By Priscilla Osaje

A cross section of FCT residents on Friday expressed divergent views on why they patronised roadside food vendors popularly known as mama put.

The residents in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said they patronised mama put food outlets because they were affordable and had unique tastes.

Mr Amos Ebube, a mechanic, said the reason why he patronised roadside food vendors most time was because of the varieties and the unique tastes of the food.

According to him, variety is the spice of life and the best place for me to get my food is at mama put with quality food.

With the recent hardship in the country, it is much cheaper to buy food from mama put, with little money, you will get satisfied in a day.

Mrs Chioma Jude, a nurse, who described herself as a regular customer at the one of the outlets said, there is a lot of difference between mama put and some food outlets in terms of purchasing power.

It is much cheaper and more delicious compared to restaurant.

Jude added that mama put food tasted so delicious due the method and technique some of them applied in preparing the meal, coupled with the ingredients they used as well.

Some Nigerians cannot afford going to restaurants because the meals there are expensive, in some restaurants.

Food in some fast food joints costs much while in mama put, you can still get a plate of food for between N300 to N400, she said.

Mr Vincent Onyibe, a businessman, said food vendors were a source of help to bachelors, especially the ones that cant cook.

According to him, why stress yourself to cook when mama put is at your beck and call?

Most men prefer to patronise mama put rather than pass through the stress of cooking.

One good thing about mama put is that they never fail to deliver by giving you what you asked for and what you dont ask for.

Mama put also rescue most men that cannot eat the food their wives cook at home.

Mama puts are playing vital role in rescuing the stomach from hunger and providing income for many, he said.

Meanwhile, some food vendors that spoke with NAN decried the hike in the prices of food stuffs, adding that the development was seriously affecting patronage.

Mrs Bosede Oluwafemi, a food vendor, told NAN that mama put business used to be lucrative years back, compared to the recent times due to high cost of food items.

Oluwafemi said high cost of cooking ingredients in the market was becoming worrisome, because it had taken a negative toll on the business of mama.

What I spend in buying food items has doubled and as a result my consumers are no longer enjoying the quantity of food I used to dish for them.

In this our axis, previously, a plate of rice with meat was N300 but now it is N400 , while a plate of rice with fish was N400, but now it is N500.

The quantity expected by customers is not encouraging and had really affected patronage.

Another food vendor, Mrs Agnes Oni, popularly called mama Araha said that many customers understood the plight of the food vendors and the situation of things in the country, as regard to high cost of food items.

The truth is that things are very expensive, food vendors are not enjoying the increase in the prices of goods, not even our customers.

They called me Mama Araha because of the way I used to dish food for my customer when food stuffs were much affordable.

But now the name mama Araha is not working because of high cost of food items.

A lot of Nigerians are finding it difficult to buy things or eat to their satisfaction, unlike some years back.

In this area, it is a bit cheaper when it comes to the prices of food but not the same in other places, she noted.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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By Ibironke Ariyo
Abuja, Sept.8, 2022(NAN) The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says its personnel will enforce strict parking of articulated vehicles during the ember months and beyond.

The Acting Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, said this on Thursday in Abuja while inspecting the Rest Area provided by the University of Abuja to park Heavy duty and other articulated Vehicles.

According to the strict enforcement is to avert or reduce road traffic crashes across the country during the ember months.

He disclosed that in view of this, the corps would deploy Special Patrol Team to ensure proper parking of heavy duty trucks, and other articulated vehicles.

He added that the team would work with articulated transport union officials to enforce strict parking of vehicles at the designated areas.

He stressed that this would aid in effective traffic management along Giri Gwagwalada Kwali Lokoja highway way.

He noted that the FRSC was working with all stakeholders in the transport sector to ensure free flow of traffic in all high volume identified areas across the country.

He said that there was need to interact with the union members and leaders to see how the problem could be resolved in ensuring free flow of movement.

He commended the union for working with private developers in executing the Gwagwalada Heavy Truck Rest Area to end the incessant gridlock in the area.

According to him, of recent, we got series of reports and complains from road users and motorists on the interchange of flyover at Gwagwalada.

This is where trailers and tankers park and eventually block the road, preventing free flow of traffic and this is the reason why I came here personally to see things myself.

However, the Corps will ensure that no road users sleep on the road as a result of gridlock in all the identified black spots during the Ember Months.

We are going to deploy a special patrol team to that spot to assist them to park properly. In a week or two, the committee will be set up, he said.

Also, the Chairman, Heavy Duty Truck Union, Gwagwalada Mr Zakari Adamu, said that all farmers using the allotted land had been directed to harvest their produce by October.

