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The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Community Engagement (South West), Moremi Ojudu, on Tuesday said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is committed to promoting economic growth and alleviating poverty for the people of Nigeria. This was made known during a recent meeting with the Ministry of Finance officials where the Presidential Community Engagement Team was appointed into the Special Presidential Panel on Social Investment Programs in Nigeria. During the meeting, a comprehensive report of a survey conducted by the Presidential Community Engagement Team in the Southwest region was delivered to the Committee. The data collected…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has reiterated that pregnant women will not be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s hajj. The Commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Jalal Ahmad Arabi, disclosed this on Wednesday in a Hausa programme aired by a private radio station in Kaduna. According to him, the Saudi authorities have equally threatened to fine Nigeria if the ban on pregnant women is breached. He explained that the law had been there for a long time and would be sustained and enforced this year. “We will not allow any woman with pregnancy, no matter how…

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Simisola Kosoko, simply known as Simi, has responded to the recent jibes of Samuel Oguachuba, identified as Samklef, and Maverick singer Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ, aka Brymo. Simi spoke in an interview with media personnel, Angela Yee on her programme titled, ‘Way Up’ on Tuesday. The wife of singer Adekunle Gold said she could not imagine the reasons behind Samklef and Brymo’s talks about nurturing feelings for her but claimed to be happy that her husband was always in her defence. She described their actions as more comedy than anything else anyone could think. When asked how she…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kanayo O Kanayo has introduced Clinton, his first son, to the world of filmmaking. In an Instagram post on Monday, Kanayo unveiled Clinton to members of Simpliciter Associates Productions, his production company, on a movie set, announcing he would work as an assistant production manager and personal assistant to him. The veteran actor also cautioned his crew that his son had been recruited to work and should be treated accordingly. He said, “This is Clinton Onyeze Mbaise, my first son. And he is joining us today as assistant production manager and as PA to me. Do not…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Jesutega Onokpasa, has revealed that certain appointees of President Bola Tinubu are plotting to succeed him before the end of his tenure and are seriously wishing that the President will not make it to 2027 for their selfish reasons. Onokpasa, a lawyer and former member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who lamented the alleged hypocrisy, pull him down mentality and anti-party activities going on in the governing party, laid curses on those he accused of wishing Tinubu dead, saying, “If they don’t repent, Asiwaju will attend their funeral.”…

…616 export containers abandoned •Maersk shipping to evacuate 1,900 by tomorrow — APM Terminal The drive by the government to raise its non-oil revenue may have come under threat as no less than 4,817 containers fully loaded with export goods are currently trapped at the Lagos port. Out of this, 616 have been abandoned for over three years, thereby worsening the fate of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the export business. Meanwhile, the shippers and their agents, terminal operators, shipping lines, are now locked in counter accusations over the cause of the delay even as the Nigeria Shippers…

By Serge Ayao, Lome The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Pastor Elijah Ayodele has touched several nations with his dynamic and unique prophetic ministry and it appears Togo is the latest country to experience the heavy wave of the prophet’s ministry. The Nigerian-born cleric has suddenly become a household name in Togo due to his remarkable prophecy regarding the country’s parliamentary election which took place last week. There are reports that Primate Ayodele’s prophecy videos and statements concerning the election have become ‘ringing tone’ for people who are yet to recover from the accuracy of his prophecy. Primate Ayodele,…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has kicked against the position of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, that Nigeria is not ripe for the establishment of state police. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, directed the Clerk of the House, Barr. Olalekan Onafeko, to write the Inspector-General and the National Assembly stating that the state lawmakers reject Egbetokun’s position. Recall that the IGP, represented at a recently held one-day dialogue on state policing, themed, ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria’, opposed the establishment of state police, arguing that it would increase ethnic tension and cause…

…Scheme records abysmal performance …Experts fear old age poverty is escalating …Recommend way forward At the backdrop of heightened economic hardship subscribers to the micro-pension scheme have began to draw down on their contributions through contingency withdrawals. The micro-pension plan, MPP, was created by the National Pension Commission to encourage low income group, mainly self employed and informal sector workers, to have a pension savings for their old age. Financial Vanguard findings from pension data show that the contingent withdrawals by micro pension contributors in 2023 skyrocketed by 245.2 per cent to N21.4 million from N6.2 million recorded in 2022.…

•Lament loss of productive man-hour •Decry disruption of business operations, increased operational costs •Demand immediate action to normalise supplies Private sector employers in Nigeria yesterday decried the unending scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol across the country, saying ongoing disruption of businesses across diverse sectors, escalating transportation and logistical bottlenecks have progressively led to increased operational costs, among others. The employers, under the platform of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, expressed concern at the persistent queues for petrol at most filling stations in the country, amid dwindling productivity and economic activities. Speaking in Lagos,…