On Saturday, police in Kinshasa's capital fought with an opposition march and fired tear gas at hundreds of protestors. According to the authorities, they veered from the designated path through the city. The opposition leaders organized the march in protest of what they claim are anomalies occurring when individuals try to register to vote in the upcoming presidential elections in December.

In addition to being outraged by the exorbitant expense of living, the demonstrators also accuse President Felix Tshisekedi of being dishonest. "Life has gotten intolerable; just look at how bread production has drastically decreased. We are requesting social transformation in Congo, according to the father of six Bindanda Bilisi. Former Katanga provincial governor and rich businessman Moise Katumbi, who is anticipated to compete in the December presidential election, had a falling out with Tshisekedi when former president Joseph Kabila was in office.

It's horrible to see that tear gas is now being used instead of actual bullets like they formerly did. And all of this, Mr. Tshisekedi added, is "very sad. We were with him in the opposition, and if they don't even have to respect the Congolese people who want to march because there is a high cost of living, nothing is working in the nation, there is corruption, it's sad." He made this statement while leading the march. Katumbi, former prime minister Augustin Matata, MP Delly Sesanga, and Martin Fayulu, who ran for president in 2018 and claimed to have won, organized this protest.

When scores of riot police pulled up in their cars, they started to shoot tear gas and make arrests of at least a dozen individuals. This is when the fights started. Later, in a statement, Albert-Fabrice Puela, the minister of human rights for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, denounced "acts of repression" and "brutality" against protesters, including "minors". He said, "We want immediate investigations from justice so that accountability for the many infractions is established. The opposition leaders were confined to their cars by the police, who were preventing them from moving forward. According to former prime minister Matata, "It is a peaceful march to protest against a chaotic electoral process which prepares President Tshisekedi to take power by force, against the high cost of living, and against oppression."

The police operation's leader disagreed. Faustin Numbi stated that the march was authorized, but it would take place on the "other side" of the city, in the northwest. "We spoke with them and instructed them to make room for traffic and go to the starting place, which is at Mbeseke. They were unwilling to cooperate, he continued. An AFP journalist said that another group of protesters who attempted to approach the parliament building along this path were dispersed after being falsely accused by the police. Two or more injured protesters were described as being "between life and death" by the demonstration organizers during a joint press conference.

They also declared that a fresh protest will take place on Thursday in front of the National Electoral Commission's Kinshasa offices. The 20th of December is set aside for the presidential election. Tshisekedi, the president who took office in 2019, is running for re-election.

Only two months remain until the Kogi governorship election and ten political parties have "collapsed their structures" in support of Admiral Jibrin Usman of the Accord Party. This was said by Usman, a former chief of the naval staff, on Thursday in Abuja. Senator Dino Melaye (PDP), a former member from Kogi West, and Usman Ododo (APC) are all running for governor as well. The candidate for the Accord Party expressed confidence that the "merger" would ensure his victory in the election. "We have all witnessed the consequences of the agreement reached between a few parties that gave rise to the All Progressives Congress.

Merging parties is not a terrible thing. It is legal under the Constitution, Usman added. "If, for example, my party decides to combine with another party, there is nothing wrong with it. You might find it interesting to hear that my party has amalgamated with ten other political parties, and my state party chairman has accepted them. There are ten parties with me; some of them are resolute, but some have come to me and asked for more time. Usman observed that the deplorable living circumstances of the people necessitate a fresh sense of direction in the state's political leadership. Usman claimed to have recently returned from a visit to 27 districts in Kogi East.

"We visited Kogi East and traveled through 27 districts. We observed a high degree of decadence, a lack of infrastructure for efficient growth, and the fact that the Kogi people were truly struggling during the visit. Therefore, a paradigm change is required. It is our responsibility to protect our people from the corrupt leadership. He named security as one of the issues that has to be resolved in order to make the state safer for both natives and residents.

 "The level of security in Kogi State at the moment is not very impressive. People in the state are unable to get any shut-eye. We are dealing with a lot of abduction, political killings, and thuggery in Kogi State. Many individuals are losing their lives as a result of poverty. Lack of employment is the cause of the crime we see in Kogi. The young people struggle mightily to make ends meet. Many of them are university graduates who are jobless. This is why many of them are hired as political thugs by their political masters, he claimed.

