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Osinbajo calls for focus on gas as transition fuel
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has restated the need to designate gas as a transition fuel in the global net-zero emissions target by 2060 even as he observes that Africa is now winning that argument. Prof Osinbajo spoke while receiving a delegation of Executive Directors of the African Development Bank, AfDB, led by the Dean of the Board, Mrs Mmakgoshi Lekhethe,…
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APC fixes new date for presidential primary election, others
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has picked a new date for its presidential primaries and all other primary elections. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Felix Morka. The new dates were approved by the party’s National Working Committee at its meeting on Wednesday. The presidential primaries initially scheduled for May 30…
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US Soccer agree equal pay for men’s, women’s teams
The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA) have agreed to a deal that achieves “equal pay and set the global standard moving forward in international soccer.” US Soccer, under the agreements, will become “the first Federation in the world to equalize FIFA…
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Soldiers dismantle barricades on Ife/Ilesha/Akure Expressway, threatens protesting OAU students
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo A convoy of soldiers on Wednesday ran into the barricades mounted by protesting students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, over the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students had mounted sbarricades close to Oduduwa University roundabout and also at the Moro end of Ife/Ilesha/Akure Expressway, thereby causing traffic…
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Hon Lasun and his warped knowledge of economy, By Ismail Omipidan
On Monday, May 16, my older brother and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yusuff was on Frank Talk, a popular Radio Current Affairs Programme, where he spoke about his ambition as the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the forthcoming July 16 contest in Osun. In his opening remarks, he tried to explain the…
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Supo Shonibare in police net for parading self as SDP chairman
Temitope Adedeji, Akure Prominent politician, Chief Supo Shonibare has been arrested and detained by the Police for parading himself as the chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He was arrested alongside Sir Patrick Anethua and detained at the FCT Police Command, Garki, Abuja around 11am on Wednesday. They were still being held down as at 4pm at the FCT…
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Like Sanwo-Olu, Ganduje fails to endorse Amaechi in Kano
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje failed to endorse Rotimi Amaechi when the former transportation minister visited the state in continuation of his consultation for his presidential bid. Amaechi was in Kano on Wednesday to meet with delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the party’s presidential primaries on May 30. Ganduje told the former Rivers State governor that…
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu imposes ‘total ban’ on okada in 6 LGAs in Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced a “total ban” on the operation of commercial motorcycles also known as Okada in six local governments in the state. The governor announced this while briefing the state’s security agents on Wednesday. The six LGAs where the total ban applies are Ikeja, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, Apapa, Surulere and Eti-Osa. According to the…
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We’ll monitor use of Facebook by IPOB to incite violence, says FG
The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government will start monitoring Facebook for the members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who use it to incite violence. Mohammed said this when he met with a team from Facebook on Tuesday. The information minister asked Facebook and other social media platforms to stop allowing the…
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Court rejects IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s bail plea
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has rejected the bail plea by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. At the resumed sitting on Wednesday, Justice Binta Nyako in her ruling dismissing the bail application, said the court must first determine the reason Kanu jumped bail in 2017 before he can apply for a…
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