Today's Headlines: Nigeria’s Democracy A Scam–TG Omori; We’ve No Plan To Increase Pump Price—NNPCL
Nigeria’s Democracy A Scam–TG Omori
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Famous music video director, ThankGod Omori Jesam aka TG Omori, has disclosed he doesn’t believe in a legitimate democracy in Africa.
He asserted that the top power holders are often leveraging on the poverty in the continent to buy votes.
TG Omori stated this while featuring in the latest episode of the Zero Conditions podcast.
He said: “How do I feel about Nigeria? Nigeria is a jungle. I did not vote. I was in SA South Africa during the elections. I intentionally didn’t vote.
“I don’t believe in democracy. We were supposed to be led by kings. I feel like democracy is a freaking scam in the sense that super rich people can always buy their way through it. Not around the world but in Africa. As long as hunger is still a tool then democracy will aways have a price.”
The video director said he has witnessed people selling their votes when he was younger.
We’ve No Plan To Increase Pump Price—NNPCL
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has dismissed speculations that it is planning to increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to about N750 per litre.
Tribune Online reports that the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) hinted a few days ago about a likely 10% increase in the price of PMS.
In an interview with Tribune Online, the IPMAN National spokesperson, Mr. Chinedu Ukadike, said “There will be a 10 percent increase because the dollar was N750, and now it is over N900. That is almost a 20% increase. If you apply this, you should be talking about N750 per litre,” says Ukadike.
CSOs Want Tinubu To Massively Engage Youth In Agribusiness, Others
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CIVIL Society Organizations, CSOs, Monday, tasked President Bola Tinubu and State Governors to massively engage youth in agribusiness and other sectors to serve as a panacea to the soaring youth unemployment
The CSOs including International Alert in collaboration with Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) made the call during a road walk with the theme ‘Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health. Green Skills for Youth’ on the heels of the commemoration of the 2023 International Youth Day.
The Executive Director, AYGF, Dr Arome Salifu, acknowledged the fact that some of the appointments made into Government currently are persons below 40 years.
However Salifu said, “We believe strongly that a lot could be done in terms of youth inclusion in governance.
“There are a lot of opportunities to still include young people in board appointments, and other positions. We hope and believe that the current Government would include young people in positions.
FG Files Fresh Charges Against Emefiele
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The Federal Government on Tuesday applied to withdraw the charge of illegal possession of firearms filed against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar who approached the federal high court in Ikoyi with an oral application said the withdrawal followed the result of further investigations.
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