* Cease to be members from January 29, 2025 *Tinubu urges member-states to learn from Ghana’s recent election *Lists his achievements as chair of regional body * Nigeria pays N85bn, $54m as levies The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formally approved the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the regional body. The approval came a few days after President Bola Tinubu promised German …
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The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee disbursed a total of N2.08tn in allocations to Local Government Councils between July and December 2024, findings by The PUNCH have shown. However, despite the July 2024 Supreme Court ruling granting full financial autonomy to Nigeria’s 774 Local Government Areas, The PUNCH learnt that the allocations were still paid to state government accounts. This, it …
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Elderstatesman and foremost Niger Delta Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, lamented the deplorable state of major federal roads in the South-South geopolitical zone,and pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on them in the 2025 national Budget. Clark, who made the appeal in an open letter to Tinubu in Abuja, wrote: “As leader of the people …
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CNN — In the early years of Xi Jinping’s war on corruption, the Chinese leader consolidated control over the world’s largest military by taking down powerful generals from rival factions and replacing them with allies and proteges loyal to himself. A decade on, having given the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) a structural overhaul and stacked its top ranks with his own men, …
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This comes after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing “reasonable grounds to believe” they committed war crimes and “other inhumane acts” during Israel’s operation against Hamas in Gaza. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has suggested that pro-Palestinian countries could collaborate to issue a death sentence for Israeli …
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As President Bola Tinubu prepares to present to the National Assembly tomorrow, the 2025 national budget largely saddled with funding by borrowings, the Federal Government (FG) is set to overshoot its domestic borrowing target for 2024 by N4 trillion, about 67 per cent above the budgeted amount. These are coming despite the widespread concerns over the continued rise in the …
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Dangote Petroleum Refinery said it has exported Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol to Cameroon, Ghana, Angola and South Africa. According to report by Vanguard News, the Vice President of Oil and Gas, Dangote Industries Limited, Dr. Devakumar Edwin, disclosed this recently when a delegation from the Japanese Business Community in Nigeria, led by Japan’s Ambassador-designate to Nigeria, …
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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON A shooting at a nightclub in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria has left one man dead, and his girlfriend hospitalized. The incident occurred early Friday morning at a popular club located on Stadium Road, off Ekehuan Road in the state capital around 2:16 a.m. It was learnt that the yet-to-be identified deceased had a heated argument …
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• Says corruption has killed hardwork in Nigeria The presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, is the Pro-Chancellor of the Dominican University, Samonda, Ibadan, Oyo State. Obi, who was at the university’s combined 3rd and 4th convocation ceremonies held at the university campus last Saturday, spoke with journalists on a number of issues. …
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President Bola Tinubu has said he is aware of the harsh economic situation of the country, and he begged Nigerians to endure what he described as “unintentional hardship”. Also, President Tinubu noted thay he does not take pleasure in inflicting pains on Nigerians. He assured that there was light at the end of the tunnel. Tinubu said this at the …
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