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Fuel Scarcity May Last For Two Weeks – IPMAN
National Vice President of The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi, has said the scarcity of petroleum products that hit some States may last for up to two weeks. Most of the retail stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were on Monday under lock and key. Those that were opened to customers, ceased vending before dusk. The...
Politicians Must Preach & Practise Youth Empowerment, Says Abia Speaker
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, has admonished the political class to begin to not only preach youth empowerment and inclusion but to also practise it. ABN TV reports that the Speaker stated this at the Special Town Hall meeting for stakeholders convoked by the Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, at the Dr...
Ohanaeze Youths Warn Nnamdi Kanu Against Inciting Tribal Violence
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has cautioned Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against inciting violence in the south-eastern region. Kanu was reported to have asked #EndSARS protesters in the region to destroy the properties belonging to the Yoruba — an allegation he has denied. The youth council, in a statement by Okwu Nnabuike, its secretary-general, said...
Why I Didn’t Request Security To Prevent Burning Of TVC & The Nation – Tinubu
Former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says he didn’t request security operatives to stop “attackers” that razed The Nation Newspaper and Television Continental to avoid bloodshed. He made this known in a statement on Sunday titled, ‘The #EndSARS protests; a fundamental lesson in democratic governance’. Hoodlums had massively looted shops and...
Yes, No One Should Condemn A Homosexual — Nigerian Catholic Priest Advises
A Nigerian Catholic priest, Fr Kelvin Ugwu has called on society not to condemn homosexuals but accord them the dignity they deserve as humans. In his verified Facebook page on Saturday, the clergy while maintaining the Catholic Church has not changed its teachings on homosexuality, insisted that it is still regarded as an act that is INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED He said they...
Jailbreak: Obaseki Extends Ultimatum To Fleeing Inmates By One Week
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has extended the ultimatum issued to the prisoners by one week, till October 30. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He claimed that the government took the decision following the positive response by fleeing inmates to the call for their return after...
#EndSARS: Ikpeazu Moves To Restore Damaged Infrastructure
Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has set up a 12-man committee to ascertain the level of damage to private and public infrastructure as a result of the recent #EndSARS protests in the state. This the state government says this is to enable government it begin immediate restoration measures. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi...
Forgive Our Leaders, Umahi Begs #ENDSARS Protesters
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has appealed to youths to forgive the country’s leaders, noting that the leaders had learnt valuable lessons from the prevailing disturbing situation. Umahi, who made the appeal on Friday during an address to the people of the state, insisted that the country needed to move forward after the killings and destruction of valuable properties. The...
#EndSARS: Abia Doctors Threaten Strike Over Harassment By Security Operatives
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia Chapter, has threatened to go on strike over harassment of its members by security operatives. Chairman and Secretary of the chapter, Dr Chimezie Okwuonu and Dr Robinson Ugwuanyi, respectively, made the warning in a statement issued in Umuahia on Friday. The duo stated that medical practitioners on duty were being harassed by security operatives...
Youths Set Ondo Prisoners Free, Burn Police Station & Akeredolu Campaign Office
Protesting youths in Okitipupa town in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Thursday allegedly set the Divisional Police Station in the town and the local government Council Secretariat on fire, releasing all the prisoners at the Correctional Service Center (Nigerian Prison) in the town. Similarly, the campaign office of Akeredolu located along Roadblock /Ilesha road has been set...
