March 2021

The Federal Government is going to consult widely before terminating the existing subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, this is according to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Last week, there were reports that the NNPC might spend N102.96bn on petrol subsidy this month going by the recent pricing template for the commodity.

Findings by news correspondents revealed that Nigeria consumes about 57.44 million litres of petrol daily, while the actual ex-depot cost for the product was ₦206.42/litre.

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But NNPC sells the commodity at an ex-depot price of …

Following Sunday’s declaration by Ex-Militant leader  Mujahid Asari Dokubo that he was forming a Biafran Government, the Federal Government of Nigeria has dismissed the formation of the purported government, describing the move as a ‘theatre of the absurd by a joker seeking attention’.

Africa Daily News had over the weekend reported that Mr. Dokubo had birthed Biafra defacto Customary Government, BCG, announcing himself as the leader of the new version of the Biafra agitation.

In a statement by the spokesperson of the customary government Uche Mefor, Mr. Dokubo had attributed the injustice and marginalization on the Igbos found in various …

Nigeria’s Apex religious association the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has dragged the federal government to court over the recently gazetted Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA).

The move, obviously was to submit the Association’s displeasure over some provisions of the Act which the Christian body has mounted opposition against.

The move was disclosed to newsmen by CAN’s General Secretary Joseph Daramola who said in a statement that the leadership of the Association resolved to approach the court after all attempts to convince the federal government not to intervene or interfere with the management of the Church directly or …

Ex-militant leader, and activist, Asari Dokubo, raised eyebrows on Sunday when he dared President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Government by announcing the formation of a Biafran government.

In a statement that was made available to newsmen on Sunday, Dokubo declared himself as the leader of the new Biafra defacto Customary Government (BCG).

In the statement which one Uche Mefor, BCG’s Head of Information and Communications, signed on his behalf, the former militant leader named those who would serve as leaders of BCG.

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His words, ‘We as people …

The conservative party in Germany a party which German Chancellor Angela Merkel belongs to suffered heavy losses in two key regional elections Sunday, early estimates showed, as voters vented anger over pandemic setbacks and a face-mask procurement scandal.

Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was on track to score its worst-ever results in the southwestern states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, according to exit polls from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF.

Both votes were being closely watched as a barometer of the national mood ahead of a general election on September 26 — when Merkel’s successor will be chosen.

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Senator Ali Ndume, who is the Chairman of, Senate Committee on Army, has stated that it will be contrary to the constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) if the northern region is allowed to produce the party’s next presidential candidate.

The Yobe State-born Senator, who represents Borno South in the Senate, made this disclosure at a press roundtable organized by the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigerian Union of Journalists, FCT Council, on Saturday.

According to him, any attempt to zone the party’s presidential ticket to the north would be tantamount to the third term after President Muhammad Buhari’s second term in …