Today's Headlines: I Never Granted Interview Saying I’ll Run In 2027 -Obi,Tinubu Backs Oba of Benin on Royal Museum, Promises Firm Protection for Returned Artefacts
I Never Granted Interview Saying I’ll Run In 2027, Says Peter Obi
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, says he did not grant a media interview suggesting that he will run for the office of the President in 2027.
In a Twitter post on Saturday, the former Anambra State governor lamented “an emerging pattern where fake media reorts”.
Obi said the supposed interview never took place.
“The other is about my reaction to prospective appointees into the Federal Government. Both reports are bogus,” he tweeted.
I have noticed with dismay, an emerging pattern where fake media reports and news items are predicated on interviews and press remarks I never granted. Two recent instances relate to my saying that I am looking forward to running for office in 2027
Obi said he would continue to speak on topical national issues through recognised news and media outfits.
“My focus and that of the Obidient Movement will not derail from the original mission of creating a new Nigeria which we believe is possible.
“Our emphasis has never been on political positions or personal aggrandizement, but on putting the nation on the right footing and deepening our democracy by helping to elevate and empower the downtrodden in our society,” the LP presidential candidate said.
Tinubu Backs Oba of Benin on Royal Museum, Promises Firm Protection for Returned Artefacts
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to firmly protect Benin artefacts returned to the country from different parts of the world as a way of archiving the history of the people in particular and Nigeria in general.
Speaking yesterday when he received the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, and other traditional leaders from Edo State at the State House, Abuja, the President also assured them that his administration would support the Benin Royal Council in its bid to establish a museum that will house the artefacts.
On the same day, Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, Oyo State, Oba Francis Olusola Alao was at the Villa on a courtesy call on the President. He appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the new government, assuring that the nation would prosper under the Tinubu-led administration.
The President congratulated the Benin monarch for the retrieval of the stolen Benin artefacts and commended his effort in ensuring that a befitting museum is built to archive the rich history and traditions of the Benin Kingdom.
Gas Explosion Razes Building In Lagos
Photo credit: Punch paper
A residential building was razed with properties destroyed in the early hours of Saturday on Cachol Street in the Ojo area of Lagos State.
The PUNCH gathered that the inferno started after a camp gas exploded in the eight-room bungalow.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Amodu Shakiri, confirmed the incident.
JUST IN: One dies as truck, car collide in Lagos
A body has been identified to be dead in an accident in Lagos on Saturday. The accident happened on Odo Iya Alaro before New Garage inward Ojota between a Ford jeep and a truck. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority disclosed this in a post posted on its official Twitter handle.
“An accident on Odo Iya Alaro before New Garage inward Ojota between a Ford jeep and a truck, a dead body is involved while Police Officers from Ogudu Police station are on the ground,” the agency tweeted.
While advising motorists to drive with caution on approach, it added that the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit has been contacted for the evacuation of the lifeless body.
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