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Economic hardship: Tinubu will kill Nigerians if hunger doesn’t, says Atiku’s aide

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

The fallout of the shambolic policies of President Bola Tinubu’s led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is killing Nigerians even as there are no efforts to stem the tide, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has said. Shaibu said in a statement on Thursday...

FG, governors agree to establish state police

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

The Federal Government and governors of the 36 states of the federation have agreed to set up state police as the nation struggles to curtail insecurity. The agreement was reached during an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the governors, which took place at the presidential villa, Abuja on...

FG drops the #RevolutionNow convener’s treason trial

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

Nigerian government has announced its discontinuance of the treason trial against the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. The notice of discontinuance was served at the Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday by the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi. Confirming this development in...

Magu: FCMB bows to pressure, deposits N540m damages awarded to Prophet Omale

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has obeyed the order of the Court of Appeal in Abuja and deposited the N540million damages awarded to Prophet Emmanuel Omale into an interest yielding account of the Chief Registrar of the court. The FCMB paid the money into an interest yielding account of...

Economic hardship: Governor Sule approves N1bn to clear outstanding gratuity from 1999-2010

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

Governor Abdullahi Sule has approved the disbursements of the sum of one billion naira meant to clear the outstanding gratuity of both local and state government retirees from 1999 to 2010, numbering over 1000. Governor Sule announced this when he undertook an on the spot assessment of the ongoing screening...

“Wike, Abuja Investment Company Limited, and the Development of the Federal Capital Territory”

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

Since the 21st of August 2023, when Chief Nyesom Wike resumed office as the Hon Minister of the FCT, Abuja has not been the same. The FCT has become once more a big construction site with road works causing diversions and attendant traffic jam. The citizens of Abuja definitely see...

Loots recovered by Buhari administration re-looted – SERAP

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

By Augustine Aminu The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has alleged that all the stolen public funds recovered between 2016 and 2019 by the immediate past administration of Muhammadu Buhari are missing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). SERAP which stated this via its verified X-page on Wednesday,...

Nigerians Express Worry About Quackery in the Medical Field

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

By Augustine Aminu …As PWDs say, It’s a major cause of disabilities Government at all levels and regulatory agencies have been tasked to adopt more stringent measures to curb medical quackery bedevilling the nation’s health sector. President of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Dr. Casimir Ifeanyi,...

Female TikToker Nabbed In Kano For Going Out At Night

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

A Kano based popular female TikToker, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, has been arrested by the State Hisbah Board over alleged immorality. The chairman of Operation ‘Kai da badala,’ who is also the Officer-in-charge of Surveillance, Alhaji Aliyu Usman, confirmed the arrest of Murja, saying that she was arrested following several hours...

Hardship: Tinubu, govs in emergency meeting in Aso Rock

NewsDeskNgFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

By Augustine Aminu President Bola Tinubu is currently in a meeting with state governors and some security chiefs at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it is believed to be part of move to find a way out of the...