Good morning in Nigeria. Welcome to Saturday, February 15, 2025, today’s Naija News Review in Nigeria.
Igbo socio-cultural and political organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo has proposed that there is nothing wrong with calling leaders to call President Bola Tinubu on the release of Biafra Indigenous Peoples (IPOB). Marriage feces.
Ohanaeze group insists that President Tinubu could also release Kanu if former President Muhammadu Buhari can pardon thousands of Boko Haram fighters during his administration through the government’s rehabilitation program.
In a statement Friday, its vice president, Mazi Okechukukwu Isiguzoro, said Kanu was just a prisoner of conscience.
Naija News reported that Ohanaeze’s statement was an earlier statement from the Northern Group Alliance (CNG), which noted that 2023 Labor Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi and other political stakeholders called for the release of Indigenous Leader Biafra (IPOB) People should be marked as terrorists.
CNG National Coordinator Jamilu Aliyu accused Peter Obi of choosing to advocate for Kanu’s release to prioritize racial interests.
CNG warned northern voters not to support any politicians who are aligned with the IPOB, noting that such alliances ignore the suffering of Nigerians affected by organizational behavior.
However, Isiguzoro criticized CNG’s position in his response on Friday. He accused the coalition of pushing a sinister northern agenda that could destabilize Nigeria.
Member of Congress, Scott Perry, It has been revealed that the United States International Development Agency (USAID) funding has provided funding for the Boko Haram terrorist organization and other terrorist organizations around the world.
Perry, a U.S. House of Representatives of Perry, Pennsylvania, delivered government efficiency Thursday in the first session of the subcommittee.
According to Republican lawmakers, the United States Agency for International Development also funded Al Qaeda ISIS’s ISIS and provided terror training.
His words: “Cash is $400-80 million per week to every 10 days. Who gets some money? Will this name ring the bell for anyone in the room? Because of your money, $697 million per year, and the shipping of cash , funding Madrasas, Isis, al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Isis Horasan, horror training camp. That’s funding.
“If you think the program’s lasting Sentinel Operation, authorized by the Women’s Scholarship, which receives $60 million a year, or the young women’s leaders receive about $5 million a year, it will be offered to women. By the way, it will be available to women. To put it, if you read the Inspector General’s report, who told you that the Taliban does not allow women to speak in public. However, you think, you think, the American people should believe that the money is improving Afghan women. It is not. You are In financing terrorism, it comes through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It’s not just Afghanistan. Not only Afghanistan.”
Outstanding members of all Progress Conferences (APCs), Ayirimi Emamiasserts the president Ahmed Tinubu Second term should be allowed at ASO Rock.
Naija News Emani reportedly made the statement on Friday, while also showing millions of Nai value to numerous businessmen and fishermen from Ilaje, southwestern local government area of Warri Gift from Naira.
Commenting on the upcoming 2027 election, Emami pointed out that due to the former president Muhammad Buhari Being allowed to serve for eight years should also be given to Tinub.
Emami acknowledged that although as a party, they were not satisfied with the previous administration, the gestures extended to Buhari should also be extended to the current president.
Commenting on gifts to merchants and fishermen, he said it was intended to thank them for supporting President Tinob’s candidacy, especially during the party’s primary and general elections.
Benson Upah, the national propaganda minister for the Nigerian Labor Conference (NLC), said there is no reason to raise telecom tariffs.
Naija News UPAH comrades reportedly said that in the early stages of operations, telecom service providers can use enough profits to repair their infrastructure.
An NLC spokesperson said in an interview with Arise News that there is no reason to raise tariffs as several service subscribers increase.
He accused the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of colliding with telecommunications service providers to expand tariffs without logical considerations.
Taiwan Oyedele, chairman of the President’s Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform, said that Nigeria’s existing tax regulations are not conducive to economic growth.
Oyedele made the statement at the inaugural Economic Roundtable/2025 Macroeconomic Outlook Event organized by a rating company in Lagos on Thursday.
Naija News The report said that after months of deliberation, the House passed four tax reform bills on Wednesday for a second reading, and then forwarded it to the Finance Committee for other legislative litigation, including public hearings.
In his keynote speech at the event, Oyedele pointed out that Nigeria’s tax system is harmful to growth.
