The immediate-past Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has vowed to sue the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for alleged defamation. The Senate president had at Senator Barinada Mpigi’s thanksgiving service in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State on February 18, stated that President Bola Tinubu’s administration did not know the crime to charge Emefiele with. He added that the President inherited an economic mess from the former CBN governor. However, in a letter through his lawyer, Mathew Burkaa (SAN), addressed to Akpabio, Emefiele demanded an apology in written form and published in the media or be slammed with…
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The separatist Indigenous People of Biafra has urged people in the South-East not to join the festering protests by Nigerians against the current economic hardship in the country under the government of President Bola Tinubu. The separatist group warned that such protests must not take place in the southeastern states because Igbo had long lost interest in Nigeria and were only waiting for an opportunity to leave. The group made the claim in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesman, Emma Powerful. Powerful warned that anyone who organized any protest against economic hardship in the South-East would put Ndigbo in…
Date: 2024-Feb-21 🎯TOPIC: A PLEA FOR MERCY 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/1SHCJVfJR5Q?si=up3QAIK4LyCLIuP9 ✝️TEXT: Psalm 57: 1-11(NKJV) 57:1. To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David when he fled from Saul into the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until [these] calamities have passed by. 57:2. I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs [all things] for me. 57:3. He shall send from heaven and…
The military junta in Guinea has dissolved the interim government and sealed all borders. Amara Camara, the presidency’s secretary general, read the decree on Monday on national TV. Camara said directors of cabinet, secretary generals, and their deputies, will be in charge until a new government is formed. The officer did not specify when a new cabinet would be formed or why the dissolution was made. In a separate communiqué, Ibrahima Bangoura, chief of staff of the armed forces, said the dissolved government officials were mandated to return their vehicles and passports as soon as possible. Bangoura added that their…
Political activist, Aisha Yesufu, has slammed Nigerians protesting over the high level of economic hardship in the country. Nigerians are currently going through untold economic hardship as many families can no longer boast of a square meal per day. The situation has led to protests in some parts of the country with residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital being the latest to take to the streets to show their anger. Correspondent reports that angry youths in Oyo State hit the streets to protest the high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship in the country. Our…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ibrahim Tajudeen Shola, has cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to jettison the advice by the International Monetary Fund, IMF, to remove electricity subsidy. In an open letter to the president, he said the action would compound the suffering of the poor masses and may lead to serious chaos in the country. An earlier report recalls that the IMF in its report entitled ‘IMF Executive Board Concludes Post Financing Assessment with Nigeria,’ reiterated the importance of eliminating the subsidies to redirect resources towards more targeted and impactful social welfare programmes. “Temporary and targeted…
Civil servants in Niger State, operating under the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, have resolved to embark on an indefinite strike action to express their grievances to the state government. The strike is expected to commence by 8 am on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, following the failure of the state government to meet the demands presented by the NLC, despite previous negotiations. The NLC, in a letter addressed to Governor Mohammed Bago and signed by the NLC Chairman, Idrees Lafene, and the Trade Union Congress Chairman, Ibrahim Gana, expressed disappointment over the government’s failure to meet their demands and reiterated their…
The Methodist Church Nigeria has commended the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for contemplating the establishment of state police to curb the growing rate of insecurity across the country. This was, even as the Church called on President Tinubu, Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia and relevant agencies to come to the aide of the people of Agatu, Otukpo and Apa Local Government of Benue State, who have come under sustained attacks from Fulani herdsmen for the past weeks. Rising from a 3-day apex Leadership and Prayer Retreat for the Dioceses in the Northern Region held at the Norcross Memorial Cathedral,…
The veterinary technologist in charge of the Zoological Garden of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Mr. Olabode Olawuyi, has been killed by a lion on the campus. The management of the institution in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olanrewaju, explained that the incident happened when the deceased was feeding the animals in their den at the garden. Olanrewaju said other members of staff who were at the scene of the incident did everything within their power to rescue the deceased, but the wild cat had already caused severe fatalities on his body. The statement…
A former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and governorship aspirant in Edo State on the platform of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, has petitioned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over lack of preparation for the primary election by the party. He also alleged that there was no transparency by the Labour Party over the primary election. In the petition, he signed, Akpata said, “the purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention and petition you about the lack of preparedness and transparency surrounding the Labour Party’s planned primary elections to produce a…