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The Julius Abure-led Labour Party has disowned the meeting summoned by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, where Former Minister Nenadi Usman emerged as the chairman of a 29-man caretaker committee. Otti had called for the stakeholders meeting in Umuahia to address the crisis rocking the party’s leadership. The meeting produced Usman as chairman and Senator […]

The Federal Government has denied reports, that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources instructed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell fuel at ₦1,000 per litre. In a statement signed by Nnemaka Okafor, the Special Adviser, Media and Communication to the Minister for Petroleum Resources (Oil), the government dismissed the claims as baseless and […]

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says President Bola Tinubu has betrayed the movement, and by extension all Nigerians with the fresh hike in petrol price and its scarcity across the country. Joe Ajaero, President of NLC, who stated this in reaction to the ongoing confusion regarding price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) […]

Igbo National Council (INC) Worldwide recently listed about 98 security checkpoints allegedly, existing in the five states of the South East geo-political zone. The group’s alleging fingers pointed at the direction of security operatives, accusing them of being responsible for extortion of money from motorists, incessant harassment of citizens and unwanted distance trekking of commuters […]

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently revealed that 24,025 persons are missing in Nigeria, and her analysis indicated that more of the missing persons come from the North East of the country. The group also said that over ten years of Boko Haram terror in the North East was responsible for displaced persons, […]

BY CHRISTIAN NWOKOCHA Inhabitants of Owerri, the state capital of Imo State, have resorted to trekking distances,   lamenting the continuous rise in the pump price of premium motor spirit to N1000, leading to transportation cost to a minimum of N400 per drop. As at press time, some commercial bus drivers, particularly the Keke bus drivers […]

BY CHRISTIAN NWOKOCHA In an apparent move to avert further crisis in Labour Party, the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and the Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, have settled for a stakeholders meeting of the party instead of the earlier proposed National Working Committee meeting which generated controversies. The Party’s […]

The decision of the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti to convene a National Executive Council meeting of the Labour Party, to dissolve the current leadership of the party has hit the rock. Reports had it that the governor recently met with the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure where he tendered his intent to […]

BY CHRISTIAN NWOKOCHA The Nigeria Union of Journalists during her National Executive Council virtual meeting at the weekend presided by its National President Comrade Chris Isiguzo urged President Bola Tinubu to call the military to order, stating that the activities of security operatives remind Nigerians of the events that usually take place during the military […]

A Public Affairs commentator Hon. Dennis Adikwuru has condemned a near mess in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector where the Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed himself Minister of Petroleum Resources. According to Adikwuru, the sector has over the years been riddled with corruption, and demands that urgent actions should be taken to retrieve the […]