Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed not to go into self-imposed exile despite threats of possible arrest. Recall that in recent weeks, El-Rufai has been critical of President Tinubu’s administration and the APC, with some party members and aides attributing this to the fallout over his failed ministerial nomination. In response to a…
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy, Daniel Bwala has said all the negative things he said about President Bola Tinubu and his administration are irrelevant Bwala who appeared on Arise TV’s Morning Show on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, said he criticised the president because he was in the opposition party. It…
The Federal government has so far disbursed N32.8 billion for student loans. The Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris announced the figure at a ministerial briefing in Abujavon Tuesday. Idrus said out of 371000 students who applied for the loan, no fewer than 192000 have so far drawn down the loans worth N32.8…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, has proposed an exchange program between the Lagos State Assembly and the Swedish Parliament to enhance legislative collaboration and knowledge sharing. Meranda made the proposal on Monday while hosting the Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Mrs. Hahn-England, in her office. Emphasizing…
Lagos State House of Assembly has announced the chairmen of its standing committees. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Meranda made the announcement during Monday’s plenary session. The newly appointed committee chairmen are: Hon. Temitope Adewale (Business and Rules Committee); Hon. Adedamola Richard Kasumu (Legislative Compliance Committee); Hon. Setonji David (Ethics, Protocol and Privileges Committee); Hon. Surajudeen…
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, on Tuesday explained that the decision of the president to purchase a new presidential jet was justifiable. Bwala explained that Tinubu needs a good presidential jet to travel around the world. In 2024, Tinubu had purchased a new presidential jet worth around N150 billion despite…
The Jigawa State Police Command has warned newly recruited police officers to avoid all forms of unnecessary loans and corrupt practices. The State Commissioner of Police, CP AT Abdullahi, gave the warning while addressing the newly recruited constables at the parade ground at the state headquarters in Dutse, Jigawa. He urged them to remain disciplined…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has set up a 97-member local organising coronation committee to oversee activities for the ceremony fixed for April 5, 2025. The monarch, in a statement by his Chief of Staff, Rotimi Osuntola, in Ibadan, the state capital, announced a former Independent National Electoral Commission Commissioner, Kunle Ogunmola, as…
A former Minister of Lands and Housing, Nduese Essien, has dismissed insinuations that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is behind the petition submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against former Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel. An anti-graft organisation, the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking, had in late January called for a thorough investigation…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, indefinitely adjourned the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, after he reiterated his refusal to be tried before Justice Binta Nyako. Justice Nyako announced the adjournment on Monday following Kanu’s insistence that his case be transferred to a court in…
