CSOs vow to picket filling stations over proposed fuel hike

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has vowed to picket filling stations that sell fuel above the government approved pump price. The group in a statement on Friday said that plans by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), to increase the pump price of petrol to N700 per litre was unacceptable. While reacting to the planned increment of fuel pump price from government approved N448 per litre to N700, the Coalition which...

Keep Up The Fight Against Insurgency-Former CDS

Former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has charged Nigerian Armed Forces to keep up the fight against insurgency to ensure lasting peace is restored in all parts of the country. General Irabor who pulled out of Service, thanks to God and members of the Armed Forces for their support. As part of pull out activities, General Lucky Irabor reviewed the parade mounted for the ceremony in his honour at the Mogadishu Cantonment Abuja....

Enugu gov’t sets up taskforce on erosion challenges

…As NiMet warns of flooding The Enugu State government has commenced reinforcement of different means to address erosion and environmental challenges in the state which has been predicted to be imminent within the next couple of months, even as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA)  warned that parts of the state would be affected by flooding ranging from low to moderate-risk flooding. This was disclosed by the Secretary to...

I came to Ogun to invoke spirit of freedom – Tinubu

In appreciation of the contributions of traditional rulers in Ogun State, especially  the Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona to his emergence as president,  Bola Tinubu during his visit to the palace of the Awujale on  Thursday said that he came to Ogun State to invoke the spirit of freedom at a very critical time, during his bid to clinch the presidential candidate ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President was...

There’s need to stop the bleeding of Nigeria’s finances – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has said that there is an urgent need to stop the bleeding in the nation’s financial system through speedy actions. Tinubu noted that he decided not participate in the arbitrage entrenched in the country’s commercial system in order to rescue the country from collapsing. The President made the remark on Thursday in Lagos at a state banquet organised for him by the Lagos State Governor,  Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He arrived at the Lagos...

11 killed, 8 injured in auto crash along Benin/Ore highway

Eleven persons have lost their lives, while eight others sustained various degrees of injuries in an auto crash along Benin/Ore highway The accident occurred on Thursday along the Edo State section of the Benin-Lagos expressway. It was gathered that the accident happened at about 11am at the Ovia River notorious for accidents due to a failed section of the road by the Ovia river bridge. According to report, the accident happened when a Dangote truck...

Niger: Relatives of 57 abducted victims beg govt. to secure release of  loved ones

….As gun men issue one week deadline to victims’ relatives Abductors of 57 people from Kafin-Koro, Adunu and Kwagana villages in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State have issued one week deadline to families of relatives to pay ransom or have the victims killed. This is coming as family members of the remaining victims are calling on Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, well spirited individuals and corporate organisations to come to their aid and save...

Why Obi slams Tinubu over 124-vehicle Lagos convoy

….Asks Tinubu to prioritise bringing succor to suffering Nigerians Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), has slammed President Bola Tinubu, over a video showing 124 vehicles in his convoy during the President’s recent visit to Lagos State. Obi, while responding to journalists on Thursday, in Awka, Anambra State, stressed that “The present Nigeria requires that all those who serve and lead must do so by example. “Their behaviour and their public conduct must be...

Otti suspends permanent secretaries, head of service

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has directed the immediate suspension of Onyii Wamah as the State’s Head of Service, HoS. The Governor also relieved all permanent secretaries in the State civil service except John Pedro Iroakazi, the clerk of the House and U. G. Uche Ikonne, the solicitor-general, of their duties. Kazie Uko, the chief press secretary to the Governor, in a press release yesterday, explained that the directive was a result of...

Tinubu urges Nigerians to endure ‘baby steps of pain’

President Bola Tinubu has expressed hope that Nigeria will see positive changes even as the nation goes through “baby steps of pain.” The President spoke on Thursday when he visited the palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, in Abeokuta, the state capital. He said the visit was to redeem the pledge he made to the King “that I will come back with victory and the crown.” President Tinubu expressed his commitment to...

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