DON’T SET FOOT IN AMERICA – TINUBU LIMITS GOVT OFFICIALS ATTENDING UN MEETING President Bola Tinubu has issued a stern directive to government officials, warning them not to attend the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York, United States, unless necessary. According to a statement by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngalale, the President has ordered a reduction in …

ENUGU COMMUNITY RECEIVES LP, PDP LEGISLATORS, SETS ASIDE PARTY DIFFERENCES It was a joyful and momentous occasion  yesterday, Saturday, August 17, as Akama Oghe Community in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu State, friends and we’ll wishers, setting aside political party differences, rolled out drums to receive two of their illustrious sons who are currently serving as legislators in the …

Barely 10 months after a court overturned $11 billion damages against Nigeria in the controversial Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) deal, the federal government is facing another legal battle involving a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, which is seeking to enforce a $70 million arbitration award against Nigeria.  But does the federal government stand a chance of …

TINUBU’S GOVT GIVES N5B BRIBE TO PDP CHIEFTAINS AHEAD of EDO GUBER ELECTION – ASO ROCK SOURCES Sources within Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock, have revealed that N5 billion has been given as a bribe to key officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with influence and reach ahead of the upcoming Edo governorship election scheduled for September 21, …

DECLARE WAR ON INSECURITY, WE CAN’T CONTINUE LIVING IN FEAR, POVERTY – PETER OBI Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023 election, Peter Obi, has charged the federal government to declare war on insecurity, stressing that Nigerians would no longer continue living in fear and poverty. He said, “when I say we should declare war on the economy, power, and insecurity, …

Sani, Ex-ACF Scribe Former Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr. Anthony Sani has raised the alarm that the rising poverty levels in Northern Nigeria are a powder keg waiting to explode soon. To this end, Sani called on leaders of Northern region to act fast and tame the snowballing abject poverty, noting that its consequences will consume them. …

WHY 2023 POLLS RECORDED LOW VOTER TURNOUT – NATIONAL PEACE COMMITTEE The Chairman National Peace Committee (NPC) and former Head of States, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), Convener Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, and other members of the committee have listed why the 2023 general elections recorded low voter turnout than expected. They spoke on Friday at the formal presentation of the …

RUSSIAN TEAM ARRIVES AJAOKUTA FOR COMPLETION TECHNICAL AUDIT “About Twenty Three advance Team of Original Builders of Ajaokuta Steel Company (TPE) from Russia have arrived Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited Since Monday 12th, August 2024 for Technical Audit With The Team of Engineers in The Company in Anticipation for The Completion of ASCL. Certainly, Some Analog Equipments Shall be Replaced With …

WHY FUEL IS EXPENSIVE – IPMAN The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that the cost of buying 45,000 litres of a truck of fuel has risen from N9.6million to currently between N34 million and N36 million at the depots of private owners. The Chairman, IPMAN, NNPC Depot, Ore Western Zone of Nigeria, Engineer Shina Amoo, also …

NNPC YET TO METER PIPELINE ONE MONTH AFTER PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE – DHQ The Defense Headquarters (DHQ) has said despite presidential directive, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) is yet to meter pipelines one month after. The director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists on military operations The Chief of Defence Staff …

CLAIM OF MY IGBO PATERNITY MAKES ME LAUGH – OBASANJO Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the claim of his Igbo paternity, declaring that such insinuation made him laugh. The former President said he did not believe that anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country, declaring that, “we own this country together.” …

27 JUDGES TO FACE NJC PROBE PANELS OVER ALLEGED MISCONDUCT The National Judicial Council, NJC, has constituted four probe panels to investigate 27 high court judges in the country over various allegations of judicial misconduct brought against them. The Council also issued letter of adviceto Justice O. M. Olagunju of Oyo State High Court to be circumspect as a judicial …

CHINESE FIRM RELEASES ONE-ON-ONE REALLY SEIZED PRESIDENTIAL JET Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese firm has released one of the seized Nigeria’s presidential jets. Recall that Zhongshan, the Chinese firm had secured a court order to confiscate three Nigerian presidential jets pending when Zhongshan receives $74.5 million awarded to it against Nigeria. The spokesperson of the company who …

TINUBU SHOULD BE SCARED OF DANGEROUS, UNANNOUNCED PROTEST THAT SACKED BANGLADESH LEADER – FALOLA WARNS Renowned Professor of History and African Studies, Toyin Falola, has criticized the administration of President Bola Tinubu for failing to address the core issues that sparked the #EndBadGovernance protests across Nigeria earlier in August. Speaking as a guest on the socio-political program ”Inside Sources with …

PUT HUNGER, POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, INSECURITY, OTHERS EQUALLY ON WATCH LIST – SOWORE TELLS TINUBU Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, has asked President Bola Tinubu and security agencies to also put hunger, poverty, insecurity and others on a security watch list in order to maintain peace in Nigeria. Sowore, who was the presidential candidate for the African Action …