A chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, Kenneth Okonkwo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to apologise to the minors who were arraigned among #EndBadGovernance protesters. Okonkwo made this statement in an interview with Arise Television on Tuesday. DAILY POST reports that the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest lasted from August 1-10 and some protesters were arrested and arraigned in court earlier in the week. It was gathered that a handful of the suspects arraigned were minors, and the situation sparked outrage. President Tinubu on Monday directed the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi to withdraw the charges…
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Former U.S. president and Republican candidate, Donald Trump, says if he wins in Pennsylvania, he will win the whole deal. Trump made this expression while talking on Rich Zeoli Show, a Philadelphia’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT. “If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole deal. “We’re going to make this country greater than ever before, but you have to stay in line. “You have an absolute legal right and get that vote in because if we win Pennsylvania, if we win the good old Commonwealth, we’re going to win the whole thing. We win everything,” Trump said. Trump and his…
US Republican presidential contender, Donald Trump, has given the only condition he would accept defeat in the ongoing presidential election in the United States. The former President said he would be prepared to concede defeat in Tuesday’s election only “if it’s a fair election.” Trump, however, raised concerns about the use of electronic voting machines. “If I lose an election, if it’s a fair election, I would be the first one to acknowledge it… So far I think it’s been fair,” Trump told reporters after voting in Florida. “They spend all this money on machines… If they would use paper…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, announced that the 16 years admission benchmark into tertiary institutions remains. Alausa spoke at his inaugural briefing in Abuja on Tuesday with the Minister of State for Education, Dr Suwaiba Ahmad and Permanent Secretary, Dr Nasiru Sani-Gwarzo. 2. Vice President Kashim Shettima said President Bola Tinubu ordered the release of the minors facing trial for treason on compassionate grounds. The VP said this on Tuesday while receiving the minors at the Presidential Villa shortly after their charges were dropped by the Attorney General…
A former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking, Professor Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, SAN, says Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is acting as if he’s a regulator in the oil and gas market. Ezeilo said this could be described as an attempt to establish a monopoly, which according to her could worsen Nigerians’ exploitation. DAILY POST recalls that Dangote Refinery had alleged that cheaper PMS implied substandard petroleum products. However, in a post on her X handle on Tuesday, Ezeilo, also a former Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, said Dangote’s concerns about substandard petroleum products from competitors…
Nigerians witnessed a dramatic scene on Tuesday as an angry commercial vehicle driver set ablaze his bus and an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority in an attempt to escape arrest. Adebayo Taofiq, Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, confirmed the development in a statement on X. According to a viral video, an affected LASTMA officer was seen severely burned after the incident, while others took to their heels for safety. According to LASTMA, the incident occurred in the Cele area, inward Mile 2, after officers intercepted the bus for violating traffic regulations. “The Lagos…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has said that members of the opposition are gathering in Abuja and other places with the intention of deceiving Abia people with fake news about his administration. According to him, the members of the opposition have perfected a strategy to churn out fake and sometimes, real documents for propaganda purposes. Otti stated this at Government House, Umuahia, on Monday while swearing in the Chairman and Deputy Chairmen of the 17 local government areas, together with elected councilors. Otti, who did not mention the names of the opposition members, however, said that his administration was not…
The Nigerian Navy said its troops of Operation Delta Sanity discovered and deactivated three illegal refining sites and a wooden boat laden with a large amount of stolen crude oil. According to the statement on Nigerian Navy verified Facebook page: “On Monday, 4 November 2024, Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH discovered and deactivated 3 illegal refining sites and a wooden boat laden with a large amount of stolen crude oil in Oladiama II, Bayelsa State. “Subsequently, an attempt to vandalise the Tuomo-Ogbinbiri pipeline in Azama Community was discovered and neutralised.” Nigerian Navy deactivates three illegal refining sites in Bayelsa State
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has praised President Tinubu’s compassionate and fatherly action by ordering the release of the detained 76 protesting minors. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu responding to public calls and releasing of the 76 detained minors, who had been arrested following the August 2024 protest, is hugely appreciative, we thanks and commended him for this gesture,” Governor Yusuf said. The governor made the remark after receiving the teenagers from Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday. Governor Yusuf thanked President Tinubu for his understanding and for granting the minors a second chance. “I…
The senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has said that the tax reform bills sent to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu were dead on arrival. Ndume urged the President to listen to the National Economic Council, NEC, and the Northern Governors’ Forum and immediately withdraw the bills. The lawmaker stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday. According to him, the Federal Government should be looking at ways to reduce the tax burden on Nigerians and not increase it. “If it goes on like that, I can tell you that it will be dead…