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6 days ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, on Monday boasted that nobody has the powers or authority to suspend him from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, who stated this while speaking with Journalists, in Abuja on Monday, said he cannot be chased away from the party he laboured to build Wike, reacting to criticisms over his loyalty to the party, following his romance with the ruling All Progressive Congress...
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6 days ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
…Intercepts N9.3b worth of opioids in RiversOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 2 Saudi-bound pilgrims, a businessman going to Iran for ingesting 155 cocaine wraps, even as they intercepted N9.3 billion worth of opioids in Rivers. The Agency’s operatives also uncovered and dismantled a syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims who serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
… Don’t hand over power to unprepared successors, Akpabio tells governors… Umahi demands 2% of sales from Dangote, BUA cementThe Federal government on Saturday, said it has so far paid N18b as compensation for Lagos – Calabar coastal road, as President Bola Tinubu issued a stern warning to property developers and landowners against building on federal infrastructure corridors without proper authorization.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended Nigeria Senator has alleged that Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President asked her to harass ministers and heads of agencies in exchange for kickbacks and favours for his personal benefit.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
Peter Obi has appealed for urgent response to assist victims of the flood disaster that has killed about 117 persons and rendered over 3000 person homeless, in Mokwa area of Niger State, North Central part of Nigeria.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has described the plans by the President Bola Tinubu-led APC government to pursue fresh external and domestic loans as ” a reckless and dangerous move that threatens the future of Nigeria and generations yet unborn.”President Tinubu had recently written to the leadership of the National Assembly, asking for approval to borrow the sum of $21b, ahead of the implementation of the N55T trillion, 2025 budget.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his mid-term as Nigeria’s President, saying as the party and the Government celebrate, the Country should be reminded that leadership is a continuous journey. This came as the Tinubu’s Administration marks two years in office on Thursday, May 29th, 2025.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
Samuel Anyanwu, Peoples Democratic Party PDP National Secretary, on Wednesday regretted the ongoing crises within the country’s main opposition party, describing it as “man-made and unnecessary”. Anyanwu, while speaking at an interactive session with Journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, also regretted that the crisis had exposed the party to a lot of negative publicity, adding that “it’s very disheartening, and I feel very concerned about it”.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
…says opposition coalition won’t be silentFormer Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday accused the President Bola Tinubu-led Administration of failing Nigerians.
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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Ailemen
President Bola Tinubu is to head a Committee that will implement digital public infrastructure in the country. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) stated this while inaugurating the Presidential Committee on the Implementation of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in Abuja on Tuesday. The SGF said that the Committee’s core mandate is to ensure a robust, coordinated and legally-compliant implementation of DPI that aligns with Nigeria’s development goals.
