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FEC ORDERS FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF NAIRA-FOR-CRUDE DEAL The Federal Executive Council has officially directed the full implementation of the suspended Naira-for-Crude agreement with local refiners. The Ministry of Finance disclosed this on its official X handle titled “Update on the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira Initiative,” on Wednesday. Recall that the first phase of the six-month deal involving …

ELEVEN PDP GOVERNORS IN SUPREME COURT OVER RIVERS EMERGENCY RULE Eleven Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have approached the Supreme Court challenging what powers the president has to suspend the democratically elected Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. The suit filed by the Governors also challenged the declaration of Emergency rule in Rivers State. While the media previously …

SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT CTC SACKED ABURE – ALEX OTTI, SUBMITS REPORT TO INEC Supporters of the Labour Party (LP), led by Senator Esther Nenadi Usman’s National Caretaker Committee, erupted in celebration on Wednesday following the release of the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Supreme Court judgment on the party’s leadership dispute. Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, took center stage …

NIGER REPUBLIC ADOPTS HAUSA AS NATIONAL LANGUAGE, DUMP FRENCH Niger Republic military-led government has declared Hausa as the country’s new national language, replacing French, in another decisive step away from its former colonial power, France. The national language is Hausa” while “the working languages are English and French,” the junta stated in a new charter published on March 31 in …

BANDITS HAVE TAKEN OVER 64 COMMUNITIES IN PLATEAU – GOV MUFTWANG Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State has raised the alarm over the high wave of insecurity, lamenting that bandits have taken over 64 communities in his state. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Mutfwang blamed unnamed terrorist groups for wreaking havoc in Plateau. He also alleged …

CRUDE OIL SALES IN NAIRA WILL CONTINUE – FG The Federal Government has confirmed that crude and refined product sales in Naira initiative will continue as a national policy. This assurance was contained in the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the Federal Ministry of Finance on Wednesday morning amid growing inquiries on the status of the policy. The Ministry …

COURT DENIES COMPLICITY IN PROLONGED DETENTION OF FORMER EX-FIRST LADY’S WORKERS The Bayelsa State High Court also said on Monday that there was no judicial complicity in the delay of the trial. The Bayelsa State High Court has denied culpability or external influence in the protracted trial and detention of some domestic aides of former first lady Patience Jonathan. The …

BANDITS CHAINED ME FOR 30 DAYS, KILLED MY WIFE IN MY PRESENCE – NASS DIRECTOR A Deputy Director at the National Assembly Commission, Michael Adesiyan, on Tuesday, recounted his near-death experience in the hideout of bandits. Adesiyan was abducted from his Chikakore residence in Kubwa, a suburb in the nation’s capital alongside his wife on January 26th, 2025 before he …

BANDITS CHAINED ME FOR 30 DAYS, KILLED MY WIFE IN MY PRESENCE – NASS DIRECTOR A Deputy Director at the National Assembly Commission, Michael Adesiyan, on Tuesday, recounted his near-death experience in the hideout of bandits. Adesiyan was abducted from his Chikakore residence in Kubwa, a suburb in the nation’s capital alongside his wife on January 26th, 2025 before he …

BANDITS CHAINED ME FOR 30 DAYS, KILLED MY WIFE IN MY PRESENCE – NASS DIRECTOR A Deputy Director at the National Assembly Commission, Michael Adesiyan, on Tuesday, recounted his near-death experience in the hideout of bandits. Adesiyan was abducted from his Chikakore residence in Kubwa, a suburb in the nation’s capital alongside his wife on January 26th, 2025 before he …