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MY WIFE’S ACTION IS UNNECESSARY – MAN WHOSE WIFE TORE HIS INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT Mr. Igiebor, the man whose wife tore his international passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State has spoken up in an interview making rounds on social media. The man claimed that his wife had access to his social media page without his knowledge and …

NIGERIAN GOVT FREEZES $37M WORTH OF CRYPTOCURRENCY TRACED TO SUSPECTED PROTEST ORGANISERS The Nigerian government has frozen more than $37 million worth of cryptocurrency held in wallets believed to be owned by some organisers of #EndBadGovernance protests. The freezing followed an order by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The judge, Emeka Nwite, gave the order in a ruling delivered …

REVENUE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE CLARIFIES MONTHLY SALARIES, ALLOWANCES OF NIGERIAN SENATORS The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission wishes to clear the air on the controversy surrounding the salaries and allowances payable to Members of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria an issue that continues to occupy the front burner of national discourse especially amongst Elder Statesmen, public …

CALLING ME IMPOSTOR, AFFRONT TO JUDICIARY – SHAIBU FIRES BACK AT EDO STATE GOVT The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday, insisted that he’s not an impostor. Reacting to claims by the state’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, Shaibu said calling him an impostor was an affront to the judiciary. Nehikhare had called Shaibu …

FG TELLS THOSE SEEKING REGIME CHANGE TO WAIT TILL NEXT ELECTION IN 2027. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals, said this after the inaugural Council of State meeting under President Bola Tinubu. Among those who attended the meeting at the Presidential Villa were former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan. Former presidents Yakubu Gowon and Abdulsalami Abubakar also joined the …

SACK HEADS OF NIGERIA’S OIL AND GAS REGULATORY AGENCIES – APC STAKEHOLDERS WRITE TINUBU Major stakeholders within the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called on President Bola Tinubu to sack the heads of the nation’s oil and gas regulatory agencies, citing their failure to effectively manage the sector and address the myriad of challenges facing the industry. Specifically, the Tinubu …

22 PERSONS KILLED DURING #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTS During the National Council of State meeting held on Tuesday at the Ado Rock Presidential Villa, it was revealed that a total of twenty-two persons lost their lives in different parts of the country during the nationwide #Endbadgovernance protest. The ten-day protest which started on August 1, was aimed at drumming on the air …

The Federal Government has traced at least N83 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat money channelled towards the recent nationwide protests. They include $50m of cryptocurrency — $38m of which were blocked in four cryptocurrency wallets — and N4bn contributed by various political actors in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Katsina. This was part of a presentation by the National Security Adviser, …

TINUBU SIGNS JUDICIARY OFFICE HOLDERS SALARIES, ALLOWANCES BILL 2024 INTO LAW President Bola Ahmed.Tinubu has the Judiciary Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law. The new law prescribes improved salaries and allowances for the nation’s judicial office holders. The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on …

US WILL CARRY OUT LARGEST DEPORTATION IN HISTORY IF I’M RE-ELECTED – DONALD TRUMP Former United States President, Donald Trump, has promised to carry out the largest deportation in the country’s history if he wins re-election in the November 5 election. The Republican presidential nominee made this known in a X-space conversation held by Elon Musk, which SaharaReporters monitored in …