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Electricity Tariff: CSOs Condemn Power Minister's Position on Hike, Fix Thursday to Embark on Protest  Angry over proposed hike in electricity Tariff, Civil Society Organisations under umbrella  of Forum for Good Governance in Nigeria( FGGN)  said it has  concluded  arrangements to Embark on Protest on Thursday against the  Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu for insisting on electricity tariff hike, despite economic hardship facing Nigerians.  The CSOs, which described the position of the Minister as "Insensitive"  said his claim that there would be total blackout in the country in the next three months if the proposed  tariff hike is not implemented is wicked .  According to the CSOs,  the excuse he also gave that "if the Federal government Continue To Pay Electricity Subsidy For Nigerians, Investors Will Not Come" is illusionary and unacceptable.  In a press statement jointly signed by National Coordinator and ...

DG CASG , Prof Kailani Kick Against State Police,says Governors'll Use it for Political Reasons  The Director General of Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups, (CASG)Prof. Kailani Muhammad has come out strongly to kick against the issue  of State Police ,saying it would be misused by governors for political reasons.  He made it known during a world press conference in kaduna, mentioning some obstacles that will hinder the operations of State Police in Nigeria by drawing the attention of government on certain disposition of state governors. ” It is clear to all Nigerians that State Governors mindset are yet to adjust to the true principles of democracy, where it is the Government of the People, by the people and for the People. “It is instructive to note that, most of our State Governors believe they are demi- gods, and truly act as such. Once they take the Oath of Office, they abandon all tenets and principles of democracy, that essen...

Fuel Queues: CSOs Confirm NNPC Has Enough Products, Praise Kyari's Swift Efforts to resolve it  ...Call for Patience while problems are addressed  Group under aegis of Coalition for Civil Society Organisations, said it has confirmed the availability of products at  Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and called  for patience while the National  oil company address the problem. Recalled that  on Thursday  many filling stations were closed in Abuja and  some other states on Wednesday as the scarcity of PMS caused heavy queues at the few outlets that dispensed the product. But the Coalition of the CSOs in its reaction over the development,  said  it has confirmed availability  of products from the NNPCL management,which attributed the development to logistics issues, which have been resolved.   The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations which disclosed this in a press statement made available to j...

Labour Party cannot afford to fail Nigerians, I support NLC for better resolution. -Fadojoe A former Presidential Aspirant under Labour Party and the leader of Rescue Movement for Nigeria, Comrade Faduri Oluwadare Joseph popularly called Fadojoe has asserted that Nigerians have high expectations in Labour Party is the third force, hence the party cannot afford to dash the high hope of Nigerians.  This he disclosed during a live interview on 'Inside Politics' program on SilverBird Television, anchored by Chris Kehinde Nwadu on Friday, April 19, 2024. Affirming that he doesn't belong to any faction in Labour Party. But "part of the stakeholders who come together and want to resolve the internal crisis. Right now, what the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is doing is resolving the crisis. Don't forget that Labour Party is a baby of NLC. So since we lack leadership at the top to resolve the crisis, the NLC had to set in. For instance at the beginning of the Cr...

Group Commends Tinubu, Ribadu for Spare Heading Efforts to Tackle Terrorism in Africa  Forum for Good Governance in Nigeria (FGGN) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu for spare heading efforts to tackle terrorism across Africa.  According to the group, it's worthy of note that the two-day high level counter-terrorism summit held at Abuja is a well attended conference by African leaders ; United Nations Officials and several stakeholders across the world .  In a statement made available to journalists in Kaduna today, the Forum  said ,in the face of rising insecurity in the country and africa , the summit will no doubt  be more comprehensive in finding solutions.  In the  statement jointly signed by the National Coordinator and  Secretary;Comrade Abraham Douglas and Comrade Bala Galadima Ikara, the summit organised by the federal government with the support of the United Nations Office of C...