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Fuel Subsidy: Buhari has failed if he cannot stop petrol smuggling,...
“Government is meant to serve people…protect the lives and property and welfare of the people; that federal aspect is part of the welfare.”
Senate President...
Africa’s Electricity To Surge As Global Demand Hit Highest In 2021
Africa is experiencing new surge in electricity demand with gas seen as leading power generation in the continent.
A rapid economic rebound and extreme weather...
EFCC detains Fashola money man Supo Shasore
A former attorney general and commissioner for justice in Lagos Olasupo Shasore is being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives.
A...
Nigerian Senate proposes bill for tenants to pay monthly rent
“There are many tenants whose salaries are competing with their rents because they live in cities like Abuja. The law will prevent the poor...
DSS flouts judge’s order as Nnamdi Kanu appears in court in...
Despite the order of Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that the Department of State Services should allow Nnamdi...
Buhari’s dictator background saved Nigeria from collapse: Gov. Ayade
“Perhaps, if it was not Buhari’s administration with his military background, the country would have collapsed at this stage,” Mr Ayade said.
Cross River Governor...
I’m ‘somehow’ related to Tinubu, says female presidential aspirant, Khadija Okunnu-Lamidi
Female presidential aspirant, Khadija Okunnu-Lamidi, has said despite the respect she has for the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola...
Standard Chartered Bank Promises Staff Job Security Amid Closure Of Branches
With plans in place to close up to half of its branches in a switch to digital banking, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria has said...
Nigerians will be richer in 2022: Bismarck Rewane
He projected the country’s inflation to remain structurally high with a full year average of 13.3 per cent.
Chief Executive Officer, Financial Derivatives, Bismarck Rewane,...
Ebonyi Igbos will never be part of Biafra: Gov. Umahi
“We are not Biafra. We have been so oppressed, and now we are finding our feet, and you want us to go back. We will not. We will not,” Mr Umahi insisted.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi says Igbos in Ebonyi will not aspire for or be part of Biafra because the state has been “so oppressed.”
“First and foremost, I have been saying it, if anybody tells you about Biafra, tell them Ebonyi state will never be part of Biafra. We are not Biafra. We have been so oppressed, and now we are finding our feet, and you want us to go back. We will not. We will not,” Mr Umahi insisted.
Mr Umahi made this statement in Abakaliki Thursday after declaring he will run for president in 2023 on Wednesday.