Governor Fintiri Claims Some Politicians are Behind Recent Looting of Warehouses

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has alleged that some politicians in the state masterminded the vandalization of public and private warehouses by hoodlums on Sunday. The Governor made the allegation in a statewide broadcast however admitted that people are going through hard times. “Preliminary findings from the investigations suggest that besides the purported claim to the economic crunch which is propelled by the innate trait of criminality, is the inducement of some lazy politicians...

Diphtheria: Nigeria Records 83 Deaths, 836 Confirmed Cases

Nigeria has recorded 83 deaths and 836 confirmed cases of diphtheria since the beginning of 2023. Executive Director, The National Primary Health Care Development (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during a news briefing on the diphtheria outbreak response. He said a significant number of children remained unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, thereby compromising the country’s goal of achieving population immunity, despite efforts of the Federal Government to provide safe and cost-effective vaccines...

Anambra’s first lady clears hospital bills for 10 women to mark 53rd birthday

Anambra’s first lady clears hospital bills for 10 women to mark 53rd birthday On Monday, in celebration of her fifty-third birthday, Mrs Nonye Soludo, the Wife of the Governor of Anambra State, paid visits to the Nteje Rehabilitation Centre, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) Amaku-Awka, and the Community Children’s Home in Awka. These visits have become a regular practice for the governor’s wife, and they provided her with an opportunity to check on...

Looting: Police Apprehend 105 Persons In Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police has apprehended about 105 persons in connection with breaking government Warehouses in Yola, and looting food and non-food items. On Sunday morning, some hoodlums broke into the warehouses of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) near Mai Doki roundabout and Kwanan Waya in Yola and carted away food and non-food items. CP Tola Afolabi, Adamawa State Commissioner of Police disclosed this to newsmen at the Central Stores Jimeta during an assessment...

Court Orders Okowa To Account for Over N200bn UBEC Funds

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the administration of the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa to account for the spending over N200bn public funds collected from the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC). The judgement followed a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The Presiding Judge, Justice Daniel Osiagor directed the Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to disclose details of budgetary allocations and actual spending by...

NGO Donates Food Items, Educational Materials To Orphanage Home

A Non-Governmental Organization, Hadija Orphanage Support Initiative has donated food items and educational materials to an orphanage home in Zuba Niger state. During the presentation, the National Coordinator of the organization, Hajiya Adama Ahmed expressed concern over the deplorable condition of most orphanage homes across the country and called on Nigerians to always support them. “Giving adequate support to the orphans will help them realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully to the growth of...

Tinubu orders federal universities to stop school fees hike

President Bola Tinubu has issued a directive to federal universities across the country to put an end to the increment in school fees. “President Tinubu has directed the authorities in all federal institutions of higher learning to avoid an arbitrary increase in sundry fees payable and where possible defer further increase so that parents and students don’t face too many difficulties,” Dele Alake, the President’s special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy, stated in...

Tinubu Reveals Plan to Cushion Biting Effects of Subsidy Removal in National Address

President Bola Tinubu has let Nigerians in on the measures he has taken to address the current economic challenges wrought by the removal of fuel subsidies. In a national broadcast on Monday night, the President explained the reason his administration had to do away with fuel subsidies and the multiple exchange rate system. He also allayed the fears of Nigerians on the current state of Nigeria’s economy, saying, “We are exiting the darkness to enter...

 Audu Ogbe, Prof. Adibe weigh in on Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast

President should’ve set the tone for reconciliation – Prof. Adibe Tinubu has addressed key things holding Nigeria down – Ogbe President Bola Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast on Monday said among other things that his government has saved over N1trn from subsidy removal policy in two months. He also talked about monitoring effects of exchange rate, inflation on gasoline prices. The President said that his government is set to spend N75bn between the months of...

Akinyemi berates S/Africa for insinuating Niger Coup happened because of Tinubu’s illegitimate govt

Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs has bertaed South Africa for insinuating that the coup in Niger happened because of the illegitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s government. The former Minister in an interview on Monday said that the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) which Tinubu chairs is supposed to be the first to react to the coup in Niger, rather the African Union (AU) was the first to react in a...

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