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One of the most respected statesmen the East of the Niger, a Biafran War Veteran, a close friend and confidant of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, a fierce spiritualist and philanthropist extra-ordinaire, Dr. Prophet Ramas Okoye Asuzu (Ezoba Akajiofor gburugburu) has identified the egalitarian nature of the average Igbo man as being the fundamental stumbling block towards achieving self and regional emancipation. He disclosed this at his palatial palace/temple in the heart of Nri, Anaocha LGA of Anambra State when one of our correspondence paid him a courtesy visit. In his words: ＂ the Igbos do not value what they have, everybody is enmeshed in the rat race for money and people have neglected the roles of traditional institutions in providing guidance and direction to the younger generation. money is not everything ＂ He also chided some Igbo leaders whom he accused of abandoning their responsibilities as role models to the youths and failing to provide the ne...

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Many customers of Deposit Money Banks on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction with the poor quality of service of the various Automated Teller Machines managed by banks in the Federal Capital Territory. Our correspondent, who visited many of the ATM points, observed long queues and disruption of service by the service providers. Some of the bank ATMs visited are First City Monument Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, First Bank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, Unity Bank Plc and United Bank for Africa Plc. It was observed that while many of the ATM centres within the city centre such as those in Wuse 2, Garki, Central Business District and Maitama had less queues, the same could not be said of the satellite towns such as Lugbe, Kubwa, Dutse, Jikwoyi and Bwari, where the majority of the FCT residents live. For instance, at the FCMB and First Bank ATMs in Bwari, our correspondent observed long queues, which stretched for almost 500 metres. It was observed that out of the four...

Many Nigerians on Sunday shelved their planned trips to different parts of the country for Christmas, as the current scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit pushed up transportation costs, with black market operators selling the product to desperate motorists for as much as N400 per litre. After more than a year of relief from fuel scarcity in the country, fuel queues returned to filling stations across the country in the first week of December and has worsened since then. In Lagos, many filling stations were shut while the few that sold the product had long queues of desperate motorists and other petrol seekers, with the attendants having a field day as they charged between N200 and N500 extra before selling to buyers in jerry cans. In Kano, many motorists spent at least five hours in queues at filling stations, a development a motorist, Mallam Wada Inuwa, described as “energy-sapping and agonising.” Inuwa, who wondered why fuel scarcity had become a tradition, particularly durin...

Wishing you all an amazing Christmas celebration. May you all be given the true meaning of Christmas: Love, Joy and Peace. Merry everything and a happy always. Boom24news news extends her best regards to all.

Read Reno's article below... Who writes President Buhari’s statements? His spokesman is a pastor like me, yet he ignorantly released the President’s Christmas message which said inter alia that:   “The Holy Book describes Christmas as a festival of peace, joy, healing, hope and fulfilment.“   The statement above is a fallacy. The Holy Bible does not mention the word Christmas, neither does it mention that Christians should mark any festival surrounding the birth of Jesus the Messiah (Nabi Isa in Islam).   Christmas is a European holiday, not a Christian holiday.   It is celebrated in Nigeria and much of the world, for the simple reason that it was Europeans that brought modern day Christianity to Nigeria, Africa and much of the world.   I have read the Holy Books of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and while all of them acknowledge the Messiah, NONE of them instructs believers to celebrate Christmas or the birth of Christ. ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has admitted that he and some other people he did not name can no longer be laughing with President Muhammadu Buhari as they were doing when they were in opposition. He said in those days, he and others would be laughing and rolling on the floor of Buhari’s living room. The governor who apparently was talking about the funny aspect of the President spoke in a documentary, “Buhari: Beyond the Iron and Steel” put together by the President’s media team. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, made excerpts of the interviews in the documentary, meant to show the other side of Buhari, available on his Facebook page on Sunday. “When we were in the opposition, you needed to see how we rolled on the floor in his (Buhari’s) living room, as we laughed. Of course, we can’t do that again now,” Adesina quoted El-Rufai as saying in the documentary. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was also quoted as conf...

Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has ordered the release of petrol in the government house fuel dump to two petrol stations in Ado Ekiti, to reduce the effect of fuel scarcity in the state. The governor said the fuel will be sold at N145 per litre. Fayose, who made this known through his verified Twitter Handle said, “The maximum a single individual can buy will be 25 litres.” He said; “I cannot be keeping fuel in the govt house dump while our people keep suffering. “I have asked them to pump out 80% of the petrol in the Govt House Fuel Dump to be sold at the control price of N145. “I am going to town to locate the two petrol stations where the petrol will be sold.” The governor lamented the hardship being faced by Nigerians as a result of the petrol scarcity. He said, “the APC-led federal government has turned the joy of Nigerians to groaning. People cannot travel to meet their families because of the wickedness of this APC government.  “This hards...