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Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, and leaders of the party, yesterday said that LP Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi; and his New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP counterpart, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are still in talks to field a joint ticket for the 2023 presidential poll. In separate chats with Vanguard, LP National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure; Spokesman, …

Following the rift between the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad, and 14 Supreme Court Justices over welfare and administrative issues, the Body of Benchers has set up a seven-man committee to look into the matter. The Chairman, Body of Benchers, Wole Olaonipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the committee is headed by a …

Nigerian adventurer and London-to-Lagos biker, Kunle Adeyanju has said that his next adventure will be to ride from Lagos to Israel, and from Israel to Tibet. The biker said he wished to accomplish the adventure latest by 2024, as he also disclosed that his destination is Mt Everest. Adeyanju revealed this in an exclusive interview with Arise TV last week …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed seven new ministers. They are Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Umana – Akwa Ibom State, Ekuma Joseph – Ebonyi State and Goodluck Obia – Imo State. Others are Umar Yakub – Kano state, Ademola Adegorioye – Ondo State and Odo Udi – Rivers State. The president wrote to the Senate seeking confirmation of the …

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) yesterday faulted the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) for the recent scarcity of premium motor spirit (PMS) in the country. The Chairman, IPMAN, Lagos Satellite Depot, Mr. Akin Akinrinade, at a media briefing in Lagos, stated that since December 2021, not a litre of PMS had been lifted at the Nigerian …

Edo State Government is working towards making the State the economic and cultural capital of Africa, ensuring the right environment for the influx of investors into the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said. Obaseki made this known at the weekend while receiving a trade delegation from Miami Dade County, Florida, the United States who are in the state to explore …

Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, the Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says the 2023 presidential election will be won by the vision of a candidate for Nigeria and not money. The ADC presidential candidate said this in an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kachikwu, founder of Roots Television …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from terminating voter registration by this month-end. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of Court 10, yesterday, granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion ex parte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The group had, early this month, filed the lawsuit against …

• Fuel scarcity gets messier as depots run out of stock• Independent marketers push for hike, sell at N180-N200/litre• Northern youths lament scarcity, demand sack of Sylva, Kyari• NLC: Nigerians paying heavily for darkness with failed privatisation Barely one week after President Muhammadu Buhari approved an additional N10 for transporters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across the country, petroleum marketers have …

Former Independent National Electoral Commission directors and Senior Advocates of Nigeria have warned that political parties may face crises over their nomination of placeholders as running mates to their respective candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The ex-officials of the electoral umpire, who spoke to The PUNCH in different interviews on Monday, cautioned that parties and their candidates might lose their …