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obi4eze:
Yea. The new PM will meet the King and a new government will be formed.

obi4eze:
Not the real results though. This is just the exit poll which is a projection of the real results which will be announced by tomorrow morning.

budaatum:
I expect Rishi to resign come morning if this turns out to be true. Going from 365 seats to a mere 131 is far too many not to.

EFCC PRESS STATEMENT

EFCC WARNS PROMOTERS OF PLANNED PROTEST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a “protest” against the Commission.

In the last couple of days, the group has been actively campaigning in the social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students to take up “arms” against the EFCC.

This insidious campaign is being promoted as resistance to the operational activities of the Commission especially in respect of the enforcement of the laws dealing with cybercrimes.

The Commission, while not averse to protests by citizens, is alarmed by emerging evidence that suggest a grand design by corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution by the Commission to exploit the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation.

As a responsible law enforcement organisation, the Commission will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order anywhere in the country especially around its office locations across Nigeria.

EFCC, working in concert with sister security agencies, is therefore taking necessary measures to deal with possible threats to the peace and security of Nigeria. 

The Commission, however, appeals to parents, guardians and heads of tertiary institutions to take responsibility in ensuring that their wards are not recruited to be used as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the Commission by vested corrupt interests.

The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country. That future is imperiled if Nigeria degenerates further in global reckoning as a den of fraudsters.

Dele Oyewale
Head, Media & Publicity
July 3, 2024

The Downstream Committee of the Nigerian Senate has stated that the three government-owned refineries in the country will begin full operations before January 2025.


According to the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Senator Jide Ipinsagba, who is representing Ondo North Senatorial District, the retrofitting of the Kaduna, Warri, and Port Harcourt refineries was already at the completion stage.

Ipinsagba, who also states that the Dangote refinery in Lagos State will soon begin the refining of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, known as petrol, expressed the satisfaction of the committee during the on-the-spot assessment as an oversight function for the refineries.


He maintained that the refined petroleum products would be exported after internal consumption had been met.

“Effort is on top gear to ensure that all the refineries are functioning before the end of this year. We have done oversight of all the refineries, and we have good promises from them based on what we saw there.

“Port Harcourt refinery today has about 90 to 95 percent optimisation in terms of retrofitting. Warri is almost about 80 percent, and Kaduna is almost about 70 percent.


“Dangote refinery is ready to operate any moment from now on. With all this, internal consumption of fuel will not be a problem, and we will have the opportunity to also export our refined oil.”

Brendaniel:
Tinubu partnered with the north with this same strategy to remove his fellow southern president just because he wanted to be president, that is how selfish, heartless and wicked he is, he killed southern unity for his presidency, now the north is against him...

Let him and his tribalist face the north on their own, the rest of the south they fought will sit down and watch

Nukilia:
It's time to fight the Southern president with the bokoharam guys that received amnesty

Melagros:
COMRADES, Gwoza is predominantly Christians, so the objective for the target is clear

Whether you like it or not, Christians lives are in great danger in Nigeria

iwaeda:
Are we back to 2014, when they were blaming bombing on GEJ's cluelessness. Anyway boko haram only attacking soft targets. 3 places in a day.

Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has described Nigeria as a poor country with the potential to be wealthy.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Oyedele said in comparison with some countries and cities, the Federal Government’s budget and that of states are small.

“By the way, the entire budget, that’s the Federal Government’s of about N29 trillion plus all the states in Nigeria about N15 trillion – if you add it all, it comes to about N44 trillion. That’s around $30 billion,” he said

“That $30 billion is even less than the budget of Kenya which is around $32 billion. It is barely a quarter of South Africa’s budget at $130 billion. And of course, it’s even less than the budget of New York City, not even just New York State. So, clearly, Nigeria is a poor country with the potential to be a wealthy country.”

The Federal Government has faced criticisms over what some described as over-taxation. Kenya’s recent protests over tax laws introduced into the country have further reignited conversations among several Nigerians.

But Oyedele has ruled out the introduction of more tax, saying that cannot solve Nigeria’s revenue challenge.

“So, we do believe based on the analysis we have done and the data available to us that the right way to go is not to introduce more taxes. And in fact, if you’re gonna raise the rates of any tax, it has to be something that we’re doing as a result of the consolidation and harmonisation,” he said.

“We do think that having fewer taxes are broad-based, easy to collect, and do not place a burden on the bottom of the ladder of society is the way to go. And by using data, intelligence, and technology, we can close the tax gap so that people who have not been paying before begin to pay – who have been identified as people who should be paying – and the poor people should be legitimately exempted, particularly nano, micro businesses and low-income earners.

“And then we think that with all those, we can easily more than double our revenue within a period of two to three years.”

Melagros:
COMRADES are astonished over this matter

So MURIC is now the spokesman for the sultan of Sokoto

Well, the governor is a moslem, the sultan too is a moslem, what is my business?

Suspected bandits have attacked Kakangi ward in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, killing four vigilantes and Mobile Police Force (MPF) officer.

The bandits also abducted unspecified number of villagers near a farm in the Sabon Layi area of the same ward.

Yahaya Musa Dan Salio, member representing Kutemeshi ward at the Kaduna State House of Assembly, confirmed the incident to Daily Trust on Monday.

He said, “Yes, among the victims were local vigilantes and one other killed by the bandits on Sunday. There were other villagers abducted on their farms around Sabon Layi too, all under my constituency.”

“When we received the information that bandits attacked people on their farms, the divisional police officer and the hunters posted in the area mobilised and repelled the attack. In the process three local vigilantes and a mobile policeman were killed. While several bandits were also neutralised and others escaped with bullets wounds,” he said.

iwaeda:
In the days of GEJ, it is was his cluelessness,but under Muslim-Muslim, it will now take decades to exterminate your brain child. Nlfpmod, may God revert the brains of these people.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III, says it will take decades for the bandit-ravaged North-West geopolitical zone to come out of the menacing security challenge.

The President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) stated this at the North-West Peace and Security Summit in Katsina State on Monday.

“What we must do is to challenge these bandits because we all know the consequences of banditry and insurgency on our lives. But it will take decades to get out of it if all we get out of it. We all know the consequences and the problems,” he said.

The Sultan expressed the readiness of traditional rulers to partner with security agencies and the seven governors of the geopolitical zone to “save our region from the numerous problems” of banditry and insurgency.

He believed that at the end of the summit, proposals to bring insurgency to the barest minimum for people to go about their lives and businesses would be arrived at.

The summit was graced by Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represented President Bola Tinubu; ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, governors of the seven states in the North-West geopolitical zone, service chiefs, the Inspector General of Police.

Banditry became a phenomenon in Kaduna, Kastina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Kano, and Jigawa in the last one decade as a spillover of the intractable Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East zone.

Thousands of people, mostly vulnerable persons, have been killed and displaced by the bloodthirsty marauders who mostly disguise as herders. A very large number of people have also been kidnapped for ransom as the AK-47-wielding bandits multiply across the North-West zone and penetrate the North Central zone.

Non-kinetic approaches explored by governments at different levels have failed over the years as bandits continue to sack farmers from their farmlands, significantly affecting the food production of the country.