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United States of America-based organisations, including the National Union of Ogoni Students International (NUOS INT'L USA), the Center for Democracy, Human Rights, and Anti-Corruption International (CDHRAC INTL USA), and the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), have reiterated their call for better treatments of the people of Ogoniland in Rivers State by the Federal Government. The groups said that the people of Ogoniland have suffered years of environmental degradation over the years despite the fact that they produce oil, the wealth of the nation. The groups, which used the opportunity to congratulate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his forthcoming first anniversary in office, said that it is not right to kill the chicken that lays the golden egg, adding that they could not continue to suffer in silence and amidst plenty. They emphasised that almost all the previous administrations in the country have done little or nothing to develop Ogoniland, which they said

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa, has applauded the Chairman of Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon Dele Oshinowo, over his intervention initiatives to reduce economic hardship in the country. Obasa stated this as Oshinowo, on Thursday launched "WeLift 450 Petty Traders" Initiative," which was attended by the Speaker. The monthly scheme saw the transfer of N50,000 cash support to 450 traders selected from various markets and streets in the council. Obasa, while applauding the residents, and party leaders for supporting Oshinowo, said that the people remained the priority of any serious government. "This initiative is something that I have been canvassing among the local government chairmen. "This is because it is very important to reach out to our people, particularly around this period that the economy is somehow and the impact on the people have not been helpful. "So, having a Chairman, who is 

Samuel Nwanosike, the chairperson of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Thursday, reportedly led thugs to disrupt the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. Nwanosike, who is the chairman of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, is a loyalist of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.  Among many other things, a potential sanction for Wike was expected to take the front burner at the party's NEC meeting over allegations of anti-party activities.  However, Nwanosike reportedly tried to force his way into the venue and came along with hoodlums. His intent, it was gathered, was to create chaos and halt resolutions by the NEC.

A group of Nigerian Corporate farmers from the Diaspora and Nigerian  Farmers, has protested their displacement from their corporate farms which produces crops and animal worth millions of naira on a daily basis.  Speaking during a protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Chairman Afero/Eluju Mowo/Mutaku commercial farmers, Wale Oyekoya, said they had a dream of building a better Nigeria and for this, they brought back their life savings and foreign investment to invest in Nigeria. Oyekoya said: "Those dreams were crushed when on the morning of the 11th day of December 2023, in a brutal display of violence and utter carnage during the late season rains around 11:15 am that day they were violently invaded and brutally attacked by elements of the Nigerian military.   "We are not cutlasses and hoes farmers, we utilise the latest in mechanised machinery and equipment imported from China, US and France and practice farming on a Commercial scale thereby contributing to a large

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele is set to hold the third edition of his palliative market initiative and planting of a new church auditorium in Ekiti state on Friday, 26th of April, 2024. This, according to the prophet, is to further reduce the impact of economic hardship on the people of Ekiti state and to also spread the gospel of Jesus Christ on showing love to the needy and providing for the poor without allowing distance to cause a barrier. Primate Ayodele explained that the palliative market will be a replica of the ones he did in November 2023 and February 2024 at his Lagos church where he crashed the prices of food items ridiculously. The prophet sold a bag of rice for N20,000, beans for N5,000, big tubers of Yam for N1,500, Cassava flakes for N1,500, a carton of Indomie for N1,500, to mention a few. Apart from the palliative market initiative, the man of God made it known that he will be empowering women with work materials like sewing m

The Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has told truck drivers in the agency’s fleet, to strictly obey safe driving rules or risk severe penalties, including outright dismissal.  He said this on Tuesday, at the agency’s headquarters, Ijora-Olopa, where he repeatedly warned against any breach of safe motoring and road traffic rules and regulations, involving non-use of seat belts, drunk driving, over-speeding and reckless behaviour on highways. Other breaches, according to him, include: over-loading, loss of safety equipment, possession of invalid driver’s license, waste handlers hanging onto moving trucks, and such other reckless actions, that could trigger an accident.  He emphatically stressed, that stiff sanctions would henceforth be applied, including outright dismissal, prosecution, suspension from work, forfeiture of monthly salaries and allowances, and non-payment of medical bills if involved in an accident, depending on