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Tinubu will fix Nigeria with God’s help, says Pastor Adeboye
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will fix Nigeria with God’s help.
Adeboye gave this assurance at the monthly thanksgiving service at the RCCG Headquarters in Ebute-Metta.
The cleric, represented by his Special Assistant, Pastor Dele Balogun, said Nigeria would prosper under Tinubu’s administration.
The RCCG General Overseer urged Tinubu to fulfil Nigerians’ dream of a new nation.
He stated, “Let us pray for the incoming government that God will support it and give it the Grace to do the right thing.
“Thank God the President-elect has promised to fix Nigeria. If God helps him, Nigeria will prosper in his hands.”
The President-elect would be inaugurated on May 29 as the next President of Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari moves out of the Office.
Recall that the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has struck out the petition by the Action Alliance (AA) challenging the victory of Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The five-member panel held that the petition Justices Haruna Simon Tsammani with Stephen Adah, Bolaji Yusuf, Moses Ugo and Abba Mohammed as members.
The presiding justice, Justice Tsammani held that the dismissal was in line with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
Earlier, two lawyers Oba Maduabuchi (SAN) and Malachy Nwaekpe Esq announced their appearances for the AA.
Both lawyers claimed to have been instructed by different factions of the political parties to withdraw the petition.
The party’s presidential candidate, David Okonigbuan had brought the petition against INEC, APC, Bola Tinubu and Hamza Al Mustapha challenging his exclusion from the election.
The party also fielded Al-Mustapha as the presidential candidate who was listed by INEC.
The respondents in the matter did not object to the withdrawal of the petition.
There are now four petitions left out in the proceedings
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Lagos speaker, Obasa, loses father
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has lost his father, Alhaji Sulaiman Obasa.
It was learnt that Obasa died on Tuesday morning.
Confirming his demise, the Secretary of the Orile Agege Local Council Development Area chapter of the All Progressives Congress, who doubles as the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Political and Legislative Affairs, Fatai Olagoke Ajibola, in a statement on Tuesday, said the late Obasa would be buried today according to Islamic rites.
“Late Alhaji Obasa will be buried this evening (Tuesday) in accordance with Islamic injunctions.
“The venue of the Janazah prayer will be communicated in due course,” Ajibola added.
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Police begin 24-hour motorbike patrol of Third Mainland Bridge
The police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos has commenced a 24-hour patrol of the Third Mainland Bridge as a way of protecting the infrastructure.
On Monday, Olayinka Egbeyemi, commander of the RRS, directed the squad’s bike riders to commence a daily patrol of the bridge to prevent harassment of road users and vandalism.
“This is in line with the directives of the commissioner of police, CP Adegoke Fayoade, to the squad for the protection of lives, property and public infrastructure on the newly renovated bridge,” Egbeyemi said.
The RRS commander said motorists and road users should cooperate with motorcycle cops so that they can serve them better.
The 11.8km Third Mainland Bridge was recently given a facelift.
Theft of electrical installations and other fittings on the bridge are rife and have persisted for decades.
Earlier this month, the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) arrested one Friday Nwafor for vandalising and stealing road light indicators on the newly renovated bridge.
The Lagos police command had also arrested four suspects for stealing armoured cables on the bridge.
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Labour gives FG May 31 ultimatum to reverse electricity tariff hike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have given the federal government until May 31 to reverse the electricity tariff.
The labour bodies gave the ultimatum in a communiqué issued in Abuja on Monday at the end of a joint emergency national executive council (NEC) meeting of the NLC and TUC.
On April 3, the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) approved an increase in the electricity tariff for customers in the Band A classification—from N66 to N225 per kwh.
The tariff hike attracted public outcry and calls for its reversal.
On May 13, members of organised labour picketed the headquarters of the NERC, the federal ministry of power, and the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in Abuja, demanding a reversal of the tariff.
The protest was replicated across Nigeria.
In the communiqué, the unions said the action taken by the government without consideration for the hardship of the masses was “unjust and burdensome”.
“The NEC once again vehemently condemns the unilateral increase in electricity tariffs by the authorities,” the communiqué reads.
“This action, taken without due consideration for the economic hardships faced by the masses and the provisions of the law, is deemed unjust and burdensome.
“The NEC reaffirms its demands for an immediate reversal of the tariff hike and the vexatious apartheid categorization into bands to alleviate the suffering of Nigerian workers and citizens and gives the National Electricity Regulatory Commission and the federal government until the last day of May 2024 to meet these demands.”
The organised labour said appropriate actions would be taken if the government failed to meet its demands.
“This includes, but is not limited to, the mobilisation of workers for peaceful protests and industrial actions to press home these demands for social justice and workers’ rights,” the unions said.
The labour unions also reiterated the May 31 ultimatum for the federal government to finalise the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers.
“We need an agreement that will genuinely reflect the true value of Nigerian workers’ contributions to the nation’s development and the current crisis of survival facing Nigerians as a result of government’s policies,” the labour movement added.
“The NEC affirms its commitment to ensuring that the interests and welfare of workers are adequately protected in the negotiation process.
“The NEC-in-session therefore reiterates the ultimatum issued by the NLC and TUC to the federal government, which expires on the last day of this month.”
The organised labour directed all councils whose state governments are yet to fully implement the N30,000 national minimum wage and its consequential adjustments to “immediately issue a joint two-week ultimatum to the culpable state governments to avert industrial action”.
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