Jonathan mourns Dokpesi, describes him as humane entrepreneur
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has expressed sadness over the death of the Founder of DAAR Communications, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
Jonathan, in a condolence message issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Ikechukwu Eze, in Abuja on Tuesday, said that Nigeria has lost a true patriot and fair-minded nation builder.
The former President said Dokpesi was a successful entrepreneur, media mogul and philanthropist, who took the art of giving to a new level and made significant contributions to human progress.
Jonathan, who was one of the early sympathisers to visit the Dokpesi family in Abuja last Monday, said that he cultivated the kind of friendship with Dokpesi that stood the test of time.
Labour Party Opens Case Against Tinubu, INEC
The Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday opened its case by calling its first witness before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in the legal move to nullify the election of President Bola Tibubu.
The court earlier this morning allocated three hours for the hearing in the petition by the LP and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
However, when asked by the court how many witnesses they have in court for the commencement of their case, their lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) said the petitioners have only one witness in court today.
Tinubu Govt To Meet NLC Today Over Fuel Subsidy Removal
The Nigeria Labour Congress will meet with representatives of the Nigerian Government over the removal of fuel subsidy.
Joe Ajaero, the NLC President disclosed this on Wednesday while featuring on a Channels TV programme.
Ajaero said the meeting is scheduled to hold at 2 pm on Wednesday.
Tinubu Didn’t Remove Subsidy–Keyamo
The Chief Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign, Festus Keyamo, has said President Bola Tinubu did not remove fuel subsidy.
According to him, a section of the media is “mischievously twisting the narrative to read that Tinubu’s government has removed subsidy,” despite President Tinubu proclaiming that subsidy was gone while giving his inaugural speech on May 29.
Keyamo, who is also a former Minister of State for Labour, rather said that Tinubu’s administration only inherited a regime where there was no provision for subsidy in the 2023 Appropriation Act beginning June 2023 and the Petroleum Industry Act, which is now extant, has no provision for subsidy.
In a series of tweets on his official handle, @fkeyamo, he said, “A section of the Press is mischievously twisting the narrative to read that Tinubu’s government has removed subsidy. That is not correct. Tinubu’s govt has merely inherited a regime where there was no provision for subsidy in the 2023 Appropriation Act as of June 2023 and the Petroleum Industry Act which is now extant has no provision for subsidy.
