Author: Aminu Imam

‘Reject World Bank advice or risk implosion’ – Nigerians warn Tinubu

Aminu Imam
Nigerians on W'Bank loan

…Say, many people on the streets are walking corpses Nigerians from different strata of life have warned President Bola Tinubu that he would face the threat of implosion by angry citizens should the Federal Government go ahead with the World Bank’s advice to sustain the prevailing stinging reforms for the next 10 to 15 years. Recall that last Tuesday, the World Bank Senior Vice-president, Indermit Gill, declared in Abuja at the Nigeria Economic Summit, among others, that it would take at least 10 or 15 years for President Bola Tinubu’s…

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KD LG polls: APC sweeps all 23 chairmanship, 255 councillorship seats

Aminu Imam
APC wins KD LG polls

It was jubilation galore by members of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in Kaduna State yesterday evening, when the Kaduna State Electoral Independent Commission (KAD-SEICOM) announced the result of the local government Chairmanship and councillorship elections conducted across the State. The Commission’s Chairperson, Hajiya Hajara Mohammed, announced that the APC won all the 23 local government Chairmanship seats and all the 255 councillorship positions in the State. Hajara said, “Eight political parties filled in political candidates in the election. They are ADC, APC, APGA, LP, NNPP, PDP, PRP, and…

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‘Lack of electricity killing businesses in Nigeria’ –  AfDB President, Adesina

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AfDB President, Adesina

President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has said Nigeria is losing about 29 billion dollars annually due to a lack of reliable power supply. Adesina, who made this known during his lecture on “Building a global Nigeria”, to mark the 90th birthday anniversary of retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon in Abuja, said that it amounted to 5.8 percent loss in the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, (GDP). According to him, the major challenge facing Nigeria’s manufacturing industries was the high cost and unreliability of electricity supply. The AfDB boss said…

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Terrorists kill 2, kidnap APC Chair, 13 others in Katsina

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Katsina kidnap

Suspected terrorists have launched a violent attack on ?an-Auta village, located in Sabuwa local government area of Katsina State, in the early hours of Friday. According to reports, the assault, which took place around 2am, resulted in the death of two persons, including a security operative from the Katsina State Community Watch Corps (KSCWC), and led to the abduction of 13 others, including women and children. Among those abducted was the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the area, identified as Alhaji Imamu. According to witnesses report,…

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NAFDAC workers vow to continue strike

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NAFDAC workers vow

The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) branch, has vowed to continue its ongoing strike action till their demands are met. In an interview with newsmen yesterday in Kaduna, the Chairman of the Chapter, Adetoboye Ayodeji, said it was left for the agency’s management to call the union for negotiation in order to see actionable evidence that things would be done appropriately. Recall that workers of the agency began an indefinite strike on October 7, to demand the review…

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Former Presidents Jonathan, Obasanjo, Peter Obi meet in Abuja

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Former presidents meet

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday met with former Nigerian Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. Obi made the disclosure in a social media post on Friday evening, during the 67th birthday celebration and presentation of 50 books by renowned legal scholar Prof. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) at the Abuja Continental Hotel. Jonathan was president from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari and was the first incumbent president in Nigerian history to concede defeat in an election and, therefore,…

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“Skyrocketing energy price impacting security” – Afenifere tells FG  

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Afenifere tells FG

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said the high cost of energy impacts health and security just like it does to the economy. Afenifere’s remark, made yesterday, is in reaction to the price of a litre of petrol now going for between N1,000 and N1,400, a kilogramme of cooking gas is about N1,500. As of 2023, a litre of fuel was N197 while a kilogramme of gas was about half the current price. In its latest report, the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS), indicated that inflation rates have risen to…

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“Nigeria/Biafra war wouldn’t have occurred if S’East had no desire to secede”- Gowon

Aminu Imam

General Yakubu Gowon, a former military Head of State of Nigeria, says there would not have been any need for the Nigerian Civil War if there were no plans of secession. Recall that the Nigerian civil war was between 1967 and 1970. Gowon was the head of state between August 1, 1966 and July 29, 1975. Gowon, who made this statement in a published interview,the Nigerian civil war was inevitable due to the south-east’s desire to secede. According to the former military Head of State, “It got to the stage…

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More than half of Nigerians live in poverty’ – World Bank

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W'Bank on poverty

The World Bank has said reforms undertaken by Nigeria’s government are “essential”, but have piled pressure on its people, more than half of whom live in poverty. Since coming to power in May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has introduced reforms aimed at reviving the economy of Africa’s most populous nation. Measures include the liberalisation of the battered naira currency and cutting fuel subsidies, which allowed the state to keep gasoline prices low for decades. In a report published on Thursday, the World Bank said, “The new policy direction is…

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LG Poll: Kaduna imposes movement restriction to prevent security breaches

Aminu Imam
Kaduna LG poll

The Kaduna State Security Council has announced a restriction of movement throughout the state from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, Saturday. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who announced this in a statement yesterday, said this is to ensure peaceful and orderly conduct of the forthcoming local government election in the state, adding that the restriction was to ensure a peaceful and orderly council poll. He said the elections, which would take place in 255 wards and 23 local government councils, are crucial for the…

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