Daniel Otera

Emefiele Trial Faces Fresh Delay Risk

  The $6.23 million discrepancy case involving former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is at risk of further procedural stalling as uncertainty surrounds the appearance of a key witness. Indications from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court suggest that the prosecution may soon notify the court of the unavailability of Jim…

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Obasanjo Dismisses NNPC Refinery Search As Exercise In Futility

  Billions of dollars in rehabilitation contracts and a decades-long search for efficiency have failed to shift former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s conviction that Nigeria’s state-owned refineries are beyond repair. As the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited pushes toward a June 2026 deadline to secure technical partners for the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna facilities,…

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Opposition Splits Over Ibadan Summit

The ambitious attempt by major opposition figures to forge a united front against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 elections has hit a significant stumbling block. While a high-profile summit in Ibadan on Saturday aimed to announce a joint presidential candidate, it has instead exposed deep-seated fractures within the Peoples Democratic…

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Fake News Escalated #EndSARS Crisis, Says Lai Mohammed

  The 2020 #EndSARS protests, which began as a decentralized call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), encountered its most significant hurdle not in a communication gap, but in the rapid proliferation of disinformation. Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, provided this retrospective analysis during a forum at the…

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NRS Labels Viral Vehicle Tax Infographic as False

  Digital misinformation targeting the pockets of Nigerian motorists has met a firm rebuttal from the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), following the circulation of a viral infographic claiming a new vehicle tax regime would take effect from July 1. The graphic, which has been widely shared across messaging and social media platforms, suggests that owners…

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