President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of former Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Aminu Masari as Chairman of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement on Tuesday night that Senator Sani Danladi, Mr. Sunday Adepoju and Mr. Nurudeen Adeyemi will serve as members of the 6-man Board. The...
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FG accuses Obaseki of fuelling hunger protests
The federal government has indicted Governor Godwin Obaseki, accusing him of fuelling #EndBadGovernance protests against hunger in some parts of the State, including the King square in Benin City that was widely attended by residents of the State. The Minister of Nigeria Delta Development, Abubakar Momoh made the allegation on Tuesday Channels Television ‘morning brief’....
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NDDC N81.5 bn forensic Audit Report missing: FG
The federal government on Tuesday declared the forensic Audit Report on N81.5 bn expenditure of Niger Delta Development Ministry missing, raising fresh concerns about President Bola Tinubu led-government will in tackling corruption. The fund involving the then Minister of Niger Delta, now Senate President Godswill Akpabio, appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Niger...
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OPINION: Nigerian military flags, not Russian flags
By Farooq Kperogi I had been distraught with deep sadness over what I thought was the unwarranted, self-denigrating, and counter-productive celebration of Russian flags by #EndBadGovernance protesters in the far North until someone called my attention to the fact that it is actually the flag of the Nigerian Armed Forces that protesters display—or intend to...
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Minister tags hunger ‘protests madness’, apologizes
The Minister of State Steel Development, Uba Maigari Ahmadu who dubbed the nationwide #EndBadGovernance in Nigeria ― “protests madness” on a Satellite television, has apologized to Nigerians. The Minister made the scathy remarks when he appeared on Channels Television programme on Monday morning. Minister, said, “I am sure you know that Taraba is one of...
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NIN needed to benefit from N40,000 rice — FG
Prospective buyers will need to provide their National Identification Number, NIN before they can benefit from the proposed N40,000 bag of rice, subsidized by federal government. The intervention is expected to assist Nigeria workers whose wages have outstripped inflation, easing pressure on consumers goods, following the fuel subsidy removal and floating of the Naira against...
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Drugs in baby food tins meant for export intercepted
Illicit drugs meant for export to the United States and United Kingdom have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The multiple consignments concealed in tins of Cerelac baby food and cloths were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, and a Courier firm in Lagos State. In a...
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Fubara: Nigerians going through trying times
Governor Similanayi Fubara of River State has admitted that Nigerians are going through trying times amid nationwide #End BadGovernance protests by Nigeria citizens across the federation. He said this on Saturday at the funeral of the mother of Local Government Area Caretaker Committee chairman in Khana Local Government Area of the State where he appealed...
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Tinubu rules out return of fuel subsidy regime
President Bola Tinubu in Sunday ruled out the return of fuel subsidy, which is among the demands of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protesters nationwide. Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast to Nigerians on Sunday morning said the decision to remove fuel subsidy on May 29th 2023, was painful but necessary. He stated that fuel subsidy removal was...
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Dangote Foundation donates 30,000 bags of rice to Edo govt—Oshiomhole
The Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Senator Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday said Dangote Foundation has donated 30,000 bags of rice to Edo State government as part of the Organization’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards reducing hunger in the State. The two-term former Governor of the State disclosed this when he featured as a Guest...