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The presidential candidate of the Labor Party LP in the last general election Peter Obi has insisted that he was not desperate to be President of Nigeria but that he desired the country to work. OBI while reacting to his award as the Leadership Politician of the year 2023 at the annual Leadership Conference and Awards in Abuja added that young Nigerians should be productively engaged to eliminate poverty and crime. The former governor of Anambra State also said it was a shame for Ukraine, a war-torn country, to donate grains to […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC Maiduguri Zonal Command has intercepted 21 food trucks heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic, and Cameroon.  Announcing the seizure in a statement on its X handle yesterday, the anti-graft agency said the trucks were intercepted in a sting operation at major exit routes along Kalabiri/Gambori Ngala and Bama roads, Borno State  The commission stated that the arrest of the trucks is expected to stem the tide of food insecurity occasioned by unscrupulous […]

President BOLA TINUBU has arrived in Nigeria after a two-day trip to QATAR at the request of the Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani.  TINUBU arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 6:37 pm yesterday where he was welcomed by government dignitaries led by Vice President Kashim Shettima.  During his visit to the Asian nation, the President signed several agreements with the Qatari authorities ranging from education to sports.  He also had conversations with the country’s business community about investment […]

The Nigeria Labor Congress NLC has insisted that the only thing that would stop the planned nationwide strike over the hardship in the country was the federal government’s honoring of the agreement it had with labor. In the latest letter written to the government, where the NLC dismissed claims by the federal government that it had fulfilled 80 percent of the October 2, 2023, agreement with organizedlabor, they asked the government to come out clean on any part of the agreement it fully fulfilled, NLC in the letter […]

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to release about 42,000 metric tons of maize, millet, and other commodities in strategic reserves to address the rising cost of food in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris said this yesterday at the State House in Abuja after a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention. Idris said the Rice […]

The People’s Democratic Party PDP has canceled the Etsako Central ward delegates election in Edo State over the alleged kidnap of nine electoral officers. The PDP chairman in the State Tony Aziegbemi who stated this when he spoke with newsmen in Benin yesterday said the decision was taken by Governor Peter Mbah led delegates congress committee, but said the cancellation would not affect the February 22 PDP governorship primaries. Aziegbemi […]

The 10th Assembly is considering an upward review of the 5.079 billion Naira revenue target of the Nigeria Customs Service NCS from the second half of the year to save the country from further borrowings. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs Isah Jibrin stated this during a meeting with the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service Adewale Adeniyi and top management of the agency, emphasizing why revenue-generating agencies must up their game to improve the […]