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I DIDN’T STEAL FROM KADUNA TREASURY, I’M READY TO SWEAR BY QURAN – EL RUFAI Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has dismissed claims that he misappropriated over N423 billion during his eight-year tenure Speaking on a Hausa program aired on Freedom Radio, El-Rufai emphasized that he joined politics to serve the people, not to enrich himself. He expressed contentment …

IT’S TIME TO COLLAPSE WIKE’S STRUCTURE IN RIVERS – FUBARA In response to former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike’s assertion that his political structure should remain untouched, his successor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, announced that the upcoming Local Government election on October 5, 2024, will provide Rivers residents with a chance to experience the emergence of a new political structure that …

WE MUST REFORM OR COLLAPSE – TINUBU ON NIGERIAN 64TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, stated that Nigeria must either reform for progress and prosperity or continue with business as usual and risk collapse. He, however, said his administration, upon taking over the leadership of the country 16 months ago, decided to reform the political economy and defence …

PRESIDENT TINUBU ANNOUNCES 30-DAY NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE President Bola Tinubu has announced a 30-day confab for Nigerian youths to discuss challenges confronting them. Tinubu made this announcement on Tuesday during his 64th Independence Day Anniversary Broadcast. He said in a bid to bequeath a worthy future to the youths, the government cannot do it without making them its architects. “Considering …

WE’RE HUNGRY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: NIGERIANS CHANTED AS THEY BEGIN PROTEST IN ABUJA Thousands of Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday morning joined the #FearlessInOctober protest against hardships and poverty that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has unleashed on them. The protesters chanted “We are hungry” as they marched on the roads. Some of the banners they …

ATIKU SEEKS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR SIX-YEAR SINGLE TERM PRESIDENCY A former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has written to the National Assembly, requesting an amendment to the Constitution to allow for a six-year single term for the President and state governors. In a memorandum to the …

AGAIN, JOE IGBOKWE, TINUBU SUPPORTER CRIES: “WHY IS OUR NAIRA WEAK?” A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has again lamented the outcome of the economic policies of the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu+led administration. This is the third time in weeks that Igbokwe, a Lagos- based south easterner, would criticise the economic interventions of the president. In …

I WASN’T SUSPENDED OVER BOBRISKY – PRISON OFFICIAL … HE WAS SUSPENDED – CONTROLLER-GENERAL Michael Anugwa, Deputy Controller of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), says he was not suspended by the service. Anugwa is the officer in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kirikiri, Lagos state, where Idris Okuneye, a popular crossdresser better known as Bobrisky, served his time. …

REDUCE PUMP PRICE OF FUEL NOW, PDP TELLS TINUBU The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to immediately reduce the pump price of fuel and stem the slide in the value of the Naira. The opposition party also charged Nigerians to use the 2024 Independence Day Anniversary to reawaken the spirit of …

FUBARA REACTS TO WIKE’S BOASTFULNESS, SAYS ONLY EMPTY CONTAINER MAKES A NOISE Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has revealed that God has left his traducers, saying that is why they keep falling and will continue to fail in their evil agenda.Fubara, who stated that he doesn’t need anybody to stand with him once he is doing the right thing, …