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Less than 24 hours into the scheduled August 1 mass action against hunger and bad governance, community and faith-based leaders, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have occupied Nigeria’s Unity Fountain in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja to alert authorities on plans by unknown groups to hijack the exercise. The protesters numbering over 200 were holding…
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The Police Command in Osun and other security and paramilitary agencies embarked on a joint show of force in Osogbo on Wednesday ahead of the proposed nationwide protest. The police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the patrol announced the readiness of all the security agencies to ensure a…
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A 42-year-old trader, Sani Garba, was on Wednesday arraigned in Kaduna over alleged N4.5 million fraud. Garba, who resides at Malali area of Kaduna, is facing a count charge of fraud, before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant…
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Sen. Ita Enang says President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell crude oil to Dangote Refinery in naira complies with the law. Enang, a former senator and a lawyer, stated this in an interview on the NTA programme Tuesday night and monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria…
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The Plateau State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Eugene Manji, and his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, Comrade Kenneth Chiama, have said that they will not participate in the nationwide protest starting from today because there was no such directive from their headquarters. Manji, in a chat with journalists in Jos, said…