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BREAKING: Reps dissolve Committee investigating importation of adulterated petroleum products
The House of Representatives has dissolved the current ad-hoc Joint Downstream and Midstream Committee investigating the importation of adulterated petroleum products, the non-availability of crude oil for domestic refineries, and other energy security issues. A statement by the House Spokesman, Rep. Akin Rotimi said the decision was taken at the committee’s inauguration penultimate Monday. According to Akin, the ad-hoc committee…
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Breaking: President Tinubu meets with Security Chiefs amid ongoing protests
By Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu is holding a crucial meeting with the heads of security agencies at the State House in Abuja. The high-level meeting which commenced at 2:00 PM, is presumably set to address the rising concerns over ongoing protests against economic hardship across Nigeria. Despite the president’s recent appeal for demonstrators to cease their activities, the unrest…
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FG alerts Nigerians travelling to UK
The Federal Government has warned Nigerian citizens planning to travel to the United Kingdom, to be wary of violence risk occasioned by the recent killing of three young girls at a concert. A statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja on Monday, and signed by its Spokesperson, Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, said the violence has assumed “dangerous proportions” as evidenced…
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Fuel Scarcity: Queues resurface across Nigeria
Oil marketers have explained that the reappearance of queues at filling stations in many states is because of the halt in the supply of petroleum products by dealers in a bid to avert losing their assets due to the ongoing nationwide hunger protests. Many states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, witnessed varying degrees of queues about two…
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BREAKING: DSS arrests #EndBadGovernance protest leader in Abuja
A leader of the #EndBadGovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Michael Lenin, has been taken into custody by agents of the Department of State Services. On Monday at around two in the morning, Lenin was taken from his home in the FCT’s Apo neighbourhood by the DSS. The Director of Mobilisation for the Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola,…
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Nationwide protest: Protesters observe Sunday service in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The ongoing protests against bad governance in Nigeria entered their fourth day today, with demonstrators gathering at Nelson Mandela Park and concluding their march at the popular Olaiya Junction in Osogbo. In a remarkable display of faith and resilience, Christian protesters held a Sunday service at Olaiya, with their Muslim counterparts in attendance. The service was…
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Civil Society ready for dialogue with FG, Says Okunniyi
The United Action Front of Civil Society (UAFCS), says the organised civil society is ready for dialogue with the Federal Government on the ongoing nationwide protest and the challenges in the country. Head, Coordinating Secretariat of UAFCS, Olawale Okunniyi, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, stated that civil society…
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SERAP asks Commonwealth to sanction Nigeria over attacks on journalists, protesters
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an Urgent Appeal to Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, urging her to “apply the Commonwealth Charter to hold the Nigerian authorities to account over reports of attacks on journalists covering the #EndHunger protests and peaceful protesters in some parts of the country.” SERAP urged Ms Scotland to…
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Nigeria, Denmark agree on real-time climate action monitoring
By Kunle Sanni Nigeria and Denmark have reached an agreement to establish a real-time monitoring framework for climate action programs, according to Ajuri Ngelale, Nigeria’s Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action (SPEC). The accord was finalized during a virtual meeting held in Geneva with Danish counterpart Tomas Anker Christensen. This agreement aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s vision for green industrialization…
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President Tinubu warns against ethnic bigotry under guise of protest
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has issued a stern warning to individuals exploiting the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests to promote ethnic bigotry and divisive rethorics to intimidate fellow citizens. In a national address on Sunday, Tinubu promised that those responsible for such threats would face consequences. The country has been gripped by the 10-day #EndBadGovernance protest against economic hardship, which has…
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