The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has expressed the bank’s worry over Nigeria’s debt to revenue ratio. Adesina, speaking at the opening of the two-day Mid-term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat at the Presidential Villa on Monday in Abuja said dmi espite Nigeria’s debt to the GDP remaining …
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The state secretariat, banks, major streets, motor parks, schools and markets in many parts of Owerri, Imo State capital, on Monday, were deserted as residents observed the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) sit-at-home order. Newsextra24 who moved round to monitor the level of compliance gathered that even though markets …
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Rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has dared the Nigeria Police on the planned protest to mark the End SARS anniversary. Recall that in October 2020, Nigerians trooped out in protest seeking an end to police brutality. However, the protest turned violent as some thugs hijacked it resulting in soldiers’ intervention at …
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EDO State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said he would not brook opposition within the state chapter of the PDP in his quest to reposition and strengthen it. He said this at an expanded meeting of party leaders in Benin, on Monday. Obaseki said, “There are people who have continued …
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, that he would get to his political destination. Gbajabiamila, who stated this at a welcome-back event held in honour of Tinubu in Lagos on Sunday, also described the former Lagos governor …
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Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has called on Igbo in the diaspora to offer their strong voice against violent agitations. He also urged them to bring their influences to bear in the search for security and stability in Igbo land. Ekweremadu’s admonition is coming, almost two months …
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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested the second foreign national in the Mumbai cruise drug bust case, the agency said on Sunday. “A team of NCB Mumbai intercepted one Nigerian national namely Okaro Ouzama along with an intermediate quantity of Cocaine, yesterday,” NCB zonal chief Sameer Wankhede told news agency …
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Mid dire hunger necessitated by food price inflation in Nigeria, the President Muhammadu Buhari regime has proposed to spend an alarming N508 million on food and catering supplies for the State House in 2022. A copy of the 2023 Appropriation Bill seen by Peoples Gazette, shows that N301,138,860 has been …
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The organized labor which comprises Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JNC) said its members from Tuesday, October 12, 2021 should sit at home until further notice.. Addressing journalists in Calabar, the State Chairman of NLC, Comrade Ben …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N13.3 billion for the take-off of the Community Policing initiative across the country. The president made this known at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat organized to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key priorities of his administration …
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