Buhari: I’ll complete 2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Exp, others by 2023
The 11.9km Second Niger Bridge, 120 km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other key projects under the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) will be completed by May 2023. President Muhammadu Buhari gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat organized to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key priorities...
Bad roads: NUPENG shelves proposed nationwide strike
The planned strike by the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG) and its affiliate members, Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), has been suspended. The strike, which would have kicked off on Monday, was shelved because of the intervention by the Federal Government. South-West Zonal Chairman of NUPENG, Mr. Tayo Aboyeji, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of...
Lagos Police: We’ll use all lawful means to suppress #EndSARS protest
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Monday warned against any planned protest in the state. Odumosu stated that the police will use all legitimate means within their constitutional powers to suppress the planned #EndSARS protest following the experience of the last protest. A statement signed by the State Police Command’s spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, revealed that the...
Babandede: Re-imagining and Remaking Immigration
The public sector in Nigeria is not a hopeless case, as we are sometimes all made to believe. It may not be effective and efficient. And this reflects on the quality of services – whether you need a permit to operate your business, taking a jab for COVID-19, going for a new e-Passport, processing a driver's license, or even...
A united Nigeria better off, stronger than breaking into parts – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that a united Nigeria, represented by people of diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, is the kind of country that will succeed in the face of challenges. Osinbajo said Nigeria is better off as one nation than breaking apart. The Vice President stated this on Saturday during an interactive session with heads of units of Nigeria’s...
The President we need next
The time we are in Nigeria calls for saner minds to lead us, otherwise we would lose all that we have laboured to build. Many Nigerians are mad as hell at our political leaders — both Progressive and Conservative — and are giving voice to their anger. The anger is understandable. The federal government, through no fault of anyone in...
Mercy Aigbe shows off Broda Shaggi as ‘D Owner’
Delectable Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe has sparked reactions on social media after sharing a photo of herself and Broda Shaggi on her Instagram page, calling him "D'Owner". Recall that months ago, the mother of two had revealed that she has found a new lover who she referred to as “D’owner”, and this drew a parallel with the shared picture that...
Electoral Act: Don’t use direct primaries to settle scores, Saraki tells NASS
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has sent a passionate appeal to members of the National Assembly on the proposal to make direct primaries compulsory for parties in sourcing candidates for elections. Saraki urged the federal legislators, who might have been short-changed in the congresses where governors seized the party structure, not to see the process of passing the...
2023: Throwing PDP presidential ticket open, recipe for disaster – George
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has picked holes in the zoning formula adopted by the opposition party ahead of the 2023 general election. The PDP chieftain, in a statement issued on Sunday and titled, “Zoning is about equity and fairness,” urged all stakeholders in the party to do the right thing for the...
Bauchi empowers 1,000 women, youths with N99m cash, items
One thousand women and youths have been empowered by the Bauchi State Government with various items including cash amounting to the sum of N99 million. The items included sawing and knitting machines, talia making materials, motorcycles, vehicles, jerry cans of groundnut oil and others given out on Sunday at Itas-Gadau and Jama'are LGAs of the state. Governor Bala Mohammed distributed the...
