Emmanuel Enweazu @emma44

Legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has said that majority of Nigerians currently live in poverty, stressing that over 70 per cent of the citizens were living below the poverty level.

Olanipekun spoke in Ikere Ekiti, his country home.

The legal icon pointed out that there was tension, unrest, anxiety, pressure, confusion, hatred, anguish, pain, distress and transferred aggression among many people.

According to him, the situation in Nigeria is much more challenging, coupled with the burden of insecurity that it had faced for over a decade.

“The poverty level in Nigeria today is not just scary but also terrifying, as over 70 per cent of Nigerians are rudderless and poverty stricken,” he said.

Legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has said that majority of Nigerians currently live in poverty, stressing that over 70 per cent of the citizens were living below the poverty level.

Olanipekun spoke in Ikere Ekiti, his country home.

The legal icon pointed out that there was tension, unrest, anxiety, pressure, confusion, hatred, anguish, pain, distress and transferred aggression among many people.

According to him, the situation in Nigeria is much more challenging, coupled with the burden of insecurity that it had faced for over a decade.

“The poverty level in Nigeria today is not just scary but also terrifying, as over 70 per cent of Nigerians are rudderless and poverty stricken,” he said.

Barely 35 days before the end of December, there is a cloud of uncertainty as to whether the promise by the federal government to bring the Port Harcourt Refinery on stream before the end of the year will still be a reality, Daily Trust Saturday reports.

On August 25, the Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil) Heineken Lokpobiri, has said that the Port Harcourt Refinery (PHRC) will be ready for operation by December 2023.

This was contained in a release signed by Garba Deen Muhammad, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.

The minister gave the assurance during an inspection tour of the project site in Port Harcourt. But stakeholders have expressed doubts about the feasibility of the December date from the reality on ground.

The Alesa Eleme location of the multibillion naira federal government- owned Port Harcourt Refinery Company (PHRC) is a beehive of activities.

The entrance gate leading to Area Five, where the first phase of rehabilitation work of the refinery is taking place, has witnessed heavy human traffic, comprising mainly of both skilled and unskilled workers of various contracting firms working day and night to ensure that the December deadline given by the federal to hand over the first phase of the rehabilitation work is achieved.

The oba of Benin is on a visit to Lagos and has used the visit to tell Nigerias that the leadership of Tinubu was ordained by God. Let's see how God will react to this because definitely God heard him.

What a country. In zamfara state bandits taken more than a hundred people for failing to pay protection levy. But the so called leaders are sharing the money and rigging elections. What a country.

The northern people of Nigeria have the most capacity of speaking with out fear of intimidation. Yesterday the northern elders forum spoke the mind of all God fearing Nigerians. They spoke out saying that they are very worried about the Nigerian judiciary.

In the Nollywood community, the wife of Mr. Ibu has reported Mr. Ibu son and daughter to the police at alagbon close and they are presently in police custody. The allegation is that they tampared with the money that was contributed for Mr. Ibu sickness.

Away from Nigerian politics and pain, let's talk celebration, happiness and joy. Yesterday our own music legend celebrated his thirty first birthday with a lavish party alongside his very pretty wife Chioma. I'm happy for them.

Everi thought the problem and division in the rivers state house of assembly was over, but a fresh problem just started with a factional group and the police siding one group. What a y.