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The Inter-Party Advisory Council has inaugurated a four-man Central Management Committee that would pilot the affairs of the council over the next four months. Members of the committee are Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu of African Democratic Congress (ADC) as Acting President, Alhaji A. A. Salam of Labour Party (LP) as Acting Vice President, Hon. Adekunle Rufai OmoAje of Action Alliance (AA) as Acting Secretary General and Elder Chuks Achusi of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as Acting National Treasurer. High Chief Peter Ameh, outgoing President of IPAC in a statement said the inauguration of the committee was necessitated by the urgent need for a democratic transition from the 10th National Executive Council, which tenure shall lapse on the 5th of September, 2020, to the 11th one. “In line with the  provisions of Articles 3.1(b)(c), 3.3(C)(B)(iii), 3.3(C)(C)(c)&(d) of the Code of Conduct for the Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, 2019 (as amended), there is her...

Nigerian students under the aegis of Alliance of Nigerian Students Against Neoliberal Attacks has condemned the increment of fuel pump price by the Nigerian Government.  The group in a statement by Damilare Adenola on Thursday said the increment was “unacceptable, ill-timed, suicidal and a travesty”. The statement reads, “It is sad that rather than relieve the economic hardship induced by the failure of leadership and mismanagement of the pandemic, the government is now on a goose of making life become unbearable for a people’s interest it swore oath to protect. We hereby contend that the deliberate increment of petrol price at this perilous time is an attempt to murder the agonizing masses.   “In reality, to force innocent and unsuspecting citizens to pay for the greed of the political establishment through an exploitative fee hike is the height of heartlessness. While other nations of the world are stopping at nothing to make life easier and comfortable for th...

Dr Olufemi Adeogun, Chief Medical Director of Idoani in Ondo State, who was abducted on Monday, has regained his freedom.  Adeogun was freed yesterday night alongside other abducted victims following a manhunt on the kidnappers.  SaharaReporters gathered on Friday that the rescued victims were immediately moved to the police station after their release.  A family member of one of the victims, who asked not to be named, said the details of their release was still sketchy.  “They have been released but I am yet to set my eyes on my brother. I learnt they are moving them to Akure soon,” he said. See Also CRIME Abductors Of Ondo Medical Director Demand N6m Ransom, Family Cry Out For Help 0 Comments 1 Day Ago A spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, 32 Artillery Brigade Akure,  Ayorinde Omojokun, confirmed the release of the victims while speaking with SaharaReporters. Omojokun said the medical doctor and other victims were rescued around a road in...

A court in London, United Kingdom, has given Nigeria the go ahead to appeal a $9bn judgment debt against Process and Industrial Developments. The fine was earlier slammed on the Nigerian Government by a court in London as compensation for P&ID over a failed deal on gas supply. In the latest ruling, the judge, Sir Ross Cranston, found that: “Nigeria has established a strong prima facie case that the GSPA was procured by bribes paid to insiders as part of a larger scheme to defraud Nigeria.  “There is also a strong prima facie case that P&ID’s main witness in the arbitration, Mr Quinn, gave perjured evidence to the tribunal and that, contrary to that evidence, P&ID was not in the position to perform the contract.  “As to the jurisdiction and liability stages of the arbitration, there is a prima facie case that they were tainted by the conduct of Nigeria’s advocate, Mr Shasore. “It seems to me that Nigeria has made a good case that, at the time it too...

Nigerians on Twitter responding to a poll by SaharaReporters on the capacity of President Muhammadu Buhari as Minister of Petroleum have said he lacks ideas on how to manage the country’s top revenue generator. Buhari recently increased the pump price of petroleum from N145 to N161 per litre, a move widely condemned in the country. The poll had a total number of 8,046 respondents with 82 per cent of that number voting that he lacks ideas to run the ministry, which he has occupied for six years.  Ten per cent said he was innovative while eight per cent of those, who participated in the poll chose to remain indifferent. One respondent @Asegun_ni_mi said the President lacks intellectual credentials to bring change to the petroleum industry in the 21st century.  He said, “He lacked any intellectual or credential qualifications to bring quality ideas to the table in the petroleum industry in the 21st century. His extensive experience were in herding cows, planting crops...