Fuel Price Hike: Afenifere Tells FG To Order NNPCL To Reverse Itself

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has told the Federal Government (FG) to order the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to reverse the fuel pump price. The organisation urged the government to stick to the claim by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, that President Bola Tinubu administration didn’t instruct the NNPCL to increase the fuel pump price by ordering the company to reverse the announced increment. A press statement...

Jonathan Urges African Leaders To Prioritise Innovation, Technology To Achieve Food Security

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has urged African leaders to prioritise innovation and technology to achieve food security. According to the former President, African leaders should prioritise innovation and technology as a means of achieving the four pillars of food security and making considerable progress in the fight against hunger and malnutrition on the continent. The former President stated this on Wednesday in Kigali, Rwanda at the ongoing Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 while presenting...

Ex-President Jonathan Mourns Hajia Dada Yar’Adua

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with the Yar’Adua family over the demise of  Hajiya Aya Dada Yar’Adua, mother of  late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, late Shehu Musa Yar’adua, who died on Monday at the age of 102 years. The former President in a condolence message to the family of the deceased described the late matriarch of the Yar’Adua family as an epitome of motherhood who was...

Kogi Gov Condoles With Yar’adua Family Over Matriarch’s Passing

Alh. Ahmed Usman Ododo, the Kogi State Governor has expressed his condolences to the Yar’adua family, the government and people of Katsina State over the passing of their matriarch, Hajia Dada at 102 The Governor, in a press statement on Tuesday, he personally signed, described the late matriarch as a “woman of history and a reservoir of knowledge”, saying “goddesses are irreplaceable”. “It is with mixed feelings that I send my condolences to the Yar’Adua...

Ogun: LP Leaders Meet Ahead Of Council Polls To Strengthen Party

The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has held a leadership meeting ahead of the local government polls to reposition and strengthen the party. This was contained in a press statement on Tuesday signed by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Tokunbo Peters, stressing that the state chapter of the party held the leadership meeting to reconcile some teething challenges within the party, aimed at strengthening it ahead of the forthcoming Local...

Niger Delta Youths Support Fubara For Championing Democracy

…Vows To Resist Wike’s Attempts To Pocket Rivers Resources Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has commended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State for his commitment to upholding democratic values, safeguarding the will of the people, and standing as a beacon of hope and integrity in the face of attempts to undermine the sanctity of democracy in Rivers State. The group in a press statement on Monday signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan stated that Governor...

FG Charges Illegal Mining Suspects  In Kogi, Ondo To Court

In a bid to sanitise the mining sector, the Federal Government has charged suspected illegal miners arrested in Kogi and Ondo States during a recent operation led by the Mining Marshals to court. Segun Tomori, Special Assistant (Media) to the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development, in a press statement on Monday noted that the operation, code-named “Operation Hayakin Kogo,” took place in the Ikah Community of Ankpa Local Government Area (LGA), Kogi State resulting...

NAF Neutralizes Notorious Terrorist Kingpin, Others In Igabi, Kaduna

Following intelligence report received on 31 August 2024 that a known terrorist kingpin, Mustapha Abdullahi, and other members of his group were sighted near Sabon Gida Forest along Sabon Birni Road in Igabi Local Government Area (LGA), Kaduna State with likely intent to kidnap, harm or kill innocent civilians, a team of Special Forces from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). According to a press statement on Sunday signed by Edward Gabkwet, Air Vice Marshal, Director...

Nigeria Youth For Atiku Tells Tinubu To Resign As President

Nigeria Youth For Atiku (NYFA), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar support group, has asked Bola Tinubu to resign as president. The group which cited gross incompetence amidst unprecedented hardship in the country, as reason, spoke through Mr Dare Dada, its Director of Publicity in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Dada highlighted the soaring food inflation, fuel scarcity, electricity tariff hikes, proposed international passport price increments, unemployment, healthcare and education crises, economic stagnation, and rising...

Bode George To Atiku: You Can’t Contest In 2027, Wait Till 2031

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has told former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that he cannot contest presidential election in 2027 but should wait till 2031. The PDP chieftain noted that even in 2027, the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections would be 81 years and would be expected to embrace the President Joe Biden concept of allowing the younger generation run for the highest office...

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