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EndSARS: Only Justice and fairness can lead to peace -Dino Melaye warns Buhari on threat to protesters
Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against threatening End SARS protesters. Melaye made this warning following a statement yesterday by the president where he vowed to deal with violent Protesters. The former Senator in a tweet noted that only Justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can resolve issues adding that protest is an inalienable right. He wrote: “My advice to President Buhari on threats to EndSARS protesters. “Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. Protest is an inalienable right. SDM”
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I will decline another opportunity to return as APC chairman – Oshiomhole
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has noted that he has no intention of returning to the office which he held for two years. In a statement signed by him on Monday, Oshiomhole insisted that he would not take the offer even if he was given a second chance. According to him, even if the National Executive Council (NEC) of the party or a court orders him to return to the position, he will humbly decline. He said; “I instructed my lawyers to withdraw the suits challenging my purported suspension from office by the proxies…
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FG reduces pump price of petrol
The Nigerian government has ordered the reduction of pump price of petrol from N168 per litre to N162.44 per litre. Speaking with journalists at the end of a meeting with labour leaders, the Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige, said the reduction would take effect from December 14, 2020. He said a technical committee has been set up by the larger house to ensure price stability in the oil industry. The minister disclosed that the committee, which will report back to the lager house on the 25 of January next year, will be appraising the market forces and every…
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Politics is the only Industry in the North – Arewa Forum
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has lamented the rising case of violence in the north, revealing that northern children now see violence as a means of livelihood. Speaking during a visit to Governor Babagana Zulum over the recent killing of farmers by Boko Haram, ACF Chairman, Audu Ogbeh, stated that politics has become the only industry in the region. According to him, politics has “never grown any society.” He said: “We are depressed, very depressed. And anyone of us, of our age, who was not depressed, he was not well-born. Because we have nothing to leave behind for our children,…
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Nigerians react to Governor Ikpeazu suspending his CoS for spraying money on clergyman, Chukwuemeka Odumeje
Some Nigerians have taken to twitter to react to report of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu suspending his Chief of Staff, Anthony Agbazuere who was seen in a viral video spraying money on clergyman, Chukwuemeka Odumeje Nigerians who reacted to the report called out Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for allegedly owing workers in Abia state while his Chief of Staff is spraying money on the controversial preacher. See some of their reactions below;
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EndSARS Protest: “Any act of hooliganism will be highly dealt with” – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned against any act of hooliganism in the ongoing second wave of the EndSARS protest. The President gave the warning while virtually declaring open the chief of army staff’s annual conference 2020 on Monday, December 7. According to him anyone found wanting will be highly dealt with, adding that peace and stability in the country is not debatable. “Let me also mention the EndSARS protest which was recently hijacked by hoodlums which resulted in loss of lives and property in many situations across the country. I want to reiterate our government’s commitment to the rights of…
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Insecurity: Despite the recent happenings in Borno and entire North East, it is far better under Buhari – Governor Zulum
Governor Zulum has said that despite the recent insecurity situations in Borno state and the North east as a whole, it is still better under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said this quoting the statewide statistics on affairs in the 27 local government areas since 2011 Zulum stated this on Sunday, December 6, while addressing northern elders from the Arewa Consultative Forum in Maiduguri, who visited in reaction to Boko Haram’s beheading of over 40 farmers in Zabarmari. “From statewide statistics on affairs in the 27 local government areas since 2011, the fact is that despite the recent…
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There is nothing that suggests the president is incapable of delivering his responsibilities cause I meet him from time to time – Fayemi
Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has dismissed claims that the president is not capable of ruling the country. The chairman of the Governors forum who stated this during an interview on Channels TV, said he meets with the president from time to time and is sure he is fit to rule. He said this reacting to statements by the PDP caucus in the House of Representatives and some Nigerians who have said the President is incompetent to discharge his duties as President and have called for his impeachment. According to Fayemi, Nigeria has challenges and the president doesn’t mind…
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Second wave of EndSARS protest commences in Lagos, Ibadan
The second wave of End SARS protest has commenced in Lagos and Ibadan, Oyo state capital. Demonstrators have returned to Lekki toll plaza, the scene of the military shooting currently under probe. Teams of policemen and soldiers are around to forestall a breakdown of law and order. Security has been heightened at other flash points in Lagos. On Sunday, the police reiterated its ban on gatherings, warning that such might be hijacked by unscrupulous elements.
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ASUU: Why we have not called off Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed that its members will resume when the federal government implements the offers it made to the union. According to the President of the union, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi in an interview, he said the government was yet to release the withheld salaries of some of its members. He noted that despite the latest offer from the government’s negotiating team, none of the offers made had been implemented. The government, in its latest offers to ASUU leadership, pledged to pay N40 billion as Earned Allowance and N30 billion for the revitalisation of the…
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FG commences payment of N30k grant to commercial drivers
The federal government has announced that it has commenced the payment of N30k grant to commercial drivers across the country. According to a tweet by Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, he said the development is to support small businesses to cushion the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He tweeted; “The Federal Government has commenced N30,000 grants for taxi, bus, okada, Keke Napep, Uber, Bolt drivers and cart pushers across the country, this is in furtherance of its commitment to support small businesses to cushion the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Another wave of EndSARS protest will collapse the nation’s security system and economy – Yahaya Bello
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has advised that another round of the EndSARS protest will likely collapse the Nation’s security system. Governor Bello said this in a statewide broadcast on Sunday, December 6 following reports that a second wave of the EndSARS protest is due to begin. According to Governor Bello, he said another round of the protest will be premature and counterproductive, he further added that it will also worsens the Country’s economy. “In the face of all this and as the first sitting governor who publicly upheld the rights of our youths to protest against police brutality,…
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