Popular comedian, Seyi Law has denied saying he regrets supporting President Bola Tinubu. NEWSMEN recalls that singer, Eedris Abdulkareem in a recent podcast interview claimed that Seyi Law disclosed to him that his biggest mistake was supporting President Bola Tinubu. The singer said the comedian apologised to the audience at a recent event he attended and even denounced his support for Tinubu. However, commenting on a viral clip of the podcast on X, Seyi Law denied Abdulkareem’s claims, saying he probably took his joke seriously. He wrote, “Thanks for posting this first. I have been looking for someone who recorded…
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As part of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola’s Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for the year 2024, as signed in the performance bond by agencies, the Bill which seeks to repeal the Nigerian Shippers’ Council Act Cap N133 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), and enact the Nigerian Shipping and Port Economic Regulatory Agency Act when enacted into law, has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives. Presenting the Bill at the House of Representatives on Wednesday 14th February 2024, the Chairman, House Committee on Shipping Services, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki, said that…
The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) has denied claims in a section of the media (not Nigerian NewsDirect) that despite funding from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), many Master Mariners have quit the academy over poor welfare packages and a lack of electricity to their staff quarters. Addressing the media over the weekend on a series of sponsored allegations against the Academy, the Rector, Commodore Duja Effedua (rtd), revealed that the five percent allocation that statutorily comes from NIMASA to the Academy is based on what NIMASA makes from its clients in a given period of time.…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has solicited the support and partnership with the United States of America in developing the critical economic sectors of the state to achieve his administration’s shared prosperity agenda. Specifically, Ekiti State, according to Governor Oyebanji is desirous of the American government’s support for its Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security on cocoa development as well as a collaboration between the state’s knowledge Zone and US technology hub, the Silicon Valley. Governor Oyebanji, who disclosed these in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday during a meeting with a team from American Embassy led by the Charge d’Affaires, David…
One quick turn for successive governments in Nigeria to explain the worsening situation is to look back and quickly lay a claim to what was inherited from the previous administration(s). Recently, the deterioration of the Nigerian economy has placed hardship before Nigerians. One central subject around the compounding issues has been the fluctuations and instabilities of foreign exchange. The recent system of operation as introduced by the present Government led by President Bola Tinubu has not enjoyed the favour of good turns. Rather, the impacts have seen the Naira crumbling in value depreciation, exchanging more ridiculously to over N1,500/$ recently. …
Officers of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Tuesday sealed the Jigawa state assembly, Nigerian NewsDirect can authoritatively report. This is as the seal is not unconnected with the plot to unseat the current Speaker of the House. Our investigations revealed that the process which started in Kano at one of the famous Hotel Rooms yesterday, while the Speaker was out of the country for an official assignment with Jigawa state Governor Namadi and also to perform the ummura pilgrimage at the holy land, Mecca . It was reliably gathered that the impeachment is a result of the Speaker being accused…
The Nigerian Army has said that it needs the collaboration of other stakeholders in the South-East to end the sit-at-home order in the zone. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, said this on Wednesday during an interactive session with newsmen at the 14 Brigade Headquarters, Ohafia. The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had since August 2021 declared a sit-at-home order every Monday in the zone. The order was allegedly part of its strategies to force the Federal Government to release its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group later dissociated itself from the order but the Simon…
The nine oil-producing states in Nigeria saw their domestic debt stock drop from a record high of N1.66 trillion recorded as of June 2023 to N1.58 trillion by the end of September 2023. This represents a decline of N107.6 billion in three months. This is according to an analysis on the debt profile as released by the Debt Management Office (DMO). This is as the nine states received a sum of N127.7 billion as a 13 percent oil derivatives fund from the federal government in the same period, a sharp decline from the N249.6 billion received in the previous quarter.…
The Federal Government announced on Wednesday that it has completed the 63-kilometre Port Harcourt-Aba railway project. The Port Harcourt-Aba project is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railroad project initiated by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, revealed this information while leading a delegation to inspect the project. He said train services would commence in a few months as soon as finishing touches are completed on the tracks. “The project from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri is not yet completed. They (contractors) are working in phases, and they have laid tracks up…
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu has expressed feelings of betrayal by his Governor, Godwin Obaseki following his endorsement of another candidate aside from the Deputy Governor. In an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday, Shaibu said, “I feel betrayed by the Governor. I feel very betrayed. When we go to church, there are certain biblical verses that are beginning to make sense to me. “There is this particular verse that has been going through my mind: ‘The heart of man is desperately wicked.’ When I see what the governor is doing, the verse now makes meaning to…