Today's Headlines: I’m Sad Over Drift In Afenifere— Fasoranti, Palliatives: Kwara Distributes 250,000 Bags Of Rice

I’m Sad Over Drift In Afenifere—Fasoranti

Source: Vanguard paper

The National leader of the Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has expressed sadness over the drift within the group and called for urgent restoration to steer it away from the current trajectory.

Pa Fasoranti, said this during the groups meeting held at his country home, in Akure, the Ondo state capital.

According to him” Since I appointed my brother, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Oba Oladipo Olaitan as acting leader and deputy leader respectively about three years ago, a lot has happened.

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Palliatives: Kwara Distributes 250,000 Bags Of Rice

Source: Punch paper

Kwara State Government on Wednesday flagged off the distribution of rice palliatives to the most vulnerable persons in the state, with the palliative committee saying that it would share at least 250,000 10kg bags in the first phase.

At the flag off of the distribution in Ilorin, the state capital, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said the palliatives are only a show of empathy with the people as more sustainable initiatives are being implemented in phases.

The governor was represented by the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Engr Yakubu Salihu-Danladi.

The governor said, “This is only a fraction of what we have done to identify with the people at this very critical moment of our national life. Palliatives are a stop-gap measure to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy on the most vulnerable among us.

‘Lawbreakers’, Wike Blames Elite For Distorting FCT Master Plan

Source: Channels TV

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has blamed members of the elite for distorting the Master Plan of the nation’s capital.

Wike, who spoke exclusively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, said “so many things have gone wrong in the FCT” before his assumption in office on August 21, 2023.

The ex-governor of Rivers State said members of the elite are the “major lawbreakers” in the FCT.

He said the Master Plan of the FCT has been distorted by privileged few building in reserved places like the Green Area.

“Today in this country, who are the major lawbreakers? Is there are any poor man that is doing something to distort the Master Plan of the FCT?

US Watching Gabon After Military Coup – White House

Source: Channels TV

The United States is closely watching the situation in Gabon following a military coup, the latest in a series of undemocratic power seizures in Africa, the White House said Wednesday.

“It’s deeply concerning. We were going to watch this closely, and we’re going to continue to do everything we can to support the idea of democratic ideals that are expressed by the African people,” said White House national security spokesman John Kirby.

“It’s too soon to call this a trend,” Kirby said of the several coups in the past year.

However, he said, “It’s obviously deeply concerning here, yet another country where military officers have taken these dangerous and reckless steps, and attempted takeovers of democratically elected governments.”

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