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Tinubu set to travel to China to perfect rail contract, other MOUs

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

Plans are being perfected for President Bola Tinubu to travel to China by the first week of September 2024. According to the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the trip will afford Tinubu an opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister, Xi Jinping, during which bilateral matters will...

Northern youths write Tinubu, demand sack of NMDPRA boss

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

The Coalition of Northern Youths Organization has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, calling for the sack of the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed. The northern youths further issued a seven-day ultimatum asking Ahmed to resign or...

Northern Forum Hail Tinubu Over Appointment Of NIA, DSS DGs

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

A prominent socio-political group in Northern Nigeria, Northern Alternative Forum (NAF), has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for 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...

Ekpa claims 50 million voted for self-referendum

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

The Simon Ekpa-led Biafra Republic Government in Exile, BRGIE, has claimed that over 50 million persons have voted for self-referendum. Ekpa, known as the Prime Minister of BRGIE, disclosed this in a statement through his official X account on Tuesday. According to him, the flair with which Biafrans embraced the...

Civil rights group calls for investigation of Matrix Oil over importation of blended crude, violation of sanctions on Russian oil

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

The Centre for Accountability and Transparency (CAAT) has called for an investigation into Matrix Oil’s importation of blended crude oil, alleging violation of international sanctions on Russian oil. Speaking at a press conference, convener Okwa Dan claims Matrix Oil’s actions have caused economic sabotage, environmental pollution, and health risks to...

Troops arrest man in Yobe for allegedly diverting govt equipment

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

Troops of Forward Operations Base (FOB) in Yobe have arrested a 43-year-old man for having 19 seed-planting machines. The planters were among items that the state government recently distributed to farmers for free under its Agriculture Empowerment Programme. This was contained in a statement by retired Brig.- Gen. Dahiru Abdulsalam,...

Security expert calls for strategy review

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

Dr Hassan Sadique, a security expert has urged the military and other sister agencies to review their strategies in the ongoing fight against insurgency and other criminal activities in the country. Sadique made the call in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. The security expert noted that it had become...

Group flays NASS education committees for excluding South-East universities from NELFUND disbursement

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

A pro-democracy group in Abia State, the Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), has criticized the two chambers of the National Assembly Education Committees for excluding South-East universities from the disbursement of loans to students across the 19 tertiary institutions under the recently launched Nigerian Education Loan Fund...

Zangon Kataf council chairmanship: Group warns against violating rotation agreement

NewsDeskNgAug 27, 2024August 27, 20240

The people of Zangon Kataf have raised concerns about the violation of the agreed rotation of the council chairmanship between the people of Zonkwa and Zango Kataf constituencies. The agreement ensures that the council chairmanship is returned to the other constituency after the incumbent finishes his or her term in...

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...