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President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the inauguration of the newly constituted Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC). The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this on Tuesday in a statement titled ‘Suspension of Inauguration of Newly Constituted Board Of NNPC LTD.’ He revealed that the inauguration of the Board, initially scheduled to hold on Wednesday, was suspended indefinitely. “President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate suspension of the inauguration of the newly constituted Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) scheduled for Wednesday 24th November 2021 until further notice,” said…

Mkpuru Mmiri Drug Belongs To Almajiris – IPOB Vows To Deal With Sellers, Consumers In South-East The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed to curtail the use of illicit drug, methamphetamine also known as mkpuru mmiri among youths in the South-East region. The group alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) is behind the distribution of the drug in the North, and would not allow such in Igboland. According to IPOB, those behind selling the drug and the consumers shall be dealt with. IPOB stated this via a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful. The statement read, "We…

#EndSARS Panel Report A Waste Of Time, Taxpayers Money – Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the #EndSARS panel report submitted by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry was a waste of time and taxpayers’ money. “Instead of sitting for all of one year, the panel could have just compiled social media ‘tales by the moonlight’ on the incident and submitted, saving taxpayers’ funds and everyone’s time,” Mr Mohammed said on Tuesday while addressing a news conference in Abuja. “That report is nothing but the triumph of fake news and the…

FG will replace fuel subsidy with N5,000 transport grant for 40m Nigerians, says Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says Nigeria will remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and replace them with N5000-a-month transportation grant to the poorest Nigerians. Speaking at the launch of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update (NDU) on Tuesday, the minister said the grant will go to about 30 to 40 million Nigerians who make up the poorest population of the country. She said the final number of beneficiaries will depend on the resources available after the removal of the…

Lagos #EndSARS report is fake news, tales by moonlight - FG The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described the leaked report of the Lagos State panel as fake news. Mohammed said this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The nine-member panel had in its leaked report alleged that at least nine persons were killed at the Lekki toll plaza when soldiers and policemen stormed the scene to disperse protesters on October 20, 2020. However, Mohammed described the allegations as “tales by moonlight”. Details later…

Nnamdi Kanu Committed Atrocities, Don’t Succumb To Pressure To Release Him, Northern Coalition Warns President Buhari The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has rejected Igbo leaders call on President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Igbo leaders had visited the president at Aso Rock on Friday, demanding that Kanu should be released. Buhari, who described their request as heavy, had said he would consider it. But CNG has described the request as an attempt to subvert the course of justice, saying those who made it should be treated as “accomplice and…

N250m Donation: Group Begs Davido To Carry Northern Orphans Along Award-winning singer, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has been beckoned upon by a group, called Support Group for Nigerian Orphans (AGNO), to carry orphans in the northern part of the country along while disbursing his earmarked N250 million to orphanages. The group led by its chairman, Salisu Waziri Ibrahim, made the call on Sunday in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, saying that extending the gesture to northern orphanages would go a long way in addressing the numerous challenges they are facing. The group said it has become necessary for…

Meet Policeman Who Bagged PhD As A Corporal, Begs For Promotion Born into the family of late Chief Louis Nnaji and late Grace Oriaku, Dr. Nnaji Ebenezer Chibueze is a native of Umuezibuoko Umualu in Isiuzor local government area Enugu State. He commenced his primary education at Odorbia Primary school in Umuezibuoko Umualu in 1994 where he obtained his first school leaving certificate in 1999. He then proceeded to community secondary school Umualu where he obtained JSSC. Shortly after this, Dr. Chibueze then headed to community secondary school Ihaohuala in Ihamufu Isiuzor local government area Enugu State where he obtained…

Senator Gbenga Aluko slumps, dies in Abuja A former governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko is dead. The Ode Ekiti born politician was said to have died this evening after he collapsed in his office in Abuja. Report says he was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he eventually gave up the ghost. One of the aides to the former lawmaker who pleaded anonymity confirmed to Radio Nigeria that Senator Aluko was not sick nor exhibit any symptom of sickness. Another source alleged that the late political died of heart attack. He was the son of the late…