Aisha Yesufu, a popular socio-political activist, has said that the two leading political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, will have to join forces in order to defeat Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the forthcoming presidential election. Aisha, who is co-convener of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group, noted that 2023 is not for big money spenders. According to her, “The rate at which this is going, the call will soon be for PDP and APC to join forces for any of them to have hope of winning! “Time is the…
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Four persons were on Saturday confirmed dead and 12 others missing when a boat capsized in the Ojo area of Lagos State. The incident occurred two days after two female passengers died when a 20-seater boat, which departed the Ipakodo ferry terminal in Ikorodu, capsized. It was learnt that the W19 passenger fibre boat carrying 16 passengers, including children, took off from Mile 2 on Friday night and was headed for Ibeshe. It was, however, learnt that tragedy struck when the tide of the water forced it to drift to a stationary barge, causing it to overturn. Confirming the incident, the…
Oil marketers have yet to receive a response from the Federal Government as regards the outstanding payment of bridging claims incurred by dealers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country and might go ahead with their proposed strike after the Sallah break. Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria stated on Friday that they had prepared a communiqué to be issued, detailing their demands again, adding that failure of the government to meet the demands would result in the “mother of all queues.” Also, marketers under the aegis of the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association called…
A former senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said the prolonged strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other unions in the Nation’s universities shows the lack of compassion for Nigerians by the Federal government. Answering questions from journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State, Saraki also said that the 2023 elections were crucial for the country and urged the people to take them seriously. ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, while other related unions have also embarked on industrial actions to press for an improved condition of service as well as an improvement in the…
Barely three days after a boat accident occurred around the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, where two passengers died, another boat accident took place on Friday night around the Mile 2 area. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by Mrs Sarat Braimah, Lagos Area Manager, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). She informed that 16 passengers on board the ill-fated boat were yet to be accounted for. “At about 7.45 p.m., on July 8, the National Inland Waterways Authority and the Lagos State Waterways Authority received a distress call of an incident on the waterways. A W19…
Security was tightened in and around the Kofar Arewa Eid Praying ground, Daura on Saturday, where the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), joined his kinsmen to offer prayers in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir. The President, who was in a sky-blue flowing robes, arrived the praying ground at 9.53am, shortly after which the prayers were offered. The two-rakat prayers were led by Imam Safiyanu Yusuf. The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruq Umar, in his remarks at the praying ground, urged Nigerians not to relent in their prayers for both the President and the country. The royal father, who spoke in…
I join our Muslim Faithfuls in Ondo Community and the Nation at large to share in their great joy and happiness in celebration of this year’s Sallah. Together as a people of steadfast faith with great and total reverence to the injunctions of Allah and his doctrines, Eid-el-kabir is a remarkable time to spread love and goodwill. It reminds us a strong message of Islam to love all and hate none. As we feast and make merry at this period , I urge you all to reflect on the importance of this season in becoming good ambassadors of Islam…
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the governorship candidate of the party, Dr Olajide Adediran, has not named Nollywood actress Funke Akindele as running mate. The Lagos PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Hakeem Amode, said the party was not aware of any running mate yet. Amode was reacting to reported emergence of Akindele, as running mate nominee to the PDP governorship candidate. According to him, the candidate will soon announce his running mate without delay and everybody will know. “It is not in my place to announce who the running mate to our governorship candidate, Jandor,…
Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister, is dead. He was shot while giving a speech at a political rally. Abe was in the city of Nara on Friday giving the speech ahead of Sunday’s upper house elections when two gunshots were fired around 11:30am. According to The Guardian UK, Abe was shot in the chest and neck. He collapsed on the street, with several security guards running towards him. A male suspect was immediately arrested at the scene. Videos showed the man in grey T-shirt and beige trousers being tackled by security guards. The suspect was said to have been a member…
Students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo state are protesting the death of one of their colleagues, Folarera Ademola, an ND1 student of Science Laboratory Technology who was killed by an officer of the Amotekun corps. Speaking on the development, the Students’ Union President, Olorunda Oluwafemi, confirmed that the boy was shot on the 27th of June by an officer of the Amotekun in front of his parent’s house. Oluwafemi added that the deceased suffered the gunshot wounds for 10 days before being taken to the federal medical center Owo, where he gave up the ghost yesterday. The students are…