Today's Headlines: Nigerians Should Brace Up For Tougher Times Under APC–LP; Gunmen Kills 3 In Imo
Nigerians Should Brace Up For Tougher Times Under APC–LP
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The Labour Party has said that the latest adjustment in the pump price of petroleum products especially premium motor spirit popularly called petrol is just the beginning of hard times Nigerians will be facing under the All Progressives Congress -led administration.
The party invited Nigerians to recall that it earlier cautioned Nigerians against believing the dummy being sold to them by the APC administration about the withdrawal of fuel subsidies because the ruling party had no plan in place to ameliorate their sufferings.
National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Obiora Ifoh said this in a statement he made public late yesterday.
He said, the Labour Party, “had earlier warned that the bourgeoisie government in place can only enrich the upper class and inflict penury on the proletariat.
Gunmen Kills 3 In Imo
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Some unknown gunmen allegedly shot three yet-to-be-identified persons dead in Ndegwu and Orogwe, two neighbouring communities in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.
A resident, who spoke anonymously to DAILY POST on Wednesday for security reasons, said it is a daily occurrence, adding that on Tuesday, two people were killed at Orogwe while one was killed at Ndegwu by the same attackers.
He said as we speak, most business centres in the area had been closing early due to a spate of insecurity.
The source also recalls how a former Enugu psychiatrist director had his vehicle snatched on Monday, asking where the police commissioner’s acclaimed show of force is.
I thought they have moved into the rural areas as well, ” he said.
Narrating his experience on Tuesday night, he said, “I returned from work and saw that everywhere had been deserted. All the shops were locked, and traders on the roadside were all gone. I had to trek down to our house because there was no motorcycle in sight.”
Stop Burning Vessels With Stolen Crude Oil, Lawmakers Warn Security Agencies
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday cautioned security agencies to desist further from destroying vessels containing stolen crude oil, saying the practice is having a negative impact on the environment.
This followed the adoption of a motion on “The need to discourage the destruction of vessels laden with stolen crude oil with a view to curbing environmental pollution in the Niger Delta Region,” moved by Thomas Ereyitomi on the floor of the Green Chamber on Tuesday.
Tinubu Government Threatens To Sanction Trade Associations Over Rising Food Prices
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The Nigerian Government has threatened to sanction members of trade associations across the country over what it described as indiscriminate and irrational hikes in food prices and anti-competitive practices.
Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera, made this known on Tuesday during a forum organised by the commission to discuss fair food prices.
Speaking at the forum captioned ‘Fair Food Prices in Nigeria: A high-level forum for better competition’, Irukera said, “We will continue to monitor the market, and where we find that prices are excessive or find exploitative conduct, or find that consumers are being taken advantage of, we will intervene. One of the ways of intervening is unlocking the bottlenecks.
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