Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Director General, World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and a former president, Nigeria Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba, among other notable Nigerians proffered solutions to the challenges facing the country. They spoke on Saturday at the 113th anniversary of King’s College. The anniversary lecture titled, ‘Building the Nigeria of our dreams,’ was organised by the King’s College Old Boys’ Association. Obasanjo, who led the King’s Week 2022 colloquium which was held at the Kings College, Lagos, said Nigeria as a country was poor, insecure, and had other challenges because of its choice of…
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A blogger and political commentator, Japheth Omojuwa, got married to his bride, Demilade Odu, on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at Harbour Point Victoria Island, Lagos, and it was well attended by personalities from different walks of life. Recall that the lovebirds had their traditional wedding in Ekiti State on Saturday, September 17. The venue of the reception was filled with friends, family members and associates of the couple, as there was lots to eat and drink. Some of the notable guests at the wedding were the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; the first female…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has charged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to work towards total victory for the party. Governor Akeredolu said the 2023 general election is very important to the state and the country at large, urging the people to work harder. The Governor, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Chief Olugbenga Ale, at the Ondo North Senatorial Stakeholders meeting, said the party must consolidate on its previous wins and victories. He enjoined the party members to constantly hold meetings and work together for the Presidential, Senatorial and the House of…
The leadership of Labour Party on Saturday expressed appreciation to supporters of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who had continued to render financial assistance and converted their buildings for political campaigns across the country. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Labour Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Abuja. Abure’s appreciation is coming in the wake of the Labour movement rallies that took place in Abuja, Plateau and a number of other states. The LP chairman stated that he did not find the unprecedented crowd that turned up for solidarity march for the party’s presidential…
Tyson Fury has spoken aggressively against former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and current champion Oleksandr Usyk in a fresh social media video on Friday insulting both boxers. The WBC heavyweight world champion has fired back at the Ukrainian who this week accused him of being afraid of an undisputed title fight between them. Usyk said concerning Fury, “Despite his toughness and how he is generally described, he is afraid. Yes, of me.” The Gypsy King has also now claimed that he does not believe Joshua will sign the contract to fight him next on December 3 casting…
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to obey the court ruling directing lecturers to call of their ongoing strike. On Wednesday, the national industrial court had granted the federal government’s application for an interlocutory injunction seeking to restrain ASUU from continuing with the strike. The union was also ordered to resume work pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit. But ASUU had said it would appeal the judgment, while the union is yet to announce any development on the strike, which has now been on…
The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ekiti State Branch, Olatunde Kolapo, has urged the outgoing governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to ensure that he extends the minimum wage to higher levels of civil servants not benefitting from it at present before leaving office. Kolapo said workers in the state were still hopeful of getting part of their outstanding salaries and deductions before the Fayemi administration would hand over to his successor in October. The state NLC chairman, who spoke in an interview with Saturday PUNCH in Ado Ekiti, said, “Fayemi government started on a very good note…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is determined to end crude oil theft through “the deployment of technology and additional security measures”. He noted that the nefarious activities of pipeline vandals had caused Nigeria to lose approximately 700,000 barrels of oil daily; a trend which investment in technology will help curb. Mohammed, according to a statement on Friday by the Special Assistant to the President (Media), Segun Adeyemi, made the remarks at a press briefing in Abuja after the aerial surveillance of the Trans-Forcados oil pipeline, Rivers State. “The investment…
The National President of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle, Tricycle Owners, Riders, Repairers Association of Nigeria, Samsudeen Apelogun, has said commercial motorcycle riders have now become hopeless and hungry, following the ban on the commercial motorcycle operation (aka okada) in some areas in Lagos. Saturday PUNCH reports that it has been 16 weeks and three days since the ban on the activities of commercial motorcycle operators in some areas in Lagos State. Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced a total ban on the operations of commercial motorcycles in some local government areas in the state with effect from June 1,…
zainab duke-abiola, one of the widows of chief moshood kashimawo olawale (mko) abiola has been remanded at the suleja correctional centre for allegedly assaulting a female police officer. zainab and her domestic staff, rebecca enechido, were arraigned before a magistrate’s court sitting in wuse, federal capital territory by the fct police command on friday. A video clip showing the female officer in uniform bleeding, seated on the floor had gone viral on Wednesday. At the court on Friday, the professor was denied bail by the presiding magistrate while the matter was adjourned till October 5, 2022. The…