UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS LOOTED PALLIATIVES AT OUR OWERRI RALLY – CITY BOY MOVEMENT. (PHOTO).

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 Unknown individuals looted palliatives at our Owerri rally – City Boy Movement An empowerment programme organised by the City Boy Movement, a support group for President Bola Tinubu, descended into disorder on Saturday when a large crowd surged forward and looted items intended for distribution to beneficiaries across Nigeria's South-East region. The event, held at Heroes Square in Owerri, marked the official launch of the Renewed Hope National Tour and the City Boy Movement South-East Youth Tour and Empowerment Programme on March 14, 2026. It aimed to provide support to young people, market traders, and vulnerable individuals from Abia, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, and Enugu states. Items prepared for distribution included shuttle buses, sewing machines, deep freezers, grinding machines, barbing kits, wheelchairs for persons with disabilities, smartphones for content creators, generator sets, laptops, cash grants, farming kits, fertilizers, and hair salon equipment. According to the mov...

THE SENATE WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY GOVERNANCE BILL TOMORROW.

                    The Senate,will on wednesday [December 7th,2016} begin the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill {PIB},which passed second reading on tuesday,November 1st,2016.The PIB governnce legislation,which has been stalled in successive Assemblies,has reached its farthest stage in 16 years.
The Bill establishes the process for breaking the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation {NNPC} into two commercial entities which will be limited by shares.The two entities will be known as the National Petroleum Company and the National Assets Management Company.
Once the PIB is passed and signed into law,Nigeria will have the necessary legislative framework that is needed to ensure the creation and sustainability of commercially-oriented and profit-driven entities that makes possible value addition and the internationalization of Nigeria's petroleum industry.Speaking on the upcoming public hearing on the PIB,Senate President,Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,commended his colleagues for keeping their foot on the gas in their quest to pass legislation that would grow Nigeria's economy and create jobs.''I must say,I am proud to be associated with an institution like the 8th Senate that has backed its words with itd actions,'' Saraki said, ''When we passed the Senate's Economic Legislative Agenda a few months ago,we said that we would make the elusive PIB one of our priorities.By bringing it to the public hearing stage,we have done this,
''Through we have come this far,we cannot afford to take our foot off the gas.We must ensure that we expedite the work of the Committee after this public hearing,in order to make sure that the PIB is signed,sealed and delivered for the benefit of the Nigerian public early in 2017'',he said.
The PIB public hearing will be held on wednesday and Thursday in the Senate New Wing of the National Assembly Complex.The hearings will be conducted by the Committee on Upstream Petroleum,which is chaired by Senator Donald Omotayo Alasoadura.The Senate is set to also introduce a Host Commuunity legislation to complement the Governance and Institutional Framework Bill in the coming weeks.This Bill is aimed at addressing issues relating to community participation,security,and the ecological debt incurred by host communities from oil extraction.

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