BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu bans Okada in six local governments of Lagos State
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has banned the operations of commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada, in six Local Governments. The governor announced that the ban is “indefinite and total”. He gave the order on Wednesday while speaking with all Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders across the state at the Lagos House, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu asked the Lagos Police Command and other security agencies to enforce the ban. The six local governments listed by the governor are Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, and Apapa. Details later… Credit: PUNCH.
Please advise me, my fiancée confesses sleeping with her 3 adopted brothers – Man cries out
A man who wrote under the condition of anonymity has sought advice from Nigerians over his plan to get married to his fiancee who confessed to having had sex with her three adopted brothers. The 33 years old man said he is very much in love with her fiancee but claimed he is presently confused now after listening to her confession of sex escapade with her three adopted brothers. She wrote to seek help. Please read below: I need your help. I am a 33 years old young man. I would like to settle down and I have a very
‘How my wife caught me having sex romp with her Mother’ – man begs for forgiveness
A man who does not want to be named, has written to seek his wife forgiveness having been caught in a sex romp with his Mother Inlaw. The man who said he does not want to lose his family asked his wife to forgive him, saying it was her mother inlaw who lured him into sex having realised he was drunk on the faithful day the incident happened. In a letter which has gone viral on the Internet, the unidentified man said he regretted his action, begging his wife and family for a reunion. He wrote below. I might
2,340 APC delegates to elect presidential candidate, if…
Except President Muhammadu Buhari assents to the Electoral Act 2022 Amendment Bill before him, only 2,340 ad-hoc delegates will be participating at the forthcoming convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to elect the party’s presidential candidate for next year’s election. This is because the current Electoral Act 2022 (as amended) does not provide a role for statutory delegates during the convention. The ad-hoc delegates will be drawn three apiece from the nation’s 774 local government areas and six area councils of the nation’s capital, Abuja. APC’s presidential convention, a three-day event, has been fixed for May 30 to
FG fails to allocate over 1,300mw, blackout looms – Report
Over 1000megawatts of electricity are currently not allocated to power distribution companies (DisCos) despite low generation by Nigeria’s 23 power plants. Checks by The PUNCH on Monday revealed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria failed to allocate 1,357MW of electricity from a paltry 3, 871MW generated on Sunday. According to data collected from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator, an arm of TCN, nine DisCos out of 11 were on Sunday allocated a total of 2, 514MW, leaving 1,357 unallocated. A breakdown of the allocation for Sunday showed that Abuja DisCo received a total of 289.92MW; Benin DisCo, 226.89; Eko DisCo, 377.31MW; while
EFCC arrests ex-Speaker Etteh over N240m NDDC contract
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, over a shady contract worth N240m awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. Etteh, it was learnt, was at the Abuja office of the EFCC on Tuesday and had yet to be released as of 9pm. The former speaker was said to have received N130m through her personal account from Phil Jin Project Limited, a firm which was awarded a N240m contract by the NDDC in 2011. Officials of the EFCC told The PUNCH that Etteh had been unable to explain why the firm
I won’t retire until I become president – Tinubu
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday said though he is of age, he would not retire from politics until he becomes President of the country. Addressing delegates and party members in Makurdi, Benue State capital, Tinubu said, “We are of age; we can retire soon but I am not going to retire until I become President.” He said if given the mandate, he will turn around the fortune of the country where corruption will be tackled on all fronts and ensure peaceful coexistence of
JUST IN: Ex-Kano gov Ibrahim Shekarau quits APC, joins NNPP
A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress. Shekarau joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party, The PUNCH learnt. The former Director General of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Support Group AbdulMumin Jibrin, announced this on his Twitter handle. The tweet reads, “BREAKING- Sen Ibrahim Shekarau joins NNPP. Details later.” Later, the party tweeted photographs of the visit of NNPP leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to Shekarau’s home. “His Excellency Engr Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso paid a congratulatory visit today to former Gov (Sen) Ibrahim Shekarau after he decamped to NNPP,” the party posted. Shekarau represents Kano Central in
