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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday met with the leadership of the Ogoni nation at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Ogoni leadership was led by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and His Royal Majesty, King Festus Babari Bagia Gberesaako XIII, the Gberemene…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. A meeting between the top echelon of the National Assembly and the national executives of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, ended in deadlock on Sunday. The union vowed to continue its scheduled strike today. 2. There was drama at…
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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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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG team! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Rivers State Police Command has vowed to reinforce security in the state ahead of today’s burial of the late Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son. Their remains arrived at Port Harcourt International Airport yesterday in three separate cartons marked “fragile, handle with care”.…
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The report of the special investigation into the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has accused the immediate past governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, of using ill-gotten wealth to acquire banks for himself through proxies. According to the report, Emefiele used proxies…
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Good morning from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Federal Government, on Friday, announced that Nigeria’s oil production has increased to about 1.7 million barrels per day, up from the 1.1mbpd recorded in August 2023. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this in a session with journalists…
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Here are the top events making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Monday 25th September 2023. The Guardian: Despite the despondent state of electricity supply in Nigeria, the Federal Government has spent nothing less than N2.8 trillion to subsidise electricity consumption from 2015 to June, 2023. There are indications that the tariff shortfall…
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Good afternoon from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission on Monday crashed near Chukuba village in Niger State. Confirming the incident in a statement, NAF spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, explained that the aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School enroute Kaduna but crashed near Chukuba…
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Good afternoon from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has named Lady Chinyere Ihuoma Ekomaro as his running mate for the November governorship election. Uzodinma, who is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the election, unveiled his running mate in Owerri, the State capital, on Saturday.…
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MEZIESBLOG takes a look at the stories making headlines on Sunday’s national newspaper front pages in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times The Mayor of London is going to rethink the expansion of the capital’s ultra low emission zone scheme following private talks with Keir Starmer, according to the Sunday Times. Sadiq Khan’s policy has…
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Good morning from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the appointment of the Service Chiefs nominated by President Bola Tinubu. This was a sequel to the consideration and approval of a motion brought by the Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele. The Service Chiefs are Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja,…
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Good evening! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described Obidients as some of the most repulsive, off-putting concoctions he ever encountered in any political arena. Obidients is a term describing supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who contested the February 25 presidential election. The elder statesman…
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Good afternoon! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has described the dissolution of the Ekiti State executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by the Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party as an act of tyranny that will be challenged in court. The governor…
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The United Nations has announced the release of $10.5 million US dollars (about N4.6 billion) for flood response in Nigeria. The UN, in a statement on Friday, said the amount will be used to provide assistance to people affected and left vulnerable by floods across the…
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has no pending petition or criminal matters with the Police, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba Usman, has said. This is contained in a counter affidavit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja by Usman’s counsel, Mr. Wisdom Madaki.…
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1. President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, laid the 2023 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the National Assembly. The bill was tagged, ‘Budget of Fiscal Sustainability and Transition.’ However, the key provisions in the proposed N20.51tn budget have attracted mixed reactions from major stakeholders. 2. The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator…
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