Author: Maryam Garba

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Thursday reminisced about the special moments he shared with his late mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji. The president shared a remembrance note for his mum on social media, who died on this day, a decade ago. “10 years ago, today, my darling mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji passed away. “On this day, I remember her love, grit, devotion and generosity. “I will always cherish the time we had together and the values of hard work, forthrightness and perseverance she instilled in me,” the president wrote on his official Facebook Page. He prayed that Allah will continue to rest…

THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to immediately invite Senator Ahmad Muhammad Bulkachuwa for interrogation and proceed to prosecute him accordingly. This comes after Bulkachuwa’s disclosure that his wife, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, “extended help” to some politicians during her time as President of the Court of Appeal between April 2014 and March 2020. The NBA, in a statement by its President, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, on Wednesday, noted that the viral video clip of the comments made by the…

SUSPENDED Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, is currently in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). It was learnt that Bawa arrived the headquarters of DSS at about 9:02pm. A source said he’s currently being grilled by the operatives of the secret police. Spokesman of the DSS, Peter Afunanya, confirmed Bawa’s presence to a select journalists but did not go into details. More details shortly…

SENATE President, Godswill Akpabio is currently at the State House to visit President Bola Tinubu after his inauguration as the 10th Senate President. Akpabio (APC Akwa Ibom) in a keenly contested election defeated his opponent, Abdullazeez Yari (APC Zamfara) with 66 votes against 43. Akpabio was a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, while Yari, who is a first-term Senator, was a former governor of Zamfara state. Two other aspirants, Orji Uzor-Kalu (APC Abia and also a former governor and Osita Izunaso (APC Imo), stepped down from the contest after persuasions from both the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the…

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu addressed Nigerians on the occasion of the 2023 Democracy Day on Monday, June 12. Democracy Day is celebrated yearly on June 12 in honour of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola and other heroes of democracy. Addressing Nigerians on Monday, Nigeria’s newly inaugurated President said the heroes of democracy paid the supreme price for the gains enjoyed in the country currently. Tinubu said the 2023 general elections showed that democracy is well alive in Nigeria. According to him, the beauty of democracy is that winners today…

WITH Friday night’s suspension of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, President Bola Tinubu has tasked the Deputy Governor, Operations Directorate, Mr. Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi, with leading the country’s apex financial institution in an acting capacity. Having served in the deputy governor role since October 2018, according to the website of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Shonubi has represented the CBN governor on the FIRS Board since December 9, 2019. Born on March 7, 1962, he attended the University of Lagos from 1978 to 1983 and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.…

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has received in audience the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso at the State House in Abuja.  A former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jubrin, accompanied him to the Presidential Villa. The former Kano State governor had met Tinubu whom he contested against in the February 25 election but lost in France last month, making today’s meeting the second time the two leaders will be meeting after the elections. It is, however, their first meeting since Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria’s President on May 29. The…

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed another bill into law, which will become the second bill Tinubu will sign into law as president. News Point Nigeria reports that President Tinubu signed the Electricity Act 2023 into law on Friday. The Electricity Act 2023 allows the de-monopolization of Nigeria’s electricity generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity at the national level. It also empowers states, companies and individuals to generate, transmit and distribute electricity. More details shortly…

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with a group of aggrieved politicians within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) known as the G5 or the Integrity Group. In attendance at the meeting at the Aso Rock are one serving governor and four former governors within the party. They are Governor Seyi Makinde (Oyo) as well as former Govenors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu). The current governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah was also present. The G5, who were all two-term governors before four of them handed over on May 29, 2023, formed an…

THE Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has reserved ruling in the appeal by a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing his no case submission. The former governor, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their companies, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd are standing trial before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja on a 37-count amended charge of money laundering to the tune of N1.35 billion fraud. Lamido allegedly abused his position as governor between 2007 and 2015 and laundered several…

WITH the suspension of its planned strike, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Wednesday shed light on the rationale for its insistence on reducing the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (or petrol). Failed talks with the Federal Government had led to plans by organised labour to embark on industrial action, in light of President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech last Monday declaring “fuel subsidy is gone”. The President’s remarks followed former President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to halt payment of fuel subsidy beyond June 2023. TUC President Festus Osifo, in a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily monitored…

