It Will Amount To Betrayal of Nigeria If I Refuse To Contest For 2023 Presidency – Osinbajo

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday visited the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, as well as some political office holders in the state as the presidential primary of the party, draws nearer. The visit may not be unconnected to part of the consultation tour being embarked by Osinbajo to the party faithful across the country as the forthcoming presidential primary of the party draws closer....

Legal Team Expresses Optimism As They Review Kanu’s Charges

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, said that the legal team was exploring legitimate processes to ensure that the pending seven counts against Kanu were struck out. Kanu was facing trial before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on charges of terrorism. But Ejiofor, in a statement issued after the routine visit to Kanu in the custody of the...

Imo Illegal Refinery Explosion: Death Toll Rises To 110 – Official

OWERRI — The death toll in the illegal refinery explosion in Imo State has risen to 110, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Mr. Ifeanyi Nnaji, who is the agency’s Head of Operations in the state, confirmed the toll to journalists on Monday. It was earlier reported that an unconfirmed number of people were killed in the explosion that occurred at an illegal refinery site on Friday night. The unauthorized refining plant is...

Price of Cooking Gas Rises By 83.62% In One Year – Report

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday disclosed in its report that the average retail price of cooking gas increased by 83.62 per cent from N2057.71 in March 2021. The March 2022 report also revealed the average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) stood at N3778.30 in March 2022 from N3708.58 recorded in February 2022 showing an increase of 1.88 per cent month-on-month. According to state profile analysis,...

Lagos Government Reopens Chrisland Schools

LAGOS — The Lagos State Government, on Saturday, ordered the reopening of all Chrisland Schools that were shut down over controversies surrounding an immoral act engaged in by some students of the school. The decision of the government was contained in a press statement signed by the State’s Commissioner of Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo. It was earlier reported that the state government had shut down all Chrisland Schools in Lagos State on April 18, 2022....

PDP Northern Elders Endorse Bala Mohammed, Saraki As Consensus Candidate

MINNA — Northern elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki as the consensus candidates of the party. The group made the decision after a meeting with General Ibrahim Babangida on Friday in Minna. Giving the recommendation of the Northern Elders to Journalists at the Uphill Residence of Babangida, Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, said that the two...

Emefiele Explains Why CBN Cannot Afford to Float Exchange Rate

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that despite calls and recommendations by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other global financial institutions, Nigeria cannot afford to operate a floated exchange rate system. Emefiele made this known at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC, United States. He spoke in reaction to a charge by the President of the World Bank Group, David Malpass, for Nigeria to...

Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Joins Ancestors After Spending Over 40yrs On Throne

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has joined his ancestors after spending over 40 years as a leading Monarch in the Yoruba nation. The late traditional ruler died at the age of 83 years old. The top Yoruba monarch died in the late hours of Friday, according to palace officials. Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. The late Alaafin’s first son, Prince ‘Tunde, and other children had received...

President of Christ Apostolic Church Says Only Two Presidential Aspirants Mean Well For Nigeria

IBADAN — The President of Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Arogungbogunmi, Pastor Henry Ojo, has disclosed that God revealed to him that only two of the presidential aspirants who have disclosed their intention have the love of the country at heart. He urged Nigerians to shun ethnic and religious sentiments by allowing a man after God’s heart to emerge as the President in 2023 instead of voting blindly for candidates with self-serving intentions. Pastor Ojo gave...

Driver Crushes LASTMA Official to Death in Lagos

LAGOS — An unidentified driver has crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Jamiu Issa, to death in the Lekki-Ajah area of Lagos. The incident was confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Olumide Filade on Wednesday. Filade said the driver was driving against traffic when he rammed into Issa, who wanted to apprehend him for the traffic offense. He added that Isa was rushed to the hospital where...

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