The ongoing scarcity and high cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, show no signs of improvement as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has indicated that its ability to maintain fuel supply is in jeopardy.Olufemi Soneye, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the NNPCL, made this statement in response to…
On Sunday, September 1, Donald Trump, The United States, US, Republic presidential candidate, warned Americans against his counterpart from the Democrat, Kamala Harris. Trump warned that Harris would bring about poverty and chaos to Americans if voted president. The former US president described Harris as a threat to America’s democracy. Posting on X, Trump said…
Nigerians have taken to microblogging platform, X (formerly known as Twitter) to challenge a former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, for mocking the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his wife, Betsy over their childlessness. It was earlier reported that Oshiomhole in a press interview with some selected journalists had said Governor Obaseki and his…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has kept mum two days after a report emerged that its Governor, Olayemi Cardoso and four deputy Governors acquired six ultra-modern armored vehicles worth N10 billion despite the hardship Nigerians are facing. Recall that a newspaper report, (not Ekwe Anaedo) on August 30, 2024, reported that Cardoso and deputy governors,…
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, has lamented the conditions of public sector retirees, saying some of them still receive N500 as a monthly pension in the country. The Secretary of the union in Kaduna State, Alhassan Musa, described the condition of the retirees as “pathetic”, saying that most of the affected retirees were in…
Manchester City’s manager Pep Guardiola says Phil Foden is unlikely to join up with the England squad for their upcoming Nations League games because of illness. The 24-year-old has only played 45 minutes this season, as a substitute for City against Chelsea two weeks ago. He was named in England interim boss Lee Carsley’s squad…
Youths in Ayetoro, a coastal community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, are urgently calling on Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to declare a state of emergency in the area due to the unrelenting sea incursions that have ravaged their homes and livelihoods. The community has been grappling with the devastating effects of ocean surges,…
The Ekiti State governor, Abiodun Oyebanji, has raised a 13-member negotiation committee as the state government kickstarts meetings with organised labour preparatory to the implementation of the minimum wage payment in the state. A statement in Ado Ekiti by the Special Adviser, Media, to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, said the decision to set up the…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has refuted claims that it denied registration to Science and Laboratory Technology (SLT) graduates at its Gombe State orientation camp. The reports alleged that polytechnic graduates who studied SLT were turned away due to lacking professional certificates from the National Institute for Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT). However, the Gombe…
Some prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party have challenged the former Governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, asserting that he cannot dismantle the party. Wike, while speaking at the PDP secretariat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday during the party’s state congress, warned…
