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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has said that he was not desperate to be Nigeria’s President, but that he desired the country to work. Obi spoke while reacting to his award as the LEADERSHIP Politician of the Year 2023 at the annual LEADERSHIP Conference and Awards holding in Abuja, on Tuesday. According to the LP presidential candidate, it was a shame for Ukraine, a war-torn country, to donate grains to Nigeria when Niger State alone can feed the whole of Africa. “Let me thank the LEADERSHIP Newspaper for this…

The expelled Internal Auditor of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), the apex Youth body in Nigeria, Comrade Avwoke Clinton has tendered an unreserved apology to the President of the NYCN, Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, and pledged his unwavering loyalty to his leadership. This was contained in a letter e-signed by Comrade Avwoke Clinton, and five others; Comrades Smart Uwakwe, Agwuncha Izunna, Dangata Inuwa Ibrahim, Bashir Garba, and Aminu Ubale Funtua, which was made available to the media on Tuesday. It could be recalled that Comrade Avwoke Clinton, in collaboration with nine other ex-members of the National Executive Council…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, advised that Nigeria should approach the government of Zimbabwe for a solution to the current all-time high inflation in the country. He noted that since Zimbabwe was recently confronted with the same problem and came out of it, the southern African country would have useful advice for Nigeria. In its latest release, the National Bureau of Statistics put Nigeria’s inflation at 29.9 per-cent. The country is currently grappling with high cost of living, with pockets of protests breaking out across the country as Nigerians contend with increasing prices of foodstuffs. Obasanjo, speaking on Monday…

The Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) has advised its customers in Gombe State not to pay anyone to repair faulty electricity transformers in their communities. The Chief Security Officer, JED, Mr Musa Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Gombe that it was not the responsibility of customers to repair faulty transformers. Abdullahi said that residents were expected to report to the nearest JED office whenever a transformer was faulty and should not pay any of its officials to repair the transformer. He said that instances where some members of communities were asked to contribute money…

Amidst the food price hike and economic hardship besetting the nation, the government of Ukraine recently donated 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food assistance to 1.3 million vulnerable, crisis-affected people in Nigeria’s northeastern region, a development which Mr Peter Obi has now described as disheartening. The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the last election says it is while the gesture is laudable, it speaks volumes as to the failures of the nation to cater for its people. In a thread posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, Mr Obi asserted that this development underscores a national disgrace that “stems…

Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the wife of the late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has described her late husband’s niece, Funke Akeredolu Aruna, as shameless for supporting the current governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, ahead of the November governorship election in the state. Before Akeredolu’s death, internal wrangling had severed his relationship with Aiyedatiwa, bordering on alleged disloyalty of the then deputy governor, which led to the disbandment of his aides. The State Assembly, through the backing of the governor, also attempted to impeach Aiyedatiwa, even though the details of the duo’s quarrel remained sketchy till Akeredolu’s death. Taking to her Instagram page on…

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed grave concern over the planned relocation of critical firefighting simulation equipment from the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna State. In a statement by the director of publicity and advocacy/spokesperson, NEF, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, a copy of which was made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, the Northern elders also commended the House of Representatives for taking a bold stance against the unacceptable relocation plot, especially in light of the suspicious transfer of key departments from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)…

Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have reportedly looted a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The PUNCH reported that the warehouse, which is located in the Karimo area of the FCT, was looted on Sunday. Josephine Adeh, the FCT police spokesperson, confirmed the incident and assured that it was under control. “The situation is now under control,” she said.

ABOUT a week ago, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, caused his media office to issue a statement indicating his apologies to the 36 state governors, whom he had earlier accused of collecting N30 billion from the Federal Government to end the food crisis in the country. Akpabio, during plenary on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, spoke regarding “an unverified cumulative sum of about N30bn to the sub-national governments by the Federal Government for various interventions to ameliorate the food situation of our citizens at the sub-national governments.” But a statement by Akpabio’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme…

Veteran Nollywood actor, John Okafor, better known as Mr Ibu, is dead, The Whisperer has learnt. Emeka Rollas, the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), broke the news in an Instagram post on Saturday evening. Rollas quoted Don Nwuzor, the actor’s longtime manager, as confirming that he died of cardiac arrest. “Mr Ibu suffered cardiac arrest according to his manager for 24 years Mr Don Single Nwuzor,” the post reads in part. “I announce with deep sense of grief that Mr Ibu didnt make it. May his soul rest in peace.” Mr Ibu’s condition was said to have…