Shouldn't he coordinate with the proper security agencies to seek deployment to give it a check in his capacity as the state's senior security officer? If we are there, we will know which agencies to contact," he continued. The well-being of Kogi State's government workers is one of the areas in which the former navy commander will intervene if elected governor. "The situation of the government servants is pitiful. The employees of Kogi State are viewed as beggars, and they don't deserve to go through what they are going through right now. From 25% to 50% of their wages are paid as percentages. Is that sufficient to feed someone?

He also disclosed that he will be promoting the usage of concrete for building roads. "We will have a 43-kilometer dual carriage from Ibadan to Uyo," he said. It has not yet begun. For concretes, we will remodel. To find out what we have, I'm going to meet with the DMO. If it's concrete, we'll return home and go to bed. And we may cover the concrete with two inches of asphalt to have the same smoothness.

"They claim the Ibadan axis is done. That is like placing a chandelier on top of the pavements of the roads. The dual carriageway between Ile-Ife and Ire Akari is being rebuilt. Between Osun State and Uyo State, there is this. It has a 108 km dualization. I'm going to rework it since I have a problem with how we handled the dualized road's reconstruction. Starting both sides at once is quite unprofessional when there is road dualization. I advise using one lane while allowing the rest of the traffic to utilize the other. "Despite the financial issues, we completed one lane, and now we can move to the other.

Therefore, citizens will always have access to an excellent road on one side. "That is what I am going to rearrange so that all dualized roads that are not up to 20 to 30 percent finished, we will at least finish one," said the official. I'll introduce concrete now that this one is 10% complete. Ibadan (Ogbomoso)-Ilorin is now dualized and 80% finished. RCC is in this. 

David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, is a Nigerian music phenomenon who recently contributed some musical flare to the recently held Professional Footballers' Awards.

At the magnificent event, which honored English Premier League players for their outstanding efforts throughout the 2022–2023 season, the well-known Nigerian musician once again showcased his mesmerizing singing abilities.

Infusing the award show with his trademark energizing performance, Davido came center stage and presented the audience with a live rendition of "Unavailable," a song from his recently released Timeless Album.

Davido's musical talent was showcased during the event, which also honored football players who succeeded on the field. Erling Haaland, Bukayo Saka, Lauren James, Marcus Rashford, and many more eminent people graced the occasion and received honorary prizes. In fewer than six days, Bukayo Saka—who will be 22—will collect the prized PFA Young Player of the Year title. Erling Haaland, who joined Manchester City during the summer transfer window of 2022 and immediately had a big effect there, won the PFA Player of the Year award for his outstanding goal-scoring performances.

The Fan's Player of the Year was awarded to Marcus Rashford, and the PFA Championship Player of the Year went to Chuba Akpom, a young Nigerian striker who just joined Ajax FC. These talented athletes and their careers will never forget that night. Additionally, Davido's thrilling musical performance created an imprint that will live on, making the Professional Footballers' Awards a night to remember for skill and joy.

In addition to having roughly 15 planes delayed abroad, Air Peace's chairman, Barr. Allen Onyema, said Wednesday that the airline had about $14 million stuck in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Onyema lamented the ease of doing business in Nigeria in a speech he gave at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual Conference, stating local investors encounter several legislative impediments that limit their progress.

How can your economy expand while domestic investments are overtaxed? People in the community can find employment thanks to these investments. How do you develop your economy when those in authority view you as an adversary or a competition because they are blinded by their beliefs, which makes doing business challenging?The Central Bank of Nigeria is holding roughly 14 million USD that belong to Air Peace. It is not obscured. About 15 of our planes are also stuck abroad. People would then claim that Nigerian airlines are undercapitalized. They do not lack capability; rather, what they lack is open government assistance and business-friendly regulations.

Do you realize how much money our nation spends through its airlines on airplane maintenance? In 2022, Air Peace alone spent 78 billion naira on maintenance, with the money going to other nations. How are local investments expanding at this rate? The head of Air Peace continued by recalling how, after paying over 100 million naira to FAAN to lease property at the Lagos Airport, he filed to run a maintenance hangar in 2015, but noted that Air Peace has still not received the site even eight years later.

According to CBN statistics, the federal government of Nigeria spent $1.17 billion in the first half of 2023 servicing foreign debt. The period's largest spending was in the month of June, which totaled $543 million. The information also reveals that between January and June, direct remittances totaled $951.99 million. In the first half of 2023, the federal government spent $1.17 billion on obligations to service foreign debt. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed data on exports and international payments.

