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“Probe Missing $15Billion In Oil Revenue, N200Billion For Refinery Repairs,” SERAP Tells Tinubu

1 year ago1577 min

President Bola Tinubu has been called by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to look into claims that over $15 billion in oil earnings and N200 billion set aside for refinery repairs are missing. According to the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the organization requested that the President “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion of oil revenues and N200 billion budgeted to...

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Politics

Yahaya Bello: I have no other option than to back Tinubu

1 year ago1401 min

As of right now, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s only political goal is to support President Bola Tinubu in his endeavors. As a candidate for president under the All Progressives Congress (APC), the governor of Kogi State responded to a query on his future plans by pointing out that if President Tinubu wins, all Nigerians would have achieved success. Saturday in Abuja was the third annual GYB Seminar for Nigeria’s Political & Crime Correspondents/Editors, where...

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Presidency Withdraws Its Claim On Tinubu’s NASDAQ Bell-Ringing

1 year ago1481 min

Following the recent NASDAQ bell-ringing ceremony, in which President Bola Tinubu was initially portrayed as the first African leader to participate in the famous tradition, the Presidency has issued an official apology. It was revealed that a former African leader had already rung the NASDAQ bell, contradicting Tinubu’s initial claim of unprecedented achievement. The error is regretted, according to a statement issued by the State House yesterday. “Based on information provided by a third-party event...

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Judiciary & Crime

4,000 prisoners in jails due to their incapacity to pay fines- Minister of Interior

1 year ago1544 min

Over 4,000 prisoners are being kept in detention facilities around the nation, according to Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, because they are unable to pay penalties that have been imposed on them by magistrates and courts. He expressed his regret that more than 70% of the people housed in the country’s detention facilities are awaiting trial at this time. He pointed out that if non-custodial alternatives as outlined in the Correctional Service Act are investigated, the...

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Metro

Over 14 of Imo’s LGAs Have Been Ravaged By Killings; Don’t Be Clueless, Take Action – LP Slams Governor Uzodinma

1 year ago3439 min

“Over 14 of the 27 Local Government Areas in the state of Imo have been completely overtaken by insecurity and violence, and death has become an accepted part of everyday life in these areas. Sadly, it appears as though the current government of Imo State is more concerned with reelection than it is with finding solutions to this critical crisis. The Labour Party has issued a statement of condemnation on the burning of homes and...

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News

President Tinubu continues Buhari’s cruel cycle by refusing to free Nnamdi Kanu says Ejimakor

1 year ago3362 min

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, has stated that the IPOB leader’s ongoing arrest is a ploy by the Nigerian government to inflame tensions in the country’s southeast. The former president of Nigeria, Ejimakor claimed, deliberately refused to grant Kanu’s release throughout his administration. He also bemoaned President Bola Tinubu’s refusal to break the “vicious circle” by denying Kanu’s release. He claimed that a scheme to increase unrest...

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International

Nigerians in Diaspora should make Nigeria rich says Tinubu

1 year ago1687 min

Nigerians living in the United States have been urged by President Bola Tinubu to overcome setbacks by adopting a positive outlook that will help them succeed in all of their endeavors. Nigerians had no justification for being impoverished, according to Tinubu, who made this observation during the Wednesday Presidential Townhall Meeting with Nigerians living abroad in New York. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission arranged the Townhall Meeting on the fringes of the 78th UN General...

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FCTA to bring charges against 149 seized cars, 100 tricycles, motorcycle owners

1 year ago1813 min

Owners of 149 impounded cars, 100 tricycles, and 100 motorbikes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will come before a mobile court for a variety of traffic violations, according to the Federal Capital Territory Administration. After examining the seized cars, Dr. Abdulateef Bello, the director of the FCTA Directorate of Road Traffic Services, also referred to as Vehicles Inspection Officers, made this announcement in Abuja on Friday. Bello warned the owners that they would pay...

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News

Delta pastor butchers girl

1 year ago12073 min

The early hours of Friday morning saw the alleged capture of a middle-aged man, identified as a pastor but with his identity concealed, as he was butchering a little girl in Agbarha-Otor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. According to information obtained by City Round, the victim’s remains were found at the pastor’s home in the rural village. A source informed us that the pastor used a machete to end the young girl’s...

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Troops apprehend manufacturing syndicate, seize 26 guns in Kaduna

1 year ago13094 min

In Kaduna State, Operation Safe Haven troops apprehended a gun manufacturing syndicate and seized 26 guns from them. Captain Oya James, the Special Military Taskforce’s media officer, revealed this in a statement he released on Friday in Jos. Napoleon John, a wanted gunrunner who had been on the Special Military Taskforce’s wanted list, was eventually apprehended after a week-long intelligence operation, James said. A gun manufacturing factory in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area, Kaduna State,...

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