*********
Some members of the ‘Tinubu Must Go’ movement on Sunday kicked against the blockade of the venue where they were scheduled to hold a meeting. Abba Hikima, a lawyer and one of the conveners of the movement, raised the alarm, alleging that policemen were preventing them from accessing the venue.
*******
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has demanded immediate and full transparency from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over reported redeployments in key departments and the production, printing and custody of sensitive materials for the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the reported changes in the Electoral Operations Department raised serious questions that INEC must answer without delay.
********
The Kwankwasiyya Movement has demanded an explanation for the omission of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Kano State governorship candidate, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, and his running mate, Mustapha Rabi’u Kwankwaso, from the final list of candidates published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The movement expressed confidence that the matter could be resolved through available administrative and legal channels.
**********
The United States Department of Homeland Security has released the names and photographs of 24 Nigerian nationals arrested by immigration officers over alleged criminal offences. The development comes as the Donald Trump administration intensifies its immigration enforcement campaign.
********
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said his administration’s investments in compressed natural gas and electric-powered transportation are beginning to deliver substantial savings for Nigerians, with some commuters reporting reductions of up to 67 per cent in transport fares. The President, who personally responded to testimonies from beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s transportation interventions on Sunday, said the emerging relief demonstrated his administration’s determination to cushion the hardship occasioned by the removal of the petrol subsidy.
*********
The media office of former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has dismissed a viral report claiming that he called on Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress, APC, describing the allegation as false and misleading. In a statement issued on Sunday, Adelabu’s media office said the video circulating on social media was an excerpt from an interview he granted in 2022, when he was the Accord Party’s governorship candidate in Oyo State.
*********
The Presidency on Sunday dismissed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s proposed production subsidy on petrol as “a dangerous mathematical fantasy wrapped in political deceit”, saying Nigeria does not have the crude oil volumes needed to fund it. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday titled ‘Atiku’s Demagoguery in the Face of Tinubu’s Logical Policies’.
**********
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has begun engaging the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to resolve the omission of some of its candidates from the commission’s final list of governorship candidates for the 2027 elections, released on Saturday. In a statement on Sunday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Mohammed, said the party was treating the development with the seriousness it deserved and seeking an amicable resolution in line with the law and established electoral guidelines.
**********
Four people were injured on Friday night when part of a building believed to be more than 60 years old collapsed at No. 18 Club Road in the old Port Harcourt Township, Rivers State. The incident occurred at around 7 pm when a section of the building’s second-floor parapet reportedly detached and crashed onto the ground floor, where people were drinking and socialising at a bar.
from dailypost
No comments:
Post a Comment
Disclaimer: Comments And Opinions On Any Part Of This Website Are Opinions Of The Blog Commenters Or Anonymous Persons And They Do Not Represent The Opinion Of StellaDimokoKorkus.com
Pictures and culled stories posted on this site are given credit and if a story is yours but credited to the wrong source,Please contact Stelladimokokorkus.com and corrections will be made..
If you have a complaint or a story,Please Contact StellaDimokoKorkus.com Via
Sdimokokorkus@gmail.com
Mobile Phone +4915210724141