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REVOLUTION THAT WILL CONSUME TINUBU GOVT OVER HARDSHIP WILL START FROM NORTH – DELE FAROTIMI Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi has said that the current Nigerian system is not sustainable and that the revolution and problem that will destroy President Bola Tinubu’s government will come from the Northern region of the country. In an interview making the rounds on social …

SHOPRITE TO SHUT DOWN ABUJA BRANCH ON JUNE 30 DUE TO CURRENT ECONOMIC REALITIES Shoprite Mall has announced its intention to cease operation in one of its Abuja branches from June 30, 2024. The branch is situated at Novare Central Mall in Wuse Zone 5. This was contained in a circular signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Dr Folakemi Fadahunsi, …

TINUBUNOMICS BITE HARDER AS PRICES OF BEANS, TOMATO GARRI RISE BY OVER 30% – NBS The prices of major staple food items such as tomato, beans, garri, and potatoes rose by over 30% in May, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) food price watch for the month. The continuous rise in prices of goods and services appears unrelenting …

MURIC RAISES ALARM OVER ALLEGED PLAN TO DEPOSED SULTAN OF SOKOTO The Muslim Rights Concern group (MURIC), has raised alarm over an alleged plan by Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. The Executive Director of MURIC, Prof. Isiaq Akintola, made the announcement in a statement on Monday. The development comes …

SAUDI AUTHORITIES BLAME HEAT, UNAUTHORISED TRIPS AS HAJJ DEATHS REACH 1,300 Saudi Arabia’s official death toll from this year’s Hajj exercise has reached 1,301, with extreme heat and unauthorised trips cited as major contributing factors. The Saudi government released a statement acknowledging “numerous cases” of heat stress and highlighting that 83% of the deceased were “unauthorized to perform Hajj.” The …

RIVERS PROTEST TURNS UGLY AS DOKUBO’S MEN ATTEMPT TO ATTACK DEMONSTRATORS The peaceful protest in Rivers State has taken a dangerous turn as a group of men believed to be operatives of Asari Dokubo’s private military company, commonly known as Amama Soldiers, attempted to attack the demonstrators. However, their efforts were thwarted by the quick intervention of the police. The …

PETER OBI LAMENTS EXIT OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES FROM NIGERIA I am compelled to address the alarming exodus of multinational companies from Nigeria, which has cost our nation a staggering N95 trillion in the past five years. According to The New Telegraph, in the last year alone, over ten multinational giants such as GlaxoSmithKline, Equinor, Sanofi-Aventis, Bolt Food, Procter & Gamble, …

NLC REJECTS DECENTRALIZATION OF MINIMUM WAGE NEGOTIATIONS Secretary of NLC in Oyo State, Adebayo Aribatise, has said that decentralising minimum wage negotiations would put workers in some states at a disadvantage. Aribatise in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan said that some politicians had, recently, called for decentralised minimum wage negotiations. One of them, …

CHINA TO INCREASE AGRIC IMPORT FROM NIGERIA The Chinese government has promised to increase agricultural product imports from Nigeria going forward. This was disclosed in a joint statement between Wang Yi, China’s foreign affairs Minister and his Nigerian counterpart, Yusuf Tuggar, at the first plenary meeting of the China-Nigeria Intergovernmental Committee held in Beijing. This is after Nigeria exported N572.58 …

LP INSISTS ON PETER OBI AS 2027 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Labour Party (LP) Directorate on Mobilisation and Integration has denied any plan to dump Peter Obi as the party’s candidate ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The directorate was reacting to a report, which hinted that they had reconciled with the Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the party and agreed to field …