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2027: ATIKU/OBI PLOT: TINUBU NOT BOTHERED – PRESIDENCY The presidency has said that President Bola Tinubu was not bothered about the game the 2023 presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi are playing. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the President was focused on fixing the …

ENUGU GOVT TO BUILD FIVE-STAR HOTEL IN ENUGU Enugu State Executive Council (SEC) has approved the construction of a 380-room five-star hotel at the International Conference Centre, Enugu. The contract was awarded to the China Communication and Construction Company.The Council also ratified the N100 billion deal with Pragmatic Palms Limited for the revitalisation of the moribund Enugu State United Palm …

SOUTH DEVELOPING N15.6TRN HIGHWAY, OUR WOMEN LINING UP TO RECEIVE CUPS OF RICE – PROF USMAN YUSUF Professor Usman Yusuf, former Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, has spoken about the need for security to achieve development, especially in northern Nigeria. He emphasized that without security, progress would be difficult to achieve In a video recently shared on YouTube by …

CALABAR-LAGOS HIGHWAY PROJECT, A DISTRACTION – IHECHUKWU MADUBUIKE Scholar, author of “Nigeria and the Lugardian Hubris”, and two-time Minister, Prof Ihechukwu Madubuike, in this interview with Sunday Sun, assessed the one year of the Tinubu Presidency, rating his performance low. He also looked at the continued incarceration of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the …

10,000 ILLEGAL BUILDINGS IN FESTAC TO BE DEMOLISHED As part of measures to restore Festac Town master plan, the Federal Government through the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has identified over 10,000 illegal buildings that will be removed for the restoration of Festac Town master plan. It said that the move would assist in restoring the glory over 45 year old …

NIGERIA HAS COLLAPSED UNDER TINUBU – BABACHIR LAWAL Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr Babachir Lawal, has said Nigeria collapsed after the swearing of President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023. Lawal said the shocking announcement of fuel subsidy removal by Tinubu on the day of inauguration plunged the country into economic malady, stating that the policy …

SHEHU SANI MOCKS FORMER GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENT AS UNIVERSITY PRO-CHANCELLOR Shehu Sani, a former senator, has mocked the recent decision by President Tinubu to appoint Isa Yuguda, a former governor of Bauchi State, to the position of pro-chancellor of the Northern Nigeria University (NOUN). Sani wrote on his official X account, “One of my friends has been expecting a juicy political …

COMMOTION AS TRADERS, SOLDIERS CLASH AT ABUJA PLAZA There was commotion on Saturday at the popular Banex Plaza phone market, located in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja, as soldiers and some traders clashed over the sale of a defective phone. A trader explained that the soldiers were attacked after a disagreement with some persons in the market. “I am …

TINUBU’S ONE YEAR OF MULTIPLE TAXATION, RISING HARDSHIPS, BY OMONIYI SALAUDEEN In a couple of days, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be one year in office. As a matter of convention, he will be expected to present the scorecard of his achievements for the assessment of the general public. And rightly so because, in the last 12 months, tax-payers have …

2027: ATIKU, OBI’S ALLIANCE MOVES UNSETTLE APC STALWARTS The renewed moves for an alliance or merger between the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, have raised concerns among some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 electioneering circle. Recall that Atiku and Obi …