The Presidency has on Tuesday blamed the current state of the nation’s refineries, including Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries on the opposition by labour to federal government plans to sell them to Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola. Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy, revealed this, while reacting to…
The Federal Government has asked the private sector to partner with it for the economy to reap the benefits of the country’s limitless pool of talent. The Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, made the call on Wednesday in Lagos. Speaking with corporate entities, members of the art community and other…
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has lamented that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is becoming indifferent, insensitive and unresponsive to the plights of Nigerians. Adams in an open letter titled ‘President Bola Tinubu, time is going’, also said the present administration has disappointed Nigerians adding that the citizens can no longer…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has described the flooding in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, as a national calamity. The flood incident on Tuesday displaced many residents in the Fori, Galtimari, Gwange, and Bulabulin areas of Maiduguri. The flood followed the collapse of the Alau dam, which has been at full capacity for the past few…
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has warned the federal government of Nigeria against the looming danger that may erupt as a result of hardship and suffering meted out to Nigerians due to the removal of fuel subsidy. The fiery priest urged the Federal Government to return the…
Veteran journalist and former Senior Adviser on Media and Publicity to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Reuben Abati, has said that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, will be in his Daura village in Katsina State laughing at the current situation of the country. Abati said it was a gross embarrassment in terms of economic management to people…
Details have emerged regarding why Ajuri Ngelale, the spokesperson of President Bola Tinubu, stepped down from his position on Saturday. While Mr Ngelale said he was stepping aside to deal with medical matters affecting his family, PREMIUM TIMES can report that he left the position after he became suspicious that he could be humiliated out…
The Authority of the Nigerian Army has debunked reports of mass resignation of its soldiers from the service due to corruption, low morale, among others. The Authority in a statement by Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, described the reports as baseless. A news platform had alleged mass resignation of Nigerian soldiers over…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has tackled President Bola Tinubu’s administration over its lavish spending. Primate Ayodele said the lavish spending of Tinubu’s administration has been destroying and killing Nigeria’s economy instead of looking for ways to repair it. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the arrest of its president Joe Ajaero, who was whisked away by officers from the Department of State Services on Monday on his way to the United Kingdom. The union said Ajaero was detained without any legal warrant or formal instrument, describing it as a brazen act of lawlessness…
