HYPOCRICY: I INTEND TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT TINUBU’S ADMINISTRATION FOR NOW – WOLE SOYINKA Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said he intends to keep quiet for now about the performance of the Bola Tinubu’s administration. Soyinka said this while responding to questions in an interview session by a team from The NEWS magazine in commemoration of his 90th birthday. …

INVESTIGATOR COMPLAINS OF DEATH THREAT OVER DANGOTE GROUP $3.4B PROBE In the wake of the recent launch of a probe into alleged illegal foreign exchange dealings and money laundering amounting to a staggering $3.4 billion reportedly carried out by the Dangote Group over the past decade, President Bola Tinubu’s appointed Special Investigator, Jim Obazee, finds himself facing an increasing barrage …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS ORDER CLAMP ASK POLICE TO ARREST LG CARETAKER CHAIRMEN Fresh tension is brewing in Rivers State following the new directive given to security agencies by the pro-Nyesom Wike lawmakers in the state Assembly. The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martins Amaewhule directed the police to arrest individuals falsely claiming to be caretaker committee chairmen for …

BRAIN JOTTER TO GIFT MIKE EJEAGHA N2M AFTER GOING VIRAL WITH HIS SONG After going viral by using the old man’s music, Brain Jotter decided to share his success. He reached out to Influencer, Tunde Ednut to connect with Gentle Man Mike Ejeagha and has 2 million Naira for him. Popular skit maker Emmanuel Chukwuebuka Amuzie, also known as Brain …

PROTEST AGAINST BAD GOVERNANCE: AJAERO TELLS TINUBU TO GO FOR DIALOGUE President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has advised President Bola Tinubu to dialogue with the leadership of the groups planning to stage protests over the prevailing hardship in the country for talks, as it is their right to protest if they so wish. Ajaero, in a statement …

TINUBU IMPLEMENTING IMF PROGRAMMES HE KICKED AGAINST UNDER JONATHAN – SDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in the last election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has berated President Bola Tinubu for adopting the International Monetary Fund, IMF and World Bank policies that the then opposition parties protested against during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Adebayo was speaking …

NIGERIAN GOVT SNUBS DANGOTE REFINERY, EXPORTS CRUDE OIL TO INDONESIA The Group Chief Commercial Officer at Dangote Industries Limited, Rabiu Umar has said the Nigerian government neglected Dangote Refinery to export crude oil to Indonesia and import finished products from the same country. Umar disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television on Monday. He stated that this is coming …

IF YOU ARREST PETER OBI, IT WILL MAKE YOUR MATTER WORSE – FAYOSE Isaac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, has warned the federal government against arresting the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, over the planned Nationwide protest against bad governance. Fayose lamented the economic hardships in the country, which include hike …

OHANAEZE NDIGBO LAMPOONS BAYO ONANUGA OVER PROTEST ALLEGATION ON PETER OBI Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reduced President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on information and strategy, Chief Bayo Onanuga’s allegation on Mr. Peter Obi as Igbophobic, deep-seated hate for a Nigeria tribe and an act of uncouth repugnancy. Onanuga had alleged that Peter Obi, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, …

NO MORE BUYING FUEL AT HIGH PRICES – FG The Nigerian federal government has announced the end of the era of high fuel prices, with the launch of a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative aimed at providing a cost-effective and sustainable alternative fuel for transportation. Michael Oluwagbemi, Project Director and CEO of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, made the …

AUGUST 1: ANYONE KICKING AGAINST PROTEST IS YOUR ENEMY – WORKERS TELL NIGERIANS Nigerian workers under the aegis of All Workers Convergence (AWC) have declared that anyone who is kicking against the planned protest against hunger in the country is an enemy of the people. AWC made this declaration via a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Andrew Emelieze …

ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHO STARTED INVESTING ABROAD HAS BEEN TAUNTING ME – DANGOTE Africa’s wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, says one of his friends who started investing abroad four years ago, has been taunting him over the back and forth with the government in recent times. Dangote has been having issues with the government over his refinery project in Lagos. …

APC’S NINÈ YEARS IN POWER DESTROYED NIGERIA’S PROSPERITY – PETER OBI Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has said that urgent actions need to be taken to salvage the nation from further economic collapse. He lamented that Nigeria’s economy has seen unprecedented retrogression on many fronts for the past 9 years. Obi lamented that instead, …

RIVERS COURT EXTENDS INTERIM ORDER AGAINST PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS The High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has prolonged an interim order originally issued on July 8. This order prevents the Chief Judge and the Clerk of the Rivers State House of Assembly from engaging with the House of Assembly led by Martins Amaewhule. According to report from the nation, Governor …

WILL TINUBU SURVIVE THE LOOMING ANARCHY?, BY ERASMUS IKHIDE Disillusioned Nigerian masses feeling the pang of economic crunch occasioned by President Bola Amhed Tinubu’s wrongheaded economic blueprints and fuel subsidy removal are already throwing spit into the air and collecting it with their face over the looming hunger protest slated for August 1st to 10th next week. Here are the …