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Writers are prophets in their own forms and ways. Although they normally do not prophesy in the eyes of people's understanding of what and how prophecies should be given, their predictions come truer than most prophecies. When professor Wole Soyinka wrote the Beautification of Area Boys years ago, people thought he was dramatizing the dominant activities of the Lagos Oshodi area boys. Today it becomes prominently clear that Soyinka was rather predicting that the Lagos area boys will produce a president of Nigeria onday. Today the prophecy is fulfilled. The Lagos area boys have finally produced a president. Committed enough, their leader has emerged the Nigerian president. Oluomo and other high ranking area boys are corrently in Aso Rock to be assigned remittal offices. Nigeria for sale.

 Joe Biden condemned Uganda's new anti-gay law Monday, and said the United States might impose sanctions and will evaluate the implications of the law "on all aspects of U.S. engagement with Uganda." Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality," drawing Western condemnations and risking sanctions from aid donors. "This shameful act is the latest development in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption in Uganda," Biden said in a statement. Biden said he has directed the White House National Security Council to evaluate the implications of the law on all aspects of U.S. engagement with Uganda, including U.S. ability to safely deliver services under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and other forms of assistance and investments. Biden said his government will consider the impacts of the law as part

[files] NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has backed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his decision to remove subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. Tinubu in his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Monday after he was sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th President said the era of subsidy payment on fuel has ended. According to him the 2023 Budget made no provision for fuel subsidy and more so, subsidy payment is no longer justifiable. He stated that his government shall instead channel funds into infrastructure and other areas to strengthen the economy. “We commend the decision of the outgoing administration in phasing out the petrol subsidy regime which has increasingly favoured the rich more than the poor,” Tinubu said. “Subsidy can no longer justify its ever-increasing costs in the wake of drying resources. We shall instead re-channel the funds into better investment in public in

Some Nigerian National Petroleum Corportation (NNPC) stations in Ikeja, Alausa were crowded by motorists who rushed to buy the product.   Petrol stations in Lagos started witnessing queues few hours after President Bola Tinubu announced that “fuel subsidy is gone”. Some Nigerian National Petroleum Corportation (NNPC) stations in Ikeja, Alausa were crowded by motorists who rushed to buy the product. Many private stations were not selling as of the time of filing this report, Daily Trust reports. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the newly inaugurated Nigerian president officially announced the removal of fuel subsidy, saying that there was no provision for it. Tinubu had said this on Monday during his inaugural speech at Eagle Square in Abuja. He had said he was informed that there was no provision for fuel subsidy, adding that it could no longer be justified.    He said, “Fuel subsidy is no more. Subsidy can no longer justify its ever-increasing costs in the wake of drying resource

President Bola Tinubu has listed five key areas his administration will focus on. He disclosed this on Monday in his inaugural speech to Nigerians as the 16th President of Nigeria. According to him, his concept of progressive good governance in furtherance of the Nigerian ideal. He said, “Nigeria will be impartially governed according to the Constitution and rule of law. “We shall defend the nation from terror and all forms of criminality that threaten the peace and stability of our country and our sub-region. “We shall remodel our economy to bring about growth and development through job creation, food security and an end to extreme poverty. Fun do RELATED BREAKING: Fuel Subsidy Is Gone, Says Tinubu   19 MINS AGO We Shall Govern, Not Rule You, Tinubu Tells Nigerians    32 MINS AGO   “In our administration, women and youth will feature prominently. “Our government will continue to take proactive steps such as championing a credit culture to discourage corruption while strengthening the

[FILES] IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in court An activist, Patricia Ozonu, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as his parting gift to Ndigbo. She, however, decried the continued detention of the separatist leader after the Federal High Court had ordered his release, stressing that the Federal Government was setting a dangerous precedence for the country’s survival by ignoring the directive. Speaking, yesterday, Ozonu said that the manner the government handled Kanu’s case since he was re-arrested and repatriated to the country from Kenya was an indication that rule of law had no place in the country. She added that Kanu’s continued detention  lent credence to allegations of ethnic bias being raised against the Federal Government, stressing that such might not have been meted to any other Nigerian outside the South East Region. “After several months in the custody of the DSS, a competent court of the

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