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Biafra Republic: We’re Ready For Referendum — IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared its readiness to meet with the Nigerian government for negotiations and dialogue on the peaceful exit of Biafra from Nigeria through a United Nations, UN-supervised referendum. IPOB started peaceful agitation for Biafra independence in 2012. However, the agitation took a different and disturbing dimension in 2015 when IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,...
Food Inflation Hits 40% Despite FG $3.3bn Agricultural Loan
Despite obtaining $3.334 billion (N5.178 trillion) in multilateral loans and drawing in more than $4.3 billion in investments to increase food production. The cost of essential staple food items skyrocketed by 60.88 percent under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, The PUNCH reports. When Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, food inflation was 24.82 percent. It jumped to about 40 percent...
N5bn Palliatives To States, Diversionary, Wasteful – Femi Falana
Femi Falana, a popular Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria has said the Federal Government’s N5 billion fuel subsidy removal palliatives are diversionary and a waste. Falana disclosed this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television. According to him, Tinubu should address the root cause: the dollarization of the country’s economy. READ ALSO: CBN Denies Issuing New Policy Actions...
Obi, Atiku, El-Rufai Pay Tribute At Buhari’s Graveside In Daura
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State Governor visited the graveside of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, on Wednesday after his burial. Buhari, who passed away on Sunday in London at the age of 81, was laid to rest in his hometown on Tuesday. His funeral has...
Old Naira Notes Remain Legal Tender Till Dec 31 – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja nullified the Federal Government’s cashless and Naira re-design policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution. The Apex Court held that President Muhammadu Buhari breached the Constitution of the Federation in the ways and manners he issued directives for the re-designing of the Naira by the Central Bank of...
Serving As A Minister While Observing Mandatory National Youth Service Wrong, NYSC Tells Musawa
The Director, Press and Public Relations of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Eddy Megwa, has said that the Minister of Arts and Culture, Mrs Hannatu Musawa, who is currently doing her one-year youth service is occupying the ministerial position in breach of the NYSC Act. Speaking with our reporter over the phone, Megwa confirmed that the minister had been...
SANs Cautions Against One-party System
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria has warned that Nigeria’s federal system is under serious threat due to the dominance of a single political party, stressing that the judiciary must remain strong where opposition is weak. BOSAN said the current political landscape has weakened federalism and virtually eliminated effective opposition, thereby placing greater responsibility on the judiciary to protect...
Popular Ohafia King Visits ABN TV Boss, Ifeanyi Okali, Lauds Family’s Patience Before Arrival Of Baby (Photos, Video)
The paramount ruler (Ezie Ogo) of Ebem ancient Kingdom, HRH Eze Ukoha Kalu Ukoha (JP) along with his wife Ugoeze Ukoha on Monday paid a visit to the Director ABN TV, Mr. Ifeanyi Okali. The traditional ruler was in Okali's home in Umuahia to felicitate with him and his wife on the arrival of their first baby Miss Precious...
Kogi Women Stage Bold Protest Half-Naked Over Growing Insecurity
On Wednesday, some irate women from Oke-Ere, in Kogi State's Yagba West Local Government Area, demonstrated against what they described as the "endless reign of terror" in their neighbourhood. The women, many of whom are elderly, marched through the town with sad chants in a local dialect. In a video sighted by PUNCH Online on Wednesday, they appeared half-naked, holding sticks...
Insecurity, Hunger Driving Nigeria Into Anarchy — Bishop Onuoha
The President of Vision Africa, Bishop Sunday Onuoha has said Nigeria is sliding into anarchy as a result of hunger, starvation and, frustration. Bishop Onuoha stated this on Wednesday in a statement in Umuahia, expressing worry over the overwhelming insecurity and starvation amongst citizens in the country. He urged the government to immediately rise and act to save the country from...
