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MASSIVE DEPLOYMENTS OF HEAVILY-ARMED SOLDIERS, POLICE, OTHERS AS PROTEST  SET TO KICK OFF The military and police have started a nationwide deployment of personnel ahead of the August 1 #EndBadGovernance protest organized by youths and civil society groups. Security agencies, including the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), are on high alert in anticipation of the rally aimed at …

ABURE SENT OUT OF INEC MEETING WITH PARTY LEADERS, NJOKU TAKES OVER AS APGA NATIONAL CHAIR Labour Party Chairman, Julius Abure, was Monday barred from attending the their quarterly consultative meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and leaders of political parties. Abure, who was spotted dotting an oxblood agbada at the INEC Conference Hall, seated and conferring with …

EDEOGA TELLS PETER MBAH TO  APOLOGIZE, PAY COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF ENUGU DEMOLITIONS The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State in the 2023 elections, Chijioke Jonathan Edeoga, has demanded public apology and compensation from Governor Peter Mbah and the State government for victims of the destruction of shops and business premises at the popular Ogige Nsukka market …

TINUBU’S LEBANESE ALLY, GILBERT CHAGOURI, FACILITATED EXECUTIVE ORDER GIVING DANGOTE REFINERY LIFELINE President Bola Tinubu on Monday gave an executive order to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming indigenous refineries in naira. This was announced by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga on X, …

PROTEST CREATING IMPRESSION OF POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY COUP – FAYOSE A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has said the planned nationwide protest is creating an impression of a possible military takeover, noting that no government will allow itself to be toppled. Fayose stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He said that Nigeria was facing …

SENATORS, REPS MEMBERS, POLITICIANS FLEEING ABROAD OVER PLANNED PROTEST Ahead of the planned nationwide protests slated for August 1, senators, members of the House of Representatives and some members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) are temporarily moving abroad under the guise of medical checkup and summer holidays. The Senate and the House of Representatives, last Tuesday, hurriedly shutdown the …

PLANNED PROTEST: FG BEGINS TO SELL 50KG RICE AT N40,000 THE Federal Government on Monday said it has started to distribute an additional 10 trucks of 50kg rice to each state to be sold at designated centres at N40,000 This is as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has insisted that there is no need for the protest as most of …

TINUBU SIGNS MINIMUM WAGE ACT, TO INCLUDE DOMESTIC WORKERS, REVIEWED EVERY THREE YEARS President Bola Tinubu has taken a significant step towards improving the welfare of Nigerian workers by signing the new Minimum Wage Act into law. This landmark legislation comes with two key conditions aimed at ensuring fairness and inclusivity. Firstly, the Act stipulates that the minimum wage will …

NCC DIRECTS TELECOM OPERATORS TO RESTORE BARRED TELEPHONE LINES The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecom service providers to immediately reactivate all lines recently disconnected. In a statement issued and signed by Reuben Muoka, Director Public Affairs, NCC, it noted that over the weekend many telecom subscribers/consumers were unable to access their phone lines because of the inability of …

WE’LL RESIST MOVES TO TOPPLE TINUBU’S GOVT – APC Chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have said they would not fold their arms and watch “undemocratic forces” overthrow the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the name of protest. Addressing newsmen at the APC …