Day: June 3, 2023

Fuel Price Hike: NLC set to begin nationwide strike Wednesday

Aminu Imam

A nationwide strike has been called to begin on next Wednesday by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the recent fuel price hike. Following a meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja on the loss of fuel subsidies and ensuing increase in the price of gasoline at the pump, the union announced the industrial action on Friday. The NLC president, Joe Ajaero disclosed this yesterday, after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council, (NEC) in Abuja. Ajaero said the government and NNPC have till Wednesday next…

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Gbajabiamila appointed as Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Akume, SGF

Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed outgoing Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as Chief of Staff (CoS), and Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President. The appointments were contained in a statement signed by Director of Information at the Presidency, Abiodun Oladunjoye, yesterday. In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named former Governor of Benue State and immediate-past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, as Secretary to the Government of the Federation…

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APC crisis: Lukman dares Adamu, Omisore to expel him over exposure of wrongdoings

Aminu Imam

The last is yet to be heard of the crisis rocking the ruling All-Progressives Congress (APC) as a member of the National Working Committee (NWC), Dr. Salihu Lukman says nobody can stop him from pointing out wrongdoings in the party. Lukman, who is the APC National Vice-Chairman, North-West, accused the national chairman and secretary of the party, Senators Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore of bullying and intimidating him over his stance on the way and manner the party is being administered. In an open letter to APC leaders, he maintained…

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Zamfara: “Purported declaration of N9tr assets declaration by Gov. Dauda Lawal a fabricated lie” – Govt.

Aminu Imam

The Zamfara State Government has cleared the air over a purported social media story that the State governor, Dauda Lawal, has declared assets worth nine trillion Naira in his asset’s declaration form submitted to the Code of Conduct in accordance with the constitutional provisions. The Government, in a statement issued by the Spokesperson of the Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, yesterday in Gusau, described the story as a fabricated lie designed to distract the new government from its ‘Rescue Zamfara’ agenda. The statement observed that the said lie is a continuation of…

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Subsidy: APC Govs. blame marketers for scarcity, price hike

Aminu Imam

State governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), have accused oil marketers of inflicting pains on Nigerians by hoarding fuel supply after President Bola Tinubu’s announcement on Monday on the discontinuance of fuel subsidy. The governors, under the aegis of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, (PGF), stated this during a courtesy visit to the President at the Presidential Villa. Addressing State House correspondents in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman of PGF and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, condemned the price increase on what he described as “old stock”, and called…

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1,872 people killed, 714 abducted in 4 months in Nigeria – Report

Aminu Imam

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO0, which focuses on human rights and peace-building, Stefanos Foundation, has disclosed that between January and April, 2023, there were 217 attacks from 34 states in Nigeria. According to the Jos-based human rights organisation, the attacks resulted in the killing of 1,872 persons, 714 abductions, and 65 persons sustained various degrees of injuries. Advocacy Manager at Stefanos Foundation, Ms. Fatima Njoku, during a joint press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, stressed that there was the urgent need for action to address the underlying causes of the violence…

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El-Zakzaky: Court slams N100m fine against IGP over unlawful arrest, killing of protester

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has awarded an N100 million fine against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over an allegation bordering on the arrest and killing of Ja’afar Muhammad, a member of Free Zakzaky protesters in Abuja. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a judgement in the suit, held that the arrest of the Late Muhammad by police officers at Gwagwalada Teaching Hospital on July 22, 2019, and his killing on July 24, 2019, at SARS Abattoir, Abuja, amounted to a gross violation of his fundamental rights as enshrined in…

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‘Minimum wage need review to reflect realities’ ― Tinubu

Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the national minimum wage needs a review to reflect realities, assuring that improved livelihood for Nigerians remains a top priority of his administration, with more people-focused economic policies. He, therefore, advised that the national and sub-national governments should work together on the issue, which, according to him, already requires “soul searching.’’ The President made these declarations yesterday, when he received members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) led by the Chairman, Hope Uzodinma, Governor of Imo State, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Tinubu…

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