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YOU ARE PRESIDENT OF A TROUBLED NATION, NOT A TOURIST – PETER OBI TO TINUBU The 2023 Labour Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has slammed President Bola Ahmed Tinubuu, over his frequent overseas travels. In a statement Obi reminded the President that he was elected to solve the numerous problems confronting Nigeria and not to betravelling all.over the world Obi’s statement …

JUNKETING TINUBU ON THIRD VISIT TO BRAZIL IN NINE MONTHS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today depart Abuja, for a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said in a statement, that while in Japan, President Tinubu will attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in the …

FG FUNDING 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET WITH 2025 REVENUE – DG BUDGET The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Dr. Tanimu Yakubu, said the federal government is funding the capital component of the 2024 budget using revenue accrued under the 2025 budget. Yakubu stated this in Abuja on Wednesday during a stakeholders’ engagement on the implementation of the 2025 …

US APPROVES POTENTIAL $346M WEAPONS, BOMBS SALE TO NIGERIA The US State Department has approved a potential sales of ammunition, precision bombs and precision rockets to Nigeria for an estimated cost of $346 million. In a statement on Wednesday, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Nigeria requested to buy 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb bombs; 1,002 MXU-650 Air …

NOBODY CAN GIVE US CONDITION FOR OUR CONVENTION -:PDP REPLIES WIKE: Ahead of its national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday told the for­mer governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, that nobody can give the party condition. Recall …

TINUBU LAMENTS AJAOKUTA LINGERING CRISIS President Bola Tinubu has sounded the alarm that the lingering troubles of the Ajaokuta Steel Company had gone beyond an economic setback and had morphed into a dangerous sovereignty risk. Once touted as Nigeria’s industrial crown jewel, its decades-long paralysis now casts a shadow over the nation’s economic security and strategic independence, the President stated. …

. OLUSEGUN OBASANJO LIBRARY DEMANDS 3.5BN COMPENSATION OVER EFCC RAID The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has demanded compensation of N2.5 billion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the raid of its facility on August 10. According to the management, the compensation is to atone for the immense damage caused to the reputation, business, …

PDP DIVIDED OVER MOVES TO BRING BACK JONATHAN, OBI With roughly two years until the 2027 presidential election, members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Executive Committee are divided over moves by certain individuals to facilitate the return of former President Goodluck Jonathan and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the party. This comes as the party …

FG BANS ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNIC, OTHERZ The Federal Government has imposed a five-year ban on the creation of new federal tertiary institutions, including universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. The decision, approved at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu, is aimed at curbing the proliferation of poorly resourced schools and reversing the …

PETER OBI IS A WISE MAN, SAM AMADI Mr. Peter Obi is a wise man. Wisdom is known by its ‘children’, as the Bible says. Peter Obi is perhaps Nigeria’s highest donor in terms of frequency to health and education, two critical drivers of human capital development. By some count, he has donated close to a billion to education and …