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has debunked claims suggesting that lopsided promotions are taking place within the agency. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, noted in a statement on Wednesday that no such thing exists as an elevation of officers based on bias within the agency. He added that promotions remain an ongoing exercise based on a number of factors including vacancy. “Indeed, the issues raised by the category of personnel mentioned in the reports arose in 2011, which was 10 clear years before the current leadership of Brig. Gen. MB Marwa (Retd). “However, in a determined bid to motivate…

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has met with service chiefs for the first time since assumption into office, demanding security agencies to strengthen coordination and not to work at cross purposes. At the end of the meeting on Thursday, the President disclosed his own philosophy towards dealing with security issues, which is adoption of contemporary security measures to advance the country’s security fortunes. Addressing State House correspondents, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Munguno, who conveyed the President’s message, disclosed that the President demands frequent consultations in tandem with the demands of the nation and will embark on a lot of reforms. The…

THE senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Wednesday, decried Nigeria’s high cost of governance, advising President Bola Tinubu on the need to cut down the number of federal lawmakers. “Left to me, we don’t need to have the two chambers, the two houses,” he said during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today monitored by News Point Nigeria. “It’s costing the country. I agree, a democracy means getting as many involved as possible, but the way it is going on now, it’s almost 500 legislators nationwide; I don’t think we really need this much at the moment.” The National…

YOBE State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has introduced his Imo State counterpart, Hope Uzodimma as the new Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum. Governor Buni made the introduction on Wednesday when he led a team of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors during a visit to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The governors were in Abuja for a National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party chaired by the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Besides Buni and Uzodimma, those present at the meeting include Governors Mohammed Bago (Niger), Senator Uba Sani (Kaduna), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe),…

GOVERNOR Uba Sani of Kaduna State has reappointed the Secretary to the State Government under the Nasir El-Rufai administration, Balarabe Lawal, to his cabinet. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mohammed Shehu, who said Lawal was retained in view of his “vast” experience in governance to assist in the smooth take-off of the new administration. Sani also approved the appointment of Shuaibu Gimi as Senior Special Assistant on Strategic Communication and Nasir Abdulkadir as Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, while Dahiru Ahmed will serve as Senior Special Assistant on Electronic Media.…

THE UK Government has congratulated President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima on their inauguration. According to a statement on Monday, King Charles III expressed his “warmest congratulations” and wish to send Tinubu every possible good wish as you assume the many responsibilities of your office. Helen Grant, the UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Trade to Nigeria and Girls’ Education, also said, “My priority is to strengthen our bilateral trade and investment partnership, to the mutual benefit of our two great nations, and I look forward to working alongside the new administration to further that goal.” See the full…

THE outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians. This was contained in a by the Head of Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi made available to the media on Sunday. According to the statement, the airports include Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; Benin International Airport now known as Oba Akinzua ii; Dutse International Airport renamed Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi; Ebonyi International Airport Okadigbo now known as Chuba Wilberforce; and Gombe International Airport renamed Brigadier Zakari Maimalari. Also, Ibadan International Airport (Samuel Ladoke Akintola); Ilorin International…

THE House of Representatives has amended the Central Bank of Nigeria Act to raise the lending limit of the apex bank to the federal government from five (5) to fifteen (15) per cent. The amendment was done at an emergency session held by the lawmakers on Sunday. It comes amid concerns from the public regarding why the National Assembly would approve the ways and means advances request of President Muhammadu Buhari, considering that the 23.1 trillion naira request was many times over the 5 percent lending limit of the CBN. The Lawmakers believe the amendment will enable the government to…

THE President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina has decried the fuel subsidy regime by the Federal Government, saying it only benefits the rich. Speaking during the presidential inauguration lecture in Abuja on Saturday, Adesina said the continued payment to subsidise petroleum products is killing the Nigerian economy. According to him, fuel subsidy cost the economy of Africa’s most populous nation $10 billion alone in 2022. He explained that Nigeria keeps borrowing for what shouldn’t be borrowed for, advising that such money should be channelled to national development. “The place to start therefore is to remove the inefficient…