Ahmad Lawan: Nigerians Hungry, in Desperate Situation Declares palliatives cannot address starvation Says high interest rate stifling businesses, investments, food production Ndume mobilises Borno Emirs against tax reform bills Traditional ruler insists proposed legislations worse than boko haram insurgency Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Former President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, yesterday
said Nigerians were hungry and in desperate situation. Lawan made the remarks same day the Senator representing Borno
South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, asked monarchs in his constituency to reject the tax reform bills which
President Bola Tinubu sent to the federal lawmakers for consideration and approval. The former Senate President
spoke while speaking after flagging off the distribution of grains and food materials to the vulnerable in his senatorial district of Yobe North,
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Describe deceased as a beacon of service to humanity
Deji Elumoye and Chuks Okocha in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former
Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, and former Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani, have extended condolences to the government and people of the United States of America on the
demise of former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100. President Carter, the 39th President of the United States, was a beacon of service to humanity, demonstrating
to leaders worldwide the profound impact of dedication beyond the highest office. Tinubu, in a statement yesterday, by his Adviser on Information and
Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said as a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and global statesman, President Carter Continued on page 9
Late Carter
NNPC Announces Commencement of Production at Warri Refinery Tinubu lauds oil firm, seeks speed-up of work on other facilities Confirms refinery revamped with about $900m producing at 60% capacity Lokpobiri says availability of products part gain of deregulation Kyari asserts Kaduna refinery to come on-stream soon Niger State governor lauds Tinubu, Kyari on new feat Deji Elumoye, Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja, Sylvester Idowu in Warri and Laleye Dipo in Minna The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) yesterday announced the restart of the 125,000 barrels per day (bpd)
Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), which was first approved for rehabilitation at the sum of $897 million in 2021. President Bola Tinubu expressed his joy at the re-opening of the Continued on page 9
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