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N5bn contract will create market for rice, says LCFE

With the introduction of the N5 billion Series 1 of N30 billion Eko Rice Contract by the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange has taken action to support the expansion of agricultural assets in Nigeria. The first forward contract to be introduced into the commodities market, according to a statement, will be listed on the floor of LCFE at a later time. According to the statement, the contract would...

NDLEA pabs 1,021 suspects, convicts 117 in Delta, Edo

On Monday, the Delta and Edo states’ National Drug Law Enforcement Agency confirmed that in the previous year, 1,021 suspects had been arrested for drug-related offences. In a speech at the command centre in Ogwashi Uku, in the state’s Aniocha South Local Government Area, the agency’s commander in Delta State, Tunde John, said 75 of the 558 suspects who had been arrested for drug-related offences had been found guilty. He declared, “The agency’s efforts to...

NSCDC will enforce Tinubu’s mandate against oil thieves – GC

Ahmed Audi, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, claims that his organisation has adopted President Bola Tinubu’s policy of “zero tolerance” for oil theft and has advised oil thieves to leave the nation or face retaliation. He emphasised that oil thieves would not have it easy with his men and claimed that President Bola Tinubu takes a tough stance against oil theft. On Monday in Abuja, Audi spoke at the...

Aboru Aboye: Tope Alabi declines comment on viral video

Tope Alabi, a well-known gospel performer in Nigeria, has declared that she won’t comment on the controversy surrounding her trending video, which has been making rounds on social media. The singer could be heard singing in Yoruba in the viral video. The Grammy-winning singer was singing in the Ifa worshippers’ language of greeting, “Aboru boye.” The lyrics “abiye ni mi, Oruko mi ni yen” were sung by the singer. I am a sacrifice; my name...

New Air Chief reassigns 98 senior officers

The redeployment of 98 senior officers in the service has been approved by the recently appointed Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar. Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, Commandants of Tri-Service Establishments, and NAF institutions are prominent among the new appointees. On Monday, July 3, 2023, the newly appointed senior officers are anticipated to start working. 52 AVMs and 46 Air Commodores make up the newly reappointed senior officers, according to a statement...

If Buhari had scrapped fuel subsidy, Tinubu wouldn’t be president – Garba Shehu

  On Monday, Garba Shehu, a senior special assistant to Muhammadu Buhari, the immediately preceding president, claimed that if Buhari had eliminated the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, Bola Tinubu would not currently be the president. Shehu noted that tensions were high and Buhari did not want to “add fuel to the fire” in a statement titled “Why did it take the new Tinubu/Shettima presidency weeks to remove the petrol subsidy when Buhari didn’t do...

FULL LIST: Tinubu renames airports after Awolowo, Buhari, 13 others

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria to rename some federal airports after some notable Nigerians. This was contained in a memo directed to all Head of Operations of FAAN and titled, “Naming of Federal Airports in favour of some prominent Nigerians,” by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023. The memo signed by the Director of Airport Operations, Mrs Joke Olatunji, was made available to The PUNCH on...

Adegoke’s murder: Adeleke denies alleged plans to pardon Adedoyin

Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, has denied social media rumours that he is attempting to overturn Dr. Rahmon Adedoyin’s death sentence for the murder of master’s student Timothy Adegoke at Obafemi Awolowo University. Adegoke, who had stayed at Adedoyin’s Hilton Honours Hotel in Ile-Ife, was discovered dead there in November 2021. Adedoyin and two hotel employees were found guilty of murder in a decision made on May 31 by Justice Adepele Ojo, the...

Cabinet: Cleric urges Tinubu to consider capacity to deliver in appointments

Prophet Hezekiah Oladeji, the General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, exhorted President Bola Tinubu on Saturday to govern Nigeria with the fear of God and to avoid the temptation of sentimentality in the selection of candidates for his cabinet and other important positions. Oladeji asked the president to follow God’s guidance to ensure the selection of the appropriate individuals in the process, noting that doing so was essential to the growth of the...

Putin vows to defeat Wagner as rebels advance on Moscow

After taking a crucial military post on Saturday, rebel mercenaries moved northward towards Moscow, just as Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin vowed to put an end to the uprising and prevent the outbreak of civil war. The quickly developing events represent both Russia’s most significant security crisis since the strongman took office in late 1999 and the most serious challenge to the Russian president’s reign to date. As regular forces started a “counter-terrorist operation” to prevent...