Travellers and motorists have been groaning following fuel scarcity across various filling stations in the nation’s capital, Abuja. This is just as the Major Energy Marketers’ Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) blamed the situation on supply chain disruption even as the situation is a little bit calm in Lagos except pockets of long queues at some major filling stations. Daily Trust findings showed that filing stations of both the independent and major oil marketers within Abuja city and some area councils of the FCT have remained closed without fuel. A visit by our reporter to some of the filling stations especially…
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara says he is neither deterred nor worried by Thursday’s Appeal Court judgment which returned Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers to the state House of Assembly. The Appeal Court had nullified the order of a Rivers State High Court which restrained Amaewhule and the other lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from parading themselves as lawmakers. The court also said only the Federal High Court has the jurisdiction to entertain the matter of the lawmakers. Meanwhile, Fubara has assured all that his administration will not waver in its commitment…
Police operatives and troops of the Nigerian Army Guards Brigade have arrested no fewer than six bandits during clearance operations in the Federal Capital Territory. During the operations, the security operatives also destroyed identified camps of bandits in Kaduna and Niger States. FCT police command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement on Friday, said the six bandits were arrested at the hideout of a bandit kingpin, Gidan Dogo and Jerei forests in Kaduna State. The statement read, “In the continued effort and stride against criminality in the Federal Capital Territory, the operatives of the FCT police command from the anti-kidnapping…
Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 5, 2024) The flamboyant Ojude Oba festival of flourish and colours is nothing but the cat’s pyjamas. The lavishness of the Ijebu and their thriftiness are bemusing contradictions. As a matter of fact, the Ijebu and their intimidating panache are just the cat’s meow. Pomp, power, pleasure and pain, inscribe industry, grit and glamour in the Ijebu DNA. The Ijebu are different, so said their wise king, Awujale Sikiru Adetona, the Ogbagba Agbotewole II, when he traced Ijebu roots to Sudan, saying there was life before Ile-Ife. The Ijebu are just…
Agency Report Rishi Sunak has said he takes responsibility for the brutal loss in the General Election as he resigned as Prime Minister and Conservative Leader. The Prime Minister appeared outside Downing Street thanking staff and Conservative candidates. Sunak also confirmed he would stand down as Conservative Party leader when “arrangements are in place.” After stepping out onto a drizzly Downing Street, he said: “I will shortly be seeing His Majesty the King to offer my resignation as Prime Minister. “To the country, I would like to say first and foremost, I am sorry. I have given this job my…
Security has been beefed up around the head office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission located on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. The anti-graft agency had recently raised the alarm that some groups were planning a series of protests against the EFCC. Heavily armed policemen attached to the Lagos State Anti-Crime Outfit – Rapid Response Squad are stationed in their vans in strategic routes leading to the Lagos EFCC office. Armed operatives of the Department of State Services are also part of the joint security forces manning the routes with patrol vans, heavy anti-riot gun trucks and Black Marias. The…
Segun Babatunde, Gombe Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya is set to receive a distinguished award for excellence in governance. The award will be presented to the Governor by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR during the 2024 Nigeria Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja tomorrow, Saturday, 6th July, 2024. According to a Press release issued by Ismaila Uba Misilli,Director-General(Press Affairs),Government House, Gombe which was made available to Journalists Friday, Inuwa Yahaya will be honoured as the best performing Governor in Governance, Health Sector, in recognition of his significant contributions to healthcare development in…
Segun Babatunde, Bauchi The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) have constructed and donated a state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology ICT Facility to Sa’adu Zungur University. Speaking during the official inauguration and handover of the new ICT Centre at the main campus of the university in Gadau, yesterday, Chief Upstream Investment Officer (CUIO), NNPC Limited Dr. Bala Wunti, said the gesture is part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the NNPCL. In his remarks, Bala Wunti said, “For several decades, the JV has consistently invested in impactful CSR initiatives across the length and…
Tom Garba, Yola Due to his exemplary lifestyle of impacting people’s lives within and outside Adamawa State, House of Representatives lawmaker, Hon (Barr) Aliyu Wakili Boya, has bagged a world class honours award. In his one year in office is decorated with many dividends of democracy the Lawmaker representing the federal constituency of Fofure/Song in the green chambers of the national is synonymous with people oriented bills, policies, laws and contributions for the development of the country Nigeria. Because of these enormous feats of representation, the international Peace Award for Dynamic leadership was investiture on him by the global peace…
… urges President Tinubu to stop approving recruitment list A human rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, has called for an independent investigation into the allegation of fraudulent recruitment of constables by the Police Service Commission. Inspector General of Police, Dr Kayode Egbetokun had recently accused the PSC of recruiting unqualified persons as constables into the Nigeria Police Force. Recall that there has been a “war of attrition” between the Police Force Headquarters (FHQ), and the Police Service Commission (PSC), as the two bodies have been on a collision course over recently released names of successful candidates for recruitment into…