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VIDEO: Money Shared To Dissuade Igbo Youths From Joining #EndBadGovernance Protest As Ohanaeze Youth Group Calls For Boycott

5 months ago1035 min

Video obtained by SaharaReporters shows Igbo youths in Southeast Nigeria receiving payments to reject the upcoming #EndBadGovernance protest. The youths, brought together in Enugu, later revealed they received between N10,000 and N15,000 to dissuade their participation in the protest scheduled for August 1-10. While they denied knowledge of the sponsors’ identities, some observed that this was the first time money was distributed at an Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth gathering. One of them said, “I...

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South-East Lawmakers Join Calls To Tinubu To Immediately Release Nnamdi Kanu

5 months ago938 min

Members of the Labour Party (LP) caucus in the South-East Houses of Assembly have called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu has been in DSS detention since 2021 following his extradition from Kenya. The lawmakers in a statement released to journalists in Awka on Saturday, said the release of Kanu would separate genuine agitators from criminals and kidnappers as well as douse...

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We Can Deal With Our Own Situation – Oyo Gov Makinde Rejects Supreme Court Ruling On Local Govt Autonomy, Calls Emergency Meeting

5 months ago856 min

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has stated that a lacuna has been created between the Supreme Court judgement granting autonomy to local government councils and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Supreme Court had declared it unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations. The court further declared that a state government has no power to appoint a caretaker committee and a local government council is...

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SERAP To Sue Tinubu Government Over Electricity Tariff Hike, Calls For Reversal Pending Court Hearing

9 months ago944 min

SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian government had approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has said it is suing President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the arbitrary increase in electricity tariff. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Nigerian government had approved N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour tariff increment for Band A electricity consumers in the country. Band A are those who enjoy...