Author: Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Protesters in support of the fuel removal on Thursday cause a bit of disruption at the National Assembly’s main entrance popularly known as Mopol gate. The protesters noted that they decided to hit the street to show solidarity with the President, Bola Tinubu, over the removal of fuel subsidy. According to the protesters, the president made the right decision by removing the ‘canker worm’ that has eaten deep into the economy. The President had during his inaugural speech on May 29, declared that there would no longer be a petroleum…

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, PhD, has congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of the New Islamic Year, 1445 AH. Speaker Abbas said the new Islamic year holds a lot of promises for mankind, which is why Muslims should use the opportunity to rededicate themselves to the worship of the Almighty Allah. In a press statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, the Speaker said the life and time of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) were full of…

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Tunji Adeleke (Jnr), the son to the late Osun State governor, Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke aka Serubawon, an elder brother to the incumbent governor, and the chairman of the defunct Rauf Aregbesola’s faction of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Rasaq Salinsile, have been named board chairmen by Governor Ademola Adeleke on Thursday. Adeleke (Jnr) was named chairman, Local Government Service Commission, while Salinsile, was named chairman of the Teaching Service Commission. A statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, also listed ex-National Secretary of the People’s Democratic…

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The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a rare show of statesmanship. on Tuesday, said his administration will review its earlier plan to distribute monthly cash grants of N8,000 to 12 million households for six months as part of efforts to assuage the hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal. This followed public criticism of the policy with organised labour saying it falls far from the level of intervention required to ease the pains of vulnerable Nigerians. “The President has directed that…the N8,000 conditional cash transfer programmed envisaged to bring succour…

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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The acting National Chairman of the party, Senator Abubakar Kyari, who confirmed Adamu’s resignation, said the National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, also resigned. He said he takes over as acting chairman while Deputy National Secretary, Barrister Festus Fuanter takes over as acting Secretary. The meeting also announced the postponement of the National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings slated for Tuesday and Wednesday. Seventeen members of…

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APC national chairman, Adamu reportedly resigned as several party chieftains withdrew their support for him Recall that Adamu, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been widely reported to have resigned from his position. Senator Adamu reportedly resigned on Sunday, July 16 over allegations of inability to account for the N32bn proceeds from nomination forms sold by the party run up to the last general elections. An NWC member divulged: “Only N7 billion is left in the account as we speak. “Adamu and Omisore claimed the account…

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Controversies and confusion that enveloped Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, on Sunday, continued till Monday afternoon over the alleged resignation of its National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. While some sources confirmed that the embattled chairman had resigned from his position, others said it was a rumour. The PUNCH reported that it could could not officially confirm the alleged resignation as Monday afternoon, while top APC chieftains contacted by its correspondents gave conflicting information. This is coming two days before the long-awaited crucial National Caucus and National Executive Committee…

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With less than 18 days to submit his cabinet list to the National Assembly as recommended by the constitution, lawmakers and other Nigerians are anxiously waiting for the list of ministers who would help to deliver the President’s renewed hope agenda. As the jostle for ministerial list reaches the home stretch, there are strong indications that no fewer than five former governors will feature in the president’s list of nominees that is heading to the Senate for approval between now and next week. The unusual list, already dubbed the ‘cabinet…

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Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, on Monday, described the leadership of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari as the most corrupt ever in the country saying Nigeria witnessed the ugliest face of corruption during the last administration led by the former military ruler. The respected clergy spoke in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, during a lecture he delivered at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the call to bar of legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN). The…

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Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Wednesday, said that there were no criminal charges against President Bola Tinubu in any United States court. Bamidele was called as a sole witness during the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. The Senate Majority Leader maintained that the $460, 000 forfeiture order against the President by an American court was in respect of a civil matter that could not take the place of criminal charges. He said there was no conviction and sentence against Tinubu as required by law for it…

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The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday tendered a copy of the Labour Party (LP) membership register for Anambra State in proof of their claim that Peter Obi is not a registered member of the party. Tinubu and Shettima had argued, in their response to the petition by Obi and the LP, that, not being a member of the party as at the time of the last presidential election, Obi was not qualified to have contested the last election on the platform of the…

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Simon Mwadkwon, senator representing Plateau north, has beaten Aminu Tambuwal, senator representing Sokoto south, to become minority leader of the upper legislative chamber. The minority leadership of the upper legislative chamber was announced by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday. “The minority caucus of the senate is made up of about seven political parties and have come up with their leadership so I will proceed to announce [the names],” Akpabio said. “Senator Simon Mwadkwon, minority leader, Oyewumi Olalere, deputy minority leader, senator Darlington Nwokocha, minority whip, and senator Rufai Anga,…

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The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reappointed Mr Gboyega Akosile as his Chief Press Secretary. The appointment was announced in a statement issued late Monday by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The appointment, according to the HoS, takes immediate effect. Before his reappointment, Akosile had served as the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sanwo-Olu during his first term in office. He was also the Media Adviser to the governor since the inception of his second term on May 29, 2023.

