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KEMI BADENOCH WAS RIGHT: NIGERIAN POLICE STOLE MY PHONE IN 2019, BY ELIAS OZIKPU British politician Kemi Badenoch recently became a subject of fierce attacks by officials of the Nigerian government for continuing her criticism of Nigeria’s crumbled and utterly corrupt system.Part of what riled officials of the Nigerian government was her disclosure during her interview with The Free Press, …

FG TO LAUNCH CONTACTLESS PASSPORT APPLICATION IN FOUR STATES NEXT MONTH – TUNJI Speaking on The Morning Show, an Arise Television programme on Wednesday, Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Internal Affairs, said the experimental phase of the project would be launched in Lagos, Abuja, Rivers, and Kano states. The minister said the contactless passport application service will be rolled out internationally to …

TINUBU RECONSTITUTES 12 RIVER BASIN AUTHORITIES, NAMES 72 APPOINTEES The executive management teams of 12 River Basin development authorities under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources have been reconstituted by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu expressed optimism that the 72 appointees, six for each of the 12 management teams, would use their wealth of experience to bolster the efficiency of the …

BUHARI, FRIEND OF THE POOR, DIDN’T REMOVE FUEL SUBSIDY- FEMI ADESINA Femi Adesina, the former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has described him as a friend of the masses which underscored many of his policies and decisions while in government. Adesina said such considerations were responsible for his decision not to remove fuel subsidies as …

TINUBU WILL USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO FIGHT TERRORISTS IN 2025 – SENATOR JIMOH IBRAHIM Ondo South Senator, Jimoh Ibrahim, says President Bola Tinubu is set to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fight against insecurity in 2025. The lawmaker said Tinubu would make life tougher for the criminals in the coming year as the government would use apps to track …

NIGERIA’S NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS WEBSITE HACKED The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has raised an alarm that its official website has been hacked by unknown fraudsters. The Bureau, which made this known in a short statement issued on its X social media handle at 8.32pm on Wednesday, warned the general public to disregard any message or report posted on …

OVER HALF OF NIGERIANS WANT TO LEAVE THE COUNTY – REPORT Over half of Nigerians want to emigrate with the percentage who say they have given ‘a lot’ of thought to emigrating tripling since 2017, a new report has shown. According to the report, this proportion of citizens includes those living in urban areas, the country’s highly educated population, the …

YOU’RE ALL REELECTED,’ TINUBU TELLS LAWMAKERS AFTER ADDRESSING THEM AS 11th ASSEMBLY‘President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday jokingly declared that lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly were “all reelected”. This happened during the president’s presentation of the 2025 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. Tinubu made the declaration after mistakenly referring to the 10th Assembly as the …

MANY CHILDREN FEARED DEAD IN IBADAN CARNIVAL STAMPEDE Many children have reportedly lost their lives in a stampede that occurred at a carnival in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The incident occurred in the Bashorun area of Ibadan on Wednesday. The number of casualties have not been ascertained as at the time of filing this report. However, it was learnt that …

TINUBU PRESENTS N47.96TRN 2025 BUDGET TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday presented a national budget of N47.96 trillion for 2025 to the joint session of the National Assembly. The President said the budget, which he said was put together based on economic realities, would trigger prosperity in Nigeria in 2025 if implemented to the letter. According to him, …