BATTLE FOR SOUL OF RIVERS STATE: FUBARA, WIKE GROUPS TEST MIGHT As the rest of the country returned to work today after the Sallah holidays, Armageddon days are here again and all hell may let loose in the escalating supremacy battle for the soul of the oil-rich Rivers State. At play is a test of federal might versus state grassroots …

IPOB WAS FOUNDED ON PRINCIPLES OF NON-VIOLENCE – NNAMDI KANU, CONDEMNS KILLINGS IN SOUTH EAST Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned in the strongest terms, the spate of killings in the South-East region of Nigeria. Kanu, on Wednesday when he appeared at the Federal High Court in Abuja for his trial, accompanied …

TENSION: WIKE’S MEN STORM SECRETARIAT TO STOP FUBARA’S TEAM AS GOVERNOR SWEARS-IN CARETAKER COMMITTEES Tension gripped the Port Harcourt City Local Government Council (PHALGA) in Rivers State on Wednesday as youths aligned with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike converged around the council premises in a bid to stop the caretaker team of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The …

WESTERN MULTINATIONALS FLEEING NIGERIA BEING REPLACED BY ASIAN, TURKISH FIRMS As United States and Europe-based multinationals exit Nigeria, Asian and local companies are stepping in to fill the void, Bloomberg has reported. Last week, London-based Diageo Plc sold its controlling stake in Guinness Nigeria Plc to Singapore’s Tolaram Group Inc. The Fouani Group, a local firm, operates a diaper and …

HOW TINUBU’S GOVT SPENDS MONEY SECRETLY, FAILS TO RELEASE BUDGET PERFORMANCE REPORTS Since it came on board in May 2023, the President Bola Tinubu’s administration has failed to publish budget performance reports for the information of Nigerians, as mandated by the Fiscal Responsibility Act, SaharaReporters can report. This is the first time since 2015 that an administration will fail to …

ANAN REJECTS PROPOSED ICAN AMENDMENT BILL The Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) has rejected the ongoing amendment of some sections of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) establishment Act. ANAN said if the amendment is allowed to sail through, it would cause rivalry among professional bodies in Nigeria. The President of ANAN, James Ekerare Neminebor, stated …

FIVE US RESEARCHERS SEE NIGERIA AS A FAILED STATE IN 2030 A Group of Five United States of America academics have authored a research work on “failed State 2030 , Nigeria -a case study” and revealed that Nigeria as independent country can failed for a number of reasons. Col Christopher J Kinnan, Daniel B Gordon, Col Mark D Delong, Douglas …

COST OF FOOD RISES BY 61% IN ONE YEAR – NBS REPORT Cost of food has risen by 61 per cent from 25.25 per cent in June 2023 to 40.66 per cent in May 2024, highlighting a steady rise in the cost of living in Nigeria. This is according to an analysis of the latest Consumer Price Index and Inflation …

DON’T KEEP COOKED FOOD IN REFRIGERATOR FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS – NAFDAC WARNS The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has advised Nigerians to abstain from keeping cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days. In a statement signed by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, …

I’LL NOT TOLERATE ATTEMPT TO ARREST MY SUPPORTERS ON TRUMPED-UP CHARGES – GOV FUBARA, AFTER SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to ensure that peace prevails in the state while protecting his supporters, who he said, stand for truth. Fubara made this pledge while addressing newsmen shortly after a State Security Council meeting with heads of …

NIGERIANS NOT ONLY ONES FACING POVERTY, SAYS TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigerians are not the only ones facing poverty in the world. While admitting that there are poverty and suffering in the land, Tinubu said the challenges must be tackled. One of the ways of tackling them, he explained, is to eliminate banditry and terrorism so that …

RIVERS ON FIRE AS FUBARA’S SUPPORTERS GO ON RAMPAGE, CHASE AWAY COUNCIL CHAIRMEN, DESTROY WIKE’S STATUE IN OBIO AKPOR Supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, have destroyed the statue of former Governor Nyesom Wike in Obio/Akpor Local Government Council, Wike’s hometown. The development follows Fubara’s directive for Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) to assume leadership of the …

POLICE ARREST POS OPERATOR WHO MISTAKENLY RECEIVED N280M INTO HIS ACCOUNT A point-of-sale (POS) operator, Alfa Rafiu, has been arrested after mistakenly receiving N280 million into his account and going on a spending spree. Rafiu, who resides in the Akuji compound in the Abayowa Area of Ilorin West Local Government Area, received the money in batches, according to the Tribune. …

SACRIFICE SHOULD START WITH TINUBU, EX-MINISTER DALUNG Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has tackled the President for asking Nigerians to make sacrifices for their country. President Tinubu while speaking to newsmen after observing Eid prayers in Lagos on Sunday, June 16, called on Nigerians to show more care for their neighbours and extend charity to all in the spirit …

PRESIDENCY FAULTS KWANKWASO, SAYS NO PLAN TO DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN KANO The Presidency has denied the claims put forth by the National Leader of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, regarding an alleged plan to declare a state of emergency in Kano State. The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, called these allegations baseless and labeled them as …