PA ADEBANJO AFENIFERE’s outstanding leader of Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization has passed away
He died peacefully at his residence in Leki, Lagos State on Friday, February 14, 2025.
Naija News The family confirmed his death in a statement provided to journalists on Friday, the report said.
“He was in his Lekki, 96, Nigeria, at 96, on Friday, February 14, 2025.” Statement reading.
Adebanjo is an outstanding lawyer, former organization secretary of the former Action Organization, and a national leader of Afenifere, a fearless advocate of democracy and justice.
His 94-year-old wife, Christy Ayo-Adebanjo, survived the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Former Information, Culture and Tourism Commissioner for Jonathan Vatsa of Niger State has said former Secretary of the Federal Government (SGF), Babachair Lawal and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ru Nasiru El-Rufai has no influence on political weight President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2027 general election.
Vatsa said of recent comments to the former SGF that he will team up with El-Rufai to stop President Tinubu in 2027.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, the Chief of the National Progressive Conference (APC) shared his reservation on Friday, believing that the duo were not only “self-help” politicians, but also lost the credibility and relevance of their speech to the North.
The former propaganda minister of the Niger State APC warned that those in the north shouting out the power to return to the region in 2027 does not mean good for Nigeria’s unification.
Finance Director Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Musa Ilyou Kwankwoso dismissed the Arewa Consulting Forum (ACF) because of lack of political value that cannot stop winning the northern region in the 2027 election .
Kwankwaso, the man who supports Garje, Backd Adiya Garjence “The North should wait until 2031 to regain power,” he insisted, “the ACF lacks the political value of speaking for the North.”
“Most of the people in this forum have been in power for decades, but what have you done for the North that you claim to defend now? Nothing. Instead, you only serve your personal interests,Kua Wenwang said.
Kwankwaso criticized the well-known ACF member, picking out former minister Solomon Dalung: “While your critical stance on missing one is crucial, have you not remained silent after the Buhari government gained power? ”
He also accused other ACF figures, including Najaatu Muhammad and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, of not significant contributions to the North.
According to Kwankwaso, Tinubu’s government has achieved more in the north in a few months
Portuguese football icon Cristiano Ronaldo continues to cement his position as a football legend, occupying the most recently released list of the world’s highest-paid athletes published by Sportico.
Cristiano Ronaldo has an impressive annual revenue of about $260 million, and Stephen Curry has surpassed $100 million, and he ranks second with $100 million.
Since joining Al-Nassr for free transfer in 2023, Ronaldo’s contract has positioned him as the pinnacle of sports revenue, providing him with about $215 million a year, tax-free.
If the 40-year-old Portuguese football idol chooses to extend his contract and continue in Saudi Arabia, he will maintain his lead very well.
Ronaldo’s financial success is not limited to his game contract. He also has $45 million from recognition, strengthening his already impressive total revenue. The third place is heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury, whose $147 million is, while football star Lionel Messi, ranked fourth with $135 million.
Other notable names on the list include LeBron James ranked fifth with $133 million, Neymar ranked sixth with $133 million, Oleksandr Usyk ranked Seventh, $122 million, one in eighth, one in eighth, Kylian Mbappe took the ninth place, and the ninth place. Jon Rahm made $105.8 million and finished the top ten.
Idibia family raises alarms for their son and iconic music star, Innocent Idibia 2Baba.
Naija News The singer’s family urged security agents to intervene in a “missed” son in a petition to the Department of Services (DSS).
They claimed on February 10th without bodyguards, 2Baba stayed in the lounge, and they thought he was on a walk and would return soon, but never saw him again since.
The Idibia family also revealed that some friends claimed to have received news of 2Baba’s solicitation of financial help, which was the bill they discovered because Tuface is financially sufficient and has no reason to beg.
Tuface is committed to his work and often writes songs or records in the studio, but he has not yet appeared in the past few days.
The Idibia family called on state police to intervene and help find their son.
Meanwhile, 2Baba’s mother urged Edo state assemblymen to call Nigerians from the heart Natasha Osawaru Leave your son.
In the viral video, Mrs. Rose Idibia calls for mothers across the country to intervene, attributeing her son’s behavior to his ongoing divorce from Annie Idibia emotional loss.
That was the top newspaper headline in Nigeria today. Read more Nigerian news on Naija News. See you tomorrow.
