SPONSORSHIP OF BANDITRY ALLEGATION: MINISTER VS GOVERNOR, DHQS OPENS UP INVESTIGATION The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has revealed that investigations have commenced into the allegations of bandit sponsorship in some regions of the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, made this known during a press briefing on Thursday. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle and the …

PH REFINERY SETS OCTOBER 2 AS ANOTHER DATE TO COMMENCE OPERATION Maire Tecnimont SpA, the contractor overseeing the Port Harcourt refinery rehabilitation, has promised to provide an update on the project’s completion date by October 2. This assurance was conveyed through a letter from Olajide Oyewole LLP, the company’s legal representatives, in response to inquiries from Femi Falana, the popular …

ENUGU RANKS LOWEST IN EASE OF DOING BUSINESS The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBC) in its annual report on Nigeria’s subnational ease of doing business, showed that, Enugu State was one of the worst states in ease of doing business in Nigeria, ranking 36th out of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The latest report …

ENUGU GOVT VOWS TO GO TOUGH AGAINST SEX-FOR-GRADE OFFENDERSThe Enugu State government has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminate sex-for-grade menace in its tertiary institutions, warning that any offender, regardless of their position, will face severe consequences.Speaking during a one-day meeting involving knowledge management stakeholders and leaders from tertiary education institutions, Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, said the …

SET BACK FOR ATIKU AS ADAMAWA PDP BACKS DAMANGUN Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s chances at being the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2027 presidential flagbearer appear to be getting thinner as his home state of Adamawa has thrown its weight behind Umar Damangun, the embattled acting national chairman of the party. It is understood that Atiku, the PDP’s 2023 presidential …

BOBRISKY WAS GUARDED LIKE PRESIDENT IN KIRIKIRI PRISON, SPENT ONLY THREE WEEKS OUT OF SIX MONTHS JAIL SENTENCE Nigerian crossdresser Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, has found himself at the centre of a burgeoning scandal following revelations about his time in Kirikiri Prison. Despite being sentenced to six months for naira abuse in April, it was gathered that …

AKWA IBOM FIRST LADY, PATIENCE UMO, IS DEAD The first lady of Akwa Ibom state, Patience Umo Eno is died. The state Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong, made the announcement of the first lady’s death in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday. Ememobong said the first lady died on Thursday in a hospital in the presence of …

PRESIDENCY SPENT N9.2B TO PURCHASE VEHICLES IN THREE MONTHS AMID HARDSHIP A review of Public Payments platform Open Treasury portal has shown that the President Bola Tinubu-led Presidency under the “State House” spent the sum of N9.2billion on motor vehicles between March and May 2024. The review shows that in March 2024, the sum of N1.904 billion was recorded as …

NNPC STRUGGLING TO SUPPLY CRUDE TO DANGOTE BECAUSE BUHARI USED REFINERY AS LOAN COLLATERAL – PENGASSAN The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has explained the reasons behind the struggles of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in supplying crude oils to an indigenous refinery owned by Aliko Dangote. Speaking in a recent Channels TV …

YOU SACKED ME AS CBN GOVERNOR, – EMIR SANUSI TELLS EX-PRESIDENT JONATHAN The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, told former president, Goodluck Jonathan, that he sacked him as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, contrary to the latter’s claim that he was only suspended for investigation into alleged missing $49.8 billion. The monarch jokingly told the former …

PRISON OFFICIALS SUSPENDED OVER BRIBERY ALLEGATION INVOLVING BOBRISKY Things are developing fast over the bribery allegations leveled against some officials of Nigerian prisons, in connection with cross dresser popularly known as Bobrisky. This is because the Federal Government has suspended the officers in charge of the Maximum and Minimum Custodial Centres, Kirikiri, Lagos State, where he was held before eventual …

50M ALMAJIRI, OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN ROAMING THE STREETS – FG No fewer than 30 million Almajiri and 20 million out-of-school children are roaming about and in need of attention, a government official has said. Dr Muhammad Idris, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children’s Education (NCAOOSCE) disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja. Conquering the clouds on …

ENUGU GOVT SUMMONS NSUKKA TRADITIONAL RULERS, PGS OVER BRUTAL ORIOKPA MASQUERADES Following the excesses of Oriokpa masqueraders, which have reportedly resulted in two fatalities and commotion in parts of Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State, the state government has summoned the traditional rulers and Presidents-General of the affected communities. The state government has equally directed a full-scale investigation …

APPOINT YAHAYA BELLO MINISTER OF FINANCE – MAHDI SHEHU ON TINUBU’S PROPOSED CABINET RESHUFFLE Political commentator Mahdi Shehu has called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello as Nigeria’s new Finance Minister. Shehu made the statement in a viral video posted on the official X handle of NEWS CENTRAL TV, where he was responding to …

PRO-DEMOCRACY OPPOSITIONS ASK NIGERIANS TO JOIN OCTOBER MASS PROTESTS The coalition of civic organisations has asked workers and other pro-democracy Nigerians to join the forthcoming protests against bad governance slated for October. In a joint statement on Thursday, the civic groups maintained that Nigerians need to participate actively in the nationwide protests because of President Bola Tinubu’s failure to address …