Today's Headlines: Don’t fall for I POB's antics, Kanu must face trial, CNG tells Tinubu, Russian, South African presidents discuss grain deal
Don’t fall for I POB’s antics, Kanu must face trial, CNG tells Tinubu
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to fall for the antics of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, insisting that the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu must face trial.
Source: Vanguard
CNG in a statement on Saturday by its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, lamented the level of insecurity plaguing the south-eastern part of Nigeria, calling on the federal authorities to resist campaigns of blackmail using Kanu’s release as a precondition for sustainable peace in the land. Suleiman further charged the federal authorities to disregard the unpatriotic calls by the Igbo leaders for Kanu’s release, and to remain resolute in seeing through his prosecution.
The statement read: “The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has taken stock of events unfolding in Nigeria, noting especially, the unrelenting disturbances created by certain interest groups in the South-East, ignited and incessantly fanned and executed through the force of arms and terrorist tactics by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and co-authors of mindless violence and separatism.
Russian, South African presidents discuss grain deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday discussed the Black Sea Grain Initiative in a phone talk with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa.
Source: A
According to a Kremlin statement, Putin told Ramaphosa that the main purpose of the deal, namely the supply of grain to countries in need, including on the African continent, has not been realized. Putin also pointed out that obligations stipulated in the relevant Russia-UN memorandum on the removal of obstacles to the export of Russian food and fertilizers remain unfulfilled.
Putin and Ramaphosa also discussed preparation for the Russia-Africa summit in July and BRICS (acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) meeting in August. According to Kremlin, the two leaders agreed to continue considering the African peace initiative on Ukraine at the Russia-Africa summit.
Shina Peller urges Tinubu to provide more palliatives for Nigerians
A former member of the House of Representatives, who represented the Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal constituency, has urged President Bola Tinubu to provide more palliatives to the citizens to cushion the impact of the petrol subsidy removal.
Source: Punch papers
Tinubu had asked the National Assembly to approve an $800 million loan to ease people’s hardship. He added that when the loan is granted, the sum of N8,000 will be transferred monthly to the bank accounts of 12 million poor and low-income households for six months. Speaking after receiving the title of ”Grand Commander of the Nigerian Youth” from the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Nigerian Youths in Politics, and Arewa Concerned Youth Forum, Peller said that the amount was better than nothing.
He called on the president to provide more relief packages to ease the economic hardship occasioned by the subsidy removal. He said, “I think the palliative of N500 billion is still better than nothing. However, I believe that as time goes on, we should be able to get more from the president.
JUST IN: One dies as truck, car collide in Lagos
A body has been identified to be dead in an accident in Lagos on Saturday. The accident happened on Odo Iya Alaro before New Garage inward Ojota between a Ford jeep and a truck. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority disclosed this in a post posted on its official Twitter handle.
Source: Punch papers
“An accident on Odo Iya Alaro before New Garage inward Ojota between a Ford jeep and a truck, a dead body is involved while Police Officers from Ogudu Police station are on the ground,” the agency tweeted.
While advising motorists to drive with caution on approach, it added that the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit has been contacted for the evacuation of the lifeless body.
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