IPAC: We’re not sufficiently ripe, prepared for direct primaries
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has declared that Nigerian political parties are not ready for direct primaries as a mode of choosing candidates for elections. Therefore, IPAC advised the National Assembly to expunge the clauses regarding direct primaries in the 2021 Electoral Amendment Bill, for it to be signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. IPAC is the umbrella body of registered political parties in...
2023: Tinubu supporters distribute branded recharge cards in Lagos
Loyalists of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have commenced the distribution of branded recharge cards to the residents of Lagos State. The supporters, who were handed N500 and N200 recharge cards designed for every network, were seen in a video that surfaced on the social media. In the video, the supporters of the former...
Tony Elumelu reveals secrets of his success
…says I’m a product of luck, hard work Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has revealed the secrets of his success. Elumelu, who is the Chairman of United Bank of Africa (UBA), declared that he is a product of luck and hard word. “As we enter 2022, I want to share a little of my...
2 children, 4 others die in Lagos-Abeokuta expressway accident
Six persons died while 12 sustained injuries on Monday in an accident involving a Mistubishi canter and a Mazda bus, around Lala/Kere area of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mr. Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident occurred at 2:10p.m., with the likely cause being dangerous driving. “A total of 38...
Al-Ghais takes over from Barkindo as OPEC Sec. Gen. in August
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Mr. Haitham Al-Ghais as the organisation’s Secretary General effective August 1. OPEC made the appointment at a Special Meeting on Monday held via video conference, which was chaired by president Jean-Richard Itoua, Congo’s Minister of Hydrocarbons and Head of its Delegation. Al-Ghais, a veteran of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), takes...
ACF to military: Sustain onslaught against bandits until they surrender
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended the Nigerian Air Force for the recent raids which led to the death of two notorious bandit leaders and others in Zamfara State. The ACF, in a statement on Monday by its National Working Committee Chairman, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed the identity of the slain bandit leaders as Alhaji Auta and Kachalla Luga. Ogbeh,...
178,459 arms, ammunition missing from Police armoury – Audit Report
No fewer than 178,459 different types of arms and ammunition have been declared missing from the Nigeria Police armoury in 2019 without any trace or formal report on their whereabouts. The latest development was disclosed via an audit report by the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation (OAuGF). The Star reports that the details of the missing arms were...
ACF mourns Olubadan, Bashir Tofa, eulogises the deceased
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commiserated with the Ibadan Traditional Rulers Council and Oyo Traditional Council on the demise of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. Oba Adetunji, who has since been buried in accordance with Islamic rites, died on Sunday at the University College Hospital (UCF), Ibadan, after a brief illness at the age of 93. However, the...
COVID-19: Nigeria records 573 new infections, 6 deaths
Nigeria has recorded 573 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The public health institution said the cases were reported in seven states across the federation. The NCDC via its verified website on Monday morning, listed the affected states as Lagos (281), Benue (202), Kano (61), Borno (20), Jigawa (5), Edo (2), and Oyo (2). It,...
Bundesliga players snub Messi, pick Lewandowski as best footballer
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski is the best football player and Liverpool’s Juergen Klopp the best coach, according to a survey among German Bundesliga players conducted by Kicker sports magazine. Kicker said in its latest edition on Monday that Lewandowski garnered 43.2 per cent of the vote from 234 players polled. Liverpool’s Mo Salah was a distant second with 20.5 per...