Adamu said that the project which was Public Private initiative, would bring lasting solutions to traffic jams along the route.

He however, gave assurance to members that adequate security would be in place to protect lives and property at the Gwagwalada rest area for articulated vehicles.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 53 hectares of land were given to them by the University of Abuja. (NAN)

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British royal residence Clarence House has confirmed that Charles will be known as King Charles III following the death of Elizabeth II.

Earlier, British Prime Minister Liz Truss had used the title in remarks outside 10 Downing Street: Today the Crown passes, as it has done for more than a thousand years, to our new monarch, our new head of state, His Majesty King Charles III.

Britains former prime minister Boris Johnson as much as confirmed that when he said the Queen had modernised the constitutional monarchy and produced an heir to the throne who will amply do justice to her legacy.

Though our voices may still be choked with sadness, we can say with confidence the words not heard in this country for more than seven decades: God save the King.(PA Media/dpa/NAN)

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By Emmanuella Anokam

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says the actual daily truck-out of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from January to July 31, stands at 66.89 million litres.

The NMDPRA disclosed this on Thursday in its statement clarifying the 2022 average daily truck-out figure.

The authority said during a recent interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, the media had quoted 62.9 million litres as the 2022 baseline daily truck out projection.

It said for clarity, the figure provided was used in 2021 solely to forecast the expected revenue for 2022 and did not in any way translate to the actual truck out volume for this year.

In line with NMDPA mandate as provided in the Petroleum Industry Act to ensure transparency in the oil and gas industry, the authority publishes on its website (www.nmdpra.gov.ng/daily-truckout) the actual daily truck-out.

As can be verified from the website, the actual daily truck-out from January to July, 2022 stands at 66.89 million litres, it said.

According to the authority, the Federal Government Medium Term Expenditure and Revenue Framework (MTERF) which is a three-year forward looking budgetary tool, comprises contributions from various agencies.

It added that the authority and its legacy agencies annually provided truck-out forecasts for the planning purpose.

The Authority assured the general public that it was committed to providing credible and transparent data on the supply and distribution of petroleum products. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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By Jane-Frances Oraka

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers says the resignation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Sen. Walid Jubrin is a distraction.

Wike who made the remark at Ahoada on Thursday described it as charade.

Jubrin who resigned his position earlier in the day said that his resignation was to ensure the victory of the party at the 2023 general election.

However, the Rivers governor said the current hierarchy of the PDP leadership was against the constitution of the party.

He said that a situation where the North held the presidential ticket and the national chairman position at the same time was a gross injustice to the South.

According to him, the current hierarchyof the PDP does not give room for the interest of the south, particularlywhen decisions were to be taken.

Wike said PDP national chairman, Sen. Iyachu Ayu had earlier promised that if its presidential candidate came from the north, he would resign after the party convention to give way for a chairman from the south.

He claimed that Ayu made the pledge both in the house of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and at the PDP Senate Caucus meeting.

Wike added that the the partys Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar also told him after the convention that Ayu would resign.

He then challenged Atiku to implement what he said, adding, it is nothing to do with Wike; it has to do with integrity.

This is what he told me; I challenge the presidential candidate to deny this.

If he denies it, I will go further to say so many things to Nigerians because enough is enough; we cant continue this way.

He described as erroneous, the belief in some quarters that he was bent on destroying the party and stated that he was only calling for justice and equity.

According to him, we have finished the presidential primaries; it is over. So, when people say you want to destroy the party because you didnt win primary, I think theyre sick.

Wike is not causing problem, Wike is bringing peace to this country, Wike is advocating for justice, Wike is advocating for equity, Wike is advocating for development, the governor added.

He, however, said he would sustain the fight for a return to healthy party structure to allow for an even representation of the interest of the north and south in the national leadership of the party. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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The By Ibironke Ariyo

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says its personnel will enforce strict parking of articulated vehicles during the ember months and beyond.

The Acting Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, said this on Thursday in Abuja while inspecting the Rest Area provided by the University of Abuja to park Heavy duty and other articulated Vehicles.

According to the strict enforcement is to avert or reduce road traffic crashes across the country during the ember months.

He disclosed that in view of this, the corps would deploy Special Patrol Team to ensure proper parking of heavy duty trucks, and other articulated vehicles.

He added that the team would work with articulated transport union officials to enforce strict parking of vehicles at the designated areas.

He stressed that this would aid in effective traffic management along Giri Gwagwalada Kwali Lokoja highway way.

