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Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin. Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. Speaking with our correspondent, the Director of Mobilisation,
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Israel has announced that it will ban the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, from entering the country. Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, declared Guterres “undesirable” in a post on X on Wednesday, citing the UN chief’s failure to condemn Iran’s recent missile attacks on Israel. “I decided today to declare U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres an
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Israel has announced that it will ban the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, from entering the country. Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, declared Guterres “undesirable” in a post on X on Wednesday, citing the UN chief’s failure to condemn Iran’s recent missile attacks on Israel. “I decided today to declare U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres an
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The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, charged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the sudden hike in the pump price of fuel. Obi described the sudden price hike by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, as insensitive and unfortunate. Posting on X, Obi said the sudden hike in the pump
NNPC: Reverse sudden fuel price hike – Peter tells Tinubu
The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, charged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the sudden hike in the pump price of fuel.
Obi described the sudden price hike by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, as insensitive and unfortunate.
Posting on X, Obi said the sudden hike in the pump price of fuel would have a negative impact on Nigeria’s economic survival.
He wrote: “As Nigerians continue to groan under extremely difficult economic conditions, largely caused by the Federal Government’s wrong policy choices, the NNPCL has once again raised the price of fuel (PMS) without providing any explanation.
“This is both unfortunate and insensitive, considering the wide-ranging negative consequences for our economic survival and well-being.
“This is neither how an economy’s resources should be managed nor how a nation should be governed. In this new measure, there is neither sound economics nor necessary compassion.
“We are told that the NNPCL is now a limited liability company, regulated by agencies such as the NUPRC and NMDPRA, yet there seems to be growing confusion about the roles and responsibilities of the NNPCL and these regulating bodies.
“Interestingly, both the NNPCL and the regulatory agencies are supposed to be under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, with the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria serving as the substantive Minister. Who, in this arrangement, is regulating who?
“With the unprecedented but avoidable hardship that Nigerians are enduring, the responsibility for providing a full explanation, offering alternative options, and most importantly, reversing the sudden price hike falls squarely on the Honorable Minister of Petroleum Resources/President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We hope and pray that he acts in the best interest of the majority of Nigerians, who are living under unnecessarily precarious conditions, and that he does so before his return from his working vacation.
“To casually inflict such a draconian measure on the populace from the comfort of an annual vacation amounts to taking the people’s welfare lightly and for granted. A New and more compassionate Nigeria is indeed Possible! -PO”