President Bola Tinubu departed Lagos for South Africa to attend the inauguration of the country’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa in a private jet belonging to his Lebanese ally, Gilbert Chagoury. The Nigerian President arrived at Waterkloof Air Force Base on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital, on Tuesday evening. Video and pictures released by…
The Rivers State Police Command said it has taken over the 23 local government councils in the state as well as some critical infrastructure in the oil and gas-rich state. The police said the action was to forestall further bloodbath as well as a breakdown of law and order due to the spread of the…
Veteran Nigerian entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has mocked former Rivers State governor, and former Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, after he was seen sitting in the departure lounge of the Abuja Airport waiting for a delayed flight. Charly Boy, also called Area Fada, who posted the picture of the former Rivers State…
A Chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has frowned at the call for state police and regional government in the country. There has been a call for the creation of state police and regional system of government, a move that could potentially redefine Nigeria’s political landscape. However, Galadima, in a recent…
The Presidency, has in a swift reaction, described Obi’s comment on the purchase of aircraft for the presidential fleets as insensitive, wondering if he would rather have the life of the President jeopardised by flying faulty aircraft. It will be recalled that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, condemned the move…
Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has accused the All Progressive Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of heeding to ill advice from enemies of Kano State. He said this in reaction to the emirate tussle in which Federal security agencies with constitutionally assigned responsibility of…
The Kano State Police Command has expressed strong disapproval over the recent incident where Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II’s entourage was booed. This was conveyed in a statement by the command’s spokesman, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano on Monday. Kiyawa reported that the incident occurred when the Emir took an alternative route as part of his…
Ace Nigerian rapper and songwriter Eedris Abdulkareem has released a song titled “Emilokan” to speak truth to power, addressing President Tinubu, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, and other notable figures on the current economic hardship in the country. The “Nigeria Jagajaga” coroner accused Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG),…
Babatunde Fashola, a former minister of works and housing, has said that the national assembly may have unconstitutionally legislated on salaries instead of minimum wage. In an article entitled ‘Minimum Wage Review – My Takeaway’, Fashola said what the constitution provides for to be legislated on in the exclusive-legislative list is the country’s minimum wage….
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a visit to Oluremi Tinubu, the first lady, on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Obasanjo visited the first lady in Lagos on Monday. Busola Kukoyi, media aide to the first lady, shared the picture of Oluremi and Obasanjo in a post published on X. “Former President of the…
