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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja – Trade Union Congress of Nigeria’s political roundtable 2022 on the role of organized labour in promoting participatory democracy and good governance recently turned into a war of words, with Saharareporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore accusing former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko of betraying Chief MKO Abiola. Chief Abiola was the presumed winner of the June …

German Ambassador to Nigeria, Birgitt Ory, together with UN Resident Coordinator Matthias Schmale and UNDP Resident Representative Mohammed Yahya, visited Borno State on March 9 and 10 2022, where she met with local government leaders, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations. Ambassador Ory also visited Ngarannam town in Mafa LGA. Destroyed by insurgents and uninhabited since 2015, the community has been rebuilt through a stabilization program co- funded by the German government. Reconstruction work took into account the building …

By Adekunle Adekoya There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.— Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) In the July 9, 2021 edition of this column, I wrote about political parties being special purpose vehicles — a gathering of strange bedfellows coming together for one single purpose — …

As the debate over whether the state or Federal Government should collect Value Added Tax (TAX) is yet to settle, inability to invest at home, rising insecurity, high migration rate and exportation among others have been identified as possible reasons for low collection of VAT by states in the southeast region. Sources indicated that there are high investments by people …

–Diesel hits N635/l, NARTO laments rising cost The Federal Government has approved a 25 percent increase in freight rate for petroleum products, raising it from N9.5 per litre to N11.87/litre, the National President of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Alhaji Yusuf Othman has disclosed.ADVERTISING Alhaji Othman who disclosed this at NARTO’s 22 Annual General Meeting in Abuja, …

Governor David Umahi and his Deputy, Kelechi Igwe have secured an interim order from the Ebonyi State High Court, ordering them not to vacate their offices. This followed an ex-parte motion by counsel to the duo, Roy Umahi brought pursuant to rule 3(3) of the High Court rules of Ebonyi state in suit no HAB/13/22. The Court had on February …

…as Ayu commissions projects in Edo• Shaibu protests exclusion of new members from party Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, led leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State to receive the National Chairman of the PDP, Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, noting that only the PDP can rescue Nigeria from its current socio-economic woes. Obaseki, …

.Party didn’t give 21 days notice required by Electoral Act The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. has rejected a letter inviting it to an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the ruling party. With this development, the plot to remove the Chairman of the APC, Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala …

The deputy governor of Kebbi State, Samaila Yombe, has narrated how bandits attacked him while on a tour to “encourage security agents” fighting the outlaws in parts of the state. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the deputy governor, who is a retired military officer, escaped death when bandits attacked him in Kanya in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of the state. …

By Femi Falana Part four of this piece published yesterday concluded with reference to the laws enacted under section 20 of the Constitution pertaining to Right to Environment. The locus standi of a non-state actors to enforce the fundamental right of people in the oil-producing community was upheld by the Supreme Court in the case of Centre Oil Pollution Watch v. …