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11th December, 2023 His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, The Presidential Villa, Abuja. ANOTHER CLARION CALL ON MR. PRESIDENT TO INTERVENE IN THE SITUATION IN RIVERS STATE I do hope this meets you well. 2. Further to my letter yesterday of 10thDecember, 2023 on the lingering situation in Ondo State, I would like to write again as promised to call your urgent attention in dousing the state of deep political divide in Rivers State. As you would recall, I had earlier addressed a press conference four weeks ago when the…

The organised Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday, noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wage award for September. Following the removal of the fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu on his assumption of office, the Federal Government agreed to pay N35,000 to each of its workers to reduce the hardship caused by the subsidy removal. The government, in a memo signed by the Chairman, National Salaries Wages…

Africa Is Tearing Into Two Continents And A New Ocean Could Eventually Open Up East Africa could look like a very different place in 5 to 10 million years. TOM HALE Senior Journalist Africa is slowly but surely splitting in two. Like anything in geology, it’s an extremely long process that will take millions upon millions of years, but it will eventually see part of East Africa chip off from the rest of the continent, likely resulting in a new ocean arising between the two land masses. The colossal breakup is associated with the East African Rift System (EARS),…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State which have become vacant by reason of the defection of the 27 former State lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP asserts that by defecting from the PDP, the political Party platform on which they were elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly, the seats of the respective 27 former lawmakers have become vacant by virtue of the provision of Section…

.Inaugurates Advisory Council, Emmanuel Alayande varsity governing council Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that his administration will create a different Oyo State where citizens are law-abiding despite the many challenges they are faced with. The governor also said that the state would soon come up with legislation to restore order and sanity in the society. The governor stated these on Monday during the inauguration of the Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, SAN-led Oyo State Advisory Council, held at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The members of the State Advisory Council inaugurated by the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a new directive to all banks, other financial institutions, and non-bank financial institutions, suspending the processing charges previously imposed on large cash deposits

In a jubilant gathering on December 10th, 2023, Oyo state witnessed the recognition of exceptional youth leaders at the 30 Outstanding Youth Leaders Award ceremony organized by the Young African Initiatives Network (YALI) Oyo State Chapter. The distinguished event unfolded at the University of Ibadan’s Department of Peace, Security, and Humanitarian Studies. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Digital Inclusion and Accessibility Award to Aderibigbe Yisahu Ajibola, the visionary publisher behind The Populist News. This accolade celebrates his remarkable contributions to information dissemination and continuous updates that have digitally connected the people of…

The reason given for the defection according to the individual letters written to the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, and read on the Floor of the House, was predicated on the division in the party with regards to the tussle for the position of the National Secretary of the PDP, which has made communications channel hazy and difficult. They posited in their letters that the confusion surrounding the position of the National Secretary has generated plethora of court cases instituted by Members of the party in various courts which has sharply divided the party, and therefore can no longer…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said enough Naira notes are in circulation amid reports of scarcity of banknotes. In a statement issued by the Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, the apex bank explained the reasons behind the scarcity of Naira notes in some parts of the country. CBN’s reaction is coming amid a series of complaints by some bank customers concerning the scarcity of Naira notes at bank counters, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Points of Sale (PoS), and Bureaux de Change (BDCs). However, the apex bank said the seeming currency scarcity was occasioned by large volume withdrawals of cash…