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HARDSHIP: MANY NIGERIAN HOUSEHOLDS NOW SKIP MEALS – NBS The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said food scarcity, insecurity and high prices have forced Nigerian households to cut consumption. To this end, the body said 65 percent of families and other residents are unable to afford healthy meals over lack of money. NBS disclosed this in its latest General …

SEYI TINUBU NOT FIT TO BE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE – JOE IGBOKWE Joe Igbokwe, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Seyi, son of President Bola Tinubu, does not have the capacity to be governor of Lagos state. On Tuesday, the Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL), an umbrella body of youth groups drawn across the six …

OUR DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON FINLAND IS WHY SIMON EKPA WAS ARRESTED – FG The Federal Government on Friday attributed the arrest of Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in-Exile, to sustained diplomatic pressure on Finland by Nigeria. Ekpa was arrested alongside four others on Thursday on suspicion of terrorist activities. The Finnish District Court of …

THE MEN AROUND TINUBU Immediately Bola Ahmed Tinubu was announced as the winner of the 2023 presidential election, serious jostle for positions among those close to him commenced. It wasn’t surprising for a man who had been in politics for the better part of his adult life and had won elections as senator and two times as governor and had …

FUBARA CHALLENGES STOPPING FEDERAL REVENUE ALLOCATION IN COURT Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has challenged a court ruling that banned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from disbursing monthly allocations to his state. The federal government has confirmed that it has stopped the October monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue payment to the state. According to the Spokesperson …

ARMED THUGS ALLEGEDLY SPONSORED By TINUBU ASSOCIATE, MC OLUOMO ATTACK NUJ SECRETARIAT IN ABUJA There was pandemonium on the premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council Secretariat on Thursday located at Utako, Abuja, as a group loyal to the embattled Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo attacked a group under the aegis of Bus Conductors …

BREAKING: FG STOPS OCTOBER FAAC REVENUE TO RIVERS STATE The Nigerian government has confirmed that it has stopped the October monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC revenue payment to Rivers State amid the ongoing face-off between Governor Simi Fubara and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike. The Spokesperson of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, …

OHANAEZE CELEBRATES SIMON EKPA’S ARREST, SAYS IT’S HUGE RELIEF The apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described the arrest of Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the Biafran independence movement, as a huge relief for the Ndigbo. The organization said Ekpa’s arrest marked a significant milestone in the collective journey towards healing and reconciliation. A Finnish court had sent …

NORTH CENTRAL KICKS AS PDP POSTPONES NEC MEETING For the umpteenth time, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its National Executive Committee meeting initially slated for November 28. The party in a statement on Thursday said the postponement became necessary to enable members attend the burial of the Akwa Ibom State Governor and late First Lady of …

IPOB DISOWNS SIMON EKPA, SAYS HE’S NOT ITS MEMBER‘The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has disowned Finland based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, who was arrested yesterday for allegedly sponsoring terrorism in the South East, Nigeria.In a press release by IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group stated categorically that “for public records, Simon Ekpa has never been a member of IPOB …