Long fuel queues have resurfaced in Ibadan, as residents engaged in panic buying of the commodity. This comes as an after-effect of the removal of subsidy announced by President Bola Tinubu during his inauguration on Monday. Some of the residents, on Tuesday, said they wanted to stock up before the official implementation of the subsidy […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress has tasked President Bola Tinubu to ensure the speedy execution of all his policies for the betterment of the country. The Ondo State Chairman of NLC, Mr Oladele Amoko, gave the charge in an interview on Tuesday in Akure. Amoko, who congratulated Tinubu, the 16th president of Nigeria, also advised him […]

With the death of the founder of DAAR Communications, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Nigeria “has lost a true patriot and fair-minded nation builder”, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said on Tuesday. Jonathan, in a condolence message to the Dokpesi family and DAAR Communications, described the patriarch as “a successful entrepreneur, media mogul and philanthropist who […]

Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on President Bola Tinubu to scrap the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs because it is a duplication of the Niger Delta Development Commission. Kalu said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. He congratulated Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima on their successful assumption of […]

The House of Representatives has commended President Bola Tinubu for his decision to remove subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol. The commendation was a sequel to the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by a member of the House, Jimoh Olajide (APC/Lagos), at the plenary on Tuesday. Tinubu […]

Mixed reactions have trailed the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu by members of the All Progressives Congress and other critical stakeholders as well as residents of Anambra State. Our correspondent, on Tuesday, spoke with some residents and stakeholders in Awka, the Anambra State capital. The Anambra State chairman of APC, Mr Basil Ejidike, described Tinubu’s […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has expressed shock at the manner in which operatives of its sister agency, the Department of State Services denied its operatives entry into its Lagos office earlier today, May 30, 2023.  This is coming even after the DSS has denied the claim, describing it as “not true.” PUNCH reported […]

Ukraine has denied involvement in the drone attack on Russia’s capital Moscow and responded with derision. An adviser to the presidential office in Kyiv, Mykhailo Podolyak, said, “Of course, we are not directly involved.” Podolyak spoke on the breakfast radio show of Russian journalist, Aleksandr Plyushchev, on Tuesday, He scoffed that Russian drones may have […]

A chieftain of the Young Progressives Party, Buraimoh Peter on Tuesday advised the new president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu to collaborate with aggrieved political parties and groups in other to tackle the problems bedeviling Nigeria. Buraimoh in a press statement obtained by our correspondent in Abuja also called on Nigerians to collaborate with Tinubu. The […]

Twenty-four hours after President Bola Tinubu declared the removal of fuel subsidy, fuel scarcity has returned in Cross River State. Recall, Tinubu, in his inaugural speech, had declared that fuel subsidy which had been a lingering issue in the nation, especially between Organised Labour and the Federal Government, was gone. On Tuesday morning, in many […]