YOU CAN’T BE FEEDING FAT AND ASK CITIZENS TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS – TUNDE BAKARE The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Wednesday, said Nigerian politicians were not living lean or sacrificing like the rest of the citizens whom they asked to sacrifice for the country by enduring economic hardship. The cleric and politician …

FG SUSPENDS PLAN TO SELL 50KG BAGS OF RICE TO CIVIL SERVANTS The Federal Government has suspended the plan to sell subsidised 50kg bags of rice to civil servants for N40,000. The decision was made known in a circular titled, ‘Withdrawal of Internal Circular on Sale of Subsidized Rice to Public Servants’, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry …

MINISTER DISRUPTS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT IN ABUJA, SAYS PRESIDENT NOT PLEASED WITH IT A mild drama played out on Thursday morning as the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, disrupted an event in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city The programme was planned by Mela-Chiyoma PAT Limited. In a video uploaded on X, formerly Twitter, by the International Centre …

PORT HARCOURT REFINERY TO BECOME OPERATIONAL THIS MONTH – IPMAN The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has announced that the Port Harcourt refinery is on track to meet its August deadline for producing petroleum products and will be able to supply 10 to 12 million liters of petrol to marketers. The National Operations Controller of IPMAN, Zarma Mustapha, …

POPULAR CROSSDRESSER, ‘AREA MAMA’ MURDERED IN ABUJA A popular crossdresser, popularly known as ‘Abuja Area Mama,’ has been found dead in the Banex, Wuse II area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The crossdresser, whose full name is yet to be ascertained, was seen lying motionless along the Katampe-Mabushi Expressway on Thursday morning. Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the FCT Police …

NNPC SUPPLIES 60 PER CENT OF OUR CRUDE – DANGOTE REFINERY In what appears a major shift from previous clam by the Dangote Refinery company, the Group Chief Strategy Officer, Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals Company, Aliyu Suleiman on Wednesday, stated that 60 per cent of the crude supplied to the refinery was done by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, …

OIL SECTOR: I’LL REVEAL THE TRUTH WHEN TIME COMES – KAYRI The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has said he will reveal the truth about the company’s operations in the oil and gas sector at the appropriate time. Kyari made the statement on Wednesday while testifying before a Senate ad hoc committee …

WE DIDN’T RAID NLC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS – DSS The Department of States Service (DSS) has denied allegations suggesting that its personnel conducted a raid on the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja. This follows claims made by the NLC on Wednesday, which asserted that secret police operatives had invaded their office and whisked away certain documents. NLC claimed that …

KANO EMIRATE TUSSLE: DEPOSED EMIR BAYERO’S CHIEF OF STAFF SWITCHES LOYALTY TO EMIR SANUSI Bayero, also the district head of Kumbotso, publicly pledged his loyalty to Emir Sanusi at his palace in Gidan Rumfa, symbolising his allegiance through a traditional bow, according to Daily Nigerian. Ahmed Ado Bayero, brother and Chief of Staff to Aminu Ado Bayero, the deposed Emir …

CONFUSION IN TINUBU’S MEDIA TEAM OVER CONTRADICTING VIDEO MESSAGE A confusing scenario has unfolded within the presidency, as Special Adviser Bayo Onanuga contradicts the State House’s earlier post of a video message from President Bola Tinubu, claiming it is an old recording. The video shared on the Presidency’s X and Instagram handles on Wednesday, shows Tinubu urging Nigerians to be …

TENSION AS SOLDIERS INVADE CATHOLIC PRIEST’S HOUSE IN TARABA There are palpable tension in Taraba State over the alleged invasion of the house of a Catholic priest by the Nigerian Army. The house of the priest, which is located in Ikyaior village, in Wukari Local Council of the state, was alleged to have been invaded on Wednesday by heavily armed …

HOW DSS RAIDED OUR HEADQUARTERS – NLC The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has provided a detailed account of the armed invasion of its headquarters, the Labour House in Abuja, by security operatives on Wednesday night. In a statement, the NLC has demanded an international inquiry into the traumatic incident. According to Benson Upah, head of Media and Public Relations for …

FORMER CCT CHAIRMAN, DANLADI UMAR, UNCEREMONIOUSLY REMOVED FROM OFFICE Karma visits CCT Chair, Danladi UmarFour years after the Code of Conduct Tribunal convicted the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter S. N. Onnoghen for breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers and had him removed as CJN in flagrant disregard to constitutional provisions, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu …

SENATE PROBES $1.5B SPENT ON PORT HARCOURT REFINERY REHABILITATION The Senate has raised concerns over 1.5 billion dollars approved in 2021 for the turn-around maintenance of the Port Harcourt Refinery with little or no result. Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Chairman of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Alleged Economic Sabotage in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry, raised the concern during …

BRIBERY SCANDAL ROCKS HOUSE OF REPS OVER PETROLEUM DOWNSTREAM PROBE An alleged bribery scandal rocking the ad hoc committee set up by the leadership of the House of Representatives to investigate Nigeria’s petroleum downstream sector allegedly forced House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas to disband the committee, The Authority can report. However, loyalists of the very influential Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, …