Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has returned to work. Vanguard reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources from the ministry. “He promised to consult the leader of the country and his political leaders the day he was presented with the form,” Vanguard reported, “He has consulted and he believes that the challenges at the ministry and oil and gas sector are enough issues for him to begin to deal with now than going to pursue presidential ambition at the expense of the nation.” Mr Sylva joins…
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The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) says there will be disruption of scheduled flight operations over the growing scarcity of aviation fuel popular as Jet-Al. Obiora Okonkwo, spokesperson of the association, said this in a public notice issued on Monday. The statement said that the scarcity of aviation is impacting negatively on the seamless conduct of air transport operations and “would lead to flight rescheduling, and, or, cancellations”. “The Airline Operators of Nigeria wish to alert the public of impending disruptions to scheduled flight operations of members of the association. This development is being forced on members by the growing…
Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, on Monday barricaded the Akure-Ilesa Highway, protesting the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The action of the students forced many motorists and travellers to be stranded. The protesters blocked the highway at the main entrance of the Institution, chanting different solidarity songs and displaying placards with various inscriptions such as: “End ASUU Strike”, “Save our future”, “Stop Toying with our Future.” Speaking with newsmen, Mr Abiodun Ibiyemi, the President of the Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the university, said:”we can no longer bear the…
The Supreme Court has scheduled hearing for May 19 in the suit by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation) AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The scheduling is not only reflected in the court’s case list for the week but The Nation learnt that parties have since been served hearing notices. The suit filed on April 29, 2022, marked: SC/CV/504/2022 has the National Assembly listed as the sole defendant. The plaintiffs are contending among others, that the said section of the Electoral Act 2022 is in conflict with constitutional provisions. They noted that the Constitution…
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he is still a member of the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi, who is among the 10 ministers, whom Buhari bade farewell on Friday, announced this in Kaduna State on Sunday. After the valedictory session held for ministers who are eyeing elective seats in 2023, two of those who were part of the session backtracked. While Chris Ngige, who declared interest in succeeding Buhari, withdrew from the presidency race, Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation, also opted out of the Kebbi governorship race. On his part, Amaechi said he would resign on Monday.…
The Nigerian Communications Commission, on Sunday, said hackers now unlock vehicles for purpose of stealing and other vices, saying the new trend also offers hackers the opportunity to make away with the cars they hacked. According to the NCC, the ongoing cyber-vulnerability allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with cars. The NCC stated this in a statement on Sunday signed by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, titled, ‘Hackers can unlock, steal your vehicles, NCC alerts Nigerians’. The statement read, “The fact that car remotes are categorized short range devices that…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N1.48 trillion reportedly spent on maintaining the country’s four refineries between 2015 and 2020 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets.” The government reportedly spent N10.23 billion in June 2020 on three refineries that processed zero crude. Also in 2021, the government approved $1.5 billion (about N600 billion) to repair the Port Harcourt refinery. Despite the huge spending, the refineries are still not working while fuel scarcity persists. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/806/2022 filed last…
Garba Emmanuel, the father of Deborah, the 200-level student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was burnt to death for alleged blasphemy, is still struggling to come to terms with the loss of his daughter. The grief-stricken father said he put in everything into her schooling and could not afford to finance the education of Deborah’s six siblings. He told reporters: “Everything we have, we put it into the education of Deborah and today, she is dead. “Because of Deborah’s schooling, we couldn’t send her siblings to school because we can’t afford it. “If you have nothing,…
President Muhammmadu Buhari and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami have asked the Supreme Court to void the provision of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Their request is contained in a suit they filed April 29, 2022 before the apex court through a group of private lawyers, including Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), hired by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation. The controversial Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act states: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party…
Wife of Ondo State Governor and senatorial aspirant for Imo East Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mrs. Betty Akeredolu, has urged the party leaders to ensure fair play and transparency in the forthcoming party’s primaries. Akeredolu, who gave the charge when she consulted the Imo party executives and delegates at the party’s secretariat in Owerri, at the weekend, said: “Only open and fair primaries would produce credible candidates capable of securing victories for our party in the main election.” She expressed optimism about her capacity to clinch the party’s ticket for the senatorial contest,…