•Fuel queue The expectation that queues at filling stations would dissipate after the sudden hike in petrol prices on Tuesday was dashed yesterday. Across major cities such as Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Ibadan, Warri, Jos and Port Harcourt, motorists spent hours at stations waiting to buy petrol – which was unavailable in most places, reports NAN. ...
Twenty one states of the federation are seeking loans amounting to N1.65 trillion to fund their 2024 budget deficits despite the increase in the allocations they have received from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the last one year. From June 2023 to June this year, all the 36 states and the 774 local […]
•Kano State CP, Salman Dogo Garba There was no single death recorded in Kano State during the #EndBadGovernance protest, according to the police. Commissioner of Police in Kano, Salman-Dogo Garba, said this during a press conference where suspects were paraded today. He said, “Going by the records, so far, we are not aware of any […]...
•Hunger Protesters and Tinubu The #EndBadGovernance protesters have converged on the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, today, to continue their demonstration despite the nationwide broadcast by President Bola Tinubu, reports Channels TV. The determination to continue the pretest follows a statement yesterday by the organisers signed by Hassa...
•Kano protesters today with Russian flag Hundreds of protesters today hit Kano streets in continuation of the ongoing nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance. The protest was coming few hours after President Bola Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast told the youths that he heard them loud and clear and the protest should be suspended,...
•’Pure water’ A public health expert, Prof. Olalubi Oluwashogo, has warned on the dangers of patronising sachet waters not fully certified by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). He gave the warning during a town hall meeting organised by Fridabs Solacebase communication in partnership with Wol...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is in talks for another oil-backed loan to boost its finances and allow investment in its business, its chief executive told our correspondent, as pressure mounts on the state-backed oil company the economy depends upon. NNPC in which the government is the main stakeholder, aims to raise at le...
•Agbakoba The Senior Partner, Olisa Agbakoba Legal, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, today, said Nigeria’s public debt rose to $91.46 billion (N121.67 trillion), despite its ability to generate $ 1 trillion in 40 years. Dr. Agbakoba identified the alleged exclusion of Nigerians from key value chains, weak enforcement of Local content laws, incorporation of...
•Tinubu At least 10 journalists have been arrested in the past one year in what seems like a targeted clampdown on free speech with the use of the controversial Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act, 2015. Journalists from the International Centre of Investigative Reporting (ICIR), the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), The...
•Soldiers of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Kenya braced for fresh demonstrations today under heavy security, after major concessions from the government which agreed to scrap contentious tax hikes following deadly protests that saw parliament ransacked. The rallies this month — led largely by young, Gen-Z Kenyans — caught the authorities off-...
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