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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…

Three professors are on the five-man committee set up to distribute N250 million across orphanages in Nigeria. Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, who set up the committee, announced this in a statement on Saturday. Below are those on the committee: 1. Mrs Titi Adebayo -Chairman of the committee. 2. Professor Jonathan Nwosu -Secretary of the committee. 3. Professor Yahana Joel Asabe of the Northern Nigeria Seventh Day Adventist Union Conference. 4. Pastor (Dr) Oyalabu of Spring Time Development Foundation (SDF). 5. Professor Uloma Onuoha Expressing gratitude to all those who made the donations, Davido said the…

Enugu Lawmaker, Hon Obieze Inducted As A Chartered Arbitrator Nigerian Institute of Chattered Arbitrators, has inducted Rt. Hon. Chima Obieze as a Chartered Arbitrator and a member of the Institute. Hon. Obieze, the Member representing Ezeagu Constituency in Enugu State House of Assembly who made a first class is one of the inductees during the ceremony held today, 19th of November 2021 after scaling through written and oral examinations and  Intergrity requirements of the institute. Reacting to the new feat achieved by the outstanding lawmaker, Friends of Chima Obieze, FCO congratulated him on the new achievement. In the congratulatory message…

PR Expert, Ifeanyi Chukwuji Congratulates Delta Speaker On Award As Lawmaker Of The Year Mr Ifeanyi Chukwuji has congratulated the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori on his conferment as the "Lawmaker of the Year" Award at the Independent Nigeria Parliament Excellent Award. The Award which was organized by Daily Independent Newspapers Limited in Associations with African Consolidated Analytical Limited (ACAL) was presented to the Speaker at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. In his congratulatory message, Chukwuji extolled the leadership qualities of the Speaker, noting that the award was well deserved. According to him, the Speaker has…

ISWAP Attacks Borno Largest Community Barely six days after the attack that killed a general and three other officers of the Nigerian Army in Chibok/Askira Uba in southern Borno, Damboa, another neighbouring Local Government Area is currently under severe attack by terrorists of Islamic State West Africa Province. According to Daily Independent, the attack is the third one in a month in Damboa.Though reports are sketchy, information available as of the time of filing this report indicates that the insurgents came to the town early around 5:30 am Friday morning and are currently setting houses and public property ablaze. No…