Anietie Udobit, AbujaFormer Vice President Atiku Abubakar has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is offering opposition party leaders N50 million each to undermine Nigeria’s democratic process.Speaking in Abuja on Monday at a national conference on strengthening democracy, organized by various civic organizations, Atiku warned that the nation’s democracy
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Debt Management Office (DMO) has said President Tinubu inherited a total of N87.38 trillion debt upon assumption of office.President Tinubu took office on May 29, 2023.The DMO revealed the above in a bid to clarify recent media reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu inherited N21 trillion in
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the waiver of the 2025 non-refundable annual license renewal fee for Bureau De Change (BDC) operators.In a circular dated January 24, 2025, signed by John S. Onojah, acting director of the financial policy and regulation department, the apex bank said
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaFormer presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that he is more interested in Nigeria and its progress than forming a coalition just to grab power.Obi denied involvement in a coalition against the ruling President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress in 2027.Speaking with
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaLegal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has announced that he will withdraw case against human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi.Babalola and Farotimi had been locked in a legal battle since last year, following Babalola’s complaint that Farotimi defamed him in a book titled ‘Nigeria and its Criminal
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Nigerian airline, Air Peace has refunded the airfares of thousands of passengers running into several millions of naira in 2024 due to cancelled and delayed flights, according to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority.The regulator stated that while Air Peace compensated 1,901 passengers in November 2024 for flight
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-Anietie Udobit, UyoAkwa Ibom state governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has assured workers of the commencement of payment of the N80,000 minimum by the end of this month, January.This is following the submission of the report by the Committee on the Implementation of the New Minimum Wage/Personnel Verification, headed by the
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The wife of a former deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, has been freed from the United Kingdom’s prison.Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court over charges related to organ harvesting.Mrs Ekweremadu is reported to have returned to Nigeria on Tuesday.
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has successfully dismantled a bandit logistics hub and neutralised scores of terrorists in Alawa Forest, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, during a three-day operation.The operation, codenamed “KONAN DAJI,” was conducted following credible intelligence and aerial surveillance, which revealed a significant presence of heavily
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The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has decried the increase in value of unsold inventory by 12.9 percent from N1.24tn in the first half of 2024 to a record N1.4tn by the end of the past year.MAN president, Francis Meshioye, revealed at the 2025 Presidential Media Luncheon held on Wednesday in
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