Reps Investigate $30bn Alleged Revenue Leakage

CorruptionPoliticsReps Investigate $30bn Alleged Revenue Leakage

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 29, 2021

ABUJA — The House of Reps has begun investigating an alleged $30 billion revenue leakage caused by payments on account of foreign currency-denominated contracts by companies. The committee members were led to commence the investigation on Monday in Abuja, by the chairman of the House committee on finance, James Faleke alongside Victor Nwokolo, chair, House Committee on Banking and Currency. According to Faleke, the committee would also investigate foreign exchange allocation to companies from sources...

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2023 Elections: Reinstated Lagos PDP Chairman Calls for United Home

Politics2023 Elections: Reinstated Lagos PDP Chairman Calls for United Home

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 29, 2021

LAGOS — Dominic Agboola, the newly reinstated Peoples Democratic Party Chairman in Lagos State, on Monday called for unity of purpose ahead of 2023 and local government polls in the state. Agboola, who was recently reinstated by a Lagos High Court, expressed his determination to stabilize the party during a news conference in Lagos. Justice Oyekan Abdullahi of the Lagos High Court had on June 23 removed Adedeji Doherty as Lagos State PDP chairman and...

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Anti-open Grazing Bill is a Progressive Idea – Ortom

BusinessPoliticsAnti-open Grazing Bill is a Progressive Idea – Ortom

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 28, 2021

Samuel Ortom, Benue governor, has described the anti-open grazing bill as a progressive idea practiced globally. Debunking the opinion that the state government is aggrieved with the Falanis, Ortom pledged to provide lands for herders that are willing to work within the state through ranching. The governor made his pledge while speaking at the 72nd birthday of Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, former Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico. Ortom, represented by Dennis Ityavyar, the education commissioner, said the...

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Obasanjo Dismisses Rumour of Buhari’s Death.

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObasanjo Dismisses Rumour of Buhari’s Death.

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 28, 2021

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has diminished the rumour about Buhari’s health, saying reports that the President is dead and was replaced by a certain Jubril from Sudan is untrue. Obasanjo made this clarification while speaking at a youth mentorship session in Ogun on Sunday. According to him, rumours are often peddled online and used to abuse social media. “It’s ridiculous to the extreme. But you have it in social media and you see people believing...

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2023, APGA’s Time to Take Over Power in Abia – State Chairman

Politics2023, APGA’s Time to Take Over Power in Abia – State Chairman

PilotnewsJune 25, 2021

UMUAHIA — The Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, says the party has fully repositioned its structures to take over power in 2023. Ehiemere said this on Thursday in Umuahia, while briefing newsmen on the recent developments in the party at the national and state levels. He said: “God has a definite time for every event that takes place on planet earth. “APGA is destined to take over...

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OPINION: Former President Obasanjo Argues for the Unity of Nigeria

NigeriaPoliticsOPINION: Former President Obasanjo Argues for the Unity of Nigeria

PilotnewsJune 24, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger Against a backdrop of growing calls for ethnically based separatism, including in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s native Yorubaland, the former president in a speech laid out the arguments for maintaining Nigeria’s unity—though not at any cost. Speaking June 9 in the Yoruba heartland city of Abeokuta, where he lives in retirement, Obasanjo argued that Nigerians will fare better staying together: “it is better for Nigeria to remain as one indivisible nation...

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OPINION: What Igbo Political Leaders Must Do Now

EconomyOpinionPoliticsOPINION: What Igbo Political Leaders Must Do Now

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)June 24, 2021

For almost two months, the Southeast geo-political zone, which used to be the safest zone in Nigeria, was suddenly engulfed by a distressing security situation that speedily degenerated. Worst is the guerrilla style with which the attacks were coordinated. What started as an attack on security formations around the zone by “unknown gunmen” quickly gained momentum and escalated with more police stations attacked, destroyed, officers killed, and their weapons taken. Thus creating a frightening circle...

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NEWS ANALYSIS: The Economic And Political Factors Behind 10 Governors Who Have Dissolved Cabinets In 2021

PoliticsSpecial ReportNEWS ANALYSIS: The Economic And Political Factors Behind 10 Governors Who Have Dissolved Cabinets In 2021

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 23, 2021

Between January and now, about ten governors have mystically sacked members of or dissolved their cabinets. The factors responsible for this process can be analyzed from two sides of the events in the country. The first was to build loyalty within their cabinets and camps ahead of the 2023 elections while the other was the economic catastrophe bedeviling the country, particularly the decision of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) not to make its statutory...

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Vice President Osinbajo Charges Nigerian Youths To Join Politics

PoliticsVice President Osinbajo Charges Nigerian Youths To Join Politics

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 22, 2021

ABUJA — Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has charged youths in Nigeria to join politics and not to be discouraged because of negative sentiments associated with politics in the country. Osinbajo made the call on Monday in Abuja at the maiden Progressive Youth Conference organized by the All Progressives Congress (APC) youth wing. The VP, in his speech titled, “The Future is a Decision,” said more political participation by majority youths would help them to make...

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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu Speaks at Igbonine Inauguration, As Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe Endorses His Presidential Aspiration

NewsPoliticsProf. Kingsley Moghalu Speaks at Igbonine Inauguration, As Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe Endorses His Presidential Aspiration

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)June 22, 2021

ENUGU — Yesterday in Enugu, it was a gathering of Igbo intelligentsia, political leaders and giants in various works of life, to look at the plights of the Igbo nation in Nigeria. Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and 2019 Presidential Candidate of the YPP was the keynote speaker at the event which took place at the Best Western Hotels, Independence Layout, Enugu. Prof. Moghalu, who also is...

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