November 12, 2021

Truck owners under the auspices of United Truckers Advocacy Team on Friday lamented the incessant extortion of owners and drivers by some security operatives along port access roads in Lagos.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that leader of the group and Chairman, Association of Maritime Truck Owners, Chief Remi Ogungbemi, decried the anomaly in a statement he issued on Friday in Lagos.

According to him, the group embarked on a peaceful campaign against extortion on Thursday with visits to checkpoints mounted by security agencies along port access roads within the Lagos ports corridor.

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Nasarawa State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the brutal killing of Vanguard Newspaper reporter, Tordue Salem.

Recall that Salem, the newspaper’s House of Representatives correspondent, who had been declared missing since Oct. 13, was found dead in Abuja on Thursday.

The police said a hit and run driver confessed to killing the deceased around the Mabushi area of Abuja.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba had while confirming the incident said Salem’s body was identified at a Wuse General Hospital morgue after forensic leads were recovered from his sim card found at the ‘Good …

President Muhammadu Buhari has been charged to ensure that the Imo State governorship election scenario that led to the emergence of Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC as Governor, does not play out in Anambra State.

Recall that on 14 January, 2020, the Supreme Court declared Uzodinma winner of the 2019 governorship poll in Imo State nullifying the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the shock of many Nigerians.

The governorship election came to an end in Anambra State on Tuesday with a supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government Area of …

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has assured Nigerians of the availability of petroleum products, allaying fears of possible scarcity in some parts of the country.

IPMAN’s President, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo, gave the assurance during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.

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Okoronkwo confirmed that the marketers have resolved the problem of non-payment for bridging by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).

‘We met with Mr Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer, NMDPRA and resolved the issue.’

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The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Thursday, said it doesn’t believe in secession and disintegration of Nigeria but demands true federalism to address the country’s challenges.

Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of the organization, stated this in Lagos while speaking to newsmen.

He said, ‘We are not anarchists; we’re not secessionists. We recognize that there’s a democratically-elected government.’

‘However, it’s the considered position of Afenifere that the president urgently constitutes a Government of National Unity solely to undertake the restructuring of Nigeria, in consultation with the Nigerian people.’

‘The issue of restructuring is about our freedom. We’re democrats. I don’t

West African country Mali has revealed that it plans to maintain strong ties with Russia stating that it remains key in helping her to tackle its numerous security challenges.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that during a trip to Moscow, the foreign minister, Abdoulaye Diop, said the very existence of the Malian state was under threat.

He added that with instability continuing, Russia was a trusted ally who could be relied upon.

‘Whenever Mali has been in difficult situations since our independence, Russia has always been with us. Today we are in a difficult situation and we are still …