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THE All Progressives Congress, APC, Federal Government must accept the blame for the fact that after six years in power, we are still deeply mired in our intractable petrol subsidy regime. As the leader of the then opposition party, Muhammadu Buhari had intensely argued that there was no fuel subsidy; that the subsidy … [Read more…]
Fact Check, as Army Spokesman denies involvement of Army in Enugu community raid. Following trending videos of some men cladded in military uniform, shooting in a place alleged to be a community in Enugu, the 82 Division spokesman, Abubakar Abdullahi, has denied the involvement of the Army in the shooting. In a telephone chat between … [Read more…]
South-East Council of Traditional Rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops; and the World Igbo Congress, WIC, have appealed to the federal government, to release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.Similarly, the groups also expressed “deep concern” over the high level of insecurity and socio-economic disruption in the southeast … [Read more…]
The Army said its troops had neutralised four armed members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who attacked security operatives in Anambra State on Friday. It also accused the outlawed group of carrying out its recent attacks to create panic ahead of the November 6 governorship election in the state. The Director of … [Read more…]
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq hardly grants interviews. In this rare chat with a select group of journalists, he speaks on the challenges of governing Kwara, how insecurity in North-West and ban of open-grazing in Southern Nigeria is affecting Kwara, his problem with Senator Bukola Saraki; and relations with Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, … [Read more…]
Socio–Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to probe allegations that over 880 billion of public funds are missing from 367 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible, and the recovery of any missing or diverted public … [Read more…]
In its bid to reverse the nation’s over-reliance in imports by creating a platform that supports right companies and projects with potential to immediately transform and jumpstart the productive base of the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled the criteria for participating in its 100 for 100 policy on Production and Productivity … [Read more…]
I’ll leave office in May 2023, Buhari assures President Muhammadu Buhari has warned those campaigning for tenure elongation on his behalf, stressing that he would leave office in May 2023. According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari gave the warning at a meeting in … [Read more…]
A trigger-happy police officer attached to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Benin, yesterday, allegedly shot a 400-level student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, at the gate of the oil firm. The student of the Department of Mass Communication, Miss Juliana Martins, is a participant in the ongoing workshop of the Petroleum … [Read more…]
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has decried the difficult state of Nigeria’s international travel portal. This followed his failure to obtain a COVID-19 travel permit during a recent trip from France to Nigeria. Soyinka, who addressed reporters yesterday at Esther’s Revenge of Freedom Park in Lagos, recounted how he was to stay … [Read more…]
The lead counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indeginous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor,has lampooned the Department of State Services for denying the duo of Chukwuemeka Ezeife and British Consul access to Kanu. In a statement he personally signed on Thursday night, he accused the DSS of also not allowing Kanu’s … [Read more…]
The Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Loans on Tuesday kicked against the proposal by the Federal Ministry of Health to borrow $200m under the Malaria Programme to buy mosquito nets in the 2022 budget. The committee’s condemnation was in response to the Ministry of Health’s submission about its intention to borrow the … [Read more…]