Category: Breaking News

BREAKING: Protest turns violent in Kaduna as protesters loot and destroy Govt properties

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The peaceful protest against bad governance has turned violent in Kaduna as protesters loot and destroy government properties. Recall that Nigerians officially commenced a 10-day nationwide protest today, Thursday. The organizers, many of them young people, said they are frustrated by the country’s economic conditions, vowing a show of “days of rage” as they protest. In Kaduna, hoodlums hijacked the demonstration, resulting in the arson of the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Agency (KASTLEA) headquarters. The demonstration took a violent turn as the protesters, marching from Kaduna Government House through…

BREAKING: Onyeka Onwenu Dies At 72

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Veteran Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress, Onyeka Onwenu, is dead.   Onwenu reportedly died Tuesday night at the Reddington Hospital, Lagos after she slumped after playing at the birthday party of Mrs. Stella Okoli.   An eyewitness who was at the party confirmed the sad news.   “It is very sad. Onyeka Onwenu just performed at the birthday of Mrs. Stella Okoli today (Tuesday, July 30, 2024), and after performing, she slumped.   “She was taken to Reddington Hospital and she couldn’t make it,” the unnamed eyewitness told the newspaper.…

JUST IN: Tinubu orders TETFund to build 72 modern hostels in universities and other tertiary institutions

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to increase the number of modern hostels in tertiary institutions from 36 to 72 by the year 2025.   TETFund Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, disclosed this during a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students.   According to a statement released by the Fund on Tuesday, the president’s directive to the fund followed his plans to ensure industrial harmony in tertiary institutions.   The statement signed by Public Affairs of TETFund, AbdulMumin Oniyangi, noted…

Tinubu orders NNPCL to sell crude to Dangote refinery in Naira

Lukman Laleye Babalola

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to sell crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refineries in naira rather than dollars. This decision was disclosed by Zacch Adedeji, Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), following Monday’s FEC meeting. Adedeji said the measure would assuage the strain on the country’s foreign spending and stabilise the pump price of petrol, diesel and other products in Nigeria. Speaking further, Adedeji explained that this move aimed to facilitate the sale of refined products from…

Planned Protest:Speaker Abbas orders House of Reps to reconvene for Plenary Session

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The House of Representatives announced that, pursuant to the directive of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, PhD., a plenary session has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, 2024.   Honourable Members have been duly summoned from their respective constituencies to attend this crucial session. This directive was communicated through an internal memorandum issued by the Clerk of the House, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, Esq., on Sunday.   The House had commenced its annual recess on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The Annual Recess provides Honourable Members with the opportunity to engage…

Breaking: Senator Ifeanyi Ubah dies in London

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A Nigerian Senator who represents Anambra South, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead.   Ubah died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom.   He had left Nigeria for London two days ago.   Ubah was a Nigerian Politician, entrepreneur and businessman who until his death served as the CEO of Capital Oil (CCO), which he founded in 2001.   The deceased was married to Uchenna, a Business Administration graduate from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, with whom he had 5 children. He also ran a foundation which is named…

JUST IN :Senate passes National minimum wage bill

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The Nigeria’s Senate has passed the new minimum wage bill for a third reading. The bill passed first (President Bola Tinubu’s request), second (debate on general principles), and third readings on Tuesday — all within an hour. The legislation seeks to raise the country’s minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000. While leading a debate on the bill, Opeyemi Bamidele, majority leader of the senate, said N70,000 was agreed upon by all the parties after negotiations. “This is part of the federal government’s short term measure to mitigate the situation in…

JUST IN: LP Senator, Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi defects to APC

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Senator representing Imo East and a member of the Labour Party (LP), Ezenwa Onyewuchi,has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).   Onyewuchi’s defection letter was read on the floor of the Red chamber by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday.   Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo and chair of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), was in the chamber when the letter was read.  

Kogi Reps Member,Salman Idris dumps ADC to APC

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Today, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Hon. Salman Idris, the Member representing Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency, officially announced his defection from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The announcement was made during a session in the Green Chamber, where the letter of defection was read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen,

BREAKING: Katsina Govt introduces 4-month mourning leave for widows Facebook

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The Katsina State Government has introduced “Iddah Period Law”, to enable female civil servants to stay home for four months and ten days should they lose their husbands. Islamically, Iddah Period is observed when a woman loses her husband. The Katsina State Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Falalu Bawale disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television on Monday. According to him, the introduction of the new law came after the State House of Assembly passed a motion, seeking the state government to look into the issue of Iddah Period…