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36 STATES, 774 LGS SHARE N10.13TRN IN SIX MONTHS – NBS REPORT Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that five states which include some Niger Delta states and the country’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State, received the largest allocations from the federal government from January to May 2024. The NBS report further revealed that the 36 …

GOV SANWO-OLU SPLASHES N100,000 BONUS TO EACH CORPS MEMBER IN LAGOS The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday splurged a whopping N427.7 million on 4,277 corps members serving in the State a whopping. Sanwo-Olu said each corps member would receive N100,000. He also announced a donation of N100 million to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and support staff. …

POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS NEW VATICAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, a significant diplomatic role within the Catholic Church. The announcement was made on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, highlighting the Irish archbishop’s extensive experience in the region. “Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty has been appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria,” …

RIVERS HOUSE OF CRISIS: PRO-FUBARA LAWMAKERS TACKLE PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS OVER BUDGET SPENDING The factional Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, has condemned the resolution by the Martin Amaewhule-led House, barring Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending public funds. The Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo stated this in his opening remark during plenary on Tuesday. He said what Amaewhule and 24 …

PDP VS PDP: RIVERS EXCO DISAGREES WITH NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OVER APPEAL The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has disagreed with its national leadership for dissociating the Party from the appeal filed at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division against the ruling of the High Court of Rivers State in Suit No: PHC/2177/CS/2024. The national headquarters …

$1.8B FUEL STOLEN FROM NIGERIAN REFINERIES IN NINE YEARS – NEITI The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Dr Ogbonnaya Orji, has disclosed that the country lost $1.84bn worth of petroleum products from refineries in nine years. Orji stated this on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 2024 NEITI board retreat/meeting in Lagos. According to him, …

TWO HOUSE OF REPS MEMBERS DIE IN SEVEN DAYS A member of the House of Representatives representing Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Hon Ekene Abubakar Adams is dead. Hon. Ekene was confirmed dead early Tuesday morning by his wife and his death comes just a few days after his former colleague from Oyo Olajide Akinremi Jagaban passed on. …

WE’LL SHUTDOWN NIGERIA FOR ONE MONTH IF MINIMUM WAGE IS EXPUNGED FROM EXCLUSIVE LIST – NLC Ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s planned Thursday meeting with leaders of organized labor, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened a one-month shutdown if the minimum wage is expunged from the Exclusive to Concurrent list in the Constitution by Nigerian lawmakers. NLC President …

HOUSTON WITHOUT POWER SUPPLY FOR FOUR DAYS, DECLARED CITY IN CRISIS Monday marked one week since Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda Bay, devastating Houston’s infrastructure and knocking out power to over 2.2 million homes and businesses. While CenterPoint Energy has since restored power to the majority of those customers, hundreds of thousands of people still woke up Monday without …

I’VE RETURNED ALL MY MEDALS BACK TO NIGERIA – SIMON EKPA The Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, Simon Ekpa said he has returned all the medals he won for Nigeria back to the country amid intensified call for Biafra Independence. Ekpa disclosed this in a statement through his official X handle. The international and Indigenous medals were …