Today's Headline: Interview: Tinubu Govt Violating Constitutional Provisions – MBF President, Bitrus; PDP Will Reclaim Kogi – Dino Melaye

Tinubu govt violating constitutional provisions – MBF President, Bitrus

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President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr. Pogu Bitrus has described the planned removal of subsidy on education by the government as a very dangerous move which is capable of bringing setbacks to the country. He accused the government of violating the relevant provisions of the constitution that deal with the welfare of the people.

In this interview with DAILY POST, he shares his thoughts on a wide range of national issues, including the biting hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal, the recent protest by labour unions, the screening of the ministerial nominees by the Senate and the coup in Niger Republic, among others.

Nigerians are lamenting that the Federal Government did not only remove subsidy on petroleum products but also on education. This, they said, is responsible for the sudden increase in the fees of the Unity Schools from N45,000 to N100,000 per term. What are your thoughts on that?

PDP Will Reclaim Kogi – Melaye

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The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, has expressed confidence that the party will win the November 11 election in the state.

He further charged voters in the state not to be intimidated by the threats of the All Progressives Congress (APC), asking them not to be deterred from exercising their democratic rights.

Speaking after a meeting of Kogi PDP stakeholders from the three Senatorial zone of the state, with the members of the NWC at the party headquarters in Abuja, Melaye said the party will win because the state has never had it so bad in its history as during the almost eight years of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in the state.

He said, “PDP is going to win the election in Kogi State, because we have never had it so bad in the history of Kogi State. Our people were impoverished, salaries have not been paid, pensions have not been paid, gratuity has not been paid, the health sector is non-existent, in fact all the General Hospitals in the state are mere consulting clinics.

“Education has gone moribund, this is what the PDP is coming to ameliorate and palate. I want to assure you that by the grace of God. With the resolutions of this meeting, with the strategy adopted in this meeting, PDP is good to go in Kogi State.

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Kidnappers Kill Hunter As 1 Arrested In Edo

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Kidnappers have reportedly killed a hunter known as Odonkoro from the Ufa community, Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State while searching for kidnapped victims.

One of the kidnappers who disguised as a passenger waiting for a vehicle was later arrested by vigilantes.

The hunter went with his colleagues and the local vigilante to comb the forest around Igarra and neighbouring communities with a view to rescuing kidnapped victims and arresting the kidnappers when the incident happened.

Recall that five persons were last week kidnapped along Farm Road in Igarra and one of them was released after paying an undisclosed ransom.

Bus driver crushes motorcyclist to death in Ogun

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A bus driver, on Wednesday, rammed into a yet-to-be-identified motorcyclist in Isabo, Ojodu Abiodun in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, killing him on the spot.

PUNCH Metro gathered that no fewer than four others, including two passengers and two motorcyclists, sustained various injuries in the crash.

According to an eyewitness who did not want to be mentioned in the media out of fear of retaliation, the deceased victim was en route to Alagbole from Berger when the vehicle rammed into him.

The source said the motorcyclist was thrown on the roof of a nearby store by the impact of the collision.

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