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PDP VS PDP: RIVERS EXCO DISAGREES WITH NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OVER APPEAL The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has disagreed with its national leadership for dissociating the Party from the appeal filed at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division against the ruling of the High Court of Rivers State in Suit No: PHC/2177/CS/2024. The national headquarters …

BABANGIDA HELD HOSTAGE BY THOSE WHO HELPED OVERTHROW BUHARI – OSOBA Former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, has claimed that ex-military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, was held hostage by those who helped him overthrow his then predecessor, General Muhammadu Buhari. IBB overthrew Buhari as a military leader in 1985. Late Sani Abacha, Aliyu Gusau, and others were …

$1.8B FUEL STOLEN FROM NIGERIAN REFINERIES IN NINE YEARS – NEITI The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Dr Ogbonnaya Orji, has disclosed that the country lost $1.84bn worth of petroleum products from refineries in nine years. Orji stated this on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 2024 NEITI board retreat/meeting in Lagos. According to him, …

TWO HOUSE OF REPS MEMBERS DIE IN SEVEN DAYS A member of the House of Representatives representing Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Hon Ekene Abubakar Adams is dead. Hon. Ekene was confirmed dead early Tuesday morning by his wife and his death comes just a few days after his former colleague from Oyo Olajide Akinremi Jagaban passed on. …

WE’LL SHUTDOWN NIGERIA FOR ONE MONTH IF MINIMUM WAGE IS EXPUNGED FROM EXCLUSIVE LIST – NLC Ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s planned Thursday meeting with leaders of organized labor, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened a one-month shutdown if the minimum wage is expunged from the Exclusive to Concurrent list in the Constitution by Nigerian lawmakers. NLC President …

HOUSTON WITHOUT POWER SUPPLY FOR FOUR DAYS, DECLARED CITY IN CRISIS Monday marked one week since Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda Bay, devastating Houston’s infrastructure and knocking out power to over 2.2 million homes and businesses. While CenterPoint Energy has since restored power to the majority of those customers, hundreds of thousands of people still woke up Monday without …

I’VE RETURNED ALL MY MEDALS BACK TO NIGERIA – SIMON EKPA The Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, Simon Ekpa said he has returned all the medals he won for Nigeria back to the country amid intensified call for Biafra Independence. Ekpa disclosed this in a statement through his official X handle. The international and Indigenous medals were …

NIGERIANS FACING HARDSHIP AS INFLATION INCREASES TO 34.19% IN JUNE Nigeria’s headline inflation increased for the 18th time in June 2024 to 34.19 percent from 33 95 percent recorded in May amid worsening hardship. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this in its latest Consumer Price Index and Inflation report released on Monday. Looking at the movement, the June 2024 …

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAY AMEND CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW INEC CONDUCT LG ELECTIONS The National Assembly is considering amendment to the 1999 constitution to create room for the conduct of local government elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and not the state electoral bodies. This is sequel to last Thursday judgement of the Supreme Court which granted autonomy to local …

EX-ENUGU LP GUBER CANDIDATE, EDEOGA, CALLS FOR URGENT ABROGATION OF SIECS The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Enugu State during the 2023 general election, Barr Chijioke Edeoga has urged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to expedite action on a constitutional reform towards towards scrapping State Independent Electoral Commissions, …