Author: David Great

By Ibiyemi Ibiyo City People Magazine, a gossip rag known for yellow journalism went to town recently with a screaming headline in its latest edition, “Why the Yoruba Can’t Forgive VP Osinbajo in a Hurry”. The headline was laughable to say the least. As a rag that engages in sensationalized, over-hyped, exaggerated and grotesquely dramatized form of reporting playing up people’s emotions and when not doing that generally engaging in praise singing or ass kissing of anyone who will pay their bill one would not have bothered to respond to the story they posted on their cover. Also, although there…

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has released a report that shows that Nigeria and six other countries declined in oil production. The report also showed that six of its member countries increased their crude oil output. The OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) for May 2022 showed that crude oil output increased in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Angola, Algeria and Congo, while production in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq, Gabon, Venezuela, Iran and Equatorial Guinea declined. It showed that total OPEC-13 crude oil production averaged 28.47 million barrels per day (mb/d) in May 2022, lower by…

Nigeria’s inflation rate has reached 17.71 per cent, according to latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In a report released on Wednesday, the NBS revealed that the rate surged to 17.71 per cent in May 2022. According to the NBS report titled, “CPI and Inflation Report May 2022” the year-on-year comparison showed that Nigeria fared worse as at this time last year, with the May 2022 data showing a 0.22 per cent points lower than the rate recorded in May 2021, which was 17.93 per cent. “This means that the headline inflation rate slowed down in the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu will on Thursday announce his running mate as the deadline by the Independent National Electoral Commission draws close. According to sources, the ruling party and its candidate will settle for a Muslim/Muslim ticket despite public outcry. Those in contention to be Tinubu’s running mate include Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state; Governor Kabir Masari of Katsina state; a former Secretary of the Buhari Support Group (BSG) and ally of the President Muhammadu Buhari from the days of All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP) and Congress for Progressive Change ( CPC), Dr. Ibrahim…

Bashir Machina, Yobe North Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that he will not step down for Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the incumbent. Lawan gave up his opportunity to seek reelection as the senator representing Yobe North when he vied for the office of the president and lost. Insisting that he will not give up his slot, Machina said Lawan should not have contested the presidential primary if he had ambition of returning to the senate. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Machina said, “The pressure is more or less speculative. There wasn’t any clear-cut person…

Arsenal could yet sign Spain midfielder Marco Asensio, 26, this summer as a dispute over his wages at Real Madrid continues. (Mirror) Asensio, who has one year remaining on his contract, would like to stay at Real Madrid but believes he deserves a pay rise. (Marca) Leeds United and England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 26, has told the club he wants to leave this summer to join Manchester City. (Football Insider) City believe an offer of about £45m-50m would persuade Leeds to sell, and it is thought Phillips will push for a move once a bid is tabled. (Athletic – subscription…

Urges State Assemblies to domesticate Child Rights Act The Senate has directed the Federal Ministry of Justice to ensure the prosecution of any official of the Correctional Service found complicit in the unjustified incarceration of minors. It also directed its Senate Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters; and Interior to investigate the circumstances surrounding the admission of each inmate of the Borstal facilities and come up with appropriate recommendations to the Senate. The chamber, directed the relevant authorities to ensure the implementation of the Child Rights Act 2003; while urging State Assemblies across the country on its domestication.…

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South Senatorial District, has formally resigned his position as Minority Leader of the Senate. His resignation was conveyed in a letter dated 26th May, 2022. The letter was read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary, on Wednesday. Abaribe’s resignation as Minority Leader of the Senate, followed his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The letter titled: “Notification Of Resignation From Membership Of The Peoples Democratic Party In The Senate”, reads, “This is to notify you and my dear colleagues in the Senate that…

The first flight due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled minutes before take-off after legal rulings on Tuesday evening. Up to seven people had been expected to be removed to the east African country. But the flight was stopped after a late intervention from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) led to fresh challenges in the UK courts. Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was “disappointed” but added: “Preparation for the next flight begins now.” However, James Wilson from campaign group Detention Action said the rare intervention from the ECtHR “shows how potentially dangerous”…

The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Adekunle Abiodun Aderibigbe, who was on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Aderibigbe, a member of a syndicate operating in the United States, specialises in stealing of United States citizens’ data to obtain fraudulent tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service, IRS. The defendant, alongside other members of the syndicate, perpetrated the fraud through the help of one Curtis Betley serving a jail-term in…