President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola on his 66th birthday, today, Thursday, 25 May, 2023, sharing the joy with family, friends, and political associates of the former Governor of Osun State, whose contributions to the nation’s growth and stability continue to inspire. President Buhari extolled the former Governor, who played an active role in the Action Congress of Nigeria, and now All Progressives Congress, for the purposefulness and drive he brings to every position of leadership, with a background of grassroots mobilization, and lucid ideas that earned him massive following in the South-West State…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
In less than a week to the swearing-in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, Nigerians have been urged to sustain the unwavering faith in the incoming administration which will guarantee a rebirth of the nation into economic buoyancy and peaceful coexistence. This was disclosed by Senator Fatimat Olufunke Raji-Rasaki while commemorating the outgoing administration of President Muhammed Buhari’s eight years and the success recorded during his two tenures in office. She stressed that as a nation, we must reflect on those areas where we got it right and other areas where we failed. …
In line with his administration’s commitment to deliver dividends of democracy and good governance to Lagos residents, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday, commissioned 13 projects in eight local government areas of the State. The commissioning of the projects in Amuwo-Odofin, Badagry, Agege, Ojo, Alimoso, Ifako Ijaiye, Ikeja and Ajeromi/Ifelodun local government areas, were parts of the 11-day programme lined up to celebrate Governor Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, who have performed excellently well in office in the first term, with a promise of improved performance to effectively achieve ‘A Greater Lagos Rising’. The projects commissioned by Governor Sanwo-Olu…
By Muiz Banire, PhD At the conception of this edition, the title I assigned to it was, ‘BUHARI: THANK GOD IT IS OVER”. In the course of writing the content, it suddenly dawned on me that I might appear judgmental at the end of the discourse, though not intended. Again, I also realized the divine admonition that, ‘judge not, for ye shall be judged’. At this point, I opted for the new title as adopted above with a view to presenting some of the facts in my possession while leaving Nigerians to pass the appropriate verdict. It will be recalled…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari has debunked news making the round that he has dissolved his cabinet at the valedictory Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of his administration Buhari urged the ministers to remain in office till the last day of his administration on May 29 when he will hand over to President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. There have been reports that the President has dissolved the cabinet. But speaking with reporters after the FEC meeting, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said all ministers had been directed by President Buhari to return to their offices and continue…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday, 24 May, 2023, inaugurated Democracy Radio 104.9 FM which is a baby of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies(NILDS). NILDS is one of the agencies of the National Assembly. Lawan also commissioned a Legislative Centre for Security Analysis which is domiciled in NILDS. The NILDS Democracy Radio and Legislative Centre for Security Analysis share the same building at Asokoro Extension in Abuja. The Senate President inspected the Centre and the Radio Station with state-of-the-art equipment and granted the inaugural interview by the Radio. Lawan described the Center and the…
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and his Deputy, Idris Wase openly clashed during plenary on Wednesday, 24 May, 2023, over the announcement by the Speaker that the Order Paper for Thursday, 25 May, 2023, be made lighter to allow members attend the official commissioning of the permanent site of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies(NILDS). Before adjourning the plenary, the Speaker announced the NILDS permanent site along Airport Road will be commissioned by 3.00pm on Thursday, 25 May, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari. But Wase said the primary business of the House was lawmaking and other official businesses, adding that…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal High Court presided over by Justice M.N Yunusa sitting in Kano, Kano State has sentenced one Ibrahim Musa to three months imprisonment on a one count charge bordering on tampering with Nigerian currency. The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC secured the conviction of Musa. Musa was arrested by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway with coins which he claims he uses to produce jewelry for commercial purposes.NDLEA subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.The convict during the course of investigation stated…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A House of Representatives Member-elect, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, has claimed that Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje was economical with the truth by saying that he did not consented to the meeting that President-elect Bola Tinubu held with Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso in France. Jubrim claimed that the Governor Ganduje personally told him that Tinubu consulted him before the meeting took place in France. Ganduje had expressed reservation over the meeting, saying Tinubu had decided to see Kwankwaso, his estranged benefactor, as an alternative. The Governor had said Tinubu ought to have informed him or invited him to the meeting…