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TINUBU PALLIATIVE: ANXIETY AS 740 TRUCKS OF RICE FAIL TO ARRIVE MOST STATES Only a few states appear to have received the 20 trucks of rice palliative earmarked for each of the 36 states by the Federal Government and the issue is causing anxiety, Sunday Vanguard understands. A survey at the weekend shows no northern state apart from Kano had …

VP KAMALA HARRIS’ ODD INCREASES AFTER BIDEN’S WITHDRAWAL Donald Trump’s chances of winning the presidency are currently at -156 after Joe Biden’s withdrawal, indicating a 61% probability of him becoming the next president in November. This reflects a slight decrease from the previous day when the president’s odds were at 64%, showcasing some uncertainty as Democrats consider alternative candidates. In …

EX-MINISTER BERATES PRESIDENTIAL AIDE, ONANUGA, OVER STATEMENT ON NATIONWIDE PROTEST Nigeria’s former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung has said that President Bola Tinubu and his ‘locust cabal’ love only the wealth of Nigeria. Dalung also berated Bayo Onanuga, a presidential spokesperson, for claiming that the proposed nationwide protest against bad governance is meant to destabilize the country. …

TO THOSE WHO SPREAD FALSEHOODS ABOUT ME, I HOLD NO MALICE – PETER OBI The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Sunday, declared that he holds no grudges against those spreading lies and falsehoods about him. Obi, in a personally signed statement released via his X account, said he understands that those spreading lies about …

ACTIVISTS’ ARREST: NO GOING BACK ON PLANNED PROTEST – NIGERIAN YOUTHS Amid the arrest of some activists by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, Nigerian youths have vowed to remain resolute and protest an end to “bad governance” in the country. Operatives of the DSS allegedly arrested some activists over their involvement in the planned protest. According to …

DAMATUTU YOUTHS VANDALIZE TINUBU’S BILLBOARD Youths in Damaturu, Yobe State, have vandalised a billboard erected to welcome President Bola Tinubu to the state for the launch of the Yobe State Agricultural Empowerment Programme. On Saturday, July 20, Vice President Kashim Shettima represented President Ginubu at the launch of the programmed in Damaturu. However, after the launch, youths in the state …

FUEL SUBSIDY: A TRAP SET FOR TINUBU BY NORTHERN LEADERS, AND HE FELL FOR IT – ALAKWE A former West Africa Coordinator of the defunct National Support for Jonathan/Sambo Presidency, Mr Nwachukwu Tobinson Alakwe has said that the abrupt and unilateral removal of fuel subsidies marks the onset of an economic crisis in Nigeria. He claimed that this decision was …

BREAKING: BIDEN PULLS OUT FROM PRESIDENTIAL RACE US President Joe Biden has announced that he will end his candidacy for re-election, saying “it is in the best interest of my party and the country”. It comes four months before Americans go to the polls, upending the race for the White House. It follows weeks of intense pressure from fellow Democrats …

DANGOTE CALLS OFF PLAN TO INVEST IN STEEL, DISCOURAGED BY GOVERNMENT, CABAL Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is calling off plans to invest in a new steel plant in Nigeria after the government accused him of seeking to become a monopoly with his new refinery in the West African nation. Dangote said, “let others that have more money than us …

CONFUSION AS GOVERNING COUNCIL REMOVES NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY VC, MANAGEMENT DISMISSES SACK Crisis is currently plaguing Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), popularly known as UNIZIK Awka, Anambra state capital, after the school’s governing council appointed a new acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Carol Umobi. A letter by the school’s governing council, made public on Saturday revealed that Umobi has been appointed to …