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While the arrival of the Vice President Kashim Shettima; and Governor Alex Otti, was being expected as at the time of filing this report, some notable dignitaries from the South East geopolitical zone were spotted by our Correspondent at the venue. Some of the dignitaries include the Obi of Onitsha, HRM Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe; […]
The Pope prayed that efforts by the Nigerian authorities to contain the menace yield fruit “as much as possible.” He stated this in a statement via his X account on Sunday. He stated, “The increasingly frequent kidnappings in Nigeria are extremely concerning. I express my closeness in prayer to the Nigerian people, hoping that efforts […]
Members of the CSOs carried various placards such as “End Economic Hardship”, “FG End the Hunger in Nigeria Now,” among many others to state their grievances. The Benin protest is coming after Ibadan residents protested against economic hardship. Meanwhile, a human rights group identified as the “Take It Back Movement” has hit the streets of […]
Ace aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the Edo governorship race, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor has pulled out of the rescheduled primary election scheduled for today. Osunbor disclosed this in a letter dated February 21, 2024 Recall that the former Edo governor last Tuesday submitted a petition to the APC Appeals committee and demanded a […]
The Arewa Economic Forum (AEF) has asked President Bola Tinubu to re-think the fuel subsidy removal policy. The Chairman of the Forum, Mal Ibrahim Dandakata, who addressed a press conference, in Abuja, this afternoon, said that the suffering occasioned by the policy had become unbearable to ordinary Nigerians. “To be fair to him, President Bola […]
The Federal Government says it will give more attention to fixing roads and seek some remedies on the cost of gas and import duties to bring down the astronomical price of cement nationwide. This is part of the communiqué issued during a meeting between the government and the major cement manufacturers on Monday in Abuja. […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lamented payment of their members an amputated two-month salaries by the Federal Government out of the seven and the half-month withheld salaries. ASUU Abuja zonal coordinator, Comrade Salahu Mohammed Lawal, stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. President Bola Tinubu had in October 2023 […]
Nigeria’s inflation rate climbed to 29.90 per cent in January 2024 from 28.92 per cent recorded in the previous month. The 0.98 per cent increase shows that the inflation rate in the country is yet to slow down. The National Bureau of Statistics revealed this in its ‘Consumer Price Index published on Thursday. The development […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has put a N20 million bounty on two wanted notorious kidnappers terrorizing Nigeria’s capital city. The former Rivers State Governor stated this on Wednesday when he met the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh. The suspected kidnappers, Dahiru Adamu and Abu Ibrahim have allegedly been terrorising […]
Retired General Jones Oladeinde Arogbofa, who served as Chief of Staff to former President Goodluck Jonathan, passed away on Saturday in Abuja. He was 72 years old. Arogbofa, a native of Ondo State, had a distinguished career in the Nigerian Army, rising to the rank of Brigadier General before his retirement in 2004. He later […]
