Umar Faruk, Gusau A former Chairman of Gusau Local Government council in Zamfara State, Engr. Babangida Abdullahi has welcomed the recent Supreme Court judgement granting autonomy to the local government. In a interview with newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, Abdullahi said granting autonomy to local government would solve multiple problems facing the country. According to him, if the autonomy succeeded would address the issue of insecurity and job creation in the country. “Non functional local government attributed to some many problems in the country ranging from insecurity to unemployment amongst the teeming youths,” he added. He said with the…
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Former Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, on Tuesday, warned organisers of the planned nationwide protest against hardship scheduled for August 1 not to come to the Niger Delta. Dokubo-Asari argued that the agenda of those behind the protest do not capture the problems of the people of the Niger Delta. The ex-militant leader, who dared them to come to the oil and gas-rich region, said they would be resisted, alleging that they were merely interested in the resources coming from the Niger Delta. He described them as ‘anarchist. He alleged that some people who lost the election were backing…
. Femi Falana, Adegboruwa part of meeting with police boss Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, held a virtual meeting with the leaders of the Take It Back Movement, including prominent lawyers Femi Falana (SAN) and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN). A statement on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the IGP’s meeting addressed the group’s planned nationwide protest and aimed to ensure citizens’ safety while upholding their constitutional right to peaceful assembly. It stated that the IGP emphasised the importance of maintaining public order and safety during the protests. Egbetokun acknowledged the group’s right to…
Southwest Executive Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, appealed to Nigerians not to turn the region into a theatre of war. The Committee also said that the present hardship bedevilling Nigeria would soon give way to a meaningful livelihood for all. The APC leaders made this appeal at an emergency meeting of the party’s zonal executive committee in Akure, Ondo State. They appealed for caution and pleaded that Nigerians should be patient with the present administration. In a communiqué by National Vice Chairman and Chairman South West, Isaac Kekemeke and zonal secretary, Vincent Bewaji, the party urged…
Some suspected thugs have begun to threaten Lagos State residents not to come out for the hunger protest scheduled for Thursday, August 1 to 10. In a viral clip on Tuesday, the people whose voices were only heard were chastising the market women and men to desist from the planned protest as it might lead to more destruction than that witnessed in the #EndSARS protest. “Anybody that is confident should come out on Thursday to protest. Are you the only one hungry? “If you dare come out for the protest, you will be mercilessly dealt with,” the men in the…
Former Presidential candidates in Nigeria have been urged not to encourage or promote violence in the country through the planned #EndBadGovernance protest. National Chairman of the Council of FormerPresidential Candidates of Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFPCFRN), Dr .Tunde Anifowose-Kelani, made this call in a statement on Tuesday. Anifowose-Kelani noted, “We all past presidential candidates in Nigeria have signed peace accord in this country and we should always find peaceful resolution to issues of national importance but not to engage or join protest”. The former presidential candidate and National Chairman of CFPCFRN, was reacting to the planned nationwide protest scheduled to…
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, on Tuesday, grounded Arik Airline aircraft. The action followed a court order over a $2.5m debt owed to Atlas Petroleum International Ltd. NAMA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The agency disclosed that this development stems from an enforcement action by the Federal Capital Territory High Court on July 19, 2024, which involved attaching Arik’s planes to secure the debt. The statement partly read, “On the 19th day of July 2024, the enforcement department of the FCT High Court enforced an Order made by the…
A group, Community Action Group has raised the alarm that the opposition party in Edo State, the All Progressives Congress has imported thugs and armi them with guns ahead of the proposed nationwide protest starting on August 1. The suspected thugs have allegedly been armed to the teeth to cause mayhem during the protests so as to give the state a bad image. Spokesperson for the group, Yusuf Ahmed identified one of the suspected thugs as one Norbert Okubor, who is an aide to a former governor of the state and a serving Senator. The group therefore warned that Edolites…
A splinter group in Edo State All Progressives Congress has raised the alarm over the plan by the party to blame all security breaches on the state security outfit, the Edo Security Network (ESN). Party sources alleged that at a meeting by the leadership of APC in the state resolved to push and attribute all security lapses on the ESN. The source who didn’t want his name in print, said the agreement to rope in ESN was reached at a meeting in which the governorship candidate, Monday Okpehbolo, was in attendance, alongside the party chairman and secretary with a former…
Presidency, on Tuesday, deplored the organisers of the EndBadGovernance Protest, saying there is no bad government in Nigeria, but a thinking one. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the President, Mr Tunde Rahman, said although Tinubu has identified that some problems need to be addressed, they would be resolved in earnest. Rahman spoke in Lagos at the Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture, 2024 themed: ‘Rapidly Changing Media Landscape: Media Survival Strategies.’ He said the economic challenges Nigeria was facing weren’t a peculiar case, it was a global issue. He said, “Our people have a right to protest and it is…