Crisis Rocks NNPP, State Chairmen Sacks Kwankwaso The Forum of State Chairmen of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has asked its presidential candidate in the last general election, Rabiu Kwankwaso to tender his immediate resignation or risk indefinite suspension over his alleged involvement in anti-party activities. The party chairmen demanded an open explanation of what they described as “unhealthy relationship between Kwankwaso and the All Progressives Congress during and after the general elections.” The Forum in a statement by its chairman and leader Comrade Sunday Oginni accused Kwankwaso of allegedly masterminding crisis in NNPP across the country in a move…
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JUST IN: FG Delists Another 18 Digital Money Lenders, Full List Eighteen more Digital Money Lenders (DMLs) have been delisted by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for operating without regulatory approval. This was said in a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Babatunde Irukera. The Limited Interim Regulatory/Registration Framework and Guidelines for Digital Lending, 2022, according to Mr. Irukera, were being broken by the DMLs. He said the commission had entered an order to Google to remove the applications from the Playstore. Mr Irukera said the order was also…
What We Discussed With President Tinubu- NLC Reveals As part of a long day yesterday, labour leaders met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his office at Aso Villa – a parley that it described as “fruitful”, which might have terminated their plan to continue with the nationwide protests. In Abuja, Lagos and many state capitals, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) led some workers and civil society organisations in a protest against the rising cost of living and the delay by the government in giving succour to workers affected by the removal of petrol subsidy.…
BREAKING: Nigeria Cuts Off Power Supply To Niger Republic A number of cities in the Niger Republic are currently experiencing prolonged blackouts after Nigeria cut its power supply to the neighbouring West African country. According to Nigelec, an electricity company in Niger, the development followed an emergency meeting by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), where sanctions, including freezing utility services, were imposed on the Niger Republic over its coup. The cities of Niamey, Maradi, and Zinder each witnessed about an hour of electricity at a time before it went off for about five hours. This is said…
Subsidy Protest: NLC Speaks After Meeting Tinubu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said it will make its decision on the suspension or continuation of its protest against the effects of fuel subsidy known on Thursday. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, stated this to newsmen after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja. NLC is protesting over the lack of palliatives to cushion the biting effects of the recent fuel subsidy removal. He said that the president didn’t force the organised labour to suspend the industrial action, adding that Tinubu is a “pro-democracy activist; so he…
Protesters Beat Civil Servants To Coma For Defying NLC Directive Protesting members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Oyo State, yesterday, stormed the state secretariat, on the second day of their protest, beating civil servants who refused to join the on-going protest in the state. The protesting NLC members are drawn from various ministries, which include judiciary, parastatals and other agencies. Civil servants were beaten up by the protesters, under the watch of some labour leaders, disrupting activities in government offices for several hours, locking some in their offices. The ongoing protest by the NLC began on Monday, following…
Peter Obi’s Phone Goes Missing In Court The phone of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi was allegedly stolen on Tuesday at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Obi, who was dressed in his usual black attires sat close to his running mate, Ahmed Baba Datti through out the court’s proceedings. It was after the Court’s proceedings in his petition challenging the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election that, Obi discovered that his mobile…
Panic As Man Kills ASP Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Man Kills ASP A 47-year-old suspect, identified as Godson Tender James, has been paraded by the Ondo Police Command, for allegedly killing an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, in a hit-and-run incident. The incident occurred at a checkpoint located in Ifon area of Ose Local Government Area. According to the police command in the state, the suspect is not only responsible for the fatal accident, but also a serial fraudster. Prior to the incident, he was alleged to have defrauded a businesswoman of N4.4 million in Akure, the state…
Tinubu Give Kaduna Another Ministerial Slot Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Tinubu Give Kaduna Another Ministerial Slot There were indications that President Bola Tinubu might give additional ministerial slot to Kaduna State as part of his political strategy to make further in-road to the northern Nigeria. A top source, who pleaded anonymity, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Kaduna yesterday. He said that the move is also aimed at compensating the North-west zone in particular for voting massively for the president in the 2023 general election. According to him, Mr. Sani Shaaban, a former federal lawmaker and…
Screening: How Did You Get Into University With Only Two Credits?’ — Senator Grills Ministerial Nominee Allwell Onyesoh, the senator representing Rivers east, on Monday, questioned Bello Muhammad, a ministerial nominee over his academic certificates. The senators during the special plenary session screened the ministerial nominees whose names were sent to the upper legislative chamber last week by President Bola Tinubu. After introducing himself and speaking about his experience, senators began asking Muhammad questions. Onyesoh questioned Muhammed, who is from Sokoto, over his senior secondary school certificate examination (SSCE) result, saying from the credentials submitted, the nominee only has two…