During the first half of 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria spent $951.99 million on direct remittances. According to reports, the Nigerian government spent more than 85% of its income on debt repayment in February 2023. Nigeria's president Bola Tinubu has committed to remove the country's excessive reliance on borrowing for government expenditures. He pledged to reduce the added strain of debt payment on the administration of Nigeria's constrained tax resources.

According to CBN statistics, the federal government paid $112.35 million in January 2023 to pay down its foreign debts. In February, the government spent $288.5 million, and in March, it spent $400.5 million. In April, a large $92.8 million expenditure was incurred. Additionally, as of May, $221 million had been spent on meeting these obligations. The month of June, which had an exceptionally high maintenance cost of $543 million, the highest sum in 13 months, was the most striking aspect of this data, though.

 Data from the Debt Management Office show that China, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, Japan, France, and other institutions are among Nigeria's biggest lenders. Payment for the time period According to the analysis of the statistics, direct remittances totaled $951.99 million for the first half of 2023. The figures show that February's total was $83.76 million while January's total was $79.2 million. In March, a large $138.6 million was totaled, and in April, $159.04 million was moved.

A $202 million influx was recorded in May, while a significant rise of $297.4 million in direct remittances was recorded in June. The federal administration said on Monday, August 29, 2023, that it had no intention of borrowing money from any local or foreign organizations after abolishing the gasoline subsidy and harmonizing exchange rates. Chief Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, made this statement on Monday in Abuja at the end of the first Federal Executive Council meeting.

Edun claims that a variety of palliatives have been made available as a result of the increased funds from subsidy withdrawal to decrease the effect over the short, medium, and long term. He reiterated the intention of President Bola Tinubu's administration to extricate the economy from the bind it has found itself in over time. Amid the CBN's depreciation of the currency, Nigeria's debt stock reached N82 trillion. Before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) exchange rate unification, which was announced on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, the public debt of Nigeria increased from N77 trillion to N82 trillion, according to a previous article by Legit. ng.

In accordance with a news announcement from the CBN, all exchange rate windows have been merged into the Importers and Exporters (I&E) window to demonstrate this. The Debt Management Office (DMO) estimated Nigeria's debt portfolio at N448 billion before the naira's floating.

In 6 months, 9000 autogas filling stations will open, reports FG The National... has finalized preparations for the Federal Government to roll out 9000 autogas filling stations from the existing 10,000 retail outlets around the nation.

Under the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), the Federal Government has decided to roll out 9000 autogas filling stations from the current 10,000 retail outlets across the nation during the next six months. Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim, the NGEP's chairman, said the organization has made significant progress in reviving the economy by utilizing the nation's gas resources, despite the frustration of the subsidy cabals and some stakeholders who claimed the gas expansion program would never succeed.

He spoke as the N250 billion NGEP money, which was subject to strict restrictions, had been sitting idle at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the previous four years. Ibrahim gave a speech in Lagos at the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association's (NAJA) annual training workshop on the topic of "Fuel Subsidy Removal: Autogas/Electric Vehicles as Alternatives".

The NGEP was designed to act as a catalyst for enhancing the value of Nigeria's enormous natural gas reserves. Following the federal government's withdrawal of fuel subsidies, the workshop's chairman argued that gas was now less expensive and better for the environment for automobiles. He claimed that the gas expansion program would help the Tinubu-led administration fulfill its pledge to create 100 million jobs. He also predicted that, despite opposition from some stakeholders, the multi-fuel program, which allows car owners to fill up with both conventional premium motor spirit and liquefied natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG), would gain traction within the next six months.

He said that it would require more than 5 million conversion kits to convert 30 million internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to CNG or LNG, which would result in 12.5 million new employment. Autogas has the ability, he said, "to really reflate the economy if it is properly done."

"Under our NGEP program, we have what we call the multi-fuel scheme, whereby we do not intend to close down the current gasoline stations that we have in the country—about 10,000 of them—and, as I said earlier, we have conducted an audit and found that 9000 of the 10,000 qualify for a retrofit to become multi-fuel.

As a result, when you pull into a filling station—of which there are already a few in the system—you will find dispensers for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, as well as dispensers with a cryogenic tower that will allow you to access LNG, a dispensing pump for compressed natural gas, and a charging station for electric vehicles.

Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a contender for president in the Feb. 25 election, has been placed on administrative leave by the New Nigeria Peoples Party's Board of Trustees (BoT) due to suspected anti-party conduct.

The National Working Committee, or NWC, members of the party were also suspended by the BoT.

Additionally, it selected new national officers, including Mr. Ogini Olaposi as Acting National Secretary and Dr. Agbo Major as Interim National Chairman.

The ban is in effect for six months.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, the secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT), Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi, accused Kwankwaso of socializing with President Bola Tinubu, PDP presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi without the board's permission.

Kwankwaso's role as the national head of the NNPP has been revoked, according to Abdullahi.

The NNPP founder's alleged suspension, according to the secretary of the Board of Trustees, was a flagrant severe breach of the party's constitution.

He noted that Aniebonam had resigned as the BoT chairman and that Dr. Chief Tope Aluko had been chosen as the new BoT chairman, Abdulahi had been chosen as the new BoT secretary, and High Chief Tony Obioha had been chosen as the new BoT spokesperson.

Abdullahi said that the NWC's actions had nullified the pre-election Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that had been signed with the Kwankwasia Movement, The National Movement (TNM), and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF).

The alleged suspension of the founder, according to Abdulahi, "is a flagrant gross violation of the NNPP constitution such that it is equivalent to recklessness and irresponsibility on the part of the incompetent NWC."The Board of Trustees (BoT) came to the conclusion that there was substantial public evidence attesting to Kwankwaso's involvement in anti-party actions at numerous meetings, suggesting that he had political conversations without board approval with the President, Atiku, and Obi. He has been placed on administrative leave for six months while the Disciplinary Committee investigates.

The BOT stated that the partnership's only option following the avoidable breach of the MoU between Kwankwasiyya, TNM, NAGAFF, and NNPP was to dissolve it.

It is necessary to clarify unequivocally that the MoU has been nullified, he continued.

Following an indecent kiss during World Cup celebrations, Jenni Hermoso and her players' union have requested the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to take action against Luis Rubiales. The offensive midfielder has spoken out for the first time since the event occurred on Sunday night, following Spain's 1-0 victory against England to clinch the Women's World Cup. The head of the federation, Rubilaes, was seen kissing Hermoso against her will as the Spanish athletes approached the stage to receive their medals of victory. After the incident, she was seen on tape saying, "I didn't enjoy that." Now, FUTPRO, the association for female soccer players in Spain, has issued a statement urging the RFEF to protect the rights of women's soccer players.

According to Hermoso's statement, "My FUTPRO union is taking charge of defending my interests and acting as the interlocutor on this matter in coordination with my TMJ agency." Later, FUTPRO issued a statement of their own in which they denounced Rubiales' actions. Advertisement Sign up and get an NGN500,000 welcome bonus. New Opportunity To Take The iPhone 14 Away From MSport Immediately. Sign up for the free lottery now or lose it. MSport Betting Nigeria By Taboola Sponsored Links, Register In their statement, they declared: "From FUTPRO we voice our unequivocal and thunderous rejection of practices that violate the dignity of women. The Royal Spanish Football Federation is urged by our association to execute the required procedures, protect our players' rights, and take admirable actions.

Our team, the reigning world champion, must always be represented by people who uphold the ideals of equality and respect in all spheres. Our players have led the struggle for equality with tenacity, getting us to where we are now. It is imperative that we keep moving forward in this fight. Advert We further urge the Higher Sports Council to aggressively support and encourage prevention and intervention in the face of sexual harassment or abuse, macho, and sexism within the scope of its authority.FUTPRO opposes any behavior that infringes on soccer players' rights, and together with the union, we are striving to ensure that incidents like the ones we have witnessed are always sanctioned, and punished, and the law is always followed.

Following his behavior on Sunday night, Spanish government officials demanded Rubiales' resignation, with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez describing his apologies as "insufficient and inadequate." With the 16-year-old Infanta Sofia and Queen Letizia of Spain standing close, Advert Rubiales had gone far with his jubilation, grasping his groin in a victory gesture. After the Spanish players' organization (AFE) also demanded Rubiales' resignation, FIFPRO, the group that represents all professional footballers, also issued a statement. "FIFPRO fully endorses the statement of the AFE in calling for immediate action to address Rubiales' conduct at the final and is requesting an investigation of his actions under FIFA's code of ethics," the statement stated.