Author: VOP Lagos

The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District and the Chairman of the Senate Aviation Committee, Senator Smart Adeyemi, has said that wealthy Nigerians stealing and exporting the Jet –A-1 are responsible for the scarcity of aviation fuel in the country. Adeyemi, who spoke to The PUNCH, said that this situation had added to the problem of lack of refineries that the country had been battling with. He further lamented that the situation had been worsened by the increase in the number of Nigerians who could no longer travel by road due to the insecurity issues. The senator added that there…

The Katsina State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to disqualify the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu. The state Chairman of the NNPP, Sani Litti, who made the call at a press conference in Katsina alleged that the two parties’ presidential primaries were marred by financial crimes. He also called for the arrest of Tinubu and Atiku by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Department of State Services. Litti alleged that no fewer than 50,000 Nigerians had lost…

Former Senator representing the Rivers South-East district in the National Assembly, Magnus Abe, has said the All Progressives Congress may have lost the needed steam to win any elections in 2023, following the recent gale of resignations from the party in the state. Abe said he dumped the main opposition party in the state because there was no future in the party. Abe in a statement issued by his spokesman, Parry Benson, said the future of Rivers State was more important to the people of the state than the pleasure of any individual. In his recent awareness campaign tagged project…

The Director General, Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, Prof. Babatunde Salako, said it had discovered a new malaria vector called Anopheles Stephens in northern Nigeria. Salako, who spoke with newsmen in Lagos during a birthday ceremony organized by his staff members, said it was the most recent research discovery. He said that it was a rugged vector, very difficult to eradicate, and had not been found anywhere near West Africa. The NIMR boss stated that this was a discovery by NIMR researchers and that had implications for malaria control in Nigeria. According to Salako, NIMR was currently looking at vaccines.

No fewer than 12 cattle rustlers with six minors have been paraded by the Gombe State Police Command about 483 cows, sheep, ram, donkeys, out of about 500 said to have been rustled from Plateau, Bauchi and Taraba states were with them. Parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police, Ishola Babaita, said the suspects were arrested in Billiri Local Government Area due to credible information from sources on recent activities of rustlers in neighboring states. Babaita revealed that it took the intervention of his men, vigilante members and hunters to arrest the alleged criminals, who were in transit to another…

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are protesting in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The protest which is currently holding is also an opportunity for the NLC to bring attention to other issues affecting the nation. The nationwide protest organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress is in solidarity with ASUU over the strike that clocked five months on July 14, 2022. The police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps have deployed personnel in critical infrastructure and facilities in response to the strike. The Nigeria Labour…

Governor Wike has announced a $20,000 cash reward and a Governor’s Medal Service Award for every team member of the Rivers United Football Club, Winners of the 2021/22 Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL ,as well as a two weeks trip to Madrid, Spain for the team as part preparation for the CAF Champions League. He assured the team that he will double the league victory’s cash reward for the Rivers United if the team scales through the knock out stages of the CAF Champions League.

Bakers under the aegis of the Premium Bread makers Association of Nigeria have announced plans to halt production of their products, effective Today According to a statement signed by the President of the association, Emmanuel Onuorah, operating a bakery in Nigeria has become almost impossible as the incessant increases in the prices of baking materials and diesel have affected the industry negatively. Onuorah said bakeries were running in losses and the situation was no longer sustainable. According to him, bread is a staple food and one of the cheapest ‘grab and go’ food that is available for both the poor…