JUST IN: Lagos On Fire As MC Oluomo Allegedly Threatens Igbo Voters To APC Or Else Musiliu Akinsanya, Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, also known as MC Oluomo, has reportedly warned Igbos in the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Addressing supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a meeting, MC Oluomo threatened Igbos who will not vote for the party to stay at home. “We have begged them. If they don’t want to vote for us, it is not a fight. Tell them, Mama Chukwudi, if you don’t want to vote for us, sit down at…
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Buhari Regime Urges Tinubu To Raise VAT Buhari Regime Urges Tinubu To Raise VAT The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has urged the incoming administration to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) from the current 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent, saying this would stimulate the country’s economic growth. The minister made the call during a courtesy visit to the headquarters of VON in Abuja. Ahmed said: “VAT was one of the ways to increase revenue and we still have to increase VAT because at 7.5 per cent, Nigeria has the lowest VAT rate…
Guber Elections: We’re Ready To Kill Anybody: Police Guber Elections: We’re Ready To Kill Anybody: Police The police have issued a stern warning to individuals and groups intending to disrupt Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections slated for 28 states across Nigeria. “Anybody that wants to disrupt the system should be ready to die, and anybody that wants to die should come out and disrupt the system. If you love your life, keep away, cast your vote, go home and wait for the result,” the deputy inspector general of police in charge of the South-East, John Amadi, issued the warning…
Rivers Polls : Wike demands Arrest Of 27 Atiku’s Men, Others, Warns Against Military Personnel For Amaechi Rivers Polls : Wike demands Arrest Of 27 Atiku’s Men, Others, Warns Against Military Personnel For Amaechi Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on security agencies to arrest and prosecute 27 politicians in the state for allegedly plotting to disrupt the governorship and House of Assembly elections with armed thugs, cultists, and gangsters in military and police uniforms. This is as the state government has petitioned the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Army Staff and other relevant authorities not to release…
BREAKING: Many Feared Killed As El-Rufai’s Security Escorts Open Fire On Protesters BREAKING: Many Feared Killed As El-Rufai’s Security Escorts Open Fire On Protesters The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise called “Shi’ites” has accusesd the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of causing the death of five members of the group when his security details allegedly opened fire on them during a protest in Kaduna. Many people including passers-by were said to be caught up in the melee on Thursday in Kaduna as many people sustained varying degree of injuries in the process. In a statement signed by the…
Peterside Mocks People That Rushing To Congratulate Tinubu , Says They Haven’t Seen Available Evidence Peterside Mocks People That Rushing To Congratulate Tinubu , Says They Haven’t Seen Available Evidence The founder of Anap Foundation, Atedo Peterside, on Wednesday, said those rushing to congratulate the president-elect, Bola Tinubu are doing so because they have not seen available evidence alleging that the presidential election was rigged. The foremost economist, who spoke in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, said it is still premature to congratulate Tinubu. He said he would only congratulate the winner of the 2023 presidential election when…
Fresh Trouble Hits Wike For Deceiving Ugwuanyi, Ortom, Ikpeazu, Into Political Suicide Fresh Trouble Hits Wike For Deceiving Ugwuanyi, Ortom, Ikpeazu, Into Political Suicide The Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, deceived Governors Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Samuel Ortom (Benue) into committing political suicide. Atiku’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, said betrayal, hypocrisy and deception were part of Wike and that was why he had lost relevance outside Rivers “and had become nothing but a bull in a China shop”. Shaibu’s statement was in response…
Principal Who Sent Student Home For Wrapping Book With Obi’s Poster Lands In Big Trouble The Lagos State Government has queried the principal of Odomola Secondary School in Epe for sending a 10-year-old student, Marvellous Barinaadaa, home over a political poster. The principal reportedly sent Barinaadaa out of the the class for using the poster of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, to wrap a notebook. The student’s mother had taken to social media, appealing to Nigerians to come to the family’s rescue, stating that the girl is 10 and innocent. “This is…
Dogara Finally Speaks On His New Political Party Dogara Finally Speaks On His New Political Party A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and member representing Dass/Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency, Yakubu Dogara, has said for now he does not belong to any political party and is only supporting candidates regardless of their political parties for elective positions in the 2023 general elections. Dogara made this known on Wednesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. Recall that Dogara defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party after strongly opposing the former’s Muslim-Muslim ticket and declaring…
Finally, Buhari To Sack Emefiele, Malami Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Buhari To Sack Emefiele, Malami A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress from Edo, Prince John Mayaki, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari over his statement exonerating himself from the Central Bank Governor’s disobedience of the Supreme Court judgment on the old Naira notes. The apex Court had ruled on March 3 that the old Naira notes remained legal tender till December 31, 2023. Eleven days after the judgment and on the heels of public outcry, President Buhari through one of his spokespersons, Mallam Garba Shehu has exonerated himself,…