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FULL TEXT OF PRES TINUBU’S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS
TEXT OF NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON THE 64TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA OCTOBER 1, 2024 Fellow Nigerians, as I address you today, I am deeply aware of the struggles many of you face in these challenging times. Our administration knows that many…
Read More »Tinubu Speaks amidst Uncertainty over Ministers’ Fates, Protests
Amidst growing uncertainty over the 46 minister’s fate and national protest, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will deliver a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 7 a.m., as part of the celebrations marking Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary. This announcement was made on Monday, September 30, 2024, through a statement…
Read More »Edo Election: The Fall of Gov Godwin Obaseki
Omatsola Etuwewe, Benin City The sight of Edo State Governor Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki in tears at an event just days before the election was unusual. It was a far cry from the boisterous and typically arrogant Obaseki, who dominated the state’s political landscape for the last eight years. His gait…
Read More »EFCC Bribery: VeryDarkMan Ignores Reps’ Questions
Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, appeared at the National Assembly on Monday, accompanied by his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju. He attended a House of Representatives Joint Committee session investigating serious corruption allegations against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Present at the hearing…
Read More »Court, Again, Stops INEC from Releasing Voters’ Register
By Deborah Nnamdi On Monday, a Federal High Court in Abuja stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from releasing voters’ registers to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, to conduct the state’s October 5, 2024 local government election. The court also barred the Inspector General of Police, IGP,…
Read More »Rolls Royce Rat Race: Traditional Rulers’, Pastors’ Brazen Opulence Amidst Poverty
In a nation plagued by poverty and a shrinking middle class, the stark contrast between Nigeria’s rich and poor is glaring. While a small elite enjoys extreme wealth, with lifestyles that rival global standards, millions live in extreme poverty. Despite being home to some of Africa’s wealthiest people, Nigeria is…
Read More »Lagos to Warri: Journey Through Bad Roads, Endless Checkpoints
Oghenekevwe Kofi As a Nigerian who regularly travels the roads between Lagos and Warri, the Wednesday, 25th September journey left me deeply troubled, and not for the first time. It was a journey marred by two significant issues: deplorable road infrastructure and the overwhelming presence of police checkpoints—at least 30…
Read More »N’Delta Women Reject Planned Protest, Rally Support for Tinubu
By Frank Efe, Warri In a significant show of solidarity, women from various Local Government Areas in the Niger Delta gathered in Warri on Wednesday to back President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government and distant themselves from a planned protest on October 1. PHOTO: (R-L) PAP administrator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, prominent…
Read More »Kaduna Bandit Leader Killed in Gangs Clash
By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt Kachalla Tukur Sharme, Kaduna’s most notorious bandit leader has been killed in a gun battle with another gang in the forest. The state’s commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who made the revelation in a press statement, said Sharme and other members…
Read More »NDLEA Intercepts N14bn Worth Illegal Drugs
By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA says its operatives have intercepted a total of Twenty-Five Million (25,000,000.00) pills of tapentadol and Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand (350,000) bottles of codeine-based syrup worth Fourteen Billion Nine Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N14,950,000,000.00) at the Tincan…
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