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Lagos, Dec. 5, 2023 – Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, says the bombing of villagers of Tudun Biri in Kaduna State by the Nigerian Army was regrettable and a national embarrassment. Obi expressed his displeasure over the incident in a statement via his official X ,former Twitter, handle on Tuesday. While commiserating with the families of the victims, he advised the military to exercise utmost caution and professionalism in future so as to avoid this kind of embarrassment to the military and …

Abeokuta, Dec. 3, 2023 – Three industries have been closed down by Ogun State Government over environmental issues. Ola Oresanya, the state Commissioner for the Environment, said he gave the order for the closure of the three companies. According to a statement on the official X, formerly Twitter, handle, the affected companies infringed on the environmental best practices in the state. He listed the affected companies as Ruili Recycling Limited in Mowe, Robust International PTE Limited also in Mowe, and Star Pipe Limited in Sagamu. Oresanya alleged that Ruili Recycling …

Lagos, Nov. 30, 2023- Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, has appealed to the Federal and state governments to stop ongoing demolition of buildings. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday, Obi the  governments to stop the demolitions as Nigerians are facing enough economic hardships already. He said what a sensitive government ought to be doing under the current harsh economic conditions was to come up with measures aimed at alleviating the people’s hardships, rather than inflicting more wounds on …

Osogbo, Nov. 29, 2023 – The Osun State Government has approved N15,000 monthly allowance for workers in the state as part of palliatives on petrol subsidy removal. The state government also approved N10,000 allowance for pensioners. A circular on these allowances, dated November 28th, 2023 with reference number BHR&CB/08/LIR/23 and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Sunday Fadele, was released on Wednesday. The circular titled, “Implementation of Palliatives for Active Workers and Pensioners in Osun State”,  read in parts: “Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has graciously approved the monthly payment of …

Riyadh, Nov. 15, 2023 – President Bola Tinubu has started negotiations for multi-billion dollar loans from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for infrastructure development. Ajuri Ngelale, the Presidential Spokesman, disclosed this in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday through a press statement. He said Tinubu started the negotiations in a meeting with the Vice-President (Country Programs) of the IDB, Dr Mansur Muhtar in Makka on Monday. Tinubu called on the bank to assistant Nigeria as the country needed funds for the development of key infrastructure. “We have serious deficits in port …

Abuja, Oct. 26, 2023 – The Supreme Court has affirmed  the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the petitions of Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of Labour Party as lacking in merit. In the unanimous judgment delivered by Justice John Okoro, the court upheld Tinubu’s election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on February 25 and affirmed by the Appeal Court on September 6. “The judgment of the court below delivered on …

Abuja, Oct. 25, 2023 – The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) says it has shared N903.48 billion distributable revenue in September to the federal government, states and local government councils. A communique issued by the FAAC at its October, 2023 meeting indicated that Gross statutory revenue of N 1014.953 billion was received for the month of September 2023. This was higher than the N891.934 billion received in the month of August 2023 by N123.019 billion. From the distributable revenue,  the Federal Government received a total of N320.543 billion, the State …

By Paul Ejime Lagos, Oct. 22, 2023 – With the resurgence of military incursions in politics and the concerning deconsolidation of Western-style democracy in Africa, Benin Republic’s Foreign Minister Olusegun Adjadi Bakari, has lent his call on African countries to adopt effective governance systems consistent with the socio-cultural and ethnic diversities of their people. “Western-type multiparty democracy is not working for Africa, so the countries must rethink their political framework putting into consideration Africa’s cultural and ethnic diversity,” Bakari told scholars, diplomats, and researchers on African affairs at the British …