Vice President Kashim Shettima stirred controversy on Thursday, prompting Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State to extend greetings to the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, during a pivotal meeting between state governors and President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, attended by key service chiefs, was convened by Tinubu to…
In a significant and somber development, Mr. Fatai Adams, the Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has reportedly passed away in the early hours of Wednesday. The news was confirmed by Mr. Kennedy Peretei, the Ondo PDP Publicity Secretary, who expressed the party’s intent to provide official communication to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State diligently executed its Ward Delegates Congress on Monday, spanning across the 192 wards within the 18 local governments. At a press conference held in Benin City, the State Acting Chairman, Jarrett Tenebe, officially announced this development, emphasizing its alignment with the amended electoral act. Tenebe, articulating the…
The Senate, in a decisive move, summoned Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Wednesday. This summons, issued by the Committee on Banking, Insurance, and other Financial Institutions led by Senatorial Adetokunbo Abiru, is in response to the alarming free fall of the Naira and escalating hyperinflation. Governor Cardoso and…
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, has announced that President Tinubu has slashed travel expenditures for all government officials by 60 percent, both domestically and internationally. The move is part of President Tinubu’s campaign promise to reduce government spending and curb financial corruption. The announcement has sparked debate among Nigerian citizens, with some praising the president’s cost-saving…
The Conference of Civil Societies and Civil Military Cooperation in Nigeria has warned against attempts to politicize the recent drone strike in the Tudun Biri Community area of Kaduna State, which it described as a tragic loss. In a press briefing held in Abuja, the Coordinator of Civil-Military Cooperation, Dr. Adams Otakwu, expressed his condolences…
Gabriel Dewan has emerged as the Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly following the resignation of the former Speaker of House, Moses Sule of the PDP and his deputy Gwottosn Dalyop Fom. Dewan, is the only Lawmaker, representing the Young Progressive Party YPP, from Pankshin North Constituency. During plenary, Hon Dewan gave assurance that…
The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Nigeria Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State. The bill, sponsored by Bamidele Opeyemi representing Ekiti Central, when assented to by the President Bola Tinubu will, identify the technological problems and needs of the maritime industry, and find solutions. The former President Muhammadu Buhari had rejected the…
A boat conveying 12 election personnel and materials to Registration Area Centre 17 in Koluama in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayless State has capsized. In a statement by the Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Wilfred Ifogah, result sheets, power banks, and luggage containing personnel effects were lost, but no casualties were…
National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has called on both regular and ad-hoc staff to demonstrate the highest level of patriotism and professionalism in tomorrow’s Governorship elections in Kogi Bayelsa and Imo States. In a statement, the Chairman explains that INEC was not a political party and that the Commission has…
A private aircraft belonging to President Tinubu’s Minster, with registration number 5N-AMM, conveying the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu and his entourage, has crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday evening, while the three cabin crews and the seven passengers were all rescued from the damaged…
The Senate has approved and passed 2023 supplementary budget of N2.17 trillion naira. This decision followed the committee on appropriation’s review of the report presented by Chairman Senator Solomon Olamilekan. Within this amount, 18 billion naira is allocated for statutory transfers, N1.33 trillion for recurrent expenditure, and over N1.12 trillion for contributions to development funds….
President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking the approval of the lawmakers for a supplementary appropriation bill of N2,176,791,286,033. In a letter read at plenary, the speaker, Dr Abbas Tajudeen, said the supplementary budget is aimed at addressing labour wage adjustments, security, and other matters. Similarly, the president also sent the…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, reinstated Chief Timipre Sylva as the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the upcoming Bayelsa state governorship election scheduled for November 11. The unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which had…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The two leaders are expected to explore ways of fortifying the bilateral relations between the two countries. Olaf Scholz who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International in Abuja, the nation’s capital at about 2:20pm Nigerian time, was received…
The Supreme Court in a ruling delivered on Thursday, the court ruled that the appeal filed by Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lacked merit. “On the whole, it is my view that there is no merit in this appeal,” Justice Inyang Okoro said. Atiku of the PDP had been longing to overturn…
Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state will head to polls by November to elect their new Governors. To achieve seamless electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said it will deploy 46,084 regular and adhoc staff for the election. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu in a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja on…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the withdrawal of Imam Kashim Imam as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the withdrawal is effective immediately. The statement, however, did not…
President Bola Tinubu today swore in 3 new ministers before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council, which is the second, since the inception of the administration. The new cabinet members are Malam Balarabe Lawal from Kaduna State as Minister of Environment, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim from Kwara, Minister of Youth and Ayodele Olawande from Ondo, Minister…
The House of Representatives has confirmed that the National Assembly bureaucracy is in the process of procuring and distributing operational vehicles to the 360 members of the House over the coming weeks. The House Spokesman and Chairman, Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Akin Rotimi, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja. This, according…
The Osun State Government had refuted an allegations levelled against her that she received only N2 billion from the Federal Government for subsidy palliative. According to the statement signed and delivered by Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, the state government gave insights that the N2 billion was for…
The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called on his Labour Party conterpart, Mr. Peter Obi and that of the New Nigeria Peoples Party Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso to join hands with him to enthrone probity in Nigeria’s democracy. The Former Vice President made the call…
A ministerial nominee, Balarabe Abass has collapsed during screening on the floor of the senate. According to a video on Channels TV, Lawal collapsed immediately after entertaining some questions from the lawmakers on Wednesday. Abbas Lawal from Kaduna State, is one of the three additional ministers nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinuhu on Tuesday. The…
The Red Chamber has amended its standing rules to prevent first-time senators from contesting for the office of the President of the Senate and Deputy Senate President. The amendment was sequel to the consideration of a motion by the Senate Leader, Bamidele Okpeyemi for the amendment of standing rules to accommodate new standing committees. The…
President Bola Tinubu has sent forth three additional names of Ministerial nominees to the Senate. The three nominees are Jamila Bio, Balarebe Abbas and Olawale Olawande. This was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, GodsWill Akpabio, at the plenary on Tuesday. Abbas Balarabe was nominated as the replacement for the former Kaduna…
An international established court, The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled in favour of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and ordered that the Chicago State University should release President Tinubu’s academic record to the former vice president by Monday, October 2. Judge Nancy Maldonado,…
It is my unique honour to address you on this day, the 63rd anniversary of our nation’s independence, both as the President of our dear country and, simply, as a fellow Nigerian. On this solemn yet hopeful day, let us commend our founding fathers and mothers. Without them, there would be no modern Nigeria. From…
Rt Honourable Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has declared the seats of lawmakers appointed as ministers by President Bola Tinubu vacant. During plenary on Tuesday, the Speaker read the resignation letters of Tunji Olubunmi-Ojo and Tanko Sununu as members of the House of Representatives. Olubunmi-Ojo had been representing Akoko North-East/Akoko North-West…
The Senate resumed plenary on Tuesday after a six-week recess. The Red Chamber, thereafter, dissolved into a closed-door session to deliberate on issues affecting the nation. Top of the agenda of the plenary session is the screening and confirmation of the nomination of Olayemi Cardoso for the appointment as the governor Central Bank of Nigeria….
The Lagos state tribunal is set to deliver its judgement in the petitions filed against the election victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Read more The court on Monday, thrashed out Rhodes-Vivour and Labour Party’s petitions from Olajide Adediran’s petition Adediran and Rhodes-Vivour are challenging the March 18 election victory of Governor Sanwo-Olu who’s currently in…
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has announced a date to deliver judgment on petitions brought before it after the 2023 election. The judgement will be delivered on Monday, September 25. The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour made this disclosure on Saturday. Via a post on X, Rhodes-Vivour said he has…
