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Chimamanda’s Epistle Of Garbage, By Femi Fani-Kayode

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

Chimamanda Adichie’s “hollow democracy” diatribe is a shitty little submission, in a shitty little letter, written by a shitty little diva. It was hardly worth my time to read and ordinarily, I would not have bothered. Like all fecal waste it belongs in one place and one place alone: the bottom of a public toilet. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Hollow Democracy UBA To Recover N56.16BN Debt With Sale Of Abuja Disco, Move Drives Up Share Price To One-Month High N20bn Payment to Ghost Consultants’ Allegation Rocks NNPC Gunmen Kidnap Nasarawa Ex-deputy Governor,…

Nigeria’s Hollow Democracy, By Chimamanda Adichie

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

In slamming “Nigeria’s hollow democracy,” the famed author wrote: “The smoldering disillusionment felt by many Nigerians is not so much because their candidate did not win as because the election they had dared to trust was, in the end, so unacceptably and unforgivably flawed.“ Dear President Biden, Something remarkable happened on the morning of February 25, the day of the Nigerian presidential election. Many Nigerians went out to vote holding in their hearts a new sense of trust. Cautious trust, but still trust. Since the end of military rule in…

N20bn Payment to Ghost Consultants’ Allegation Rocks NNPC

April 8, 2023April 8, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

. We Welcome House of Representatives Investigation, NNPC says in Statement to Platforms Africa The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has said that it was aware of the planned probe by the Parliament of allegation it paid N20 billion dollars payment to ghost consultants. The NNPC Ltd, which said this in a statement to Platforms Africa, maintained that it “received with great relief, the resolution of the House of Representatives to investigate allegation of the payment of a huge sum of twenty billion naira to so-called “ghost consultants.”…

Ondo Varsity Graduate Stabbed To Death Over N1,000 Debt

April 7, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

A recent graduate of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, Akoko in Ondo State, Temitayo, was stabbed to death over N1,000 naira debt. Temitayo, who recently graduated from the Physics Electronics department, was stabbed with a pair of scissors, according to the Peoples Gazette on Thursday. According to a source from the University’s Student Union who confirmed the incident, Temitayo intervened in a naira payment dispute between a “Egbon Adugbo” and a third party, promising to settle the bill for the latter. READ ALSO: HOLDING IBADAN RADIO STATION AT GUNPOINT AND WOLE…

HOLDING IBADAN RADIO STATION AT GUNPOINT AND WOLE SOYINKA’S BIZARRE NAME-CALLING, By Tosin Adeoti

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

Viral column by Obi supporters that got Soyinka to write Facism on Course, his latest article 1965 ELECTION DRAMA 31Yr Old Soyinka Declared Wanted For Seizing Radio Station At Gunpoint Over Western Region Elections Rigging! Wole Soyinka calling OBIdients names is the most bizarre thing I’ve read today. Do older Nigerians really think we don’t read (their) history. A 31-year-old Oluwole Soyinka stormed a radio station and held a Bereta pistol to the head of a broadcaster’s head to prevent the victory speech of the winner of a declared…

FASCISM ON COURSE: Soyinka Hits Back At ‘Obidients’ In New Article

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

Nobel Laureate, who allegedly suffered attacks on social media from Peter Obi’s supporters over comment on Labour Party VP candidate, says he does not need permission for method of intervention Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, in a new article entitled ‘ Facism on Course’ has hit back at supporters of the LP Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, called ‘Obedients’ insisting on the condemnation of the intimidation of the judiciary by the Vice-Presidential candidate of LP, Yusuf Datti Baba- Ahmed in an interview with Channels TV. READ ALSO: I warned Peter…

Gunmen Kidnap Nasarawa Ex-deputy Governor, Gye-Wado

April 7, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

A former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Professor Onje Gye-Wado, has been kidnapped by gunmen who allegedly invaded his community, Gwagi, in the Wamba Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Friday. A family source who confirmed the incident said the kidnappers gained entrance through the fence, broke into the house through his wife’s window and whisked him away to an unknown destination. “His wife came in for Easter celebration and they broke into the house through her widow and took him away to an unknown…

How In-Coming Govt Can Tackle Fuel Subsidy Burden – NIPCO

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

President-elect Bola Tinubu has declared plans to end fuel subsidy. CNG pioneer, NIPCO, has these pieces of advice on how this could be a win-win for both the government and the people Deepened utilization of indigenous natural gas will certainly help the federal government in reducing subsidy burden and reduced importation of other fossil fuels, there by saving towards exchequer. Mr. Suresh Kumar, Managing Director, NIPCO Plc, the CNG pioneer in Nigeria, said this after a tour of the company’s facilities in Apapa by journalists on Thursday. READ ALSO:…

Number of Vehicles Running On Gas In Nigeria Hits 7,000

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

CNG pioneer, NIPCO, deepens gas investment, market leadership The number of vehicles running on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) In Nigeria has Hit 7,000. Mr. Suresh Kumar, Managing Director, NIPCO Plc, the CNG pioneer in Nigeria, said this while addressing journalists after a tour of the company’s facilities in Apapa on Thursday. Fielding questions from newsmen, Kumar, who addressed journalists with MD NIPCO Gas, Nagendra Verma, maintained that his company has deepened gas investment and market leadership in the country. READ ALSO: Don’t Assault Our Staff, Expect Quality Services During…

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