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#LEKKITOLLGATE MASSACRE: INTERVIEW WITH BARR. A. OGUNLANA, LEAD COUNSEL OF #ENDSARS VICTIMS

Source: www.voanews.com Exclusive Interview with Barrister Adesina Ogunlana By Davy Fidel Freelance. O n Monday, November 22, 2021, lawyers, radicals, activists, and concerned Nigerians gathered to address the press houses invited on the latest released #ENDSARS Panel Report.  This was after the constituted Panel Inquiry report had been submitted to the led government of Sanwo Olu (Lagos State) awaiting the White Paper next week.

REJECT THE 100% TARIFF HIKE AND DEMAND ELECTRICITY IS RE-NATIONALIZED

Photo Credit: LIFEINSLUM By Davy Fidel  (Freelancer/Writer) E ight years after the power sector was privatized, there hasn't been any improvement in the supply of electricity to millions of households in Nigeria. Rather, megawatts have continued to drop rapidly. On most occasions, it is between 4000MWs to 5000MWs for a population of 200 million. This is the highest ever generated and supplied by the Generating and Distribution Companies since November 2013.

DEBT PROFILE: ANOTHER DISASTER SINKING NIGERIA ECONOMY!

Photo credit: LIFEINSLUM   By Davy Fidel C ompare to the Debt Management Office report of December 31, 2020, the Nigeria Debt Profile was N32.915 trillion. This report was at a period when Nigeria's crude oil benchmark was revised from $57 per barrel to $30 because of the downturn according to the government. However, recent statistics have revealed more scary news pounding the Nigerian economy into pieces --- if the debt profile continues to rise consequentially. 

FOOD PRICES INCREASED BY 100% AMIDST ECONOMIC HARDSHIP

Source: oregie.wordpress.com/pinterest By Davy Fidel, Freelancer S ince the lockdown that shipwreck a lot of countries undergoing an economic downturn, millions of Nigerians wearing the shackles of economic hardship, have witnessed a sharp rise in food prices shockingly. A recent report confirms it statistically. Business Day said, " 60kg of yellow garri currently sells for N19, 000 as against N9, 600 sold in December 2020, a 97 percent rise in price" (Tues, 06 July 2021).

LGBT: A RIGHT THAT MUST BE RESPECTED NOT VIOLATED

Photo credit: I-D magazine By Davy Fidel, Freelancer A Il over the news, there are several reports that governments are enacting laws against the LGBT community; haunting down Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans-sexual people's freedom of sexual rights. These laws are totally against the right of people choosing not to be conventional, but off the hook of dogmatic cultural lifestyle forced to live. It is a law, according to LGBT activists, autocratic in nature and abuse of their democratic rights. 

SENSITISATION RALLY ORGANISED IN AJEGUNLE TO KICK AGAINST NEW HIKE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF

Photo credit: The Campaigner Davy Fidel, Freelancer A jegunle - Wednesday 16 June 2021, a group of communities under the aegis of Coalition for Affordable Regular Electricity, CARE, organize a mass sensitization rally to reject the new hike in electricity tariff to take effect on July 1, 2021. The group kick off the rally at exactly 10:30 am at a convergence point in the suburb of Ajegunle. Different organizations like MSA, Landlord and Tenant Association of Nigeria, Ajeromi Ifelodun Community Movement, etc fully participated in the rally.

TWITTER BAN: AN ABUSE TO DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS; GOVERNMENT REVERSE NOW!

Source: New York Time T his is almost seven days since the saga in Twitter when millions of users in Nigeria were denied access. Since this period, a lot of Nigerian users have been cut off from the world. The Nigerian government unilaterally went ahead to approach all tech agencies did such without respect to democratic rights on Freedom of Speech and Expression