The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it will continue to bear the cost of subsidy on petrol. It, however, said it could not tell when the corporation would stop fuel subsidy. The NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, recently stated that the price of petrol in most West African countries was higher than N300…
Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Senate has said that some of his colleagues were already lamenting their poor pay contrary to their expectations before they were elected. Kalu, who addressed journalists in Abuja on Saturday, also promised to unveil details of all what a senator earns very soon. He said, “Let me address…
Fresh facts emerged on Saturday that herdsmen have converted the Ondo Government reserve located in the Odigbo Local Government Area into a militia camp. This indication buttressed the widespread claim that killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, 58-year-old daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, were herdsmen who sneaked out of…
Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial district of Ondo State, sympathized with Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the loss of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, to suspected herdsmen who attacked her vehicle and other travellers on Lagos -Ore express way. Tofowomo described the loss as an irreparable loss, he urged the police to…
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Saturday, said that Yoruba were not bereft of ideas of how to stop herdsmen attacks in the South West. He sais this while reacting to the death of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, who was killed on Friday…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the present administration has invested N900 billion in the power sector since its assumption of office in 2015. Osinbajo stated this when he paid a courtesy visit on the Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Chike Edozien on Friday in Asaba. ”Since assumption of office, we have invested so far in terms…
Yinka Odumakin, spokesperson for Afenifere says the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin is a declaration of war on Yoruba people. Odumakin said herdsmen attacked and killed Mrs Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere on the Benin-Ore road. Odumakin said: “When they started with the kidnapping process, they started…
A Non-govermental Organization, Safe Future foundation is set to kick off annual grassroot education outreach in Ikoya, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Executive Director of the non-governmental organization, Mr. Arogbo Sunday Ola gave the hint while interacting with press men shortly after a capacity building programme in Lagos. According to him, he…
Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has vowed that there would be no going back on the crusade against godfathers in the state. The governor noted that fight against godfathers in the state was the path that his predecessor and current National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, taught him and…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has struck out a suit seeking to nullify the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari on academic grounds. The court in a judgement on Friday said the application was brought outside the specified time for pre-election matters. A three-member panel of the court let by Justice Atinuke Akomolafe-Wilson had…