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Rep. Jamaal Bowman criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him a “maniac” and an obstacle to peace while demanding a new election in Israel in an interview with MSNBC Saturday. The New York Democrat, who is a member of the “Squad” and has been a strong supporter of a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, said he…
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Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said his administration inherited a huge debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai. Governor Sani, who disclosed this in Kaduna on Saturday while addressing a town hall meeting, said the huge debt burden was eating deep into…
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The Rivers State House of Assembly on Saturday threatened to impeach the state governor, Sim Fubara. The assembly said it “will not hesitate to impeach Fubara, if it becomes the last resort to uphold the Constitution.” Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, disclosed this during a media briefing in Port Harcourt,…
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Good evening from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1.Nationwide darkness hit Nigeria as the National Grid collapsed for the fourth time in 2024 amid the Easter Holidays. According to sources from electricity Distribution companies in Nigeria, the grid collapsed around 4:30 pm on Thursday. 2. Hoodlums numbering about 30 on Thursday burnt a…
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There are people at the diplomatic level in Britain who have reservations about trusting the U.S. under President Joe Biden, Nigel Farage, a British politician who led the Brexit movement, told Newsmax on Monday. Because of Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021, “there are people now at diplomatic level, quietly whispering behind their hands,’ … can we still…
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Vladimir Putin has held another phone call with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in the wake of the concert hall attack. All four men suspected of carrying out the massacre have been identified as Tajik nationals by Russian media. According to Russia’s foreign ministry, Mr Rahmon said today there “could not be any justification” for the…
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Good evening from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. A safer school environment will be provided to prevent kidnapping of pupils and abduction of teachers, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised on Sunday. Reacting to the release of the abducted Kaduna schoolchildren, Tinubu said in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Political Commission, has described the Labour Party, LP, National Chairman, Julius Abure, as a “drowning wannabe politricstar.” NLC said Abure has lost the confidence of most of the critical stakeholders in the party. The body re-empahsized that the Labour Party belongs to the NLC, while stressing that Abure violated a…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has pledged to work to stop the current spate of violence in the South East once he regains freedom. Kanu, who was denied bail on Tuesday by a…
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Good Morning from Meziesblog, Mind-Set #1: A winning mentality will choose to avoid pointing the finger of blame at others and, by accepting responsibility, take control of what went wrong in order to be able to do it better next time. Start every day with a new hope, leave bad memories behind and have faith for…
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said on Wednesday that he doubts whether President Joe Biden “has enough Red Bull” to make it to the 2024 general election despite having secured enough delegates for his party’s nomination. Both Trump and Biden have secured enough delegates to seal their respective parties’ presidential nominations from the primaries and caucuses already…
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization of the Igbos, has thrown its weight behind the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project. Factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, spoke while reacting to the Federal Executive Council’s endorsement of a N1.067 trillion contract for the initial phase of the coastal road.…
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A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has thrown more light on how members of the National Assembly pad Nigeria’s budgets. MEZIESBLOG reports that a budget padding scandal is currently rocking the National Assembly after Bauchi North senator, Abdul Ningi, claimed that about N3.7 trillion in the 2024 Appropriation Act was not tied to any…
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Good afternoon from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. There was drama on Tuesday as the Senate suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months over his false claims that projects worth N3.7trillion in the 2024 budget were not traceable. On his part, Senator Kawu Sumaila (NNPP – Kano South) was warned to desist…
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President Tinubu has arrived in Niger State to inaugurate the mechanised agricultural project. Tinubu is expected to inaugurate the renamed Minna International Airport, agro-processing zone and agricultural equipment. The airport was renamed Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport, Minna by the state governor, Umar Bago on Friday. The airport was first inaugurated by former military Head…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The international business research firm, Economist Intelligence Unit, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria does not have the liquidity to support the naira as of now, saying only foreign borrowing can solve the currency issues. It stated this in its latest Country…
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