Today’s Headlines: I’ll Bring Petrol Price Down to ₦300 — Donald Duke; Tinubu congratulates India’s PM on 25 years in public leadership

Former Cross River State Governor and Peoples Redemption Party presidential candidate, Donald Duke, has said he would target a petrol price of about ₦300 per litre if elected president in 2027.

Duke made the declaration on Wednesday while appearing on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.

Asked what he considered a realistic price for petrol under his presidency, Duke said: “Try and bring it to about ₦300.”

He argued that affordable fuel was critical to improving productivity and reducing pressure on the economy.

“I’ve said severally that the function of government is to ensure the productivity of their citizens within a safe and orderly environment. Fuel drives your economy. It should be available. It should be affordable,” he said.

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 25th anniversary of his assumption of office as head of government.

Mr Tinubu, in a statement issued on Wednesday, described the milestone as a “historic” achievement.

He also said it reflected the confidence the Indian people had continued to place in him as their leader.

“On behalf of the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and on my own behalf, I extend warm and fraternal congratulations to His Excellency Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, on a truly historic milestone,” Mr Tinubu said.

𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶 𝗯𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹, 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻 3-0

Lionel Messi ended his Argentina international career with a goal and two assists as the world champions defeated Benin 3-0 at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires on Tuesday night.

The match, played on October 6, marked Messi’s final appearance for Argentina after a 21-year international career.

Former Nigeria head coach Gernot Rohr was in charge of Benin for the farewell fixture.

According to Inter Miami, Messi provided the assist for Nicolás Otamendi’s opener from a corner in the 48th minute before setting up Nico Paz for Argentina’s second goal in the 61st minute.

𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗮𝗿, 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 7

Israel marked the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Wednesday with silent tributes, new strikes on Gaza and intense political debate, weeks before elections in which the country’s deadliest day will be front and centre.

At the site of the Nova music festival, where Hamas militants in trucks and paragliders opened fire around dawn on October 7, 2023, family members bowed their heads in silence — although at least one instead put on techno music in tribute to the fallen.

Both at Nova and the Kfar Aza kibbutz, another site of mass killings three years earlier, AFP reporters heard loud bangs from across the border in Gaza during the commemorations as Israel carried out new strikes, despite a ceasefire officially in place for the past year.

Gaza officials said at least two people were killed in overnight strikes in the territory, most of which has been reduced to rubble in relentless bombing in retaliation for the worst attack ever against Israel.

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