He noted that the FRSC was working with all stakeholders in the transport sector to ensure free flow of traffic in all high volume identified areas across the country.

He said that there was need to interact with the union members and leaders to see how the problem could be resolved in ensuring free flow of movement.

He commended the union for working with private developers in executing the Gwagwalada Heavy Truck Rest Area to end the incessant gridlock in the area.

According to him, of recent, we got series of reports and complains from road users and motorists on the interchange of flyover at Gwagwalada.

This is where trailers and tankers park and eventually block the road, preventing free flow of traffic and this is the reason why I came here personally to see things myself.

However, the Corps will ensure that no road users sleep on the road as a result of gridlock in all the identified black spots during the Ember Months.

We are going to deploy a special patrol team to that spot to assist them to park properly. In a week or two, the committee will be set up, he said.

Also, the Chairman, Heavy Duty Truck Union, Gwagwalada Mr Zakari Adamu, said that all farmers using the allotted land had been directed to harvest their produce by October.

Adamu said that the project which was Public Private initiative, would bring lasting solutions to traffic jams along the route.

He however, gave assurance to members that adequate security would be in place to protect lives and property at the Gwagwalada rest area for articulated vehicles.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 53 hectares of land were given to them by the University of Abuja. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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By Adedeji Egbebi

A political group in Ekiti led by Mr Ayo Omotoso inaugurated campaign coordinators on Thursday in Ado-Ekti in support of the ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to become president in 2023.

Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 2023 general elections.

The group, Ayo Omotoso Movement (AOM), inaugurated campaign coordinators for Tinubu in the 16 local government areas of Ekiti.

Omotoso said AOM was inaugurated to build a strong structure at the grassroots to sensitise and mobilise votes for the APC presidential flag bearer and his running mate.

He urged Nigerians to support Tinubus candidacy, noting that Nigeria under his watch would witness unprecedented human capital development, and positive economic and industrial revolution.

I am proud to say that Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu is the best presidential candidate for the nation at this precarious time when Nigeria is battling with security and economic challenges.

AOM as a movement will not spare anything to ensure he gets the highest number of votes at the 2023 presidential election.

We will canvass and mobilise votes for our national leader, Tinubu, and also engage in voter education, Omotoso said.

In his remarks, Chairman of the movement, Alhaji Dauda Lawal described Tinubu as a most suitable, competent and patriotic politician.

Lawal charged the newly-inaugurated coordinators to begin house-to-house campaign to encourage youths and women participation in politics and ensure Tinubus victory at the polls.

He expressed the groups readiness to engage more prominent Nigerians across party levels to support Tinubu, whom, he said, has capacity to tackle the various problems facing the country.

As you are been inaugurated, I want to challenge you all and call on all our members and other progressive Nigerians to mobilise en-mass for a patriot and a nationalist.

I believe this is the only way we can assist him in bringing about the necessary changes needed in the country, he said.

Three of the co-ordinators who spoke separately at the event, assured that they would deliver on the task of mobilising votes for Tinubu.

We need massive awareness to enlighten people at the grassroots, especially women, who do not have access to the internet but turn out in large numbers to vote on election days.

Tinubu has lifted uncountable Nigerians out of poverty and helped to actualise their dreams irrespective of their political, religion or ethnic backgrounds, one of the, Mrs Oluwole said. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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By Emmanuel Mogbede

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate in 2023 general elections says he has no disagreement with the partys National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, contrary to some media reports.

Tinubu said this when he spoke with newsmen after a visit to the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
He described the reports as fake news.

To the rumour manufacturers, I read in some papers about disagreement between myself and the chairman and that was a very big lie.

They didnt know that we have come a long way, the big masquerade dances not in the cage, but in the market square, and that is what Adamu use to be, full of wisdom.

We were governors together, before God put us together on this project again, he is going to deliver as the partys chairman for me to become Nigerias president, and I am very confident of that.

They can say whatever they want to say, throw all the jabs they want, we are a party strongly determined to fulfil our dreams of turning Nigeria to a very progressive, highly developed, prosperous country, he said.

Tinubu said that since his emergence as the APC Presidential Candidate, he has working as a progressive toward ensuring victory at the poll.

He said that the APC was determined to change Nigeria into an advance country with bright future for Nigerians.

It is a matter of great joy and honour for us to be here, especially me in particular, to interact with the team that authorised my becoming the candidate of our party.

To all the members in attendance that day, we want to say thank you, we have come together as a political party and we have taken progressivism as our doctrine.

We have to be progressive in our thinking, our did and objective to serve the country, Tinubu said.

