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HOW WE SPENT 36 YEARS IN NIGERIA WITH 10-DAY VISA – AMERICAN TOURISTS Liza Gatsby, and Peter Jenkins, two American tourists, have told the story of what led them to spend over 36 years in Nigeria instead of the 10-day transit visas that were approved for them in 1988.The two tourists made the revelation in an interview with a content …

AGAIN, SUSPECTED HERDSMEN KILL FARMER IN ENUGU COMMUNITY Terror struck at the heart of Agu-Amede autonomous community in Eha-Amufu, Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, as people suspected to be herdsmen killed a farmer, Francis Odoh. According to community sources, the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, when Odoh was killed close to his farm. This latest assault has reignited …

NIGERIAN GOVT PREFER TO HOLD ME THAN DEAL WITH TERRORISTS – HUNDEYIN Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has revealed why the Nigeria Police Force declared him wanted and labelled him as an accomplice in the trial of whistleblower Isaac Bristol Tamunobifiri, identified by Nigerian authorities as PIDOMNigeria. Hundeyin in an interview with News Central TV on Wednesday, said that the …

FG CAN,’T FIX PRICE OF PETROL – MINISTER The federal government of Nigeria has no hand in fixing the price of petrol in the country.This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri after meeting the Vice President, Kashim Shettima President Bola Tinubu had mandated the Vice President, Kashim Shettima to convene a high-level meeting aimed …

PETROL PRICE HIKE: SHETTIMA SUMMONS LOKPOBIRI, KYARI, RIBADU Vice President Kashim Shettima has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. Also summoned on Thursday at the Presidential Villa is the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu over the recent hike in the price …

SHEHU SANI RAISES CONCERNS OVER 600 NIGERIANS WHO REFUSED TO RETURN AFTER LESSER HAJJI IN SAUDI ARABIA Former Nigerian senator and human rights activist, Shehu Sani, has expressed concerns over the growing number of Nigerians who travelled to Saudi Arabia for 2024 lesser Hajj and have refused to return home. Sani made this known in a post on his X …

THE WAHALA THAT WILL KILL.TINUBU’S GOVT, BY ADELAKUN ADUNNI-ABIMBOLAThirty years ago, Nigeria was in severe crisis. In the wake of the previous year’s elections that was annulled and the attendant protests, 1994 was an unpleasant time. General Sani Abacha had rigged his way into power through a coup and was setting the country on edge. Media houses had been shut, …

NNPCL YET TO LIFT PETROL FROM DANGOTE REFINERY – SPOKESMAN Dangote Group on Thursday denied reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has started lifting fuel from its refinery. It was reported that NNPCL lifted petrol from Dangote Refinery and sold it for N897 per liter to Nigerians. The report comes amid the declaration by the Chairman of …

PETER OBI, GOV OTTI LACK AUTHORITY TO CONVENE ANY LABOUR PARTY MEETING – LP CHIEFTAIN A chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, Callistus Uju Okafor, has declared that the stakeholders meeting of the party convened by Governor Alex Otti of Abia State is unconstitutional and an effort in futility. Okafor, in a statement on Wednesday, said the meeting that produced …

ENUGU SUSPENDS INDUSTRIAL GAS EMISSION LEVY, SACKS CONSULTANTS The Enugu State Government says it has suspended the Industrial Gas Emission Levy introduced by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, pursuant to an extinct state environmental law. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG ), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, disclosed this in a statement issued in Enugu and made available to …