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ENUGU SIGNS DEAL TO BUILD INDUSTRIAL HUB, TARGETS $30 BILLION GDP GROWTH The Enugu State Government has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lion Business Park Limited to establish a world-class industrial and commercial hub within the Enugu Industrial Park Free Trade Zone; a strategic step aimed at boosting the state’s GDP from $4.4 billion to $30 billion. …

ENUGU SIGNS DEAL TO BUILD INDUSTRIAL HUB, TARGETS $30 BILLION GDP GROWTH The Enugu State Government has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lion Business Park Limited to establish a world-class industrial and commercial hub within the Enugu Industrial Park Free Trade Zone; a strategic step aimed at boosting the state’s GDP from $4.4 billion to $30 billion. …

RIVERS CRISIS: TINUBU, FUBARA MEET IN LONDON President Bola Tinubu met with suspended Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara in London over political crisis in the store According to The Africa Report, the meeting took place last week, shortly after Tinubu left Paris. The meeting, it was learnt, was at the insistence of Governor Fubara, who has been desperate to return …

RIVERS CRISIS: TINUBU, FUBARA MEET IN LONDON President Bola Tinubu allegedly met with suspended Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara in London over political crisis in the store According to The Africa Report, the meeting took place last week, shortly after Tinubu left Paris. The meeting, it was learnt, was at the insistence of Governor Fubara, who has been desperate to …

RIVERS CRISIS: TINUBU, FUBARA MEET IN LONDON President Bola Tinubu met with suspended Rivers State governor, Sim Fubara in London over political crisis in the store According to The Africa Report, the meeting took place last week, shortly after Tinubu left Paris. The meeting, it was learnt, was at the insistence of Governor Fubara, who has been desperate to return …

BODE GEORGE BLASTS DEFECTING PDP GOVERNORS, SAYS IT’S ACT OF BETRAYAL A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has slammed some governors of the opposition party who are purportedly planning to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the act as a betrayal of the platform that gave them their political relevance. …

SENATE HITS BACK AT TUNDE BAKARE OVER COMMENT ON TINUBU GOVT The leadership of the Senate has dismissed Pastor Tunde Bakare’s recent comments on the National Assembly’s role in the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.Naija News reports that the Senate described Bakare’s remarks as misleading and containing …

SENATE HITS BACK AT TUNDE BAKARE OVER COMMENT ON TINUBU GOVT The leadership of the Senate has dismissed Pastor Tunde Bakare’s recent comments on the National Assembly’s role in the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.Naija News reports that the Senate described Bakare’s remarks as misleading and containing …

FAREWELL TO THE PEOPLE’S POPE BYKAYODE KOMOLAFE The progressive signature of Pope Francis on the Vatican was unmistakable from the beginning of his papacy. Since the Catholic pontiff died on Easter Monday the remarkable positions taken by the Bishop of Rome on many socio-economic and political issues have been amply acknowledged in tributes from diverse quarters. The Pope stood for …

FINNISH COURT APPROVES SIMON EKPA’S EXTRADITION TO NIGERIA In a pivotal development with far-reaching implications for regional security and international justice, Finnish authorities have approved the extradition of Simon Ekpa, the controversial Finnish-Nigerian separatist agitator, to Nigeria. The transfer is scheduled for July 15, 2025, following the ruling of the Päijät-Häme District Court in Lahti on April 18, 2025. Ekpa, …