The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has named the man who shot ex-President Donald Trump as Matthew Crooks. Mr Crooks, 20, was shot dead after he shot at the Republican presidential nominee during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. One other rally attendant was shot dead while two others were severely injured from the…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has expressed concern over Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment affirming local governments’ right to receive monthly allocations directly from the federation account. The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party emphasised that despite the court judgment, state Houses of Assembly and the governors will always be a clog in the wheel…
The Chairman of Economic Financial Crime Commission, Ola Olukoyede has revealed why he was suspended in 2020 as secretary of the Economic Financial Crime Commission under former President Muhammad Buhari’s adminstration. He stated that there was a cabinet member whom he was not obligated to report to. He however noted that when the cabinet member…
Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has said that President Bola Tinubu is not aware that Nigerians are angry and going through severe hunger. Ndume made this known while speaking with newsmen at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the president is just in the Presidential Villa and being fed with lies…
President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre in Lagos after Wole Soyinka. Tinubu made the announcement in a birthday message to the Nobel laureate who turns 90 on July 13. “It is also fitting we celebrate this national treasure while he is still with us,” Tinubu said. “I am, accordingly, delighted to announce the…
Nigerian governors have met with President Bola Tinubu to declare their support for the supreme Court judgment that granted financial autonomy for the local councils. The governors met with the president at the presidential villa and hailed the judgment stating that they will abide by it. Although the Chairman of the Governors Forum or NGF…
Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has given assent to the Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which stripped Alhaji Sa`ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, of the power to appoint district and village heads in the state. The law had generated controversy across the country as many were opposed to it. Speaking on Thursday…
President Bola Tinubu has said that a new minimum wage will be fixed after reviewing the “structure” of the wage bill. Tinubu said this on Thursday while addressing the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) during a meeting at the State House, Abuja. Tinubu told the labour leaders that…
A former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, collapsed on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja where he was arraigned for alleged N33bn fraud. Mamman, who served as a minister under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, was led into the dock in drenched clothes, prompting his lawyer to explain to Justice James Omotosho that he collapsed…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described Thursday’s judgement of the the Supreme Court affirming fiscal autonomy to local government councils in the country as a win for Nigerians. Atiku, who said this in a statement posted on his X handle also described the ruling by the apex court as a step in the right…
