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NIGERIA RANKS AMONG WORLD’S DEADLIEST UNDER TINUBU’S GOVT Nigeria has been ranked among the world’s 50 most devastating after it recorded five terror attacks in 2024, according to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index. The attacks, which took place in Yobe and Borno states, were carried out by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province. According to the report …

MIYETTI ALLAH LEADER SHOT DEAD IN KWARA The leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Kwara State, Alhaji Idris Abubakar Sakaina, has been shot dead by gunmen. The incident, it was gathered, occurred around past 10:00 pm on Saturday when his attackers accosted and shot him dead in front of his residence in Oke Ose, Ilorin. “His …

ANAMBRA CLERICS SLAM GOV SOLUDO OVER BAN ON PUBLIC PREACHING Some clerics in Anambra state have condemned the recent ban of preaching in public places including markets by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. Recall that the governor had on Saturday announced the ban of public preaching and imposed N500,000 on anyone who violates the state’s directive on the matter. Soludo had urged …

INTEREST GROUPS FLOOD NASS WITH MEMORANDA OVER TINUBU’S TAX REFORM BILLS The Federal Government’s ambitious effort to overhaul the nation’s tax laws has moved a step closer to reality following the submission of over 200 memoranda by diverse stakeholders to the Senate and House of Representatives. The National Assembly’s public hearings, which saw the participation of various interest groups, marked …

INTEREST GROUPS FLOOD NASS WITH MEMORANDA OVER TINUBU’S TAX REFORM BILLS The Federal Government’s ambitious effort to overhaul the nation’s tax laws has moved a step closer to reality following the submission of over 200 memoranda by diverse stakeholders to the Senate and House of Representatives. The National Assembly’s public hearings, which saw the participation of various interest groups, marked …

ATIKU NOT DEFECTING – MEDIA AIDE Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar denied reports of defecting from the party. Atiku said reports of his defecting from the PDP were part of efforts to confuse the coalition in process. There have been reports of Atiku finalizing plans to defect from the PDP to the Social Democratic Party, SDP. …

I WAS KIDNAPPED BY FULANI HERDSMEN – AFENIFERE YOUTH LEADER The National Youth President of Afenifere, Prince Eniola Joseph Ojajuni, has confirmed that he was kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen on February 17 while traveling to Abuja. The abduction reportedly took place around 2:00 p.m. in Akunnu Akoko, Ondo State. Ojajuni recounted his ordeal in a Facebook post on Friday, revealing …

TRUMP APPOINTS NEW AMBASSADORS TO REPRESENT US IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES United States President Donald Trump announced via his Truth Social on Friday that he had appointed a number of new ambassadors to represent the US in some countries. Trump announced Amer Ghalib will serve as the US ambassador to Kuwait. He also disclosed that Michel Issa will serve as the …

FUEL PRICE SLASH: WE WON’T REDUCE FARES – TRANSPORTERS Road transport operators in Nigeria have ruled out the possibility of reducing transport fares as a result of the further cut in the prices of petrol by Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Some of the transporters and leaders of the National Union of Road Transport Workers …

HOW LAGOS SPEAKER OBASA TRICKED ASSEMBLY MEMBERS TO ACCEPT HIS RETURN, FAILED TO RESIGN AS AGREED The Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, was expected to return and later resign as part of the agreement to resolve the leadership crisis in the House, a source said on Saturday. The source said unlike the claim of the ruling All …