Petrol subsidy: Uzodimma counters World Bank, says Nigeria trusts CBN for sound economic policies
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, says the country will continue to rely on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to secure the country’s economy. Uzodimma said this on Friday while speaking with state house correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The World Bank had said the current petrol subsidy regime poses […]
FULL LIST: Oshoala up for 2022 Ballon D’Or
Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons striker, has been listed among the nominees for the 2022 women’s Ballon d’Or. The 20-woman list was announced on Friday. The 27-year-old Nigerian was nominated for the award because of her exploits with Barcelona Femeni during the just concluded 2021/22 season. Oshoala won the golden boot in the […]
Salman Rushdie, author condemned to death in 1989 over novel, stabbed in New York
Salman Rushdie, a renowned author who has received death threats over his writings, has been stabbed in the United States. Rushdie, author of the controversial novel, The Satanic Verses, was attacked while he was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. A man was said to have […]
Train attack: FG did what kidnappers asked… we expected all captives freed, says Garba Shehu
Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says the negotiations between the federal government and kidnappers who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train did not yield the expected result. He said this on Friday in an interview published by BBC Hausa. On March 28, a Kaduna-bound train was attacked by gunmen, with several persons killed, injured and […]
NNPC resolves three-decade conflict, renews licences of five OMLs
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it has renewed oil production sharing contracts (PSCs) with its partners — after nearly three-decade. NNPC said it also resolved lingering disputes with its production sharing contracts (PSCs) contractors. PSCs are contracts between E&P and the government concerning how much of the resource extracted […]
Wike distances self from suit seeking to disqualify Atiku as PDP presidential candidate
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has reportedly disowned a suit seeking the disqualification of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Supporters of Wike had taken Atiku, Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the conduct of the PDP presidential […]
‘Consultants using you’ — NGF tackles Malami over $418m Paris Club refund
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says consultants involved in the controversial $418 million Paris Club refund are using Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), to hustle the states’ funds. On Thursday, Malami said that the NGF has no basis to reject the proposed deduction of $418 million from the Paris Club refund, adding that […]
Wike’s camp asks court to disqualify Atiku as PDP presidential candidate
Supporters of Nyesom Wike have taken Atiku Abubakar, Aminu Tambuwal and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election. According to The Punch, Newgent Ekamon, a PDP chieftain, asked the court to order INEC to remove Atiku from “its list of […]
Newspaper Headlines: Terrorists creating parallel government in Kaduna, el-Rufai cries to Buhari
The lingering controversy involving state governors and Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, on the Paris Club refund dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Malami: Why FG cannot intervene in Ekweremadu case
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says the federal government cannot intervene in the case of alleged organ harvesting involving Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy president of the senate. The former deputy senate president and Beatrice, his wife, are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of another person with a […]