President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) at the State House, Abuja. Though the agenda of the meeting could not be confirmed officially, it may not be unconnected to the planned nationwide protest kicking off from 1st of August. The Chairman of the PGF and the Imo State Governor, Hope…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has appealed to residents of Abuja not to partake in the planned nationwide protest against hardship. Wike made the appeal while interacting with residents after he inspected the ongoing construction of a 5-kilometre access road to Saburi 1 and 2 in Abuja Municipal Area Council,…
A seasoned journalist and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dele Momodu, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of compensating incompetent friends with appointments. While criticising the makeup of Tinubu’s cabinet, Momodu noted that the President is failing because he tried to replicate his Lagos template in Abuja. Reacting to the current economic crisis…
Tinubu also sought the amendment to the Nigeria Police Act in accordance with section 58 of the 1999 Constitution as amended. This is coming when Tinubu approved N70,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers. This followed series of meetings between representatives of the Nigerian government and the organized labour. However, lawmakers are expected…
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately launch an independent audit of the Dangote Refinery and NNPC transactions. Ezekwesili stated that this is necessary to provide the public with the true state of affairs, insisting that it is in the national interest to do so. In a statement…
Maverick entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has expressed anger over alleged plot to arrest the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Peter Obi. The Peter Obi Media Reach, POMR, on Saturday alleged that the Presidency is plotting to arrest the former Anambra State Governor over the planned nationwide…
A visiting research fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security of the University of South Wales, United Kingdom, Ibrahim Bamidele Kogbe, has declared that it may be difficult for Nigeria to win the war against terrorism and banditry in the absence of rule of law, equality and justice. Kogbe who served as co-convener…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday congratulated Mr T, SAN, on his election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Tinubu, in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, his spokesman, also congratulated all newly elected officers of the NBA and members of the association on a successful conduct of the elections. Tinubu commended the outgoing…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has said that urgent actions need to be taken to salvage the nation from further economic collapse. He lamented that Nigeria’s economy has seen unprecedented retrogression on many fronts for the past 9 years. Obi lamented that instead, Nigerian leaders are more concerned with…
The Coalition of Patriotic Nigerians and Conference of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) in Benue State has called on President Bola Tinubu to take immediate action against Governor Hyacinth Alia, for allegedly undermining local governments in the state. The coalition expressed deep concern over Governor Alia’s actions, describing them as a “direct affront to the principles…
