COUP: OSIYEMI ON HOW MIKE ADENUGA WAS SAVED

Prince Bayo Osiyemi, an ex-Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State’s first civilian governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, has disclosed how Chief Mike Adenuga, CEO of Globacom Limited, was secretly transported into exile during the Major Gideon Orkar-led military coup against the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida administration on April 22, 1990. Osiyemi in his memoir due for launch…

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SUBSIDY NOT REVERSIBLE, FG

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…

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REPS MEMBER DENIES BRIBING SPEAKER

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…

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TENSION IN REPS OVER DANGOTE PROBE

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…

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POLICE ARREST 873 OVER PROTEST

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…

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