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President BOLA TINUBU has formally concluded his tenure as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and called on regional leaders to remain steadfast in their commitment to peace, security, and inclusive development.  Delivering his closing remarks at the 67th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority held in Abuja yesterday, President TINUBUacknowledged the challenging terrain that defined his tenure—marked by political disruptions and […]

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has raised serious alarm over discrepancies involving trillions of naira in the audited financial statements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), describing the revelations as mind-boggling and worrisome. The committee,  during the investigative session held yesterday and chaired by ALIYU WADADA, where the Chief Financial Officer, DAPO SEGUN, was present, questioned the absence of detailed records justifying massive legal and auditing fees, as well as contradictions in receivables reportedly worth over N210 trillion […]

Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the Abia State government is attempting to silence the PDP and other opposition voices in the state. The party was reacting to the alarm raised by the Abia State government about a recent political meeting held at the home of former Governor OKEZIE IKPEAZU in Obingwa LGA. In a press statement signed by PDP’s Publicity Secretary in Abia, ERIC IKWUAGWU, the […]

Dangote Refinery and petroleum products depot owners have increased their ex-depot prices of premium motor spirit owing to the spike in global oil prices as Israel-Iran strikes entered day five yesterday. Data from Petroleumprice.ng showed that Dangote Refinery’s petrol price rose to N840 from N825 as of Monday, Rainoil’s price surged to N900 from N850 per litre, while Fynefield and Mainland jerked their ex-depot prices to N930 and N920, adding N51 […]

The member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, TERSEER UGBOR, says the communities in Benue state will have to come up with ways to defend themselves against their attackers. UGBOR, who stated this during an interview, said that Benue had for a long time not had a local security outfit that could serve as a defence mechanism against such attacks, adding that the military formations currently in Benue are for […]

President BOLA TINUBU has announced plans to clear his schedule in order to visit Benue State on Wednesday, June 18,  to commiserate with the people, following last Saturday’s deadly attack in Yelewata community that claimed many lives. TINUBU stated this yesterday when he inaugurated the Greater Abuja Water Supply Network in the nation’s capital, where he sympathized with the people of Benue State and those who lost their loved ones in the attacks, urging the […]

There seems to be a looming crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the Governor of Borno State, BABAGANA ZULUM, yesterday, led a protest after the party’s leaders endorsed President BOLA TINUBU for reelection without including Vice President KASHIM SHETTIMA.  It all started when the APC National Chairman, ABDULLAHI GANDUJE, and National Vice Chairman (North-East), MUSTAPHA SALIHU, at a North-East stakeholders meeting in Gombe, endorsed TINUBU for a second term without acknowledging SHETTIMA. GANDUJE and SALIHU had to be escorted out […]

President BOLA TINUBU has issued a directive to Nigeria’s security chiefs, instructing them to implement his earlier orders to restore peace and order in violence-stricken areas, with particular emphasis on Benue State. In a statement released yesterday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA, the President also tasked the governor of Benue State, HYACINTH ALIA,with the urgent responsibility of convening reconciliation meetings among the conflicting groups within the state. He called on Governor ALIA to urgently initiate dialogue between warring parties, […]