HOW US-BASED NIGERIAN DOCTOR HELD FAMILY HOSTAGE BEFORE KILLING SELF Dr Ikenna ErinneLate US-based Nigerian cardiologist, Dr Ikenna ErinneA US-based Nigerian cardiologist, Dr Ikenna Erinne, reportedly held his estranged partner and their children hostage at gunpoint for three hours before taking his own life when police arrived, his father-in-law, Francis Van-Lare, has alleged. The tragic death of the 36-year-old cardiologist …

HERDSMEN ATTACK EBONYI COMMUNITY, SCORES FEARED DEAD, BUILDINGS BURNT Amegu Nkalagha community, in Ishielu local government Area of Ebonyi State came under heavy attack on Sunday morning, leading to the killing of several residents. During the attack, many buildings were burnt to ashes. The incident is believed to be a reprisal following the reported killing of cattle belonging to herdsmen …

Igbo Marginalization: Fact Or Fanciful Claim?By Chike Obidigbo Ph.D Recently, President Bola Tinubu appointed chairmen of 42 boards and parastatals of the Federal Government (FG). As has become usual with such federal appointments, the list of appointees had only few names of people from the Southeast geopolitical zone. Last month, the President ended the year 2024 with similar appointments. That …

GET READY FOR FRESH ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE, FG TELLS NIGERIANS The Federal Government says plans are ongoing to increase electricity tariffs “over the next few months”. It, however, said that the planned increase needed to be balanced by subsidies for less-affluent electricity users. Bloomberg quoted the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Energy, Olu Verheijen, as giving this hint …

NIGERIANS SUFFERING DUE TO YOUR ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES – BODE GEORGE TO TINUBU Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has charged President Bola Tinubu to end the suffering of Nigerians caused by his anti-people policies. Speaking on the state of the nation, George reminded Tinubu that Nigerians are hungry and angry. Addressing journalists in Lagos …

LABOUR PARTY IN STAGE 4 CANCER – TONY NWULU A former Deputy Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Imo State, Tony Chinedu Nwulu, has said the leadership crisis in the party may not be ending soon. The Imo State former member of the House of Representatives tendered his resignation from the Labour Party citing a leadership crisis last week. …

NORTHERN NIGERIA FACING SERIOUS CHALLENGES, HEADING FOR TOTAL COLLAPSE – BUGAJE An elder statesman, Usman Bugaje, has opined that the deteriorating condition of Northern Nigeria is facing serious challenges that require collective efforts to prevent total collapse. He observed that the region is plagued by poverty, insecurity, and corruption, saying that nearly 60 per cent of students in tertiary institutions …

I CAN’T BE NOLLYWOOD ACTOR IN POLITICS – EL RUFAI Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai says he doesn’t belong to the class of politicians who pretend. El-Rufai said on Saturday while reacting to an X user who commended him for a book he authored titled ‘Accidental Public Servant’. According to the netizen, after reading the book, he was convinced …

DANGOTE REFINERY CRASHES PETROL PRICE TO N890 PER LITRE Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from N950 to N890, effective from Saturday. In a statement, the company said the price adjustment is in response to favourable developments in the global energy sector and a significant decline in international crude …

FG TO SPEND $600M YEARLY ON ELECTRICITY SUBSIDY The Federal Government has announced plans to introduce an annual electricity subsidy of $600m for all customers from 2025 as part of efforts to reform the power sector. [i]The subsidy, expected to last until 2027, aims to bridge the gap between cost-reflective tariffs and regulated electricity rates, while the government works towards …

COCOA, FERTILISER LEAD NIGERIA’S NON -OIL EXPORTS WITH $5.46BN SHIPMENT The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has announced a significant increase in the country’s non-oil export earnings for 2024, reaching a total of $5.456 billion, representing a 20.77% rise from the $4.517 billion recorded in 2023. The growth has been attributed to increased production, improved global demand for Nigerian exports, …

NIGERIANS LAMENT CORRUPTION BUT DEFEND CORRUPT LEADERS – EFCC CHAIR Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has expressed concern over Nigerians’ contradictory stance on corruption. Speaking in Abuja on Friday during a visit by officials of the Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), led by Chris Olukolade, the director of its board of trustees, Olukoyede noted …

WIKE’S LOYALISTS REJECT PDP GOVERNORS CHOICE OF UDE-OKOYE AS NATIONAL SECRETARY Some loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have hit back at state governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party for affirming a former National Youth Leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye, as the National Secretary of the party. They stressed that a factional party …

ENUGU/ONITSHA EXPRESSWAY: WORKS MINISTER WANTS MTN TO COMMIT N15BN MONTHLY Piqued by the tanker explosion which claimed many lives at the Ugwu Onyeama axis of Enugu/Onitsha Expressway, the Federal Ministry of Works is to demand that MTN commits irrevocably to pay contractors on the project a minimum of N15 billion every month for the next 10 months towards fast tracking …

AS FOES AND FRIENDS UNITE AGAINST TINUBU Although 2025 has only just begun, the Machiavellian maneuvers and the increasingly tensile, high-decibel political shrieks being emitted by politicians about the 2027 election might lead one to believe that the election will take place next year. Of all the political realignments that are forming preparatory to the 2027 election, it’s the unity …