Breaking: Gunmen Kill Landlord, Two Others In Sapele

On Tuesday evening, unidentified gunmen allegedly killed three people in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State. At around 7:10 p.m., gunmen stormed a provision store across the street from Seplat Petroleum Development Company on Ufuoma Atose street, according to a Facebook user, Sapele Oghenek, who made the disclosure on his verified page. He went on to say that they …

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Why I ignored World Bank, IMF advice to remove fuel subsidy – Buhari

On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari explained why he defied the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in refusing to remove the country’s fuel subsidies. Despite the Bretton Wood institutions’ repeated calls for it to be removed, the President said in an interview with Bloomberg News that eliminating the fuel subsidy was becoming increasingly untenable. In January, the federal …

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Breaking: 3 Senators Dump APC

Three Nigerian senators who were elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform have resigned from the ruling party. Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Bauchi South) are among the lawmakers (Edo North). Read Also:  Breaking: House Steps down Motion to Override Buhari’s Veto on Statutory Delegates Gumau, on the other hand, defected …

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Breaking: House Steps down Motion to Override Buhari’s Veto on Statutory Delegates

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted down a motion to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to an amendment to the 2022 Electoral Act that would allow statutory delegates to attend political party congresses and conventions. As the countdown to the 2023 elections heats up, the failure of the assent has denied elected public officials the opportunity to …

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Nigeria external reserves expected to decline as CBN spends $1.7 billion to clear FX backlog by October 2022

Nigeria’s external reserves are expected to decline, according to the World Bank, because the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is expected to clear $1.7 billion in foreign exchange backlog and forward contracts to foreigners by the end of October 2022. The World Bank revealed this in a report called “Nigeria Development Update (June 2022): The Continuing Urgency of Business Unusual.” …

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insecurity: Archbishop Chukwuma calls for revolution, Buhari’s resignation

Against the backdrop of rising insecurity in Nigeria, His Grace, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has warned that a revolution is on the way to drive out those who are holding the country back. The call was made during the Archbishop’s pre-Synod press conference on Tuesday, …

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Atiku’s former aide Afegbua abandons PDP, explains his reasons

Prince Kassim Afegbua, an Edo State politician, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP. According to reports, Afegbua served as a campaign spokesman for Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. However, Afegbua has a rift with the opposition party’s presidential candidate for 2023. In a letter to the PDP Chairman, Ward 5 Okpella, Edo State, Afegbua announced his …

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FG to invest in all aspects of agricultural value chain to fight food crisis

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, has stated that the federal government will invest heavily in all aspects of the agricultural value chain in order to ensure adequate and high-quality data for effective agricultural policies. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Minister stated this at a Training of Trainers workshop on the National Agriculture Sample Census (NASC) held in …

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