TEN GENERALS BID FAREWELL TO NIGERIAN ARMY Ten officers of the Nigerian Army, all on the ranks of a general, have retired from active service after successfully serving out their required number of years. The Generals, from the Nigerian Army Armoured Corps (NAAC), comprise six Major-Generals and four Brigadier-Generals. They include: Major-General Nsor Okpa Ojiji, Major-General MH Magaji, Major-General GB …

TEN GENERALS BID FAREWELL TO NIGERIAN ARMY Ten officers of the Nigerian Army, all on the ranks of a general, have retired from active service after successfully serving out their required number of years. The Generals, from the Nigerian Army Armoured Corps (NAAC), comprise six Major-Generals and four Brigadier-Generals. They include: Major-General Nsor Okpa Ojiji, Major-General MH Magaji, Major-General GB …

GUINEA’S MILITARY DICTATOR’S EX-ALLY DIES IN DETENTION The former right-hand man to Guinea’s ruling general died in detention days after being sentenced by a military court, prosecutors said Wednesday, with his lawyer branding the death suspicious. Sadiba Koulibaly was sentenced by a military court to five years on June 14 for desertion and weapons offences in a trial his supporters …

‘THEY’RE GETTING JITTERY’ – EL-RUFAI’S SON MOCKS TINUBU’S GOVT AFTER FATHER’S VISIT TO BUHARI Bashir, the son of former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai, has mocked the Bola Tinubu-led government, adding that the administration’s officials are ‘jittery’ ahead of the 2027 general elections. El-Rufai has been meeting some prominent northern politicians in the last few weeks, prompting rumours of the …

RANGERS INTERNATIONAL: RETURN OF FLYING ANTELOPES ANTELOPES do not fly.That’s why I often wondered why Rangers International Football Club of Enugu are nicknamed ‘the Flying Antelopes’. I know the genesis of the name ‘Rangers’. It is a deadly and destructive cannon used by Biafran soldiers during the bloody Nigerian Civil War. In ‘fighting’ their way back to the mainstream life …

HIGH COST OF DRUGS: PRESIDENT TINUBU SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SLASH PHARMACEUTICAL PRICES President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to introduce zero tariffs, excise duties and value-added tax (VAT) on imported pharmaceutical inputs. This was made known in a statement on Friday by the coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate. He said the order …

14 WORSHIPPERS KILLED IN KANO AS TRAILER RUNS INTO JUMAAT SERVICE No fewer than 14 worshippers were killed after a trailer ran into Jumaat congregation worshippers at Imawa town, Kura Local Government Area in Kano state. The trailer driver with the number plate MKA 537XN coming from Kaduna lost control and ran into the worshippers. The tragic incident occurred at …

“IS IT YOUR MONEY?”  DOCUMENTARY ON CORRUPTION ALLEGATION AGAINST DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first female president of OPEC, is set to break her silence in a new documentary titled “Is It Your Money?” after an eight-year hiatus from the public eye. The documentary directed by renowned Nigerian media personality Chude Jideonwo, …

LABOUR REJECTS GOVERNORS BID TO TAKE OVER MINIMUM WAGE NEGOTIATIONS Organised Labour, made up of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, has rejected the proposal of the Southern Governors’ Forum to decentralise minimum wage negotiations to state governments. The NLC condemned the proposal as “unfriendly and anti-worker”, noting that allowing states to determine their minimum wages would …

MR. IBU LAID TO REST IN  HOMETOWN, AMURRI, ENUGU STATE Nigerian entertainment industry and fans globally are grieving the loss of one of Nollywood’s most cherished actors, John Okafor, famously known as Mr. Ibu. Today, June 28, 2024, Ibu was laid to rest in his hometown of Eziokwe Amuri, Enugu State. John Okafor, fondly called Mr. Ibu, passed away after …

WE’RE WORKING TO HAVE NEW MINIMUM WAGE READY BEFORE END OF JULY – LABOUR Organized labour has expressed hope that the processes for the implementation of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers including the National Assembly process and the assent by President Bola Tinubu, would have been completed before the end of July. The president of the Trade Union …

US ELECTION: DEMS LOOKS TO REPLACE BIDEN AS NOMINEE AHEAD AUGUST CONVENTION – CNN John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent, says the Democratic party is looking to replace President Joe Biden as its presumptive nominee ahead of its national convention in August. Biden sparred with former US President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, on Friday, in a debate hosted …

NIGERIA, A COUNTRY WHERE GOVERNORS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN PRESIDENT GOVERNORS in Nigeria, no doubt, wielded power either rightly or wrongly in Nigeria since the nation returned to democratic governance in 1999. Under their state enclave despite the separation of powers, the three organs of government, the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary that was well spelt out in the …

TINUBU ORDERS PURCHASE, DISTRIBUTION OF N155B FOODSTUFFS TO NIGERIANS President Bola Tinubu has ordered the purchase and sale of foodstuff worth N155 billion to be distributed across the nation. The President gave the approval during the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja where he urged state governors to work together to meet the needs of citizens. He …

ENUGU RANGERS YET TO RECEIVE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE MONEY – OWUMI The Chief Operating Officer of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Davidson Owumi, has confirmed that Enugu Rangers have not received their prize money. Enugu Rangers emerged winners of the 2023-2024 NPFL campaign on matchday 37, a week to the end of the season following their home victory over …