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OBASANJO LAMENTS DEATH RUMOUR CIRCULATING IN SOCIAL MEDIA , SAYS ‘I’M ALIVE’ Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented about the social media rumours of his death. President Obasanjo who disclosed that he recently woke up to rumours of his demise circulating on social media expressed shock and disappointment over the false reports, describing them as deeply upsetting. Speaking during …

TRUTH ABOUT THE IGBO NOT SELLING LAND TO NON-IGBO Azuka OnwukaLast week, when I saw the myriads of social media posts criticising newspaper columnist and TV presenter, Dr. Reuben Abati, over his comment on Arise TV on the issue of the Igbo not selling land to non-Igbo, I searched for the video and watched it in full to hear his …

CONTROVERSY OVER PETROL PRODUCTION FROM PORT HARCOURT REFINERY: NNPCL NOT PRODUCING – REPORT; IT’S MISLEADING CLAIMS, WE’RE PRODUCING – NNPC The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is not trucking out Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from the Port Harcourt Refinery as it claimed on Tuesday, top sources in the know have revealed to SaharaReporters.SaharaReporters was informed …

ENUGU TO LAUNCH AIRLINE AS GOV MBAH PRESENTS N971.8B BUDGET FOR 2025 Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah on Tuesday revealed that the state-owned airline will be launched in a matter of weeks to transport residents of the state coming into the state for the Christmas and end of the year activities. Governor Mbah unveiled this on Tuesday in Enugu when …

BREAKING: EFCC ARRESTS YAHAYA BELLO The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally arrested the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, as he honoured the invitation of the Commission over alleged misappropriation of funds. Bello went to the anti-graft agency’s office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning. This followed the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed the suit …

EBONYI GOVERNOR, NWIFURU, SUSPENDS TWO COMMISSIONERS, OTHERS Ebonyi State Government under Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru has confirmed the indefinite suspension of the Honourable Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development and three months suspension of the Honourable Commissioner for Health respectively. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Commissioner for Information, Hon. Jude Chikadibia Okpor said also to proceed on a three-month …

OPEN LETTER TO SOUTHEAST SENATORS, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL Distinguished Senators and Honorable House OF Reps members, GIVE US ANIOMA STATE FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY. We respectfully solicit your backing and endorsement for the establishment of Anioma State, as a profound generational gift to the Igbo youths. Eminent Senators and Honorable Members of the …

NIGERIA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER UNDER PETER OBI – ABARIBE Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims …

WHY NIGERIANS ARE POORER AMID GDP GROWTH – ECONOMISTS Nigerian economists and financial experts have explained why citizens have remained poorer in the past months despite the country’s Gross Domestic Product rising by 3.46 percent in the third quarter of 2024.Former President of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Prof. Segun Ajibola, the Executive Director of the Centre …

ZAMANI LEKWOT: HOLDING JUDICIAL, MILITARY TERRORISM TO JUSTICE, BY OWEILAKEMFA A series of video recordings of men and officers of the Nigeria Army brutalizing hapless Nigerians have in the past few weeks been making the rounds. The most disturbing, which a conscious institution should have by now made public either its interim or full report, is that of a Major …