The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onauga, has claimed that a video showing the president appealing to Nigerians to be patient with his government is old. The State House reportedly shared the video on X.com on Wednesday, passing it as new. It was posted on Tinubu and the Presidency’s […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal office, on Tuesday, reportedly invited some officials of the Ogun State government in connection with an ongoing investigation. The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development in a phone conversation with The Punch on Wednesday. ‘’I just called our Ibadan zonal […]

Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPCL, Mele Kyari The Senate has questioned the $1.5bn approved in 2021 for the turn-around maintenance of the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemical Company with little or no result. It also vowed to probe allegations of sabotage to the supply of crude oil to domestic refineries, as the […]

Protesters during Day Six of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Credit: NAN The hunger protests, that rocked the country, especially the northern part, from last Thursday, appear to have lost steam following the police crackdown on the organisers and protesters, many of whom have been detained. Some of the #EndBadGovernance protest leaders […]

President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that the country spends N2tn monthly to import petrol and diesel. He stated this during his recent nationwide broadcast to Nigerians. According to the President, despite Nigeria’s abundant oil and gas resources, his administration met a country that was dependent only on oil, neglecting its gas resources while subsidising the […]

The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, said on Wednesday that Nigerian politicians were not living lean or sacrificing like the rest of the citizens whom they asked to sacrifice for the country by enduring economic hardship. The cleric and politician said this at the Wilson and Yinka Badejo Memorial […]

Security operatives, believed to be from the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force raided the Abuja head office of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,  on Wednesday night. The NLC in a statement by its spokesperson Benson Upah, late on Wednesday, confirmed that the operatives arrested the security guards, forcing them to hand […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the final voter register for the forthcoming Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo, as confirmed by an official statement. The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, made this announcement in a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday. He noted in […]

Organizers of the #Endbadgovernance nationwide protests, aimed at addressing issues of hunger and hardship, have declared their intention to persist with the demonstration, notwithstanding the presence of security personnel intended to intimidate them. The federal government has made several appeals to the protesters to return to their homes, asking for more time to get things […]