He said that the APC was not threatened by opposition parties, in its quest for victory at the 2023 general election as it was committed to democratic and progressive principles.

We are not threatened, we are committed to democratic principles and values, we are not bickering in any way, the former two-term governor of Lagos State said.

This, he said, could not be said about other political parties which according to him, have beenspewing fake statistics and wrong figures to Nigerians.

He thanked the partys leadership and delegates for voting him as the presidential candidate in the March 26 presidential primaries.

He particularly thanked Adamu for his wisdom, support and cooperation over the years, saying that they had come a long way, even as former state governors.

Tinubu said that his visit was to strategies for the presidential campaign, ahead of the Sept.28 commencement date with the partys leadership with a view to ensuring effective electioneering campaign.

Yes, I admit that democracy is challenging, very hard and difficult a system to manage.

We have seen challenges left and right outside international sphere of politics, but we are determined to ensure that we democratise Nigeria fully and remain a beckon of democracy as the largest nation of black race in the world, he said.

He appealed to members of the party that may not be part of the presidential campaign team to be patient and to continue working for victory at all levels.

I beg you not to be angry if you are left out because we are going to give you another responsibility. Not every member here can be a member of the presidential campaign council, Tinubu said.

Earlier, Adamu expressed optimism that the APC would emerge victorious at the 2023 poll by Gods grace.

Some of the dignitaries accompanying Tinubu were his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima and the Director-General APC Presidential Campaign Council, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau.

Others were: Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and Secretary of the Campaign Council, James Faleke. (NAN)

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By Emmanuel Oloniruha

The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Board of Trustees (BoT), Sen. Walid Jibrin, has resigned from his position.

Jibrin, who announced the resignation during the boards meeting in Abuja, Thursday said his decision was in the interest of the party and its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of 2023 general elections.

All we want is to make sure that Atiku becomes the president of Nigeria by all means. That is why I decided that me Sen. Walid Jibril, I am stepping down from the BoT.

I discussed this with the candidate and he agreed with me. If the party wins I will be given a bigger position, Jibril said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former President of the Senate, Sen. Adophus Wabara, has been appointed the acting Chairman of the board.

Jibrils decision, however, received wide commendation during the partys 97th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which held immediately after the BoT meeting.

The partys National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu announcing Jibrins decision to NEC members said the former BoT chairman as a foundation member had served the party meritoriously over the years

We want to, on behalf of the party specially thank him for all his services over the years, which culminated in his being secretary of the BoT and ultimately the national chairman of board.

He asked all NEC members for a standing ovation for Jibrin.

On his part, Abubakar appreciated Jibrins sense of patriotism and services to the party, while Wabara said that Jibrin by his action had demonstrated that BOT is truly the conscience of the PDP.

The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Gov. Tambuwal of Sokoto State, also thanked Jibrin for his show of commitment and sacrifices to the success of the party.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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By Florence Onuegbu

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) on Wednesday urged the male gender to assist in house chores, for the good of the family.

The Executive Secretary, DSVA, Mrs Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, gave the advice at Katangowa Market, during an advocacy against Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), tagged: Men Wey Sabi.

Some women have died because they did not cook for their spouses, some women are being victimised because it appears they are not meeting up with the house chores.

Today we are engaging the men; the men will be cooking; men will be cleaning; men will be changing diapers; basically roles that have been specifically ascribed as feminine roles.

What we are saying is that it doesnt make you less a man if you are involved in house chores for the family.

What we are saying is that if you are a man wey sabi, you should be involved because it is in partnership, marriage is partnership, Vivour-Adeniyi said.

She said that the campaign followed the resolve by the state government to rid Lagos of SGBV crimes in its entirety, through enlightenment campaigns and continuous sensitisation plan that cut across different strata of the society.

According to her, it is expedient to change the social construct by breaking gender stereotypes that further heighten directly or indirectly the crime of sexual and gender based violence.

She said that in the last one year from September 2021 to July 2022 there was a record of 4,860 cases of SGBV, with a notice of slight decrease in May and June.

The Babaloja General, Alhaja Abiodun kosoko and Iyaloja General, Mrs Funmilayo Alabi George of Agbado Okeodo LCDA expressed gratitude to the state government for bringing the initiative of the Market Fiesta.

Kosoko said that the problem associated with SGBV was that some people dont want the issue to be exposed, if it happens.

At the Katangowa market campaign, selected male adults performed on-the-spot chores socially ascribed to women, such as diaper changing and cooking.

Winners and other participants went home with various gifts and consolation prizes. (NAN)(www.nanews.ng)

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