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INEC warns against vote buying, clears 2,242 observers, 340 journalists for FCT poll

February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basil Idegwu (left); Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Musa Bello; Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu and FCT Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Yahaya Bello, at the stakeholders’ forum for the February 12 council election in Abuja…yesterday. Credit: Lucu Ladidi Ateko Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has […]

Insurance industry pays over N11bn claims on #Endsars protests; could rise to N20bn

February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The insurance industry has paid over N11 billion claims to insured individuals and organisations that suffered losses from the #EndSARS civil unrest in 2020. Disclosing this yesterday at a media briefing in Lagos, Chairman of Nigerian Insurers Association, NIA, Mr. Ganiyu Musa, noted that the industry claims payment on #EndSARS might get up to N20 […]

Bill to raise minimum qualification for president passes second reading

February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

• Lawan, agencies meet over alleged school fees increase • Lau replaces Bwacha as senate minority leader A bill seeking to increase the minimum education qualification for Nigeria’s President and other elective offices has passed second reading at the House of Representatives. Representative Adewunmi Onanuga (APC, Ogun) had sponsored the bill, which hopes to amend […]

Wike urged to join presidential race

February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

People following Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on his Facebook page have urged him to join the 2023 presidential race. The over one million commentators appreciated the progress of work at the site of the Nabo Graham-Douglas campus of the Nigerian Law School. They said the governor had lived up to his nickname as Mr. […]

NNPC subsidiary links scarcity to withdrawal of toxic petrol

February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

A subsidiary of Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has attributed the scarcity of petrol in parts of the country to the discovery of contaminated product. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) in a statement, said methanol above Nigeria’s specification was discovered in a limited quantity of petrol in the supply chain. […]

Pressure on Buhari to reject reworked Electoral Bill

February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Eyebrow on provision that ministers should resign to contest for office INEC to get list of candidates Aug. 18 President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to reject the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022, it was learnt yesterday. Sources said those pushing against presidential assent to the bill anchor their argument on “certain anti-democratic and […]

Adulterated fuel: Litigations loom over damaged vehicles, scarcity to end weekend

February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Long queue at a filling station over fuel scarcity in Abuja…yesterday. Credit: Adeyemi Adekunle • NNPC asks trading firms for emergency petrol supplies as FG battles to restore order • Queues spread across Nigeria, black marketers sell at N250/litre in Abuja • NMDPRA, NNPC identify supplier of adulterated fuel, to sanction misdeed • IPMAN blames […]

Field northern presidential candidate, lose election – Akeredolu

February 9, 2022February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Tuesday warned that any party that fields a northern candidate in the 2023 Presidential election will lose. Akeredolu disclosed that Governors in the Southern part of the country under the auspices of the Southern Governors Forum are determined to ensure […]

Adulterated petrol: FG may return fuel to suppliers, 100 million litres affected, say marketers

February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The Federal Government through its Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority may return to the overseas supplier, the contaminated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, which was imported into the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Oil marketers estimated that about 100 million litres of contaminated petrol were imported into Nigeria and […]

Remi Aye ace photojournalist hospitalised, needs help

February 8, 2022February 9, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Remi Aye at the Trauma Centre, Ondo on Monday By Banji Ayoola Mr Remi Aye, the former Ondo State Government House Photographer for The Hope newspapers, is in a critical condition. His wife, Janet, and son, Ayo, spoke on telephone on Monday evening from the Trauma Centre, Ondo, where he is hospitalised. The wife said […]