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Popular Niger Delta Activist Tony Uranta Is Dead The news of his demise was shared by his associates and labour activists, Denja Yacub, and Wale Okunniyi. Activist and critic, Tony Uranta, has died after a long battle with ill health. He was aged 57. A statement by his family yesterday read: “We announce the passage of Tony Uranta (TIU) at 1:32p.m. Tony has gone home to rest after a long medical battle. He fought a good fight while here, but we believe God needs him now to continue from the other side, and to perhaps conquer on his strong belief…

Nigerians may buy petrol at N340 per litre in 2022 - Kyari According to him, the law provides that by the end of February 2022, the nation should be out of the subsidy regime. THE Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, hinted that a litre of Petroleum Motor Spirit also known as petrol may sell between N320 and N340 in 2022. Mr Kyari, who dropped the hint during his presentation at the World Bank Nigeria Development Update, November 2021 edition in Abuja, said this was because the law does not provide for…

President Buhari Has Done More For Igbos Than PDP - Nollywood Actor Kenneth Okonkwo Kenneth Okonkwo says President Muhammadu Buhari has done more for south-eastern Nigeria under the All Progressives Congress (APC) than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Nollywood actor-turned-politician took to his Instagram page on Tuesday to lament about the nomadic herders in Abuja. “This is why ranching is both desirable and inevitable. How can humans and animals be struggling for a right of way in the Federal Capital City of Abuja?” the actor had asked. “We must move on to the 21st-century system of animal husbandry to…

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…