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TELL NIGERIANS NATURE OF TINUBU’S VISIT TO FRANCE – ATIKU’S AIDE The spokesman to former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, on Tuesday, charged the President to explain to Nigerians the duration of President Bola Tinubu’s visit to France. Ibe also charged the Presidency to explain to Nigerians the nature of Tinubu’s engagement in France. A …

NIGERIAN GOVT BEGINS SALE OF CRUDE OIL IN NAIRA TO DANGOTE REFINERY OCTOBER The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has announced that the sale of Crude Oil to Dangote refinery in naira will commence on October 1. This was posted on the official X (formerly twitter) handle of the Federal Ministry of Finance on Monday. “The Honourable Minister of Finance …

ANOTHER #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST BEGINS OCTOBER Organisers of the just concluded #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protest held nationwide from August 1 to 10, 2024, are planning to stage another protest in October. The Director of Mobilisation of the Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, confirmed the planned protests to our correspondent on Monday. Adenola said the protesters’ demands would remain the same unless there …

RIVERS RESIDENTS MOBBED WIKE UPON HIS RETURN FROM FCT The former Governor of Rivers State received a warm welcome upon his return from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where he now serves as a Minister. The FCT Minister arrived in Rivers State on Saturday with his wife, Justice Suzzette Eberechi Nyesom Wike, at Rumuepirikom community in Obio Akpor LGA for …

NNPC DECLARES N3.3 TRILLION PROFIT FOR 2023 AMIDST FUEL SCARCITY The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) has achieved a profit after tax of N3.3 trillion for the 2023 financial year. On Monday, Chief Pius Akinyelure, Chairman of the NNPC Ltd Board, disclosed this news during a media briefing. Akinyelure, pioneer Vice Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party – the All …

POLICE INVITE NLC PRESIDENT, AJAERO, OVER ALLEGED TERRORISM FINANCING The Nigeria Police Force has invited the National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero for questioning over an alleged link to terrorism financing and other allegations. This was contained in a letter issued from the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police Intelligence Response Team, Department of Force …

MOVE TO REMOVE GANDUJE AS APC CHAIRMAN THICKENSA fresh move to oust the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje is afoot by power brokers in the presidential villa.It was learnt that the move would entail easing off the embattled former governor of Kano State through an ambassadorial appointment in order not to disgrace him out of …

Political leaders from the North, a region in Nigeria which holds a huge chunk of Nigeria’s voting population, are working behind the scenes to convince former President Goodluck Jonathan to join the 2027 presidential race, reliable sources told THISDAY last night.Sources with the knowledge of the plan said that recent comments by the Governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed, to …

NO NASS APPROVAL FOR PRESIDENTIALLY JETS’‘There was no approval by the National Assembly before the procurement of the new presidential jet for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Daily Trust’s findings have revealed.Late in June, an online news platform reported that the Nigerian government had acquired an Airbus A330 aircraft from a German bank.According to PREMIUM TIMES, the German bank had seized …

ECOWAS MOVES TO BLOCK NIGER, MALI, BURKINA FASO EXITS The Economic Community of West African States Parliament is stepping up diplomatic efforts to prevent Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from leaving the regional bloc. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, confirmed that parliamentary diplomacy mechanisms are being deployed to engage the three nations, emphasising the importance …