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Akapabio Attacking Emefiele To Divert Attention From His EFCC Case — Arewa Youths

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

The Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has described the attacks on the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as mere attempts to divert attention from his case before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The northern...

How Lion kills zoo keeper while feeding animals in OAU

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

Anine-year-old lion has reportedly murdered Olabode Olawuyi, a staff member of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife Zoological Park. A statement by the public relations officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, confirming the incident said Olawuyi, until his death was a Veterinary Technologist, who had been in charge of the Zoological garden...

Cement price to drop to N7000

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

Cement manufacturers have agreed to bring down the price of the product to between N7,000 and N8,000 per 50kg depending on the location nationwide. During a meeting initiated by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and attended by his counterparts from the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment, including Doris Uzoka-Anite,...

Tinubu’s govt diverting funds through secret petrol subsidy, says Atiku’s aide

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, says the refusal of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to react to recent reports on the return of petrol subsidy shows that public funds have begun going into private pockets. Shaibu said this in a statement Monday in...

NSCDC: Certificate Forgery and Implication for National Security

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

BY SAGIR WAHEED In recent times, Nigeria has been grappling with a concerning issue that strikes at the heart of its national security apparatus – the proliferation of certificates forgery in within the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). This alarming trend not only undermines the integrity of the...

Reviewing Kano Emirates will cause another Political crisis, says group

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

The Right Hon. Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly.Kano State House of Assembly Complex,Audu Bako Secretariat,Kano, Sir, THE NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND PUT ON HOLD ALL AGITATIONS INVOLVING THE REVIEW OF THE LAW ESTABLISHING THE NEWLY CREATED EMIRATES IN THE FACE...

Hardship: No protest in Southeast, South-south until Biafra Referendum- BRGIE

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

The Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile says there will be no protest in Igbo land and other parts of South-south in Nigeria over economic hardship until the Biafra referendum. The Finland-based lawyer Ekpa disclosed this on his official X account on Sunday.He noted that Igbos are...

RCCG seeks God’s intervention in Nigeria’s security, economic challenges

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

Thousands of Redeemed Christian Church(RCCG) members on Sunday in Abuja called on God to intercede and provide answers to Nigeria’s current security and economic challenges. Pastor Tunde Benjamin Laniyi of the RCCG Throne room, Transcop Abuja, who led the walk in Abuja said there is no challenge beyond God. The...

2Baba has been shot dead in Rivers State

NewsDeskNgFeb 19, 2024February 19, 20240

Notorious cult leader and the prime suspect in the brutal murder of the late Divisional Police Officer, SP Bako Angbashim, in the state, Gift Okpara, popularly referred to as 2Baba, has been reportedly killed in a police-led major security raid. The police and other security agencies were said to have...

Gov. Otu hails Abia Gov Otti at 59

NewsDeskNgFeb 18, 2024February 18, 20240

Governor Bassey Otu has extended his best wishes to his Abia State counterpart and friend, Dr. Alex Otti, on his 59th birthday celebrations. The Cross River State Governor, in a birthday message by Emmanuel Ogbeche, his Chief Press Secretary, described Otti as a titan amongst the pantheons of revolutionary bankers...