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COUP ATTEMPT: BOLIVIAN POLICE ARREST LEADER Bolivian police have arrested the leader of an attempted coup, hours after the presidential palace in the capital La Paz was stormed by soldiers. Armoured vehicles and troops also took up positions on Murillo Square where key government buildings are located. They are now reported to have begun withdrawing. The rebel military officer in …

FIVE KILLED AS GUNMEN, POLICE EXCHANGE FIRE IN EBONYI In Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, at least five members of the suspected Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were reportedly killed in a confrontation with state police operatives. The incident occurred when the group allegedly attacked Ishieke Police Station in a blue Sienna bus around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, …

KENYA’S PRESIDENT DROPS TAX HIKE AFTER DEADLY UNREST Kenya’s President William Ruto, on Wednesday, bowed to pressure from violent protesters and dropped the controversial tax bill which sought to raise $2.3billion in new levies in the Eastern Africa country. At least 23 people died in the anti-tax hike demonstration which took thousands of young men to the streets of Nairobi, …

SIT-AT-HOME: NNAMDI KANU LOSES GRIP AS SIMON EKPA DICTATES TUNE Despite Nnamdi Kanu’s explicit cancellation of the sit-at-home order, which he personally wrote and announced, the directive is still being enforced by those loyal to Simon Ekpa’s faction. This blatant disregard for Kanu’s instructions has led to chaos and criminality in the southeast region. According to Babajide Kolade Otitoju, a …

NIGERIAN GOVERNORS PROMISE NIGERIANS OF BETTER WAGES Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Wednesday, met to discuss on the call for a new minimum wage in the country. The governors during their meeting in Abuja, assured Nigerians that better wages will result from the ongoing negotiations between the government, private sector and organised labour. A …

WE’LL SEEK TINUBU’S INTERVENTION IN RIVER’S CRISIS – ORJI UZOR KALU Orji Uzor Kalu, senator representing Abia north, says he will work with his colleagues in the red chamber to seek President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the political crisis in Rivers state. Kalu spoke on Wednesday when he led a delegation of the senate committee on privatisation and commercialisation on …

WE WON’T REMAIN SILENT IN FACE OF INJUSTICE – CARDINAL ONAIYEKUN Cardinal John Onaiyekan, the former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, has called on Nigerians to stand up against injustice, emphasizing that staying silent in the face of wrongdoing is equivalent to being complicit. Speaking at the launch of the Catholic Social Teaching (CST) program at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria …

FG FAULTS DANGOTE, MEETS LOCAL REFINERS OVER PRICING The Federal Government, on Tuesday, declared that there was no importation of dirty fuel into Nigeria, countering the recent position of an official of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It declared this after meeting with oil marketers and local refiners of crude oil in Abuja, where parties at the meeting discussed issues about …

HOW ASO ROCK SPENT N244M ON TYRES IN ONE DAY Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of government, has spent a whopping sum of N244,654,350 for the purchase and supply of tyres in a single day, according to findings by Daily Trust. Investigation and data gathered from govspend, a portal documenting the Presidential Villa expenditure, showed that the State House made payments …

NIGERIAN GOVT SPENT N473M TO SPONSOR TINUBU’S WIFE TRIP TO UK, MOZAMBIQUE, ETHIOPIA The Nigerian government spent the sum of N473 million to sponsor the trips of First Lady Oluremi Tinubu to three countries; United Kingdom, Mozambique and Ethiopia, data from public payments portal Govspend.ng has shown. The Nigerian government spent the sum of ₦126.295 million to sponsor the trip …