The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has weighed in on the planned nationwide protest against hunger. Nigerians, many of them young people, have called for demonstrations from August 1 over soaring costs. Living costs spiked in Nigeria after President Bola Tinubu ended the fuel subsidy and eased foreign exchange controls after coming to power in May last year. Inflation hit record levels at 34.19 per cent in June, with food inflation more than 40.87 per cent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The police, military and the Department of State Services (DSS) have warned against Kenya-styled protests.…
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Legendary Nigerian singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu has reportedly died at the age of 72. She was said to have died on Tuesday night at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after slumping at the birthday party of Mrs Stella Okoli. TheNiche reported that an eyewitness who was at the party confirmed the news. “It is very sad. Onyeka Onwenu just performed at the birthday of Mrs. Stella Okoli today (Tuesday, July 30, 2024), and after performing, she slumped. “She was taken to Reddington Hospital and she couldn’t make it,” the eyewitness said. However, the deceased’s family has yet to announce…
•Soldier, police in show of force nationwide, court restricts Lagos protest to two venues Soldiers, policemen and other security personnel on Tuesday occupied the popular Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the #EndBadGovernance protest scheduled to be held in the Federal Capital Territory and other major cities on Thursday. Our correspondents at the square counted over 300 security operatives at the facility. Also, 26 military vans, 12 police patrol vehicles and a Black Maria were parked within and around the arena. The security forces took over the square as the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the protest organisers disagreed on…
Fifteen lawmakers, under the aegis of The Economy Rescue Group, have called for the resignation of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari. The group claims that mismanagement under Kyari’s leadership at the NNPCL is responsible for the challenges faced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In a press statement signed and released in Abuja on Tuesday by its leader and a lawmaker representing Oredo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Esosa Iyawe, the group insists that Kyari should be suspended pending the outcome of the House of Representatives’ joint Committee on Petroleum…
Former Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola is to deliver the 26th Edition of the Wole Soyinka Lecture Series. The lecture series organised by the National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as Pyrates Confraternity, is slated for August 2, 2024 at the June 12 Cultural centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, Ogun State in continuation of the celebration of the 90th birthday of the Nobel Laureate Prize winner. The NAS Capoon, Mr Abiola Owoaje, in a statement on Monday disclosed that Fashola, a two-time governor of Lagos State, would speak on the theme: “The Baby or the Bathwater: Navigating the…
A Lagos High Court has issued an order restricting protesters to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, and Peace Park, Ketu. Justie Emmanuel Ogundare gave the order based on the application filed by Mr. Lawal Pedro, the attorney-general of Lagos State. The respondents are Adamma Ukpabi and Tosin Harsogba (for Active Citizens Group); Comrade Juwon Sanyaolu and Hassan Soweto (for Take it Back Movement), Persons unknown and Commissioner of Police, Lagos State. Lawal stated in his application that he was aware of the “notices by different interests who are for and against the nationwide protest”. Therefore, he feels the “need…
Agency Report The head of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday, said global commerce was going through troubling times, with protectionism on the rise. Okonjo-Iweala said the future of trade lay in services, digitalisation and the green economy, in the global trade body’s annual report. “These are troubling times for global trade. Amid geopolitical tensions and the backdrop of the climate crisis, we see increased protectionism and unilateral policy measures. “After years of talk of decoupling, trade may be starting to fragment along geopolitical lines,” she said. Opportunities do remain, she added, pointing to the potential for growth…
. Group rejects Egbetokun’s proposal for confined protests . Femi Falana, Adegboruwa, other lawyers, NBA, CSOs attend virtual parley with police boss Samuel Adesola, Abuja Organisers of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide demonstrations scheduled for August 2 to 10 have rejected the proposal by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for confined protests. The IGP, at a meeting with the organisers on Tuesday, suggested confined protests in identified locations and advised against street rallies. But one of the lawyers for the Take It Back Movement, one of the groups organising the nationwide protests, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), rejected the IGP’s proposal.…
A 23-year-old woman, Rahimat Salaum, has allegedly killed her husband, Shehu, during a fight in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Ramatu was reportedly planning to run away with her husband’s belongings when operatives of the Nigeria Police Force arrested her. A statement on Tuesday by the FCT Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the woman confessed to the crime and led the policemen to an uncompleted building where she dumped her late husband’s burnt corpse. Adeh said, “The operatives of the FCT police command attached to Pegi police Division, on July 29, 2024, at about 6:00 p.m., acting on credible intelligence,…
…calls on devt partners to support the Initiatives By Rabi Sanusi Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, on Monday, launched the distribution of drainage clearing equipment as a measure to prevent floods and ensure sanitation in the state metropolis. The Governor said in many cases during rainy season, most parts within Kano city stretch and surrounding experience frequent floods as a result of blockage of the drainages and water channels Abba Kabir confirmed that due to the kind of flood epidemic mostly caused by factors related to the blockage of waterways, the problem leads to loss of lives in…