As the struggle to get Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol mounts, it has been estimated that Nigerians guzzled 2,020,248,000 litres of the product and spent at least N333.34 billion at official retail pump price on it in one month. Observers have, however, queried the figures. This week, petrol scarcity was more pronounced across…
The attorney general of the England and Wales will decide within 14 days if Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice, will face trial in the UK over allegations of human trafficking. The Ekweremadus were charged to the Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Thursday and remanded in custody until July 7 pending further…
All appears not to be too well within the ranks of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the final choice of the party for an acceptable running mate to its Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is as a result of the emergence of several camps within the APC said to be jostling…
Igbo Elders Consultative Forum (IECF), also known as Ime-obi Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described Igbo delegates, who voted against South-East aspirants in the presidential primaries held recently as serial betrayals and shameless saboteurs. The elders specifically expressed concern over the monetisation of the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)….
Back in Bamako with members of the ECOWAS mediation team for consultations with the Transition authorities, we held functional talks with President of the Transition H.E. Col. Assimi Goita and other senior government officials. The team noted the actions taken towards a viable transition timetable and the promise of the Malian authorities to remain committed…
1. Cut down on your travelsOne reason Corps members give for their frequent travels is that they are bored with the place they are posted to serve. Boredom is bad. Yes but what is boredom compared to the risk of accidents that happen daily on ‘the death-tracks’ called road in our country. I called it death-tracks…
DIRECTOR General, Asiwaju Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organization, ATPCO, Barrister Bayo Shittu, yesterday, said the organization was working assiduously towards the emergence of Tinubu as next president of Nigeria, hence the need to put all resources together to make the exercise impactful and successful. He, however, revealed that the challenges ahead of Tinubu before 2023 elections…
Arsenal have reached an agreement with Manchester City over Gabriel Jesus as they look to sign their first-choice striker target this summer. The Brazilian is one of the top names on Mikel Arteta’s wish list after he made signing a striker a priority over the transfer window. The losses of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette…
Former Lagos State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Henry Ajomale, on Friday, said the gale of defections sweeping across the party would not affect the 2023 campaign of the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Speaking with Saturday PUNCH during a telephone interview, Ajomale berated members of the party who dumped the…
Early this morning I log into my LinkedIn account and on my newsfeed I saw series of congratulatory messages and inspiring quotes from peeps on the ICAN results that just got released… Although, I was happy for them, at least it’s time to enjoy the reward of their handwork and investment paid off…but while on…