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NNPCL’s ‘Dollars for Crude’ Policy a Direct Attack on Local Refineries – Centre

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2025March 25, 20250

The Centre for Energy Development and Economic Sustainability (CEDES) has strongly condemned the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over the recent Naira-for-Crude policy, warning that the move is a deliberate attempt to cripple local refineries and sustain Nigeria’s dependence on fuel imports. In a statement issued in Abuja on...

Reverse emergency rule in Rivers, Nigerian Professionals in Europe Tell Tinubu

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2025March 25, 20250

The Association of Nigerian Professionals in Europe (ANPE) has condemned the recent imposition of a state of emergency in Rivers State, calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reverse the decision and restore democratic governance in the state Last Tuesday March 18, 2025, President Bola Tinubu relying on Section 305...

Internal Medicine Specialist warns of rare diabetes complication linked to SGLT2 inhibitors

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2025March 25, 20250

Nigerian internal medicine specialist Dr. Jerry Adeyemo, based in Germany, has warned about a rare but serious complication associated with SGLT2 inhibitors, a widely used class of drugs for managing Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Adeyemo’s study focuses on a 63-year-old male patient with Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease who...

Group Denounces Allegations Linking Justice Agim to Wike at UNICAL Convocation

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2025March 25, 20250

The Coalition for Judicial Integrity and Accountability (CJIA) has dismissed as false and malicious the claims that Justice Emmanuel Agim of the Supreme Court accompanied Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to the University of Calabar (UNICAL) convocation ceremony on Saturday, March 22, 2025. The group, after...

I’m still not rich by Nigeria’s standards – Jide Kosoko

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2025March 25, 20250

Veteran actor Jide Kosoko shares his thoughts on his over 60-year career in Nollywood, revealing that despite his fame, he hasn’t achieved significant wealth by Nigerian standards. The 71-year-old Kosoko, who began his acting career as a child actor in 1964, has appeared in hundreds of Nollywood movies. However, he...

Rita Dominic denies obstructing reporters in Ghana

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2025March 25, 20250

Seasoned actress Rita Dominic has denied that she prevented reporters from doing their job during a birthday celebration in Ghana. Taking to her Instagram story, Rita dismissed the rumours as “entirely false” and “lame”, emphasising that as a public figure, she values the importance of the press and would never...

Adeleke condemns level of destruction at Ifon, Ilobu

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2025March 25, 20250

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke yesterday visited Ifon in Orolu Local Government and Ilobu in Irepodun Council to inspect the level of destruction in the warring communities. It was reported that over 100,000 residents were displaced; lives were lost and over N2billon property were destroyed during the clash, which later...

State of Emergency: Pro-democracy activists petition ECOWAS President, member states over unconstitutional action by President Tinubu in Rivers

NewsDeskNgMar 24, 2025March 24, 20250

A Nigerian pro-democracy coalition, Concerned Nigerians in Defence of Democratic Governance, has petitioned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), urging urgent intervention over what it describes as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s moves to undermine democracy in the country following the recent development in Rivers State. In a letter addressed...

Enugu’s Conundrum -The Illusion of Progress Amidst Neglect

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2025March 22, 20250

By Abdullahi Haruna In governance, priorities define leadership. A state’s commitment to its people is not measured by the grandeur of its projects but by the tangible impact of its policies on daily life. Infrastructure can be a marker of progress, but when it is pursued at the expense of...

Emergency Rule: Pro-Democracy Group Slams National Assembly for Endorsing Executive Lawlessness in Rivers

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2025March 22, 20250

The Coalition of Democrats in Africa (CoDA) has condemned the National Assembly’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, calling it a “shameful endorsement of executive lawlessness” and a “dangerous precedent that will haunt Nigeria for years to come”. In a statement signed...