Call your supporters to order, Sam Omatseye tells Obi after backlash over ‘Obi-tuary’ article
Sam Omatseye, chairman of The Nation newspaper editorial board, has asked Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), to call his supporters to order. In a tweet on Tuesday, Omatseye, also a columnist with the newspaper, alleged that Obi’s supporters are threatening his life. He said if anything happens to […]
REVEALED: Three-month-old baby was living in Lagos property used as meth laboratory
Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has revealed details about the discovery of a laboratory used for the production of methamphetamine in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lagos. TheCable had reported that a leaked memo revealed that the NDLEA discovered a meth laboratory domiciled in an apartment at K-5A/2, […]
INEC: Over 7m online voter applicants failed to complete process at physical centres
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over seven million Nigerians who carried out their voter pre-registration online did not complete the process at physical centres. This is as the continuous voter registration exercise (CVR) came to an end on Sunday. In June 2021, the commission began the CVR exercise and launched a […]
FG: Petrol subsidy still in place… price increase from marketers
The federal government says it has not raised the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also called petrol, above the regulated price. Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, said this at the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) stakeholders’ consultation forum on regulations, held on Monday in Abuja. […]
MATTERS ARISING: Monguno, Magashi, Masari say Nigerians are tired of insecurity, but is self-defence the way out?
During the 2015 electioneering, one key area of focus of the All Progressives Congress (APC), then the opposition party, was security. APC’s promise to tackle insecurity was premised on the fact that Muhammadu Buhari, its candidate, was an infantry military officer who rose through the ranks, commanded a couple of units and later became […]
Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel ahead of OPEC+ meeting
Oil prices fell on Tuesday ahead of the meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+. At 9.00 GMT+1, Brent crude plunged 0.37 percent to $99.66 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 0.01 percent to $93.88 a barrel. The OPEC+ meeting, scheduled […]
Newspaper Headlines: North-west, south-west lead in voter registration
The extension of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for another one month dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
‘My heart is aching’ — wife of Nigerian beaten to death in Italy demands justice
Charity, wife of Alika Ogorchukwu, a Nigerian beaten to death in Italy, has called on the Italian authorities to ensure that her husband gets justice. Alika, identified as a 39-year-old physically-challenged vendor, was attacked at his stall on July 29. According to a video recording of the incident which has now gone […]
Impeachment threat: Majority of senators supported move against Buhari, says APC lawmaker
Adamu Bulkachuwa, senator representing Bauchi north, says many of his colleagues supported the motion to serve a notice of impeachment to President Muhammadu Buhari. On July 27, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators staged a walkout after Senate President Ahmad Lawan prevented Philip Aduda, senator representing federal capital territory (FCT), from discussing the rising […]
INEC records 12m new registrants in 13 months as deadline for voter registration elapses
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 12 million new applicants have completed their voter registration. This is as the continuous voter registration exercise (CVR) came to an end on Sunday. In June 2021, the commission launched a portal where Nigerians can register or request to update their voter information before they complete […]