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NSCDC deploys 2,000 personnel in Kaduna

NewsDeskNgJul 31, 2024July 31, 20240

No fewer than 2,000 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kaduna State Command, have been deployed to protect lives, property and critical assets during the planned nationwide protests. The state Commandant of the corps, Mrs Lucy Fakoya, disclosed this while addressing officers and men of the...

Gov Nwifuru urges Ebonyi youths to shun nationwide hunger protests

NewsDeskNgJul 31, 2024July 31, 20240

Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru has urged the youths of the state to shun the planned nationwide hunger protest slated for August 1. Nwifuru made the call on Wednesday at the stakeholders Youth Engagement Summit held at the Christian Ecumenical Centre in Abakiliki. The governor said his administration is committed...

Concerned Citizens, Muri Campaign Council Denounce Planned Protest Against Tinubu Administration

NewsDeskNgJul 31, 2024July 31, 20240

A group of concerned citizens and the Muri Campaign Council have strongly denounced a planned protest allegedly orchestrated by former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, against the Tinubu-led administration. According to a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja, the group described the plot as “laughable” and emphasized their commitment to...

Take It Back, Others Call Off Protest In Northern Central States

NewsDeskNgJul 30, 2024July 30, 20240

Three groups, Take It Back (North Central), Middle Belt Economic Forum, and Renewed Hope Prosperity Ambassadors have called off the planned protest in the Northern states, including Abuja. The groups cited concerns about the potential for destabilization and harm to their communities as the reason for their decision. The groups...

Tinubu’s policies working, food prices to crash in few weeks, IMPI appeals to protesters

NewsDeskNgJul 30, 2024July 30, 20240

A Policy think-tank on the platform of Independent Media & Policy Initiative (IMPI) has applauded the federal government over the announced suspension of import duties and taxes on essential food items, saying such move will crash the high cost of food items in few weeks. The professional group, however, appealed...

Kyari undermining Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda’ – Lawmakers

NewsDeskNgJul 30, 2024July 30, 20240

Fifteen lawmakers under the aegis of The Economy Rescue Group, have called on Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to resign. The group claimed that mismanagement under Kyari’s leadership at the NNPCL was responsible for the woes being recorded by...

Troops neutralise two IPOB/ESN sit-at- home enforcers

NewsDeskNgJul 30, 2024July 30, 20240

Troops of the Joint Task Force South-East, code-named “Operation UDO KA” have neutralised two members of the Indigenous People of Biafara (IPOB) and its affiliate Eastern Security Network trying to enforce an illegal sit-at-home order. The troops, which is on joint patrol in conjunction with other security agencies such as...

Court orders CAC to register Julius Berger Sole Shareholder of Primetech Company

NewsDeskNgJul 30, 2024July 30, 20240

After three years of fierce legal battles, a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to register Julius Berger Construction Company as sole shareholder of Primetech Design and Engineering Limited. Justice Obiora Egwuatu issued the order on Tuesday in a judgement on a suit jointly...

Tinubu approves creation of youth affairs secretariat in Abuja

NewsDeskNgJul 30, 2024July 30, 20240

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike said President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a mandate secretariat for youth affairs in the nation’s capital. Wike made the development public on Monday during an interactive engagement with stakeholders in the Bwari area council. During the function, the FCT...

Order soldiers to remain in barracks – Adeyanju writes Chief of Army Staff

NewsDeskNgJul 30, 2024July 30, 20240

Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju on Tuesday, urged the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, to order soldiers to remain in their barracks during the August 1 nationwide protest. Adeyanju said the measure would prevent a repeat of the EndSARS saga that saw the killing of protesters. He made...