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MANY KILLED AS TANKER EXPLODES IN ENUGU Many lives were lost Saturday when a petrol-laden tanker fell and caught fire along Ugwu Onyeama between Enugu and 9th Mile. A video of the incident shows many burnt vehicles while men of the state Fire Service battled to extinguish the raging flame. It is not yet ascertained the number of the dead, …

FG SAVED $10BN FROM SUBSIDY REMOVAL IN 2023 – BENJAMIN KALU The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said that removing the fuel subsidy has impacted the economy positively, with the Federal Government saving as much as $10bn in 2023.Kalu, a member of the All Progressives Congress, also added that the policy has led to a …

I REMAIN LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER – MUDASHIRU OBASA Impeached Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has insisted that he remains the rightful speaker of the assembly based on constitutional provisions. Obasa made th we declaration on Saturday in Ikeja GRA during a welcome event organized in his honour by supporters from Agege, Alimosho, and Kosofe local government …

APC GOVT CAUSING PREMATURE DEATH OF POLITICIANS – SOWORE Activist politician, Omoyele Sowore, has blamed the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal government for the premature death of politicians in Nigeria. Sowore said the APC’s poor governance and policies are responsible for the premature deaths of Nigerian politicians. He disclosed this during a consultative meeting between the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, …

RETIRED GENERALS KNOCK OSHIOMHOLE OVER ILLEGAL MINING ALLEGATION, SAY HE’S MOST DISRESPECTFUL A former Commander of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. John Sura (retd.), has described the allegations against the Nigerian Army made by the erstwhile governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, as the highest level of falsehood that anybody can ever peddle. Oshiomhole had accused some unnamed retired …

ANALYSIS: AS INEC PHASES OUT PVC, CAN NIN BE AN ALTERNATIVE? The introduction of the PVC and smartcard readers in 2015 piloted the integration of technology into Nigeria’s electoral system. Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), plans to gradually phase out the permanent voter card (PVC) as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on Election …

OBASANJO, BUHARI MAKE BRILLIANT DEFENCE FOR NIGERIA IN PARIS Former Nigerian Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari have put up a brilliant defence for Nigeria before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France, in an alleged breach of contract case against the federal government concerning the Mambilla Power Project. A firm, Sunrise Power, had instituted a $2.3 billion …

WIKE, FUBARA REFUSE TO GREET EACH OTHER DURING MEETING WITH TINUBU The two major gladiators in the festering Rivers state political crisis, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara allegedly refused to exchange pleasantries when they met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the Villa on Tuesday. Both Wike and Governor Fubara were part of …

ALLEGED TERRORISTS’ ATTACK, FALSE ALARM: ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT RELIGIOUS EVENT – KANO GOVT ACCUSES POLICE The Kano State Government has accused the police of attempting to disrupt an annual religious event. Addressing journalists at the Emir’s Palace on Friday evening, Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, dismissed the alarm earlier raised by the police. Kano Police Command …

OSHIOMHOLE SAYS RETIRED GENERALS BEHIND ILLEGAL MINING The Senator representing Edo North in the National Assembly, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged that retired military generals are behind illegal mining across the country. Oshiomhole, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, made the allegation on Friday when the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, Sampson Ekong, submitted his …