Today's Headlines: Apapa Inaugurates Lagos LP new Excos, says no going back, SERAP Sues Akpabio, Abass Over Plan To spend N110bn On Bulletproof Cars
Apapa Inaugurates Lagos Labour Party’s New Excos, says no going back
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Lamidi Apapa-led factional National Working Committee of the Labour Party on Saturday officially inaugurated the party’s 24-man caretaker State Working Committee for Lagos State.
The Agency of Nigeria recalls that the crisis rocking the Labour Party has worsened in Lagos State with the emergence of a factional chairman, Prince Olumide Adesoyin recently.
Apapa-led faction disowned the Mrs Dayo Ekong-led Executive Committee, which led the party into the 2023 general elections, constituted by Mr Julius Abure-led NWC.
Inaugurating Adesoyin-led LP State Working Committee in Lagos, Apapa, Acting National Chairman in the company of other NWC members said that the LP remained a creation of the law and no one was above the law.
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SERAP Sues Akpabio, Abass Over Plan To spend N110bn On Bulletproof Cars
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The suit is coming on the heels of the statement by Mr Akpabio that the Clerk of the National Assembly had sent holiday allowances into the various bank accounts of senators. Some 137 million Nigerians face extreme poverty.
SERAP is seeking an order of mandamus to direct and compel Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas to review and reduce the N40 billion budgeted to buy 465 Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials.
SERAP is seeking an order restraining Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas from demanding or receiving the N40 billion to buy 465 SUVs and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials until an assessment of the socio-economic impact of the spending on the 137 million poor Nigerians is carried out in the public interest.
SERAP is also arguing that it a fundamental breach of their fiduciary duties for members of the National Assembly to arbitrarily increase their own budget and to use the budget as a tool to satisfy the lifestyle of lawmakers.
Strengthen Modular Refineries, Niger Delta Youths Tell Federal Govt
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The Niger Delta Youth Parliament (NDYP) has urged the federal government to as a matter of urgency, resuscitate all the moribund refineries in Nigeria and issue new licenses to individuals or groups of individuals to build more across all the geo-political zone in the country while strengthening the modular refineries.
They also honoured a ministerial designate and member, House of Representatives representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency who is also the chairman, House Committee on Works, Hon Bunmi Tunji-Ojo with Niger Delta most outstanding legislator award, thus declared him as National Asset.
In a statement issued by its speaker yesterday, Rt. Hon. Ifon Daniel Samuel commended the government and the bold step taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the recent removal of fuel subsidy with a view to repositioning Nigeria’s economy.
This is as he urged Tinubu to embrace liberalization and encourage establishment of local modular refineries, hence engaging illegal local refiners for international training.
Hoodlums kidnap six women, four children, levy Rivers community
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Hoodlums suspected to be Creek dwellers reportedly abducted 10 persons, including four children in Isua, Join Karama community in Engenni, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The women were said to have gone to their farms to harvest their crops to avoid losing them to the looming heavy rainfall and floods.
A source in the LGA, simply identified as Ezuwa, told journalists that the hoodlums came from a nearby community, called Oshobele, after crossing the river.
He stated that the development had left villagers and residents terrified, describing the kidnap as one out of the many security issues confronting the community.
Ezuwa stated that the women went to their farms to harvest crops because of the looming floods. The abductors had to cross from the neighbouring Oshobele axis to the farm to kidnap them and their children.
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