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REAL STORY ON DEMOLITION OF IGBO MAN’S PROPERTY IN ABUJA, BY WIKE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has revealed what transpired between him and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SNECOU Group Limited, Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, who decried the demolition of his investment on 214 hectares of land in the Asokoro district of FCT. Ukachukwu …

FAYE, SENEGAL’S NEW PRESIDENT: FROM PRISON TO PRESIDENCY Senegal’s new President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sitting in a prison cell just a few months ago, a relatively unknown figure outside his opposition party, Pastef. But, everything changed for him when the party’s firebrand leader, Ousmane Sonko, who was also detained, was charged with insurrection in July and barred from running …

PETER OBI RAKES OVER NIGERIA’S DEBT PROFILE, SAYS GOVT BORROWINGS UNPRODUCTIVE The former presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi has described the Nigerian government borrowings as unproductive. Obi stated this in a statement via his verified social media handle on Tuesday. According to him, Nigeria’s public debt keeps increasing with little or no impact on the country’s economy. …

EBONYI POLITICAL FOES UNITE FOR EX-GOVERNOR’S BIRTHDAY After years at loggerheads, leaders of Ebonyi State including Governor Francis Nwifuru, former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim, former governors Sam Egwu, David Umahi and Martin Elechi, seem to have settled their differences. The leaders have not been attending public functions together until Tuesday, when all of them gathered to celebrate the 83rd …

DANGOTE REFINERY BEGINS DIESEL SALES TO MARKETERS; NNPC REDUCES PETROL PRICES The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is set to commence sales of diesel to marketers as from today, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The refinery has set a minimum sale volume of one million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) diesel per marketer. According to the national president of the Independent Petroleum …

EFFORTS ON TO RELEASE IPOB LRADER, NNAMDI KANU – REPS DEPUTY SPEAKER The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has revealed that there are ongoing efforts to secure the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). He said while legal processes are underway, concerted political solutions are being …

LAGOS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE FOUND HANGING DEAD IN HIS HOUSE The lifeless body of a Deputy Commissioner of Police at the Lagos State Police Command, DCP Gbolahan Oyedemi was found on Tuesday morning in his private home in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The deceased was the aide de Camp (ADC) to a former governor of Oyo State, late Adebayo Alao …

WE’LL LEAVE LABOUR PARTY IF INTERNAL CRISIS PERSISTS – PETER OBI Peter Obi, a former Anambra State governor and Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has said that he might abandon the party if the internal turmoil persists. Obi said he had been striving hard to solve the internal crisis in the party, but will not die …

MBAH, SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS CONSPIRING TO DESTROY – IPOB WeThe Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, and other Southeast governors of conspiring to destroy the group. The IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, raised the alarm in a statement issued on Monday. Powerful said IPOB is working hard to provide security and direction that many …

LAMENTATION: MY OWN COUNTRY DENIED US, ALLEN ONYEMA, AIR PEACE BOSS The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Air Peace Airlines, Allen Onyema, has narrated how his airlines suffered what he called both internal and external conspiracies. Onyema disclosed this on Monday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme. Onyema said ‘his own country’ denied Air Peace and threw …