Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, raised the alarm that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder given the current situation in the country. Obasanjo stressed that Nigeria will not make any progress towards achieving its goals except the leaders and the led embraced “moral rearmament.” The former president warned that Nigeria is dangerously placed on sitting on a keg of the precipice from which it could tumble if the leadership failed to take courageous and decisive steps to address the numerous challenges confronting the country. He lamented that Nigeria had become a nation that had retrogressively been going…
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. Vows to move against foreign interests backing protesters
VIEW FROM THE GALLERY BY MAHMUD JEGA The biggest casualty of the #EndBadGovernance protests in this country so far have been the lost lives. No one knows the number for sure; some reports said more than 20 while the police said about 13 lives were lost in several states, even after subtracting the policeman that Inspector General Kayode Egbetokun said was murdered, but who it turned out had “miraculously” survived. Why should anyone who is demanding cheaper food, cheaper fuel and better living conditions have to sacrifice his life? Some of the deaths may have been accidental, but in most…
Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, August 9, 2024) Returning home from work on a humid evening in 2016, I asked my children their thoughts about visiting America. They took their gaze away from the TV, searched my eyes for seriousness, smiled doubtfully and returned their gaze to the TV, exhibiting an air of ‘we have outgrown your pranks, this old man’. America ko, Africa ni. “OK, guys,” I said deadpan, “We’re going to the US Embassy next week.” That should break the ice, so I thought, as I watched their faces light up suddenly, all speaking about…
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said supplies from Nigeria-based world’s largest single-train Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals will put pressure on the performance of Europe’s oil industry, especially the Northwest Europe (NWE) Gasoil. OPEC in its newly released monthly Oil Market Report for June 2024 listed Dangote Refinery among the top Diesel and jet Fuel suppliers that will disrupt Europe’s oil & gas Industry, a development experts forecasted will positively impact the Nigerian economy. Conquering the clouds on a journey to Ta Xua with the team – Road Trip Vietnam Team – Nếm TV Recall that Standard &…
As the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest fizzles out, many Nigerians, especially in the north, will live with the wounds, scars and financial losses for a long time to come. The protests against economic hardship, which started August 1, continued even after President Bola Tinubu called for an end to the demonstrations that faced a crackdown from security forces, who reportedly shot at the protesters in various states in the northern part. The cost-of-living crisis was fueled by surging inflation, at a 28-year high, and government economic policies that pushed the naira to record lows against the dollar. At least 17 persons…
Former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, has passed away. He died aged 77. According to reports, the football administrator, who was a key figure in African football for decades, died in Paris on Thursday. His death comes just a day before his 78th birthday, having been born on August 9, 1946, in Garoua, Cameroon. Hayatou served as CAF’s president for an unprecedented 29 years (from 1988 to 2017) and was instrumental in getting Africa’s slots at the FIFA World Cup increased from two to five. It was also under his tenure that South Africa hosted…
Independent National Electoral Commission says 17 political parties participating in September 21 governorship election in Edo State have nominated 44,687 agents to monitor the election. INEC said this figure representing 55.6 per cent fell short of the cumulative figure of 80,410 agents it expected for the election. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. According to Olumekun, three political parties uploaded the details of their agents for all levels of polling and collation, while one party has no single agent for any level of voting or…
. Vows to move against foreign govts, individuals backing protesters Federal Government has vowed to take appropriate action against any country or foreign interests backing the ongoing #Endbadgovernance protests in Nigeria. The protest, which entered its eighth day on Thursday, was instigated by the effects of the harsh economic policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration. Recall that the Department of State Services had on Wednesday, disclosed that it arrested seven Polish nationals in Kano in connection with the waving of Russian flags in the state. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, issued this warning while addressing members of…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, on Thursday, called on President Bola Tinubu to find out the reasons behind the perennial non-functional state of Nigeria’s refineries. Igbokwe wondered why the four refineries in Nigeria have become comatose. He stated this in reaction to a disclosure by the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, that Nigeria spent $600 million monthly on the importation of fuel. Edun had said Nigeria spent such a huge amount every month on fuel imports due to the high cost to supplying neighbouring countries, extending to Central Africa. According to the Minister, the situation…