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Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme, Tuesday, said the State Government has been able to curtail the ravaging cholera disease in the state.
With barely 48 hours to the August 1 planned nationwide protest, the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) on Tuesday urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the President Bola Tinubu-led administration and shelve the proposed protest.
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In commemoration of the 2024 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the Pioneer Director of the International Forum for Women in Energy, Oil, and Gas, Delta State Chapter, Okekpolo Ogochuku-FSM FJILC, has emphasized the crucial role of parental responsibility in preventing human trafficking.
A human rights and constitutional lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong Esq., has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja Division to declare that the National Assembly (NASS) has powers to summon President Bola Tinubu to answer questions on the steps taken to stop the incessant extra-judicial killings of persons in Nigeria.
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Tuesday, appealed to Nigerians, particularly those behind the planned protest, to shelve the idea, saying such protests would rather aggravate the nation's challenges.
Read more: Protest not solution to Nigeria's challenges - Oborevwori
Ahead of the August 1 planned nationwide protest tagged #End bad governance, the South-south Zonal Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Blessing Agbomhere has appealed to Nigerians, especially the youth, to jettison the idea of a protest, adding that it would create more problems than it is meant to solve.
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A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir Lawal has advised President Bola Tinubu to immediately address the nation, outlining immediate and long-term measures out of the current economic quagmire, if indeed he is desirous of staving off the planned nationwide protests against his administration.
The Nigerian Economic Society (NES) has called for collaboration with the Fiscal Responsibility Commission in the area of fiscal studies aimed at timely intervention for economic stability. The president of the Nigerian Economic Society, Prof. Adeola Adenikinji stated this recently during a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman of, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Victor Muruako, Esq at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja.
Read more: Nigeria economic society to collaborate with FRC for economic stability