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NELFUND: Deputy Speaker, Assures S/East Students Will Be Included In FG’s Loan Soon, Says Governors, NASS Members On Top Of Situation

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has given assurance that students from the south east geopolitical zone will soon be included in the Federal Government students’ loan. It will be recalled that the South East Caucus in the National Assembly has protested the exclusion...

NNPC’s acquisition of OVH: Oil, gas sector should not be politicised – Rep Onuoha slams Atiku

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

A member of the House of Representatives representing Isiala Mbano/Onuimo/Okigwe Federal Constituency, Miriam Onuoha, has warned that the oil and gas sector of the economy is too critical to be politicized. This is even as she hinted that she will not be a willing tool for the opposition to destroy...

Tinubu appoints new bosses for NIA, DSS

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Directors-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and the Department of State Services, DSS. Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed was named the new Director-General of the NIA while Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is the new Director-General of the DSS. This was disclosed in a...

Independent Report indicts Zamfara, Kano Governors as major sponsors of recent nationwide protests

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

A recent independent report has indicted Governors Dauda Lawal and Abba Kabir Yusuf of Zamfara and Kano states as major sponsors of the recently held nationwide protests. The report condemned the roles played by the two governors in escalating the protests into violent and destructive actions. The report, released by...

Zamfara APC Exposes State Govt’s Fertiliser Scandal

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has blown the lid off a fertiliser scandal involving the state government, alleging that it purchased the commodity at an inflated price. According to a statement signed by Yusuf Idris Gusau, its Publicity Secretary, the government bought 75 trailer loads of fertiliser for...

Comply with verification – S’East lawmakers to tertiary institutions

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

The Southeast caucus of the National Assembly has urged tertiary institutions in the zone to comply with the verification request of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, for the disbursement of loans to students. The caucus made this call in a statement through its leaders, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe and Rep....

‘Seems Tinubu continued Buhari’s insult on Igbos’ – Lawyer, Ejimakor

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused President Bola Tinubu of continuing his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari’s insult to the Igbo. Ejimakor said Kanu’s continued incarceration is the highest insult to the Igbo. Posting on X, Ejimakor wrote: “Buhari’s...

Nigerian Minister, Lokpobiri explains why fuel smuggling, pipeline vandalism cannot stop

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri has said the twin problems of petrol smuggling and oil theft is caused by the products subsidy and corroded pipelines. Lokpobiri disclosed this at the just-concluded Energy and Labour Summit 2024 organised by Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria in...

Peter – Nigerian govt’s clampdown on journalists undermining democracy

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

Former presidential candidate and erstwhile national chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Chief Peter Ameh, has called for the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience being held by the government. Ameh, in a statement made available to the media on Monday, said it was alarming to hear about the...

Yoruba Group Writes Tinubu, Demands Sack of NNPCL Boss Over Corruption Allegations

NewsDeskNgAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

The Yoruba Progressive Coalition (YPC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to sack Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPCL), over allegations of corruption and mismanagement. In an open letter to the President, the YPC expressed deep concerns about the state of affairs at the...