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World Bank provides Nigeria with $800m to ameliorate the effects of fuel subsidy removal

NIGERIA has been granted a sum of $800m by the World Bank to enable the federal government initiate a comprehensive palliative scheme for its citizens before the removal of the national fuel subsidy in June.

 

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Awoniyi and Dennis will not get new manager for now as Forest owner sticks by Cooper for the time being

SUPER Eagles striking duo Taiwo Awoniyi and Emmanuel Dennis will not be getting a change of manager at their club Nottingham Forest just yet after the owner opted to back manager Steve Cooper for the time being.

 

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Obasanjo writes UK court asking it to temper justice with mercy when sentencing Ekweremadu

FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has written to the chief clerk of the Central Criminal Court in London to temper justice with mercy over the recent conviction of ex-deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

 

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Upon assuming office in July 1966, the first thing Yakubu Gowon did was sign the instruments for Awolowo’s release. I hope Bola Tinubu does likewise granting Nnamdi Kanu a presidential pardon on May 29 as soon as he leaves Eagles Square

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Winston Churchill once said: “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” I hope everyone associated with Nigeria’s immediate future bears this in mind as dark clouds hover on the horizon

[2] What we have at the moment is a situation similar to what prevailed in 1966. Unhappy with the results of the 1964 federal elections and its aftermath, a group of young officers decided to take matters into their own hands

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APC stalwart reveals that Tinubu intends to appoint non-party members into his cabinet

FORMER All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant Nicolas Felix has revealed that president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will appoint non-members of the party into his cabinet when he is sworn-in on May 29.

 

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House of Reps passes motion condemning interim government asking DSS to arrest those involved

NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has adopted a motion urging the department of State Security (DSS) too arrest and prosecute any politician calling for the creating of an interim government in the country.

 

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Ademola Ola-Adebomi hopeful of making Crystal Palace first team as Hodgson takes charge

NIGERIA-eligible teenage striker Ademola Ola-Adebomi is hoping that the change of managers at Crystal Palace will help facilitate his promotion to the first team based on his recent good form in the development squad.

 

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Were I in Bola Tinubu’s shoes my inauguration speech on May 29 would include proposals like this 

Ayo Akinfe 

[1] We will send a bill to the National Assembly that empowers the five states of the southeast geo-political zone to float a finance house called Ogbunigwe Bank. It will hand out loans to small businesses with a maximum interest rate of 5%

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Deputy senate president Omo-Agege reportedly expelled from APC by Delta State chapter

MEMBERS of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have allegedly expelled the deputy senate president Senator  Ovie Omo-Agege claiming he has been engaged in anti-party activities and other unnamed offences.

 

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo says calls for interim government are satanic and unconstitutional

PAN-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has vowed to support Nigeria's president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu condemning recent calls for his election to be annulled and an interim government instituted as satanic and unconstitutional.

 

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