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Release details of petrol landing cost, pricing template, Atiku’s aide dares FG

NewsDeskNgSep 25, 2023September 25, 20230

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has dared the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to publish the landing cost of petrol as well as the pricing template being used by the government to keep the cost of petrol at less than N640 per litre....

Governor Otu charges youths on responsible use of social media

NewsDeskNgSep 25, 2023September 25, 20230

Governor Otu receiving the Award of Grand Patron of Cross River Youths from Comrade Obo. Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has charged youths on the responsible use of social media in shaping positive narrative about the state. The governor gave the charge when members of the leadership of...

Tinubu’s alleged forgery: APC youth leader pleads with Atiku to discontinue case in US Court

NewsDeskNgSep 25, 2023September 25, 20230

A youth leader of the All Progressives Congress, Hyde Kalu has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar to drop his case pursuing the validity of President Bola Tinubu’s educational qualifications in the United States. The APC youth leader in...

Tinubu Will Revamp Nigeria’s Economy, Boost Energy Sector, Says Rone, FLNG Boss

NewsDeskNgSep 25, 2023September 25, 20230

A leading gas company, UTM Offshore Ltd, owner of Nigeria’s first Floating Liquified Natural Gas (UTM FLNG) company has x-rayed the policy thrust of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration and expressed optimism that the administration would revamp the nation’s productive sector. The Managing Director of UTM Offshore Ltd, Dr....

7th NYG: Anambra defeated Kano State in female volleyball

NewsDeskNgSep 25, 2023September 25, 20230

Anambra’s female team on Sunday started their campaign in the volleyball event of the ongoing National Youth Games (NYG) in Asaba with a 2-1 win over their Kano state counterparts. The Anambra girls secured the hard-fought victory in the game played at the Ogwashi-Uku Township Stadium on day one of...

Reps move to ensure enrollment of 14m out-of-school children

NewsDeskNgSep 25, 2023September 25, 20230

…target to lift 16.5m out of poverty The House of Representatives is working on a framework that will ensure that over 14 million out-of-school Nigerian children are back to schools. The framework, which is in form of an intervention through the House Committee on Alternative Education, chaired by Rep. Almustapha...

Holding Tinubu’s ministers to account using performance indicators

NewsDeskNgSep 25, 2023September 25, 20230

By Ezenwa Nwagwu Since the swearing in of ministers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, there have been debates on issues which, in my opinion, are time-wasting and unnecessary. Nigerians seem fixated about who got what. There have been a lot of discussions about whether the ministers are technocrats or politicians...

Stop Ritual Killings Targeted At Albinos In Southern Nigeria Now

NewsDeskNgSep 24, 2023September 24, 20230

By Nnene Bassey The spate of ritual killings targeted People with Albinism (PWA), particularly in the Southern region of Nigeria, are not only heinous acts but also a violation of their fundamental rights to life and freedom as enshrined in Sections 33 and 39 of the Nigerian Constitution. When someone...

Atiku’s aide, Shaibu unveils 10 ‘Big lies’ by Tinubu’s govt

NewsDeskNgSep 24, 2023September 24, 20230

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has unveilled what he described as “the 10 big lies” that have so far characterised President Bola Tinubu administration. Shaibu said in a statement on Sunday that the repeated lies were evidence that Tinubu’s only plan was to...

Why Biden avoided meeting with Tinubu, French President Macron’s connection – CRPA

NewsDeskNgSep 24, 2023September 24, 20230

A group, the Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy (CRPA) has unveiled why President Joe Biden of the United States of America failed to honour a scheduled meeting with his Nigerian counterpart, President Bola Tinubu at the end of the United Nations General Assembly session in New York last week....