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The Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu has revealed details of the president’s meeting with his Guinea-Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, earlier today. Alake made the disclosure while addressing newsmen after the visit, which he described as a strictly private one. According to him, the meeting was a cordial one between two African Presidents who are more like brothers. He added that President Embalo pledged his readiness to cooperate with Nigeria and President Bola Tinubu at all times. He said, “It was a meeting between…

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The leadership of the Labour Party has countered the Federal Government of Nigeria for discrediting the European Union’s conclusion on the 2023 General Election wherein it faulted the modalities by which the conclusion was reached. It reiterated what it believed is the accurate testament of the European Union’s conclusion on the 2023 general elections. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary Obiora Ifoh said,“Eropean Union’s Conclusion on the 2023 general elections are nit Jaundiced but accurate Testament of the outcome of the FG and INEC alliance to change the will…

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Nigeria’s Presidency has rejected the reports of the European Union (EU) on the 2023 General Elections, which held in Nigeria on February 25, 2023. In its final report on the Nigerian elections, EU, a globally acclaimed body, said trust in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had been severely damaged, especially as a result of the failure to upload the result of the presidential election electronically. But responding in a statement on Sunday, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake, described the report…

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The list containing the names of ministerial nominees in the President Bola Tinubu administration is ready and undergoing final security checks by Department of State Services, according to an impeccable Presidency source. The source, who did not reveal the names or number of those being considered for ministerial offices, said the Department of State Services and members of the Presidential Strategic Team were running final checks on the people who had been listed as possible ministers. “They have the list already. Several names have been written against their respective offices.…

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Ade Adetimehin, the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, in Ondo State has called on the people of the state to continue praying for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, over the governor’s lingering health issues. Adetimehin, who stated this on Sunday while speaking in Akure, the state capital, also accused the opposition parties of allegedly politicising the health condition of the governor, said what all the people in the state needed at present was prayers for the governor to recover quickly. According to him, the health issue of the governor was…

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Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerians that he too feels their pains and that their sacrifice shall not be in vain even as the nation continues to groan as a result of the recent removal of payment on fuel subsidy. Tinubu gave this assurance to Nigerians on Monday during his first nationwide broadcast as the nation celebrates the 30th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential poll which was won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. President Tinubu also said Nigerians must never take democracy…

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Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, former Interior Minister and ex-Governor of Osun State has seek forgiveness from members of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State attributing the crisis that rocked the party in the state to handiwork of the devil. Aregbesola spoke in Osogbo, while addressing a supporters at a rally to welcome him back to the state after leaving office as a minister recently and regretted that his advice to his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, was misinterpreted and eventually caused disagreement in the party. He acknowledged the sacrifices some aggrieved All…

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Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former Kano State Governor and Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has dismissed assault threats made by Ex-governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Shortly after Ganduje visited President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa on Friday evening, the ex-governor while addressing State House correspondents stated that he would have slapped Kwankwaso had they met at Aso Rock, Abuja. Ganduje’s statement is coming following the recent demolition of several buildings in Kano State by the Abba Yusuf-led administration, a move he accused his predecessor, Kwankwaso, of…

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Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has expressed regrets over his 13 year relationship with immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari. Bakare who was Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in the 2011 Presidential election said his visit to the then outgoing President, last week, left him so discouraged “that I need time to encourage myself in the Lord, my God.” He explained that the discouragement he felt was the reason he turned down an invitation by the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to inaugurate…

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Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s in-coming First Lady has assured Nigerians that her family would not feed fat on the national cake to survive as God has blessed them. She made this known during the interdenominational church service that was held on Sunday in Abuja at the National Christian Centre. The president-elect’s wife added that the wealth of the nation belongs to all and that they would use it for the right thing. She urged Nigerians to pray for them as they would need the grace of God to live up to…

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President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to make his first appointments after being sworn in as President tomorrow by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. There are at least three appointments that ordinarily should be made by the new President to keep the wheel of government moving pending when other appointments that must have the seal of the National Assembly will follow. The three appointments are the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief of Staff and presidential spokesperson. There has been a jostle…

