.
The senator made this known on Thursday while fielding questions on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme.
DAILY POST reported that Akpoti-Uduaghan received a rousing welcome from supporters in Kogi State on Tuesday.
This development occurred despite a government ban on rallies and processions.
Supporters from Kogi Central’s five local government areas gathered early in Ihima, Okehi LGA, to welcome the embattled PDP lawmaker.
She said: “When I saw the prohibition of fishing and water activities, the ban on convoys, and a list of checkpoints that suddenly appeared, barring entrance into my senatorial district—which spans from Ibilo to Kogi via Auchi, Okene, Abuja, Lokoja, Akure, Ikare, and other major roads—the situation was very intense, and I knew there would be trouble. And my husband said, ‘You know what? We can actually get a helicopter to land us right in our compound,’ because we own the land opposite our village home. And that’s how we got in.
“With that move, we broke no law, and the people gathered right in my compound. The road you see us walking through was constructed by me, so it’s not a government road or facility. Therefore, I broke no law. I’m a good citizen of Nigeria, a law-abiding one at that. I’m sure you can attest to that.”
‘I avoided breaking the law by using helicopter’ — Natasha
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No Mass Killings, Arson in Eha-Amufu, Says Bishop Olinya
No Mass Killings, Arson in Eha-Amufu, Says Bishop Olinya
- Praises Mbah for improving security
- Says people mistook Nkala-Eha in Ebonyi for Eha-Amufu in Enugu
The Anglican Bishop of Eha-Amufu Diocese in Isi-Uzo LGA of Enugu State, Rt. Rev. Daniel Olinya, has refuted the reports of mass killings and arson in Eha-Amufu making the rounds on the social media, noting that many mistook Nkala-Eha community in Ebonyi State, which suffered grisly attacks in February, for Eha-Amufu, which shares boundaries with it.
Bishop Olinya said that while Isi-Uzo LGA in general and Eha-Amufu communities and farm settlements in particular had suffered suspected herders’ attacks over the years, peaking between 2020 and 2022 when farm settlements and communities were sacked, security had since greatly improved under the Governor Peter Mbah dispensation and Eha-Amufu people had returned to their homes.
He said that unlike in December 2022 and January 2023 when many Eha-Amufu residents, including himself, escaped to townships and Internally Dispacdd Persons (IDP) camps where they spent the Christmas and New Year, relative peace and order had returned to the communities.
The clergy, who fielded questions from newsmen after briefing the governor on the actual security situation in Eha-Amufu, explained that apart from isolated incidents of security breach such as the recent murder of a young undergraduate, the people go to their farms.
He however noted that most people were still afraid to live in many of the farm settlements as they were far removed from their communities. He blamed it on the fears instilled by the gruesome attacks of 2020 to 2022, but promised to expedite advocacy to encourage people to return to their farm settlements, given what Governor Mbah was doing in the area of security.
“No. There is no mass killings. But Abor people used to run away to Eha-Amufu town to stay any time they hear that the herders were coming. But not that there was any mass killing this year in Eha-Amufu. No.
“Even a blind man will tell you that he has seen what Mbah is doing. The security situation in Eha-Amufu has become very good because we do not run again. And we have seen his efforts. Farmers are ready to go back to their farm settlements. And when I go back now, I will start encouraging them to go back because the governor has done something that will make our people to go back to their farm settlements.
“Anybody, who refuses to go back now, will not say it is because the herders are chasing him because they cannot chase anybody now in Eha-Amufu with what our Governor has done and still doing,” he said.
Providing more insights, he continued, “The problem in Eha-Amufu started way back 2020, and in 2022 the entire Eha-Agu, Mbuji-Agu, Ebor-Agu and Mgbuji-Agu were sacked completely. Even those in Eha-Amufu town were also sacked. Like myself, I had to run away from my Bishop’s Court because the Fulani militia were approaching Eha-Amufu town. So everybody had to run away.
“I ran to Bishop Agbo’s house; that’s bishop of Nsukka, and that was where I celebrated my Christmas that year and the New Year.
“But this recent time, like this year, we cannot say that anybody has been killed, apart from the young man, the undergraduate, who was unfortunately killed at Ndi-Agu Amofia. But, as I said, there is nothing like mass killings this year in Eha-Amufu.
“Nkala-Eha is in Ebonyi State, but people mistook it because we (Eha-Amufu and Nkala-Eha) share the same boundary. So, this made some people to say that it was in Eha-Amufu. It wasn’t in Eha-Amufu. It was in Ebonyi State.”
The Anglican Bishop of Eha-Amufu Diocese in Isi-Uzo LGA of Enugu State, Rt. Rev. Daniel Olinya, has refuted the reports of mass killings and arson in Eha-Amufu making the rounds
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Senator Mitch McConnell has criticised the new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, cautioning the United States against picking fights with its allies. On Thursday, McConnell stated that tariffs would make it more expensive to do business in America and drive up costs for producers and consumers across the board. The ranking Democrat lawmaker, in
Trump tariffs: Senator McConnell warns US against fighting allies
Senator Mitch McConnell has criticised the new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, cautioning the United States against picking fights with its allies.
On Thursday, McConnell stated that tariffs would make it more expensive to do business in America and drive up costs for producers and consumers across the board.
The ranking Democrat lawmaker, in a statement, described tariffs as “bad policy,” adding that trade wars with U.S. partners hurt working people the most.
“Tariffs drive up the cost of goods and services. They are a tax on everyday working Americans,” McConnell wrote.
Preserving the long-term prosperity of American industry and workers, according to McConnell, requires working with U.S. allies, not against them.
He added that with so much at stake globally, “the last thing we need is to pick fights with the very friends with whom we should be working to protect against China’s predatory and unfair trade practices.”
McConnell warned that with higher broad-based tariffs, goods made in America will become more expensive to manufacture and, ultimately, for consumers to purchase.
“We ought to strengthen our friendships abroad and reinforce our allies as pillars of American prosperity and security,” he added.
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Gov Alia decries havoc wreaked by protesters in Benue community
Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Thursday, visited Naka, the headquarters of Gwer-West Local Government, to assess the widespread destruction caused by protests that erupted in the area. DAILY POST recalls that the protest, which took place on 11 March 2025, was in response to the tragic killing of three youths in Tsambe-Mmbesev Ward. The
Gov Alia decries havoc wreaked by protesters in Benue community
Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Thursday, visited Naka, the headquarters of Gwer-West Local Government, to assess the widespread destruction caused by protests that erupted in the area.
DAILY POST recalls that the protest, which took place on 11 March 2025, was in response to the tragic killing of three youths in Tsambe-Mmbesev Ward.
The protesters set fire to and looted the palace of the Ter Tyoshin/Nagi, HRH Daniel Abomtse and the Local Government Secretariat.
The house of Felix Atume, the former Registrar of COREN, was also among the properties looted and destroyed during the protest.
Governor Alia, while en route to Otukpo, visited the local government secretariat, where he observed significant damage to the buildings.
The governor expressed deep concern over the destruction, condemning the actions of the protesters who had resorted to violence in response to the killings.
In his statement, Governor Alia called for peace and urged the people of Gwer-West to remain calm while justice was sought for the loss of lives.
He assured the affected communities that the state government would work towards restoring order and providing support for the reconstruction of the damaged properties.
Gov Alia decries havoc wreaked by protesters in Benue community
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