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NEW SUPER EAGLES COACH WAS SACKED BY STUGURT IN 2023, HAS NO NATIONAL TEAM COACHING EXPERIENCE There are growing concerns in the Nigerian football community over the appointment of Bruno Labbadia as the new Super Eagles coach, given his controversial past and lack of national team coaching experience. SaharaReporters had reported the appointment of the German tactician on Tuesday morning …

PRESIDENT TINUBU TO EMBARK ON ANOTHER FOREIGN TRIP, JETS OUT TO CHINA Fresh from his recent trip to France, President Bola Tinubu is gearing up for another international trip, this time to China. Scheduled for the first week of September, the state visit will coincide with the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, where President Tinubu will engage in high-level discussions …

PETER OBI BLASTS TINUBU’S GOVT OVER ARREST, DETENTION OF JOURNALISTS, WANTS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF PIDOM Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has criticized the federal government for the ongoing arrest and detention of journalists who expose corruption. He warned that if this trend continues, Nigeria could descend into a Banana Republic. Obi expressed concern over the government’s …

POLICE ARREST NLC BOOKSHOP EMPLOYEE OVER ALLEGED LINKS TO HUNGER PROTESTS The Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) on Monday evening arrested Adeyemi Abayomi Abiodun, an employee of Iva Valley Bookshop, in a continued crackdown linked to the #EndBadGovernance protests. The bookshop, located at Labour House in Abuja and run by Mr Drew Povey, has recently been under …

GOV FUBARA UNDER PRESSURE TO LEAVE PDP Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is facing growing pressure to leave the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) amid ongoing political battles with former governor and current FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. The tension between the two has led to speculation that Fubara may defect to another political party ahead of the 2027 gubernatorial elections. …

WHY TINUBU SACKED BICHI AS DSS DG Facts have emerged on the reasons behind the removal from office of the Director-General (DG), Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Yusuf Bichi. Sources hinted that President Bola Tinubu was removing anyone causing stumbling blocks in the efforts of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, towards stamping out terrorists. “Ribadu feels Bichi …

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PRESSURED META TO CENSOR INFORMATION ONLINE -ZUCKERBERG I censored Biden family’s corruption, other unfavourable stories on Facebook after FBI, White House pressure: Mark Zuckerberg “I regret that we were not more outspoken about it. I also think we made some choices that…we wouldn’t make today,” said Mr Zuckerberg. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook censored …

21 STATES SEEK N1.65TRN LOANS DESPITE 40% RISE IN FAAC REVENUETwenty one states of the federation are seeking loans amounting to N1.65 trillion to fund their 2024 budget deficits despite the increase in the allocations they have received from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the last one year.From June 2023 to June this year, all the 36 states …

FG MAKES ₦5.99TN REVENUE, SPENDS ₦19.50TN According to the 2023 Fiscal Accounts Report of the Accountant General of the Federation, Nigeria’s Federal Government made a revenue of N5.99tn, spent N19.50tn, and recorded a deficit of N13.50tn—225% of the total revenue. What does this mean? The government spent more than three times what it earned in revenue. Where did the revenue …

REPUBLICANSFORHARRIS.TRENDS More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter Monday obtained exclusively by USA TODAY. From the letter: “Of course, we have plenty of honest, ideological disagreements with Vice President Harris and …