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TWO OHANAEZE LEADERS CLAIM ‘ACTING PRESIDENT GENERAL ‘ A leadership crisis has hit the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, following the death of its President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. The Secretary-General of the group, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, who hails from Abia State, and the Chairman of the Elders’ Council in Rivers State, Chief Jackson Omenazu, are locked in succession …

COURT STOPS ENUGU APC CHAIRMAN, AGBALLAH, NINE OTHERS, FROM PARADING AS PARTY OFFICERS A High Court sitting in Enugu State has granted an injunction preventing Barr Ugochukwu Agballah from parading as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State. The order obtained by DAILY POST on Friday was signed by J. I. Agu, Esq, Deputy Chief Registrar …

CONSEQUENCES OF TINUBU’S FAILURE TO ADDRESS PROTESTERS’ DEMAND Strategically, the failure of President Bola Tinubu to address any of the demands of the nationwide protesters in his national broadcast yesterday is wrong and fraught with serious political consequences within our democratic milieu; whatever reasons that may have informed the decision. These are: First, granted the president may be adopting a …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, ASSURES FARMERS OF CONTINUED SUPPORT Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has identified agriculture as a veritable sector for economic development, food security as well as poverty eradication, and expressed commitment to supporting rural farmers with agro inputs and machinery to scale-up their production. Mbah gave the assurance on Thursday when he flagged off the distribution of …

IF EL RUFAI, YAHAYA BELLO WERE WITH US, THEY WOULD HAVE CALMED DOWN THE NORTH – EX-APC PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT Jesutega Onokpasa, a former member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for Bola Tinubu, has strongly refuted allegations implicating former governors Yahaya Bello and Nasir el-Rufai in the violent protests that recently erupted in Northern Nigeria. These protests …

TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT PLANS ONE-MILLION-MAN PROTEST The Take It Back Movement (TIB) has announced plans for a one-million-man protest across all 36 states of Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as reported by Sahara Reporters. This was made known by TIB’s National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon. The protest is part of the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria campaign, which started on …

NIGERIA DOESN’T NEED FUEL IMPORTERS ANYMORE – REFINERS Owners of refineries in Nigeria have said that the country cannot continue to keep the businesses of fuel importers anymore, stating that Nigeria should be talking about fuel export at the moment. Speaking under the auspices of the Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria, they stated this amid complaints by depot owners …

COURT REJECTS EL RUFAI’S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT SUIT In a landmark ruling, the Federal High Court in Kaduna has declined jurisdiction in a suit by a format governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, seeking to set aside the Adhoc Committee report of the Kaduna state House Assembly among other declaratory reliefs. Delivering two separate rulings before the judgment, Hon. …

$20B DANGOTE REFINERY WILL DISRUPT EUROPE’S OIL INDUSTRY – OPEC The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said supplies from Nigeria-based world’s largest single-train Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals will put pressure on the performance of Europe’s oil industry, especially the Northwest Europe (NWE) Gasoil. OPEC in its newly released monthly Oil Market Report for June 2024 listed Dangote Refinery …

YOU CAN’T BE FEEDING FAT AND ASK CITIZENS TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS – TUNDE BAKARE The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Wednesday, said Nigerian politicians were not living lean or sacrificing like the rest of the citizens whom they asked to sacrifice for the country by enduring economic hardship. The cleric and politician …