BY GODWIN OBI, MARTINS DURU AND JAMES AKINOLA The ruling All Progressives Congress has warned that no alliance of the opposition leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra Governor Peter Obi, will be potent enough to stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The warning was givenContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, EFE MODESTUS, JAMES AKINOLA Crude oil refiners and other players in the downstream sector have stated that the dollar charges on locally refined Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, coupled with the cost of importing crude are major reasons for the high cost of the product whenContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria’s imports from Malta reached a record high of N766.81bn in the third quarter of 2024, according to the latest foreign trade statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics. The figure marked a sharp rise, placing Malta as Nigeria’s fifth-largest import partner for the period, accounting forContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Ogun 1 Customs Command of Nigeria Customs Service, Idiroko had a leadership change on Tuesday as the erstwhile Area Controller of the command, Comptroller JF Ojo retired and handed over the command’s leadership to Acting Comptroller M. Salisu Shuaibu.In his speech at the handing over/taking overContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA, EFE MODESTUS, CHIGOZIE EZEH, MARTINS DURU The Arewa Consultative Forum, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and other stakeholders attacked the Presidency for stating that President Bola Tinubu would stay in power till 2031. Instead of obsessing over the 2027 election, theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Abia State Government has commenced community engagements to communicate the government’s intentions to the people of the Nsulu clan in the Isialangwa North Local Government Area on the proposed citing of Abia airport in their community. The Chief of Staff to Governor Alex Otti, Calab Ajagba, announcedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The airline’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. Olajide said that N7 million is required to purchase 4,000 litres of jet A1 (aviation fuel), which is currently sold for N1,400 per litre. She added that forContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier is set to arrive in Nigeria today, December 10, 2024 and stay until December 12, 2024, the German Embassy said in a statement on Monday “While in Abuja, President Steinmeier will meet with the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Bola AhmedContinue Reading
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has stepped into the spotlight with a powerful commitment to transforming the lives of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ketare District, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. During a visit that carried both urgency and hope, the UNDP team, led by its AbujaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Three Nigerians have been arrested in Delhi and face a minimum of three years imprisonment for allegedly defrauding an Indian woman of over Rs 2.62 lakh. A report by The Times of India this weekend stated that the cybercrime police apprehended Lezhu John, Gibril Mohammed, and EgboolaContinue Reading