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…warns states of worsening solvency The Presidential Economic Advisory Council has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to remove subsidy on petrol and adopt a cost-reflective pricing mechanism for the product. The Council’s advice was part of its presentation at its sixth regular meeting with the President last Friday. It also warned that the subsidy regime would […]

  Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba Nation lead agitator, who’s also known as Sunday Igboho has declared he would not sympathize with Pastor Enoch Adeboye the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG) General Overseer, over the death of his son, Pastor Dare.   Dare, 42, died in his sleep on Tuesday, May 4 in Eket, Akwa-Ibom where […]

Gunmen on Saturday killed five policemen and a woman during an early morning attack at the Divisional Police headquarters, Odoro Ikpe in Ini local government area of Akwa Ibom state.   When the identities of the attackers were not immediately known, the Chairman of the council, Mr. Israel Adaisin, pointed accusing fingers at  members of […]

… it`s desperation to conceal incapacity  A group, the Coalition of Northern Groups, has disputed the claim by the Federal government that some groups and individuals were planning to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari. The group described the claim as unhelpful and doubtful fabrication and further labeled it as the height of ineptitude for an administration […]

Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Friday declared that investigations have revealed that some high-profile Nigerians are involved in terrorism financing.   Malami told State House correspondents at the presidential villa, Abuja, that such persons are being profiled for prosecution.   He said the arrest of the undisclosed […]

  The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the deregistration of 74 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission.   INEC in February last year had deregistered the underperforming political parties in the country, but the action of the commission was challenged by some of the political parties.   The Supreme Court in a unanimous […]

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed fines of N5 each on Channels Television and Inspiration FM Lagos, for granting a leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB last month. NBC had previously reprimanded Channels for what the regulator considered a breach of the broadcasting code by granting interviews to the spokesman of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman.   This was announced by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Thursday, titled ‘President Buhari approves panel of inquiry on NPA, asks MD, Hadiza Usman to step aside.’   […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has extended its Naira 4 Dollar Scheme,  “until further notice,” the regulator said. The scheme was scheduled to end on May 8, but in a circular titled “Re: Introduction of the CBN’s “Naira 4 Dollar Scheme for Diaspora Remittances,” CBN simply announced the extension of the scheme, without stating when […]

Unknown gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of students of Abia State University Uturu, near Okigwe.   The incident happened late Wednesday night as the students were returning from Okigwe to Uturu in a commercial bus, according to sources.   Reacting to the incident, Abia State Government has said it has intensified efforts to secure […]

Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, the controversial priest who early this week asked President Buhari to resign or face impeachment, has said that his disappearance for 24 hours was hatched by the Enugu Catholic Bishop, Most Rev Callistus Onaga,   Mbaka said the senior priest, working with others, detained him for speaking well of Nnamdi Kanu, […]

Twenty-seven students of the Federal College of Forestry, Kaduna who were kidnapped by a gang of gunmen have been released by their captors, after nearly three months. The student spent 57 days in the kidnappers’ den, following their kidnap on March 11, when thirty-nine of them were taken from the school. Their release was announced […]