Month: August 2024

Poverty ‘ll worsen if petrol subsidy returns – NOA DG warns Nigerians

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to map out survival strategies amid the economic fallout of the removal of petrol subsidy by the President Bola Tinubu administration.   Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily breakfast show, Issa-Onilu said poverty will worsen if petrol subsidy is returned, as being demanded by #EndBadGovernance protesters in the last week.   “Anybody who is making a demand that subsidy removal should be brought back is making an emotional demand, not an economic demand because you have…

President Tinubu, Nigerians And Imperative Of Constructive Dialogue By Stanley Kingsley Nkwocha

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Peaceful protest is a powerful tool for driving positive change and promoting a more just and equitable society. The 1999 Constitution (as amended) expressly states: “Every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons, and in particular, he may form or belong to any political party, trade union or any other association for the protection of his interests.”   This is why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been rightly adjudged the protester-in-chief because in the three phases of his political life: activist – during his days…

Kuku’s Paradigm Shift @ FAAN ……….As Airports get face-lift By Morgan Ayitonu.

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Unarguably , no nation underestimates or takes for granted the administration and management of its airports for obvious reasons. Airports are gateways into a country. They are the first point of contact and the impression any visitor gets is everlasting.   Managing an airport, therefore, is a critical and strategic component of governance. That’s why skilled, well-trained and equipped personnel are the needed hands to run the airports. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is conscious of this fact. Asides the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN, Tinubu painstakingly…

Petroleum industry problems not our fault – Mele Kyari …. asks Nigerians to stop calling NNPCL officials thieves

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      The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has asked Nigerians to stop calling staff of the company thieves.   This is as he said most problems in the country’s petroleum industry have nothing to do with his organisation.   Kyari stated this when he appeared before an ad hoc senate committee on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.   The committee, led by Senate Leader,Sen.Opeyemi Bamidele is probing the alleged importation of substandard petroleum products into the country.   The…

Protest: How soldiers trailed my son home, shot him — Grieving father

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Malam Mohammed, the father of late Ismail Mohammed, has recounted how his 19-year-old son was killed by soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna State.   During an interview, Mohammed narrated the unfortunate incident, noting that soldiers who were scaring protesters away trailed his son to their house and shot him through the door.   “My son, about 19 years old, was outside the house when the soldiers started shooting. He ran inside and locked the door, but the soldiers followed him and shot through the door,” Mohammed said.   According to the…

BREAKING: Tinubu appoints governing councils for 15 universities and others

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 75 Nigerians to the governing councils of 13 federal universities and tertiary institutions of learning.   This was contained in a statement issued by the president’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelae on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.   According to the statement, the President expects that the new members of the governing boards of these institutions will perform their functions effectively and creditably and within the ambits of their statutory responsibilities.   NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ABUJA   (1) Rabe Mudi Bala…

JUST IN: NYSC declares Akwa Ibom State Coordinator,Driver missing

Lukman Laleye Babalola

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that the Akwa Ibom State Coordinator , Mr. Okun Christopher, and his Driver, Mr Daniel Effiong Asibong, are missing.   NYSC in a release signed Director Press and Public Relations department, Eddy Megwa, said they were abducted between Delta and Akwa Ibom States while traveling for an official assignment on Monday, July 29, 2024.   Megwa added that since their abduction, all efforts to locate their whereabout have yielded no results.   He said the scheme was in touch with their families in…

No rift between Speaker Abbas, Deputy Kalu – House of Reps … says no bribery for committee placement

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Federal House of Representatives has said the dissolution of the Joint Adhoc Committee on Midstream and Downstream Petroleum was done in line with the 1999 constitution of Nigeria and the standing rules of the House. This was, even as, the Green chamber debunked the insinuations in some quarters that there was love lost between the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas and his deputy, Benjamin Kalu; and that Members bribed their way to get some juicy Committee placements in the House. A statement signed on Wednesday by the Spokesperson of the House, Akin…

British Envoy assures of safety of Nigerians in UK, meets NIDCOM Boss

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Following the recent disorder in a number of cities in the United Kingdom, British High Commissioner to Nigeria Dr Richard Mongomery has assured the large diaspora population of Nigerains in the UK of their safety and security. The British High Commissioner told the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa during a meeting in Abuja   Dr Montgomery said 12 towns in total were affected by disorder. He however, assured the Nigerian Community in the UK that Government is doing everything possible to restore calm and nolmacy to…

APC may reinstate Ndume as Senate Whip

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All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has accepted the apology of former Senate Chief Whip Ali Ndume, who was stripped of his position for speaking out against hardship in the country.   The Senate removed Ndume (Borno South) from the position on July 17 for criticising Tinubu’s administration and replaced him with Senator Tahir Monguno (Borno North), following a letter from APC national chairman, Dr.Abdullahi Ganduje, and the party’s national secretary, Bashir Ajibola, in that regard.   However, after addressing journalists at a meeting of the APC National Working Committee…