BREAKING: EFCC ARRESTS YAHAYA BELLO The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally arrested the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, as he honoured the invitation of the Commission over alleged misappropriation of funds. Bello went to the anti-graft agency’s office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning. This followed the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed the suit …

EBONYI GOVERNOR, NWIFURU, SUSPENDS TWO COMMISSIONERS, OTHERS Ebonyi State Government under Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru has confirmed the indefinite suspension of the Honourable Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development and three months suspension of the Honourable Commissioner for Health respectively. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Commissioner for Information, Hon. Jude Chikadibia Okpor said also to proceed on a three-month …

PORT HARCOURT, WARRI, KADUNA REFINERIES TO BE PRIVATIZED – PRESIDENCY The Nigerian presidency has announced plans to fully privatisation of the country’s state-owned refineries, including the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna facilities are underway. Sunday Dare, the President’s special adviser on media and public communications, posted this update in a statement posted on Sunday via his official X (formerly Twitter) …

END OF DARK TUNNEL: PORT HARCOURT REFINERY COMMENCES CRUDE OIL PROCESSING The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Ltd in Rivers State has commenced crude oil processing. This is according to the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroluem Company Limited (NNPCL) Femi Soneye. “Today marks a monumental achievement for Nigeria as the Port Harcourt Refinery officially commences crude …

OPEN LETTER TO SOUTHEAST SENATORS, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY OHANAEZE YOUTH COUNCIL Distinguished Senators and Honorable House OF Reps members, GIVE US ANIOMA STATE FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY. We respectfully solicit your backing and endorsement for the establishment of Anioma State, as a profound generational gift to the Igbo youths. Eminent Senators and Honorable Members of the …

NIGERIA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER UNDER PETER OBI – ABARIBE Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims …

WHY NIGERIANS ARE POORER AMID GDP GROWTH – ECONOMISTS Nigerian economists and financial experts have explained why citizens have remained poorer in the past months despite the country’s Gross Domestic Product rising by 3.46 percent in the third quarter of 2024.Former President of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Prof. Segun Ajibola, the Executive Director of the Centre …

ZAMANI LEKWOT: HOLDING JUDICIAL, MILITARY TERRORISM TO JUSTICE, BY OWEILAKEMFA A series of video recordings of men and officers of the Nigeria Army brutalizing hapless Nigerians have in the past few weeks been making the rounds. The most disturbing, which a conscious institution should have by now made public either its interim or full report, is that of a Major …

YOU FAILED TO SUPPORT, PARTICIPATE IN IFEANYI UBA’S BURIAL – FAMILY ACCUSES SENATE The family of late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has reiterated claims that the Nigerian Senate failed to adequately support and participate in the burial proceedings of the late legislator, who represented Anambra South Senatorial District. These allegations come amid a public dispute with the Senate over its role …

NIGERIAN ARMY COMPLAINS ABOUT DWINDLING RESOURCES Authorities of the Nigerian Army, on Monday, lamented that resources accruing to them have been dwindling in the recent time despite rising number of recruitment. It also disclosed that at least 15,000 personnel were being recruited into the force every year without support from any quarter regarding accommodation for soldiers and officers securing the …

SENATORS KNOCK TINUBU’S GOVT OVER BORROWING DESPITE EXCEEDING REVENUE PROJECTIONS The Nigerian Senate has expressed concerns over the decision of the Bola Tinubu-led federal government to seek loans to fund the nation’s budgets, despite exceeding revenue projections. The development comes after revenue-generating agencies, including the Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), …

THEY SAY THEY WANT BIAFRA, YET THEY KILL, KIDNAP THEIR BROTHERS – BISHOP LAMENTS OVER KILLINGS IN SOUTH EAST The Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Rt. Rev. Jonas Benson Okoye, has expressed strong condemnation of the activities linked to Simon Ekpa, a controversial Biafra agitator based in Finland. Speaking during the burial of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah in Nnewi, the bishop …

AUDITOR GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION UNCOVERS ₦197.72B FRAUD IN CBN, OTHER MIDAS Office of Nigeria’s Auditor-General of the Federation has uncovered irregular payment for contracts amounting to N197.72 billion in Rural Electrification Agency agencies, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, a subsidiary of Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company and other ministries, departments, and agencies in …

1.5M ENUGU LG WORKERS GROAN OVER WITHHELD SALARIES AFTER VERIFICATION EXERCISE About 1.5 million workers from the 17 local government areas of Enugu State were not paid their October salary. According to the report, the non-payment of salary was as a result of physical verification exercise carried out to discover ghost workers which was held between January and March 2024. …

ENUGU SHINES AT UK BUSINESS FORUM The investment horizon looks green for Enugu State, South East Nigeria as the Coal City State has recently become a preferred destination for big businesses. In a rapidly changing global finance and economy where sustainability and technology are the cornerstones of economic growth, findings show that the state is now a formidable force in …