Author: Vincent Osuwo

Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has demolished shanties and other unlawful constructions used by street sellers and traffic vendors along the Lekki-Epe Expressway’s first and second toll gates. Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), LAWMA, stated in a statement that the destruction was carried out as part of a thorough enforcement effort that went on for several hours. Odumboni stated that the corridor had recently become known for persistent gridlock and other environmental inconveniences which he attributed largely to the illegal operations of those vendors. Ex-Indian lawmaker slain live on TV while in police custody He strongly…

Prof Sola Adeyeye, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, has praised the immediate past Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo for leaving office quietly, rather than with the pomp and circumstance that politicians in this part of the world are accustomed to. Speaking to The PUNCH in Abuja on Sunday, the former Chief Whip of the 7th Senate slammed the snide remarks that greeted a viral video of Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, arriving at the presidential wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos from Abuja, shortly after the May29 inauguration ceremony. On social media and…

Dr. Mike Okiro, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), has assured Nigerians that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will overcome banditry, abduction, and other security concerns bedevilling the country. The former police boss, while speaking with The Nation yesterday in Abuja, stated that if President Tinubu replicates what he did as governor of Lagos, Nigeria will be free of all sorts of insecurity within the next three years. He said, “People ask me if President Tinubu will be able to surmount the insecurity in the country. I am always emphatic with my response, which is yes. I shouted yes because,…

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to raise the country’s minimum salary in order to mitigate the effects of subsidy elimination. It stated that in order to implement the Petroleum Industry Act, the raise in minimum wage should be done by the end of June with the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) taken into consideration. In a statement jointly signed by its president, Festus Osifo, and its secretary-general, Nuhu Toro, The union said these were parts of their demands during the ongoing negotiations with the Federal Government. Fuel Subsidy: Court orders NLC, TUC to halt strike…

PDP stalwart and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is not too big to serve Nigeria if President Tinubu gives him a political appointment. Wike who noted that President Tinubu who is in the ruling All Progressives Congress had not informed him of any appointment, said he’ll have to consult with his wife and friends if President Tinubu gives him an appointment. Wike who stated this in an interview with BBC Pidgin, however, stated that he wishes to rest after serving as governor for eight years. Tinubu in closed door meeting with Wike, Ibori, Makinde…

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has condemned the opposition of the leader of a faction of pro-Biafra agitators, Simon Ekpa, to the Enugu State Government’s efforts to bring to an end the state’s routine Monday sit-at-home. MASSOB stated that the Enugu State government’s directive to offices, businesses, transportation companies, and schools, among others, to resume full activities on Mondays was appropriate. The organization stated that the compulsory sit-at-home implemented on every Monday, is detrimental to Ndigbo. Comrade Edeson Samuel, MASSOB’s National Director of Information, stated that true pro-Biafra agitators had long abandoned the…

In Afghanistan, two separate attacks at a primary school on Saturday and Sunday left 80 schoolgirls poisoned and hospitalized. Mohammad Rahmani, the chairman of the province education department, stated that the poisonings happened in the Sangcharak district of northern Afghanistan. Rahmani stated that the person behind the poisoning had a personal vendetta but he did not elaborate. Gunmen kill ex-Afghanistan lawmaker, Mursal Nabizada According to an Afghan education official, 60 children were poisoned at Naswan-e-Kabod Aab school while 17 others were poisoned at Naswan-e-Faizabad school. “Both primary schools are near to each other and were targeted one after the other,”…

Nigeria tops the ‘unemployment ranking’ published by World of Statistics on Twitter. According to the data of 48 countries collected, Nigeria is placed number one, having an unemployment rate as high as (33.3%). The data has South Africa in second place with (32.9%) unemployment rate, Spain with (13.26%) in third place, Greece (11.2%) and Colombia (10.7%) in fourth and fifth place respectively. Nigeria ranks 8th on ‘lose your virginity’ ranking Others are Turkey (10%), Iran (9.7%), Uruguay (8.8%), Chile (8.7%), Brazil (8.5%), Italy(7.8%), India (7.8%), Sweden (7.5%), Portugal(7.2%), Egypt (7.1%), France (7.1%), Euro area(6.5%), Pakistan (6.5%), Paraguay(6.5%), Venezuela (6.4%). Argentina…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the country’s health sector as soon as possible. In a communiqué issued on Sunday following its ordinary general meeting held on May 28 and June 3 in Lagos, the association of doctors stated that the age of paying lip service to brain drain in the sector should be over. The association in the communique jointly signed by the president of the association, Dr Orji Emeka Innocent; secretary general, Dr Chikezie Kelechi; and publicity and social secretary, Dr Umar Musa, urged the…

Men of the Delta State Police Command have apprehended six suspects for kidnapping and armed robbery, as well as retrieved four motorcycles and a locally constructed single barrel gun from multiple raids. DSP Bright Edafe, Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, verified this in a statement made on Sunday. According to him, “The Command has recorded another breakthrough in the fight against crime and criminality, and they are highlighted below. “On 15/5/2023, a victim (name withheld) of kidnapping/armed robbery reported at Ovwian Aladja Police station that he was intercepted by some suspected kidnappers who abducted him and his wife and…