ICPC GRILLS FORMER MINISTER, CHRIS NGIGE,OVER CONTRACT AWARD The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday quizzed Chris Ngige, a former minister of labour and employment, over alleged wrongdoing. Ngige, who served as minister in the cabinet of former President Muhammadu Buhari, is accused of malpractices in the award of contracts at the Nigeria Social Insurance …

WHAT NIGERIANS DON’T KNOW ABOUT TINUBU’/OANDO OIL.DEAL, BY IFEANYI IZEZEAlso, how do you explain that barely few months from the announced acquisition of all Agip’s onshore assets by Tinubu’s Oando, the federal government is coming out to announce to us that all contentious issues around OPL 245, Nigeria’s most lucrative deep offshore oil acreage has been resolved and lease handed …

NSIDE FUBARA’S UNENDING FIGHT WITH WIKE It is obvious to all that an end is far from near in the raging political quarrel between the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike. Wike, the incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, single-handedly installed Fubara as his successor in Rivers State. However, their relationship …

MASS RESIGNATION IN NIGERIAN ARMY OVER POOR WELFARE, SOLDIERS JOIN BRITISH, UKRAINE ARMIES Many soldiers have resigned from the Nigerian Army to join the military forces of other countries, including the British Army, Ukrainian Army, and other Commonwealth nations.According to sources who spoke to SaharaReporters, the mass resignation is attributed to poor welfare, inadequate equipment, and lack of motivation within …

HOW WE SPENT 36 YEARS IN NIGERIA WITH 10-DAY VISA – AMERICAN TOURISTS Liza Gatsby, and Peter Jenkins, two American tourists, have told the story of what led them to spend over 36 years in Nigeria instead of the 10-day transit visas that were approved for them in 1988.The two tourists made the revelation in an interview with a content …

AGAIN, SUSPECTED HERDSMEN KILL FARMER IN ENUGU COMMUNITY Terror struck at the heart of Agu-Amede autonomous community in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, as people suspected to be herdsmen killed a farmer, Francis Odoh. According to community sources, the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, when Odoh was killed close to his farm. This latest assault has reignited …

NIGERIAN GOVT PREFER TO HOLD ME THAN DEAL WITH TERRORISTS – HUNDEYIN Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has revealed why the Nigeria Police Force declared him wanted and labelled him as an accomplice in the trial of whistleblower Isaac Bristol Tamunobifiri, identified by Nigerian authorities as PIDOMNigeria. Hundeyin in an interview with News Central TV on Wednesday, said that the …

FG CAN,’T FIX PRICE OF PETROL – MINISTER The federal government of Nigeria has no hand in fixing the price of petrol in the country.This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri after meeting the Vice President, Kashim Shettima President Bola Tinubu had mandated the Vice President, Kashim Shettima to convene a high-level meeting aimed …

PETROL PRICE HIKE: SHETTIMA SUMMONS LOKPOBIRI, KYARI, RIBADU Vice President Kashim Shettima has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. Also summoned on Thursday at the Presidential Villa is the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu over the recent hike in the price …

SHEHU SANI RAISES CONCERNS OVER 600 NIGERIANS WHO REFUSED TO RETURN AFTER LESSER HAJJI IN SAUDI ARABIA Former Nigerian senator and human rights activist, Shehu Sani, has expressed concerns over the growing number of Nigerians who travelled to Saudi Arabia for 2024 lesser Hajj and have refused to return home. Sani made this known in a post on his X …

THE WAHALA THAT WILL KILL.TINUBU’S GOVT, BY ADELAKUN ADUNNI-ABIMBOLAThirty years ago, Nigeria was in severe crisis. In the wake of the previous year’s elections that was annulled and the attendant protests, 1994 was an unpleasant time. General Sani Abacha had rigged his way into power through a coup and was setting the country on edge. Media houses had been shut, …

NNPCL YET TO LIFT PETROL FROM DANGOTE REFINERY – SPOKESMAN Dangote Group on Thursday denied reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has started lifting fuel from its refinery. It was reported that NNPCL lifted petrol from Dangote Refinery and sold it for N897 per liter to Nigerians. The report comes amid the declaration by the Chairman of …

PETER OBI, GOV OTTI LACK AUTHORITY TO CONVENE ANY LABOUR PARTY MEETING – LP CHIEFTAIN A chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, Callistus Uju Okafor, has declared that the stakeholders meeting of the party convened by Governor Alex Otti of Abia State is unconstitutional and an effort in futility. Okafor, in a statement on Wednesday, said the meeting that produced …

ENUGU SUSPENDS INDUSTRIAL GAS EMISSION LEVY, SACKS CONSULTANTS The Enugu State Government says it has suspended the Industrial Gas Emission Levy introduced by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, pursuant to an extinct state environmental law. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG ), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, disclosed this in a statement issued in Enugu and made available to …

TENSIONS RISE AS PDP POSTPONES NWC MEETING OVER WIKE’S FEUD WITH PARTY’S GOVERNORS The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has postponed the party’s highly anticipated National Working Committee (NWC) meeting, initially scheduled for this week, until next week due to growing tensions between former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and the PDP Governors Forum. …