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LIBERIAN PRESIDENT, BOAKAI, SLASHES OWN SALARY BY 40% President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, of Liberia on Saturday, voluntarily slashed his salary by 40 per cent. Mr Boakai, who was quoted in a statement published on Liberia’s government website on Saturday, said this move was “aimed at setting a precedent for responsible governance and nation-building.” “In fulfilment of his commitment to fiscal …

BREAKING: PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS ISSUE FRESH ULTIMATUM TO FUBARA, DEMAND RESUBMISSION OF 2024 BUDGET The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, has given the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara a 7-day deadline to resubmit the 2024 budget. This order was issued during the first session of the pro-Wike House on Monday after a break of several months. Meanwhile, a …

HOW I RECEIVED NEWS ABOUT ABACHA’S DEATH, BY ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, shared his recollections about the death of Nigeria’ s former dictator, General Sani Abacha, in 1998 and the subsequent events that followed. Abubakar recounted that the news of Abacha’ s death was first brought to him by the then Inspector- General of Police, …

EKPA SLAMS SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS: SAYS THEY LACK LEGITIMACY TO NEGOTIATE FOR KANU’S RELEASE The Simon Ekpa-led Biafran Republic Government in-Exile, BRGIE, has told South-East governors and other leaders in the region to stay clear of negotiating for Biafra declaration and the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu with Nigeria. Ekpa, who is known as the Prime Minister of BRGIE, disclosed …

WHAT STARMER’S ELECTION VICTORY MEANS FOR JAPA The United Kingdom has a new leader. After more than a decade of Conservative rule, Labour Party’s Keir Starmer has been named the new British prime minister following a landslide victory at the general elections on Friday. “The work for change begins immediately,” Starmer said in his first speech outside of 10 Downing …

HOW AGITATION FOR CREATION OF MORE STATES BREEDS RANCOUR IN SOUTH EAST The Senate, on Tuesday, July 3, 2024, passed for first reading bills seeking to create two additional States in the South-East, to increase states in the zone to seven. A bill seeking the creation of Etiti State in the South-East geo-political zone was also read for the first …

COURT ORDERS BUHARI’S MINISTER TO ACCOUNT FOR N729B ‘PAYMENTS TO MILLIONS OF POOR NIGERIANS’ A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development to account for the payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The court also ordered the former minister to provide …

DAILY TRUST REPLIES FG ON     SAMOA AGREEMENT REPORT The Management of Media Trust Group, owners of Daily Trust, Trust TV and Trust Radio, has reacted to the threat of the Federal Government to sue the publication over a report on Samoa agreement. At a media briefing in Abuja, on Saturday, Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information, had described the report on …

EFCC KEEPS MUM ON BETA EDU SIX MONTHS AFTER SHE WAS SUSPENDED Several months after her suspension as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, nothing seems to have happened with the case involving Dr. Betta Edu over allegations of corruption, being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. As the anti-graft agency delays to absolve or indict the ex-minister, or …

LAGOS ISSUES 48-HOUR EVICTION NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS BLOCKING DRAINAGE The Lagos State Government has issued a 48-hour vacation notice to squatters and owners of illegal structures along the Gbagada-Bariga drainage channel. The announcement was made by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, via a post on social media platform, X on Sunday. Wahab explained that …