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He speaks of his country and the welfare of it’s people with a passion reminiscent of the Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights movement in America in the 60s. King fought for the liberation of the blacks from the oppression of racism, segregation and inequality that was quite rampant in that era. He mobilised his fellow blacks and awakened in them a new consciousness of pride and self-discovery that ultimately gave impetus to the struggle for freedom from all forms of prejudices. Needless to say that he got the white supremacists of that generation to listen to what he had…

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg has risen to 15, the health minister said Sunday. “Yesterday (Saturday), the death toll was at 10 people and now we are sitting at 15 as of this morning,” Joe Phaahla told reporters at Tambo Memorial Hospital. The tanker, transporting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), was caught beneath a bridge close to the hospital and houses on Saturday morning in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. The minister said three hospital employees, two nurses and a driver, died later from severe burn injuries. Thirty-seven people were injured,…

simonkolawolelive! by simon kolawole When you are told there is a problem, what is your response? There is the “ntor” corner that will usually gloat: we told you so, we warned you, serves you right, etcetera. There is the corner that amplifies the problem with the help of innovative superlatives and unrivalled adjectives. In another corner, they are more interested in the statistics for data analysis. In yet another corner, they are asking: so, what next? What is the solution? What shall we do to be saved? Can we apply A, B, C and D to tackle this challenge? I…

*Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Kwankwaso Battle on for role of king and kingmakers *Critical North-west tightens Eight weeks to the February 25, 2023 presidential election, the candidates of the four major political parties have intensified efforts to outsmart each other in a presidential race that THISDAY Election Centre says is too close to call. As the presidential race tightens, the North-west zone has become the new battleground for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; that of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and their counterparts in the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples…

The suspended National Youth Leader of Labour Party, Anslem Eragbe, has demanded N10m refunds from the leadership of the party to enable him to offset some embarrassing online debts he incurred during their mobilisation campaign. Eragbe made the demand in a letter addressed to the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi; his running mate, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed; National Chairman, Julius Abure; the LP National Working Committee and members of the campaign council. This was even as the National Secretary of the party, Umar Farouk, denied the claim, saying nobody commissioned him to put up any website or spend his money…

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has said it will be difficult for an individual to impose a presidential candidate on the people of Rivers State. He said the people of the state had always voted for the PDP and they were too sophisticated to be coerced into voting for any unfamiliar political party in the forthcoming presidential election. Secondus was reacting to a statement by the state governor, Nyesom Wike, who said on Thursday that he would in January reveal his presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election. While campaigning for the…

Former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, shares with JUSTIN TYOPUUSU his prison experience and the 2023 elections, among other issues During a reception for you after your release from prison at the stadium, you told the people of Taraba State that you would like to play the role of a pathfinder. What do you really mean by this especially as the nation approaches the 2023 elections? What I mean is simple; a pathfinder is someone who shows people the way or who leads people to a right direction where there is a source of wealth, water and everything good. So, that is…

The Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria, Aisha Ahmad, has said the amount spent on maintaining the naira has increased by N10bn annually. Ahmad, who revealed this on Friday during her appearance before the House of Representatives to defend CBN’s new cash withdrawal limits policy, attributed over 90 per cent of currency management costs to banknote production. Findings by Sunday PUNCH indicate that the apex bank spends about N150bn on the management of the naira annually, which has now increased by N10bn, as declared by Ahmad in her presentation, obtained by one of our correspondents on Friday. A former…

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has described the sealing of the Atiku/Okowa campaign office in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government as a childish behaviour and abuse of power. Secondus said people in positions of authority must bear in mind that power is transient and that no matter how long, every individual would give account of their stewardship to God. The state governor, Nyesom Wike, has been at loggerheads with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, since the party’s presidential primary in May. All efforts to…

THE current hitch in the supply of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) across the country is scandalous. As Africa’s largest crude oil producer, many months of fuel scarcity, especially during the Christmas and New Year festivities, reflects the dysfunction in Nigeria’s public administration and the economy. But this is not new, as petrol shortages have been recurring for over three decades. Scarcity resurfaced about four months ago, and has defied all logic and solutions. The government and its agencies are clueless, making disconnected statements and uncoordinated moves. Laughably, the latest was the directive by the State Security Service to the Nigerian…