The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian church of God, RCCG Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has reiterated that corruption is at its peak because majority of Christians who are supposed to be peculiar people and make a difference have compromised. Calling on Christians to shun a lifestyle of double standards, at the day six of…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said it will be hard for Nigeria’s economy if any administration tries to reverse the fuel subsidy removal after President Bola Tinubu’s government. Wale Edun added that any plan by other administrations to reverse forex subsidy will have to deal with the…
Ikenga Ugochinyere, a Member of the House of Representatives, has denied bribing his way to becoming Chairman of an ad hoc Committee probing Nigeria’s downstream sector. The Panel, comprising the House Committees on Petroleum Resources (downstream) and (midstream), was relieved of its responsibility on Monday. Announcing the dissolution of the Panel in a statement, Akin…
Oyo State governor, Engr. ‘Seyi Makinde, has said that the claim by President Bola Tinubu that his administration gave out the sum of ₦570 billion as Hardship Fund to the 36 state governments was a misrepresentation of facts. In an open challenge to the president, he declared that the Federal Government did not give Oyo…
There’s currently secret tension brewing in the House of Representatives between Hon. Ugochinyere Ikenga who’s the Committee Chairman on Petroleum resources (downstream) and Members over the recent Committee set up to investigate the crisis between Dangote Refinery, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and other…
The Nigerian Police Force said it had arrested 873 suspected persons who were allegedly engaged in criminality during the ongoing nationwide protest. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed this at the monthly news conference organised by the Strategic Communication Inter-agency Policy Committee (SCIPC), hosted by the State Security Services (SSS) on Monday, August…
Human rights activist and Convener of the Revolution Now Movement, Omoyele Sowore, said on Monday that he is not afraid of being arrested for the #EndBadGovernance protest. Sowore made this known in an interview Monday evening when asked if he was not afraid of being arrested for calling for protests across the country. He said,…
The Dr Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC on Tuesday summoned Senator Ali Ndume to explain his recent utterances against President Bola Tinubu which led to the former’s removal as Senate Whip. Speaking after the meeting, Dr Ganduje said the party was satisfied with Ndume’s apology and would…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that those benefiting from the lucrative business of fuel importation are going to make efforts to frustrate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Obasanjo stated this in the wake of allegations by the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, that some ‘mafias’ were making efforts to frustrate the $20bn…
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, has revealed that the Diaspora sponsors of End Bad Governance protesters have been placed on its watchlist. Nandap, who didn’t reveal any name, added that the watch-listed individuals would be arrested upon their arrival in the country. She disclosed this at a meeting of heads of security…
