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ALEX IKWECHEGH, REPS MEMBER WHO ASSAULTED UBER DRIVER TO BE STRAINED IN COURT The Abia federal lawmaker who assaulted an Abuja Bolt driver, Alex Ikwechegh, is scheduled to be arraigned before the Kuje Magistrate Court at 12 noon today, Wednesday. The probe and prosecution of Ikwechegh are being handled by the Inspector General of Police’s Special Investigation Unit. Recall that …

SUPPLY ENOUGH FUEL TO NIGERIANS – TINUBU TELLS DANGOTE, OTHERS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigeria-based refineries to look inward and consider supplying enough petrol and petroleum products for local consumption to stop the persistent reliance on importation. He said this would enable the channelling of foreign exchange into the development of the real sector. The president stated this …

ONLY TWO STATES IN NIGERIA CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT FAAC REVENUE – BUDGIT BudgIT, a civic tech organisation, has said that only Lagos and Rivers states can take care of their operating costs without relying on revenue from the Federation Account Allocation Committee. BudgIT disclosed this in its 2024 State of States Report launched in Abuja on Tuesday. The report stated …

COURT STOPS CBN FROM RELEASING MONTHLY ALLOCATIONS TO RIVERS STATE GOVT The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers state government. The court held that the receipt and disbursement of monthly allocations since January this year by Governor Siminalayi Fubara is a Constitutional sommersault and …

TERRORISTS TAKE OVER NIGERIA’S LARGEST MILITARY TRAINING CAMP Terrorists have reportedly taken over the biggest military training camp in Nigeria located at the Nagwamase Military Cantonment in Kontagora, Kontagora local government area of Niger State. A member of the Niger State House of Assembly, representing Kontagora II State Constituency, Abdullahi Isah raised the alarm during a plenary on Tuesday. He …

TINUBU’S REDEPLOYED CSO REFUSES TO LEAVE ASO ROCK The Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Bola Tinubu, Adegboyega Fasasi, has refused to leave the Aso Rock Villa despite being redeployed by the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Tosin Ajayi, since October 20, top sources in the Presidency revealed to SaharaReporters. Fasasi has the backing of some …

ENUGU GOVT BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF 44.8KM AMAH-EKE-OGHE-IWOLLO-UMULOKPA ROAD Enugu State Governor, Peter MbahThe Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has officially flagged off the construction of the 44.8-kilometer Amah-Eke–Oghe–Iwolo–Olo–Umulokpa Road, spanning the Udi, Ezeagu, and Uzo-Uwani Local Government Areas, with a spur connecting Akama Oghe to Aguobuowa. This project is aimed at unlocking new economic opportunities across the state. Speaking …

HOW TINUBU MARGINALIZED OTHER ETHNIC NATIONALITIES TOFAVOUR YORUBA, BY SAHARAREPORTERS Since his inauguration in 2023, President Bola Tinubu has continued to appoint Yoruba people to key positions, marginalising other regions in disregard of the Federal Character Act. A check by SaharaReporters revealed that sensitive appointments made so far by President Tinubu are lopsided as they mainly favour Yoruba people. The …

THE NORTH IS PARASTIC , LAZY AND A DRAG ON THE SOUTH BY.CHIEF MALCOLM EMIKONIVO OMIRHOBO Northern governors opposition of the bill to share VAT based on derivation is an affront on common sense and true fiscal federalism .. How can monkey dey work Baboon dey chop? . The North is parasitic, lazy and a drag on the South This …

WHY NORTHERN GOVERNORS’ OPPOSED VAT BILL – GOV SULE Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said that the 19 governors under the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) are against the VAT bill because it will be unfair to the region. The governor stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. Arising from a meeting on Sunday, the NGF …