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The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has pledged to raise Nigeria’s power supply to 10,000MW in four years. Obi made the promise on Saturday shortly after his declaration as presidential candidate of the party ahead of the next year’s general elections. He said he would not come into government and start making excuses about why certain things cannot be done. “This is something we have carefully studied. Give us four years and we will fix Nigeria’s electricity issue. We’ll raise Nigeria’s power supply to 10,000MW. “It is completely unacceptable that a country of over 200 million people…
African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday visited one of his rivals for the party’s ticket, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, at his residence in Lagos. The meeting is said to be part of ongoing efforts to reconcile aggrieved members following the party’s presidential primary. This is coming days after the ADC presidential primary, in which Atiku emerged as the party’s flag bearer for the 2027 general election. Hayatu-Deen had contested the primary alongside Atiku and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. However, before the official announcement of the results, he announced his withdrawal from the process, citing allegations of widespread vote…
Enyimba captain, Chinedu Ufere, has expressed the team’s determination to win the 2026 President Federation Cup. The People’s Elephant will take on Gombe United in a Round of 32 fixture on Monday. Ufere urged his teammates to fight for the title. The winner of the competition will represent Nigeria in the CAF Confederation Cup next season. “In the Federation Cup, we are playing Gombe United in the next round, and we are going to give everything because we want to take the team back to where it belongs — on the continent,” Ufere told Enyimba Media. “The Federation Cup is our…
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 9, AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu, is dead. Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, announced this after the Labour Party primaries on Saturday. Otti revealed that Uzuegbu died of cancer-related complications, stating, “We struggled to save his life, and we sent him to Enugu for treatment. I was just informed that he should be transferred back to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.” He said the Commissioner of Police in Abia State, Danladi Isa, later confirmed the death after efforts by the state to save his life. The governor, who described the late AIG as…
The Zamfara State Police Command has neutralised one suspected armed gang member and arrested three others during a coordinated crackdown on banditry in Kasuwan Daji, Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, recovering a cache of firearms and other dangerous weapons. A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Yazid Abubakar, disclosed on Sunday that the breakthrough was part of the command’s ongoing fight against criminality across the state. The command disclosed that police operatives arrested Ali Bahago, Hassan Dan Kure of Kasuwan Daji, and Dahiru Lawali during the operation. The statement read, “On 29th May 2026, operatives of the command’s…
In the build-up to the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, I decided to create time for shopping, both at retail stores and in the open market. I decided after many years of relying strictly on others to take care of my annual Eid needs because I suddenly began to feel that my long-time support structure had begun to fleece me by inflating the prices of food items, including rams. I started doubting every spending breakdown, even when there were receipts to back the claims, when the prices of individual items on the list became too unreasonable to believe, considering past budgets. The first…
The Accord has affirmed businessman and politician, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, following the successful conduct of the party’s affirmation primaries across several states of the federation. According to results released on Sunday, Olawepo-Hashim secured 423,902 affirmative votes in the exercise, which party officials described as peaceful, transparent, and a reflection of the confidence members have in his leadership and vision for Nigeria. A statement issued by his media office and made available to The PUNCH said the affirmation primaries witnessed a massive turnout of party members and supporters across participating states. Although he…
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has said the first three years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration were largely focused on restoring macroeconomic stability after inheriting significant fiscal, monetary, and foreign exchange challenges, but noted that the benefits of the reforms have yet to translate into broad-based welfare gains. In an assessment of the administration’s economic performance, the Chief Executive Officer of the CPPE, Dr Muda Yusuf, said the government assumed office amid acute foreign exchange illiquidity, multiple exchange rates, declining investor confidence, and weakened external reserves. According to him, fiscal conditions were also strained by entrenched Ways…
Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie endured disappointment at Wembley as Brighton & Hove Albion Women fell 4-0 to Manchester City in the Women’s FA Cup final on Sunday. Nnadozie was one of Brighton’s standout performers despite the heavy defeat, making six saves from the 10 shots she faced as Manchester City completed a historic domestic double in front of 43,917 spectators. The Nigerian international was called into action several times during a lively opening half as Brighton threatened through Fran Kirby, Kiko Seike and Maisie Symonds but failed to convert their chances. City eventually broke the deadlock in the 38th…
But for desktop PC gamers, AMD has a different pitch. It’s relaunching three old components alongside a big new promise: you won’t need to buy a new motherboard until 2030.Today, AMD is promising it will keep supporting its AM5 desktop motherboard socket with new Ryzen processors through 2029, which likely means you can keep upgrading to newer CPUs till the end of the decade without changing your board.Even if you’re still on the older AM4 socket, you may have one last upgrade left: it’s relaunching a “10th Anniversary” edition of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D to celebrate the 10th anniversary of…