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by three individuals seeking to stop the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima over age falsification and citizenship status in the document Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on Friday, held that the suit by the trio of Praise Ilemona Isaiah, Pastor Paul Isaac Audu and Anongu Moses – was frivolous and an abuse of the court process. Justice Omotosho held that the plaintiffs lacked the…

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The raging bad blood between Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and his deputy, Ahmed Wase generated by the battle for speakership of the House of Representatives took a twist for the worse as Hon. Wase has snubbed any contact with the speaker and has not attended leadership meetings of the lower legislative chamber. The parleys, held at the behest of Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, traditionally precede plenary sessions of the Green Chamber. It was observed that Wase, who is opposed to adoption of Dr. Tajudeen Abbas by the ruling All Progressives Congress…

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Malam Nasir El-Rufai. Kaduna State Governor, has approved the deposition of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms, His Highness, Jonathan Paragua Zamuna and His Highness, General Aliyu Iliyah Yammah(retd.), respectively. The state Commissioner of Local Government, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying that the two traditional rulers cease to hold their respective offices from Monday, 22nd May 2023. The commissioner added that the depositions followed recommendations from the Ministry of Local Government in line with the provisions of Section 11 of the Traditional…

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidenrial Candidate in the Feb. 25 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, said that the dismissal of their application for a live broadcast by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) was not a setback to their petition against Sen. Bola Tinubu, the President-elect. Counsel to PDP and Abubakar, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the PEPC’s decision. “There is no setback here. The court, in its wisdom decided that the subject of our application on the live…

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President Muhammadu Buhari will be physically absent at the official commissioning of the Second Niger Bridge scheduled to hold on Tuesday (today). According to sources in the works ministry, who do not want to be mentioned in print, the N336 billion bridge, regarded as a legacy project, will be commissioned alongside six other road projects by the president via an online platform, Zoom. One of the sources, however, noted that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is not part of the six-road project scheduled to be commissioned. This is despite promises by the…

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The Presidential Election Petition Court has dismissed the application by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to allow for live telecast of the court proceedings. The Court in a unanimous ruling delivered by the Chairman of the Court, Justice Haruna Simon dismissed the application for lacking in merit. The tribunal held that the request was though novel but not supported by any law in the country for now. The Five-man panel said that the request was not rooted from the petition Atiku filed before the Court.…

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In a surprising admission, Tony Mwaba Kazadi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education, acknowledged having an unplanned pregnancy with Aminata Namasia. Yet he said it was an accident at work. In spite of the fact that they were both married, Namasia is claimed to have fallen in love with Kazadi after being appointed as the National Deputy Minister of Primary, Secondary, and Technical Education in Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde’s cabinet on April 12, 2021. Namasia, however, was cited by a local newspaper, The Street…

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The United Kingdom is set to announce new restrictions that will most likely stop Nigerian students studying in the UK from bringing their families over. According to an exclusive report by The Sun UK, this crack down will be announced this week. The crackdown will see all masters students and many other post grads banned from bringing family over. However, the ban will not apply to PHD students, whose courses usually last between 3 and 5 years and are very highly skilled, the UK media House reported. This follows the…

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The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has advised the party’s endorsed aspirants for the National Assembly leadership positions to be mindful of an upset during the inauguration of the 10th legislature. Adamu, during a meeting with Senator Godswill Akpabio, endorsed for the Senate presidency and Deputy Senate Presidential aspirant, Jibrin Barau, urged them to arrive early for the inauguration on June 13. The two favoured candidates led a delegation of 41 senators to the national secretariat in Abuja to brief the party on the progress of their…

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The factional national chairman of Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, on Wednesday, had shouting match at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja over a seat. In a viral video on social media, Apapa was seen fighting over seats reserved for some top members of the Labour Party including the director-general of the Peter Obi Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, saying that he was representing the party and had the right to the seat. Apapa said in the video pointing at Osuntokun, “I’m talking to you, who are you? I’m representing…

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Ohanaeze ndi Igbo, the apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, has urged Igbos to move on with the election of Bola Tinubu as president except the election tribunal decides otherwise. This occurred as Ohanaeze urged the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to accept the outcome of the election with good grace. Maxi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, responded to a call against Tinubu by the Igbo Patriotic Forum and Elders Forum. Read Also: Ohanaeze carpets FG as UK jails Ekweremadu, wife The group argued that Tinubu should not be…

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