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01/01/2025

FG to spend ₦8.6bn on overhaul of presidential air fleet engines

A review of the 2025 proposed budget has revealed that the Nigerian Presidency plans to spend ₦8.6billion on overhaul of presidential air fleet engines. The review shows that the overhaul of 5N-FGW engines in the presidential air fleet is expected to cost N5.5 billion, while overhaul of two Falcon...

01/01/2025

"Nigeria was on 'life support" in May 2023' - Akpabio

Senate President of the 10th National Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has likened Nigeria’s condition to being on “life support” when President Bola Tinubu assumed office in May 2023. Speaking at his 2024 Constituency Briefing and Empowerment Programme held at the Ikot-Ekpene Township Stad...

01/01/2025

Police to spend N6.2bn on fuelling generators, vehicles in 2025

A review of the proposed 2025 Budget has shown that the Nigeria Police in different Commands plans to spend ₦6.2billion on fuelling generators and vehicles. According to the proposed budget document, motor vehicles fuel cost is estimated at ₦5.7 billion, while plant/generator fuel cost is expect...

01/01/2025

Kwankwaso attacks Atiku; labels him 'a liar @80'

Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has launched a scathing attack on former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, branding him a “serial liar” at 80. Speaking passionately during an interview with the Hausa Service of a foreign Radio service, Kwankwaso expressed outr...

01/01/2025

"Declare "state of emergency' on insecurity, hardship"- Ohanaeze urges Tinubu

As part of its continued advocacy for a better Nigeria, the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare a ‘state of emergency’ on insecurity and hardship, noting that the situation is still hovering around the country. The call...

01/01/2025

Arrest drift in Nigeria’s broadcasting industry - Northern Broadcast Owners send SOS to Tinubu

…Says ghost foreign interests infiltrating broadcast space …Urges NSA NIA, NBC ARCON to step in The Chairman, Board Of Trustees (BOT) Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the Nigerian broadcas...

31/12/2024

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Nigeria receives $1.5bn W'Bank loan over Tinubu's subsidy removal, tax reforms Bills
https://voiceoflibertyng.com/nigeria-receives-1-5bn-wbank-loan-over-tinubus-subsidy-removal-tax-reforms-bills/

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31/12/2024

'Warri Refinery produces only diesel, kerosene, not petrol’ - Staff

The Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company (WRPC) in Delta State has resumed limited operations, producing only Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) and Dual Purpose Kerosene, according to workers at the facility.  Despite the plant’s 125,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) capacity, it was gathered that two of ...

31/12/2024

"Turji’s threat to destroy Zamfara, affront on Army" - APC chieftain

A threat by bandit leader, Bello Turji to destroy Zamfara State if his associate, Baka Burgi, is arrested by the military, is not released before end of  December, has been described as a direct affront to the Nigerian Army. An APC chieftain in the State, Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, expressed this...

31/12/2024

DSS arrests Mahdi Shehu over fake French military base video

The Department of State Service, (DSS), has reportedly arrested Kaduna-based activist and political commentator, Mahdi Shehu, for alleged propagation of fake video of French military base in Nigeria. Shehu has been detained by the DSS following his arrest over the weekend due to allegations concerni...

31/12/2024

Tinubu Okays federal university for Southern Kaduna

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a federal university in Southern Kaduna, a move aimed at addressing the region’s educational and developmental needs. This decision marks a significant milestone for the region, which has long advocated for greater educational infrastru...

31/12/2024

“Don't allow cabals stop LG autonomy” - NULGE begs Tinubu

President of the National Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE), Hakeem Ambali, has accused the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), of being responsible for the delay in the direct allocations to local government councils. According to published findings, six months after the Supr...

31/12/2024

"I brought you back to life politically", Wike to Odili

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Sunday, came down hard on ex-Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili, describing him as a ‘rent seeker’ and an ingrate for siding with incumbent Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Wike was reacting to Odili’s recent remark that Fubara stopp...

31/12/2024

El-Rufa'i slams Reno Omokri as 'paid political mercenary'

Ex-governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has ridiculed an erstwhile Presidential media aide, Reno Omokri amid the backlash between him and supporters of President Bola Tinubu. VoL reports that the face-face began when el-Rufa’i shared and supported an article by a frontline columnist, Faroo...

30/12/2024

NCC debunks reports of 40% Telecom tariff hike

…Says its “fake news” The Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), has refuted recent reports alleging it approved a 40 percent increase in telecom tariffs, labeling the claims as false and misleading. Recall that there had earlier been reports on social media  that the Commission had appro...

30/12/2024

Zamfara: Soldiers arrest Turji’s female ammunition courier

Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force (JTF) North-West, ‘Operation Fansan Yamma‘, have apprehended a 25-year-old suspected female ammunition courier, Shamsiyya Ahadu. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau, Zamfara State, yesterday by the Coordinator, Joint Media Coordination Centre of ...

30/12/2024

H'Reps mulls separating AGF, Justice Minister’s offices

The 10th House of Representatives is considering a Bill to separate the offices of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) from that of the Minister of Justice. The Bill, co-sponsored by two Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers, Mansur Soro (Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency, Bauchi State) and....

30/12/2024

Appointments: "2 wrongs don’t make a right" - El-Rufa'i on Tinubu’s alleged Yoruba bias

The immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has reacted to United States-based Nigerian professor of journalism, Farooq Kperogi, over his allegations of ethnic favouritism in President Bola Tinubu’s appointments. Kperogi, in an article titled: ‘Tinubu’s Buharisation of the ...