Author: Biyi Lawrence

The newly appointed National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, promised to deliver the party’s victory in the 11 November, 2023 governorship polls in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa States. He promised a level-playing field for all party members during party primaries. Ganduje said these in his acceptance speech as the party’s chair after his emergence at the 12th APC National Executive Committee meeting held at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. The party’s NEC also elected former Senate spokesman, Ajibola Basiru, from Osun State as its National Secretary. While thanking President Bola Tinubu, he…

Ahmed El-Marzuq, the National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has resigned from the party’s National Working Committee, NWC. El-Marzuq, believed to an ally of former National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, reportedly threw in the towel on Wednesday. Sources at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja confirmed that the legal icon has been under some form of pressure following the exit of Adamu. The erstwhile national legal adviser was in the news three months ago when he recommended the expulsion of former National Vice Chairman for Northwest, Mallam Salihu Lukman, over his decision…

The Tiv Youth Organization (TYO) has reacted to the demand made by the Coalition of Idoma Professionals (CIP) that President Bola Tinubu should dismiss Senator George Akume from his position as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Led by President General Comr. Andy Aondongu Anzah, the TYO, voiced their strong objection to the Coalition’s accusations of ethnic chauvinism, considering them to be both divisive and malicious. They stressed that the matters concerning political leadership and appointments at both the Federal and State levels, which lie at the core of the dispute, are not directly linked to Senator Akume…

Students from the oil-producing Ilaje and Ese Odo communities in Ondo State, have given the Ondo State government, a 7-Day ultimatum to remit 40% oil derivation fund to the communities. The students stated this when protesting against the non-payment of their bursary and abandonment of their communities by the State government. The road passing through the government house ground was barricaded by the protesting students. They prevented free access to and from the State Accountant General office in the state capital. Speaking, the National President of Ilaje Students Association, Agbejoye Oluwatomisin, blamed the state government for not remitting the 40…

President Bola Tinubu has made history by being the first democratic leader in Nigeria to nominate an Abuja indigene as a minister. Tinubu asked the Senate to screen and confirm 19 additional ministerial nominees in which there was Zephaniah Jisalo, from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The President’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. Voiceofnaija.ng had reported that Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to Tinubu, submitted the president’s letter to the Red Chamber while screening the first set of ministerial nominees. Five former…

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and All Progressive Congress, APC, chieftain, has praised the choices of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees. The much-awaited second list was unveiled by the Senate President, Senator Godwill Akapbio on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023. President Tinubu had, on the cusp of the expiration of the 60-day deadline as provided by the Constitution on submission of a ministerial list to the National Assembly for confirmation, submitted a 28-man list to the Senate. Fani-Kayode, who many had thought would make the ministerial list, given his ordeal with the Department of State Service, during the campaign…

Nigeria has reportedly disconnected the supply of 150 megawatts of electricity daily to Niger as part of efforts by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to restore democracy in that nation. The disconnection was effected by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, directly involved in the transmission of power on Tuesday night. A source in the organisation, who pleaded anonymity, said: “It is true Niger was disconnected from the national grid last night based on the instruction of the government. Nigeria used to supply 150 megawatts, MW of power to Niger. “It is total disconnection in line with…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has finally broken his silence following the death of Dr. Vwaere Diaso who fell to her death on Tuesday, 1 August. According to multiple reports, Dr. Vwaere Diaso, died at the General Hospital after an elevator she took crashed. It was gathered that the hospital elevator that killed the late Diaso crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor. It was also gathered that the late doctor was rushed to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment but eventually died. Following her tragic death, colleagues embarked on a protest to demand justice. READ…

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, sentenced Nwakaego Okoye, a female TikTok user, to three years imprisonment for cyberstalking Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus. The judge convicted Nwakaego after she pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of cyberstalking. In a consideration that followed the convict’s remorse, Justice Oweibo however gave her an option of paying a fine of N150,000 in lieu of jail time. According to the charge, Nwakaego and one Chimabia (now at large) conspired to commit the offence between December 2022 and July 2023 in Lagos. It added that the offence contravened…

Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has unveiled former Governors Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Simon Lalong (Plateau), and 17 more ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu. In the new list are former Governors Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Abdullahi Gwarzo, Bosun Tijani, Maryam Shetty, Isiak Salako, Tunji Alausa, Yusuf Sununu, Ibrahim Geidam, Lola John, Shuaibu Audu, Tahir Mamman, Aliyu Abdullahi, Alkali Saidu, Heineken Lokpobori, Maigari Ahmadu and Zaphaniah Jisalo. Earlier, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, submitted the supplementary ministerial list to the Senate. The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives submitted the second list…