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Tinubu holds bilateral talks with Chinese Special Envoy

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President Bola Tinubu  is in a bilateral meeting with Chinese Special Envoy led by the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Peng Qinghua, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The team, which arrived the Villa around 3:30pm, represented the People’s Republic of China at the Presidential inauguration ceremony on Monday. Though the details of discussions at the meeting was not disclosed to the media, it was believed it would centre around strengthen relations between Nigeria and China under the Tinubu administration. The delegation include the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun and his deputy.

Hit-and-missed Prophecies against Tinubu: Fake or Truth?

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Bola Tinubu Today, May 29, 2023, the winner of the February 25, 2023, Presidential elections, Bola Tinubu was officially sworn in as the fifth democratically elected president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria since the country’s return to democracy in 1999. Tinubu, popularly referred to as Jagaban, loosely translated to mean, ‘leader of warriors’, has never hidden his ambition to rule the country. True to his conviction and the title bestowed upon him by the Emir of Borgu in Niger State, the politician believes that “power is not served à la carte.” Despite the hurdles he faced before his emergence as the standard flag bearer of his party, the All Progressives Congress, Tinubu ended up defeating the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the candidate of the third-force opposition, the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Since his emergence as the winner of the election, supporters of the opposition parties have repeatedly accused the former governor of Lagos State of wo

Beautification of Area Boys - Soyinka

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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.

Biden Warned Uganda to Change her Anti-gay Policy or Face Sanction

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 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

NNPCL backs Tinubu on fuel subsidy removal, warns against panic buying

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[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

Queues Resurface After President Tinubu Announced Fuel Subsidy Removal

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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

Tinubu Lists 5 Priority Areas For His Administration

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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