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Jun

28

2023

It’s commendable that the Imo election tribunal was moved to Nasarawa – Group

Metro, PoliticsCourt, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

Igbo political stakeholders, including the President, the Court of Appeal, and the Imo Election Petition Tribunal Judges, have been praised for their decision to move the tribunal's sitting from Owerri to Nasarawa State. The National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which had been meeting at the old High Court location in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, over the weekend, moved to the High Court complex in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, which is located across from shopping malls. According to a statement from Daniel Odiba, the NBA's Owerri branch's publicity secretary, made the announcement: This is to inform all attorneys, litigants, and…

Jun

28

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Subsidies Removal: World Bank estimates that more than 7 million Nigerians may fall into extreme poverty.

Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, News, OpinionEconomy, Fuel Scarcity, Lifestyle, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria

If the federal government doesn't offer temporary solutions after fuel subsidies are eliminated amid the current economic difficulties, at least 7.1 million Nigerians could fall into extreme poverty. This information was released by the World Bank on Tuesday in Abuja in the Nigeria Development Update for June 2023. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu implemented some economic policies upon taking office, including the elimination of fuel subsidies and the unification of the foreign exchange window, which increased the cost of transportation as well as the prices of goods and services. Insecure households will lose at least 5,700 in monthly income if no…

Jun

26

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Addressing Asari Dokubo’s Treasonous Acts Against Igbos: Emeka Kalu

Amos Oge Kalu, Opinion, Politics2023, Asari Dokubo, Emeka Kalu, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

In hardly a fortnight after President Ahmed Bola Tinubu's government was inaugurated, the self-proclaimed militant, Asari Dokubo, rushed to State House, Abuja, to verbally and maliciously attack the Nigeria Army and Navy, accusing the two branches of the military of being responsible for 99 percent of Nigeria's oil theft. He didn't stop there; he called Igbos "sold-out slaves" in an arrogant tone. As if that weren't enough, he proudly displayed an AK-47 rifle as a symbol of his readiness for a crisis against the people of the Southeast. This level of arrogance on the part of Asari and other traducers…

Jun

24

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Petition against Tinubu in the presidential election: Peter Obi closes case

News, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Politics

The petition filed by Peter Obi and his Labor Party, LP, challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), was closed on Friday. Obi and LP are the complainants in the CA/PEPC/03/2023 petition contesting the results of the general election that elected Tinubu as president of Nigeria on May 29. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are named as respondents in the petition. The petitioners had three weeks to present evidence in court supporting their case against the respondents. As they were…

Jun

22

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu breaks his quiet on the President’s 114% pay raise and other issues.

News2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The alleged 114% rise in the wages of the President, the Vice President, elected officials in the federal and state governments, and judges have been refuted by President Bola Tinubu. Dele Alake, Tinubu's Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, said this on Thursday. Alake claimed that the news was untrue and that Tinubu has not been presented with such a proposition for consideration. "We categorically clarify that neither President Bola Tinubu nor any such suggestion has been presented to him for consideration about any pay rise. While we acknowledge that the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission has…