Don’t Set Nigeria On Fire, APC Warns El-Rufai APC Warns El-Rufai not to Set Nigeria On Fire A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Plateau state, Samuel Kwamkur, on Sunday cautioned former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, not to set Nigeria on fire with his utterances. According to a report by PUNCH, Kwankur, who is a former National Director of the Christian Association of Nigeria, stated this at a press conference in Jos on Sunday. He was reacting to statements allegedly credited to the former Kaduna governor in which he allegedly told his audience before handing over to…
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What APC Governors Told Tinubu During Meeting At Aso Rock Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, says governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday brainstormed on several issues with President Bola Tinubu. Sani, who made this known in a tweet on his Twitter handle, said some of the issues include the removal of fuel subsidy and its impact on the people. He said : “In my capacity as the Vice Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) I joined my colleagues, members of the influential forum for an important meeting with our dear leader,…
Fuel Subsidy: NLC Releases Communique, Lists 12 Grounds For Nationwide Strike, Full List The Nigerian Labour Congress has released its communiqué confirming the nationwide strike by next week Wednesday to protest against the fuel subsidy removal by the newly inaugurated President Bola Tinubu-led government. The NLC listed 12 grounds on which the nationwide action must go on, while digging out humongous corruption and unaccounted funds spent by the Nigerian government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) under the guise of fuel subsidy. Naija News House had earlier today reported that the NLC declared a nationwide strike from next…
BREAKING: EFCC Seals Off Properties Of Federal Lawmaker-Elect The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a manhunt for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives member-elect for Isoko federal constituency, Delta State, Jonathan Ukodhiko over alleged corruption and related issues, SaharaReporters has learnt. Ukodhiko, who is currently being investigated by the anti-graft agency, it was reliably gathered, has been on the run for several weeks now and has refused to honour several invitations to him by the commission to answer questions bothering on alleged corruption involving his oil and gas conglomerate companies, Joeny Holdings Limited in Port…
President Tinubu And Dangers Of Subsidy Removal, Farooq Kperogi It’s either President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his inner circle didn’t read my April 29 column titled “Six Agenda Items for Tinubu’s Success” or they did but dismissed it as the impractical, high-flown, indulgent musings of an idealistic diasporan Nigerian. The fifth item on my list concerned petrol price hikes amid the current agonizingly biting poverty in the land. I wrote: “I know that there is now an artfully manufactured consent, particularly among the gilded classes in Nigeria, about the undesirability of ‘fuel subsidy.’ I don’t care what it’s called, but…
BREAKING: Buhari’s Minister Arrested Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Buhari’s Minister Arrested The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) on Friday quizzed the former Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen over alleged fraud. A source close to the commission said that the ex-mnister who arrived at the Abuja Zonal Command of the Commission on invitation at 12pm was still being grilled by investigators of the Commission till late Friday night. Though details of the allegations against the ex-minister were sketchy, a source familiar with the case informed that it bordered on alleged corrupt enrichment to the tune of…
Guinness World Records Finally Speaks After Hilda Baci Cried Out Over Delay In Verifying Her Cook-a-thon Guinness world records has broken silence after Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci cried out over delay regarding certification of her cook-a-thon. Recall, Hilda cooked for 100 hours in Lagos state and surpassed the record of the former record holder, Lata Tondon. Following this, Nigerians have been calling on Guinness World Records to certify her feat. Baci in a recent update, expressed restlessness, revealed that she had submitted all the evidence and has been waiting for Guinness World Records to send her an email. Ayra Starr…
Daily Trust Fires Back At CBN On Naira Devaluation Report, Says ‘We Stand By Our Story Daily Trust Newspaper, a Nigerian prominent media platform, says it stands resolutely on its report that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) devalued the naira. On Thursday, the newspaper’s report that the naira traded N631 the dollar on the official widow, caused a stir in the country. The apex bank later debunked the report, adding that such was “replete with outright falsehoods and destabilising innuendos, reflecting potentially willful ignorance.” The CBN also described Daily Trust’s report as “speculative and calculated at causing panic in…
FG To Allow M€nstrual Leave Information reaching Ibom Focus says that FG To Allow M€nstrual Leave Spain’s sxxxual and reproductive health law, which includes the right for women to take time off work when they have their period, came into effect on Thursday. The Gender Equality Ministry’s bill, put forward by the left-wing government, was approved by parliament in February. Since then, amendments were passed as part of the new law. Barriers have been removed which make access to abortions and changing the gender of trans people easier. After the parliamentary vote in February, Equality Minister Irene Montero spoke of…
Tension In Abuja As New Tenants Flee With Neighbour’s Children Residents of Bako area, the Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are yet to come to terms with the disappearance of two siblings in the neighbourhood on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro gathered that two ladies, who secured an apartment in the area recently, fled with their neighbour’s children, a five-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy. The development has since thrown the community into confusion as the distraught parents of the children are currently making spirited moves to trace the fleeing ladies and recover the children. The efforts were…