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LABOUR PARTY DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN PLANNED PROTEST, KNOCKS PRESIDENCY The Labour Party (LP) has denied allegations that its national leader, Mr. Peter Obi, or any of its leaders, are behind the planned nationwide protest against bad governance in the country. The party described the claims as “delusional” and “the author’s figment of his imagination.” The party made the reaction in …

THEY WANT TO SILENCE ME, PETER OBI REACTS TO PRESIDENCY’S ALLEGATION ON PLANNED PROTEST The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, on Saturday, said that the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led presidency is working assiduously to heap the blame of all the problems, real and imagined created by their insensitivity and lavish lifestyle on him …

PRESIDENCY JITTERY OVER MASSIVE PROTEST ON #ENDBADGOVERNANCEINNIGERIA, CALLS IT CIVILIAN COUP AGAINST TINUBU The Bola Tinubu Presidency has said the planned massive nationwide protests by the citizens is a “civilian coup” against the government in power. The Tinubu government accused the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi as the …

EDO GOVT WANTS FG TO PROBE KILLING OF POLICEMAN, DEMANDS SHAIBU’S ARREST The Edo State Government has called on the Federal government to set up an investigative panel to unravel the cause of the shooting that claimed the life of a police officer at the Benin Airport gate on Thursday. A Police Inspector attached to the governorship candidate of the …

INEC CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER GOVERNORS’ INFLUENCE ON LG ELECTIONS The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has expressed concern over the growing trend of governors influencing local government elections, turning them into “mere coronation” exercises. Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum in Abuja, Yakubu decried the situation where governors impose their preferred candidates on the …

FG TO SPEND N3TN ON NEW MINIMUM WAGE, PENSIONS, GRATUITIES The Federal Government is set to spend N3tn on the new minimum wage and the payment of pensions and gratuities. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this on Friday during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Appropriations, chaired by Olamilekan Adeola. The minister presented the …

SANUSI DECRIES SEVERE HARDSHIP IN NIGERIA, SAYS ‘THIS IS UNBEARABLE’ The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has expressed deep concern over Nigerians’ severe economic hardships. His comments came during a ceremony for the distribution of free fertiliser to 52,800 smallholder farmers across Kano State’s 44 local government areas on Thursday. Addressing the gathering at the Government House, alongside …

NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, CHINEDU IKEDIEZE (AKI), WIFE SEPARATE Renowned Nollywood actor Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, has subtly confirmed his separation from his wife, Nneoma Nwaijah, whom he married in 2011. The announcement came on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 through an Instagram post where the 46-year-old actor introduced his new wife, Stephanie Promise, and revealed the couple recently welcomed a …

IPAC DISAGREES WITH SENATE OVER CREATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has strongly condemned the proposed bill by the Senate to create the Local Government Independent Electoral Commission. The bill was sponsored by Senator Sani Musa and IPAC says the move is unacceptable and unnecessary, adding that it will lead to duplication of functions …

BENUE CAN PAY N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE – GOV ALIA The Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has declared that his administration is ready to pay N70,000 minimum wage to state workers. The governor disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Makurdi, saying that his administration has blocked all the leakages. The governor said that his administration is focused …