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Nigeria loses ₦1,085 trillion daily to fuel smuggling

Nigeria loses ₦1,085 trillion daily to fuel smuggling

August 18, 2019 3:08 am

Daily, an estimated seven million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), better known as petrol, valued at N1, 085t is smuggled from Nigeria to neighbouring West African countries.

With daily consumption of about 52 million litres of petrol per day according to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), The Guardian understands that only about 45 million litres are eventually circulated within the country while approximately seven million litres are smuggled to countries where the product is sold for higher turnover.

Neighbouring Chad sells the cheapest petrol at the equivalent of N322, and industry sources told The Guardian that using N300 …

Nigeria capable of handling Ebola case, says expert

Nigeria capable of handling Ebola case, says expert

August 17, 2019 9:41 am

A medical expert, Dr Ademola Lawal, has said that Nigeria has the capacity to handle any case of Ebola in the country with its experience on the Lassa fever challenge.

He also gave the assurance that the country has taken all necessary steps, and was prepared to detect and curb any case of Ebola that could come into the country.

“Our in-country improved capacity to prevent, detect and respond to Lassa fever will ensure that any case of Ebola that sneaks into the country will be detected.

“Ebola and Lassa fever belong to the same class of diseases called Viral …

UK court opens way for $9bn claim against Nigeria

UK court opens way for $9bn claim against Nigeria

August 16, 2019 10:19 pm

British judge on Friday gave the green light for a tiny private firm to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the Nigerian government over a failed natural gas deal.

The amount represents one-fifth of the foreign reserves held by Africa’s largest economy.

The decade-long dispute pits an unheralded firm founded by two Irish business partners against an energy-rich but a politically-troubled nation of 200 million people.

The 2010 deal between the Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) company — widely reported to be registered in the British Virgin Islands — and the Nigerian government was meant to be …

No Going Back On 2023 Igbo Presidency - Ohanaeze

Peace in Nigeria: Implement 2014 confab report – Ohanaeze

August 4, 2019 9:36 am

In the wake of the recent peace parley organised at the instance of former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, leaders of Ndigbo have asked Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to implement resolutions of the 2014 national conference as a way of restoring peace in the country.

Their reason: No sort of peace meeting by any individual or group could usher peace into the country than an implementation of the outcomes of the 2014 confab, which, according to them, was reached by representatives of various ethnic nations and stakeholders that own the country.

The leaders explained that …

APC, the party that will eventually disintegrate Nigeria

APC, the party that will eventually disintegrate Nigeria 3

August 3, 2019 1:38 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

The APC led government in Nigeria has so much created contentions in the country to a point that the divisions among the tribes, and ethnic  groups have never been this bad in the country, the killings on daily basis by the Fulani herdsmen, the looting of public treasury by public officer holders in APC.

The party has created safe heaven for looters, the chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole publicly said during one of their rallies ahead of the 2019 elections while urging those in the opposition parties who were charged with fraud that, “once you, …

LGA polls: Certificate forgery rocks Niger APC

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August 2, 2019 1:41 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

The killings set the country unstable, while the trouble was going, the recklessness, and incompetence of APC led administration beginning from their finance team where Mrs Kemi Adeosun, who was even barely qualified to be the Commissioner of Finance in her last assignment  was given a portfolio too big for her to handle as a Minister of Finance, and the resultant effect was disastrous.

The government of APC which came into power in the first place with propaganda but failed to realise that, propaganda can only get you into power but will not get the real job …

LGA polls: Certificate forgery rocks Niger APC

APC, the party that will eventually disintegrate Nigeria

August 1, 2019 10:34 am

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) is a political party that has over the years since its formation in February 2013 ahead of the 2015 election shown, and proven that she wanted power at all costs. The party which came into existence as a result of the merger of Nigeria’s three largest opposition political parties namely, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and kicked out the incumbent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Nigeria’s national leadership. The presidential candidate of  APC, Muhammadu Buhari unseating the PDP’s Dr  …

Religious tolerance, key to united Nigeria – APC Chieftain

Religious tolerance, key to united Nigeria – APC Chieftain

August 1, 2019 1:28 am

Dr Vitalis Orikeze-Ajumbe, former ANPP Chairman in Imo and Chieftain of APC has said that religious tolerance was key to Nigeria’s unity and prosperity.

Ajumbe told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday that both Christians and Muslims were united by the worship of one God.

He said that only collaboration between the two major religions in the country could usher in a stable polity.

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“Both Christians and Muslims are worshipping the living God; I don’t know why there is misunderstanding.

“They are supposed to work together for the unity …

Marauders masquerading as pastors in Nigeria

Marauders masquerading as pastors in Nigeria

July 31, 2019 4:21 am

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Nigeria is supposedly a country where her citizenry make bogus claims as regards having full knowledge of God, and being closer to Him. The country comprises basically, Christians and Muslims. However the ratio of Christians supersede that of the Muslims. The country has uncountable number of churches ranging from kiosk sizes to cathedrals littered on every nook, and cranny of her streets as well as all kinds of individuals masquerading as pastors or “men and women of God,” as they are usually called by their followers.

These so-called men and women of God who are simply nothing …

How Nigeria was sold to the British for £865,000 in 1899

How Nigeria was sold to the British for £865,000 in 1899

July 27, 2019 1:38 am

All through the 19th century, palm oil was highly sought-after by the British, for use as an industrial lubricant for machinery. Remember that Britain was the world’s first industrialised nation, so they needed resources such as palm oil to maintain that.

Palm oil, of course, is a tropical plant, which is native to the Niger Delta. Malaysia’s dominance came a century later. By 1870, palm oil had replaced slaves as the main export of the Niger Delta, the area which was once known as the Slave Coast. At first, most of the trade in the oil palm was uncoordinated, with …

Nigeria among countries striving to end modern slavery

Nigeria among countries striving to end modern slavery

July 17, 2019 8:31 am

A report published by Walk Free on Global Slavery Index has placed Nigeria among countries striving to end modern slavery globally.

The report titled ‘Measurement, Action, Freedom’ conducted by over 30 anti-slavery organisations across the world, captures activities of modern slavery in over 180 countries.

The report provides an independent assessment of 183 governments and their responses to the exploitation of the 40.3 million people in modern slavery.

In the report, countries are assessed on their ability to identify and support survivors, establish effective criminal justice systems, strengthen coordination mechanisms and be held to account, address underlying risk factors, and …

Why Nigeria will be worse-off With Tinubu, Osinbajo

July 16, 2019 2:31 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

It is vociferously ridiculous how honour was bestowed on men like Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo among the noble Yoruba ancestry, men who are devoid of any form of integrity, who fabricate lies at the snap of their fingers without recourse to good conscience, equity and justice, and often willing to sacrifice their own people to gain political, and economic recognitions, they are so power hungry that humanity means little or nothing to them.

They profess knowledge of God as they claim to be devout Muslim, and Christian respectively, however regrettably, the only …

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