How security report forced Buhari to cancel planned subsidy removal

Eniola Akinkuotu, Okechukwu Nnodim, Leke Baiyewu and Sami Olatunji 28 January 2022 Kindly share this story: FG feared subsidy protests could be worse than #EndSARS – Source Reps to summon major oil marketers, transporters, Customs, others World Bank, IMF may decline Nigeria’s loan requests over fuel subsidy Details have emerged on how  security advice forced […]

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APC zones chairmanship seat to North-Central, lists South-East for secretary

Eniola Akinkuotu and Stephen Angbulu 19 January 2022 Kindly share this story: The leadership of the All Progressives Congress may have decided to zone the National Secretary position of the APC to the South-East while the North-Central will get the chairmanship of the party. The deputy national chairman (South) is expected to go to the […]

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Buhari didn’t direct anyone to remove petrol subsidy – Lawan

Stephen Angbulu 19 January 2022 Kindly share this story:  The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has not asked any official in his regime to implement the removal of petroleum subsidy. Lawan disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday after a meeting with the President at the […]

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National Assembly under fire as BudgIT uncovers N378.9bn duplicated projects

Leke Baiyewu 18 January 2022 Kindly share this story: BudgIT Nigeria, a civic-tech organisation, on Monday, announced its discovery of 460 duplicated projects valued at N378.9bn in the 2022 Appropriation Act, accusing the National Assembly of padding the Federal Government’s budget, among other allegations. The National Assembly kept mum on Monday as BudgIT Nigeria, a […]

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Buni hails Buhari, says people in North-East now sleep with both eyes closed

Buni hails Buhari, says people in North-East now sleep with both eyes closed Segun Adewole 16 January 2022 Kindly share this story: The Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has hailed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for his untiring efforts at restoring peace and normalcy to the troubled North-East. This was disclosed […]

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Nnamdi Kanu: South-East govs, Igbo leaders to meet Buhari, insist on political solution

Nnamdi Kanu: South-East govs, Igbo leaders to meet Buhari, insist on political solution Raphael Ede 17 January 2022 Kindly share this story: The South-East Governors Forum, leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Igbo leaders of thought will meet the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), within the first quarter of the year over Biafra agitation and […]

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My 48-hour ordeal in France over Nigeria’s COVID-19 permit – Soyinka

Gbenga Adeniji 29 October 2021 Kindly share this story:  Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said he was prevented from boarding at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, for failing to obtain what the airline staff described as a ‘permit to travel’ to Nigeria. Soyinka spoke in Lagos on the theme, […]

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Govs cry out, demand action from Buhari as 21 more Nigerians killed

Olalekan Adetayo,Sunday Aborisade, Leke Baiyewu and Solomon Odeniyi28 April 2021Kindly share this story: • Security situation very pathetic, Buhari should be told the truth, says Zulum Senators and three governors on Tuesday expressed concern about the nationwide ceaseless killings and kidnappings in the country, urging the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd,), to seek foreign […]

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