The outgoing Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has made some appointments on his final day in office. Bagudu will hand over to Governor-elect Nasiru Idris in a few hours. However, in a statement which Yahaya Sarki, media aide to the outgoing governor issued on behalf of Bagudu, the appointments of Head of Service and four Permanent secretaries were made. “The Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has approved the appointment of Alhaji Safiyanu Garba Bena as substantive Head of Service of the State as well as four new Permanent Secretaries. “The four new Permanent Secretaries are Kudirat…
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The incoming governor of Kano state, Abba Kabir Yusuf (popularly known as Abba Gida Gida), has vowed to probe the N241billion inherited from the administration of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Yusuf said the handover notes submitted by Ganduje through the outgoing Secretary to the State Government was not enough and very scanty. He also criticised Ganduje for “departing from established democratic” practice in jetting out of the state and not personally handing over the state government to him. “The handover notes not enough for us. It is a very scanty note. The transition committee report was also very scanty. “Nothing…
JUST IN: Tinubu Sworn-In As President Federal Republic of Nigeria President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn-in as the 16th President, Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN). Tinubu took an oath of office at the 2023 Presidential Inauguration at eagle square in Abuja. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, sworn-in the president elect in the presence of the outgoing president Muhammadu Buhari and other African and world leaders present.
The outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, approved the conferment of the 2023 national awards on several Nigerians in various categories. The awards list, which had 340 Nigerians and was signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Ibiene Roberts, had Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare; former Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick and Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen. Dare was conferred with the prestigious Commander of the Order of the Niger award, while the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic was bestowed on Pinnick. Osimhen received the Member of the…
The National Coordinator of South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has hinted that the incoming President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will review all the contracts awarded in the last days of President Muhammadu Buhari in office. He hinted this on Sunday during an appearance on Channels TV. Adeyeye was however quick to admit that he did not foresee much administrative disagreements between the outgoing and incoming administrations since they are of the same party. He noted that it is important for some actions to be reviewed for the benefit of the good people of Nigerians. “These contracts are…
A federal high court in Anambra has ordered Usman Baba to stop parading himself as Nigeria’s inspector-general of police (IGP). In a judgment delivered on May 14, Fatun Riman, the presiding judge, held that Baba’s continued stay in office after clocking the retirement age of 60 is illegal and unconstitutional. He held that as a staff of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), an authority established under Section 214 (1) of the constitution, Baba was bound by Rule 229 of the Police Service Rules which provided for the compulsory retirement of all grades of public service officers at the age of…
Forget their pretensions and volte-faces, when outgoing Nigerian public officials wake up tomorrow, May 29, they will wake up into emptiness. That void cannot be filled by the wealth they acquired in office. Nor can it be impeached by Muhammadu Buhari’s reported haste to flee Aso Villa tomorrow. At the launch of a book on his administration at the presidential villa on Friday, the outgoing president had said: “I assure you, I have been counting the days; I am looking forward to Monday very desperately. I will use the weekend to sign some of the papers so that from Eagle…
There was disquiet at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, venue of the Inauguration Lecture on Saturday, following the conspicuous absence of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu from the event, which was organised in his honour. However, Tinubu was represented by the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, who did not say anything about his whereabouts, but only proceeded to read his speech. In the speech read on his behalf, the President-elect declared that Nigeria stands at the precipice of a new era, where the ideals of democracy would guide her path towards sustainable development. At the event, President Muhammadu Buhari…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to “start with a clean slate by promptly making public details of your assets, income, investments, liabilities, and interests and to encourage your Vice-President-Elect to do the same.” SERAP also urged him to “immediately prioritise the full and effective respect for human rights, media freedom, the rule of law and the country’s judiciary, including by promptly obeying countless court judgements which the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has repeatedly treated with utter contempt and disdain.” In the open letter dated May 27, 2023, and signed by SERAP…
One civilian has been reported dead in the capital city of Kyiv after a “massive” drone attack. The city’s mayor and former boxer, Vitali Klitschko said Sunday on Telegram. “A 35-year-old woman was hospitalised, a 41-year-old man died,” he said. The mayor reported that drone wreckage had crashed near a petrol station. He said Kyiv’s air defences had shot down “more than 20 drones” headed for the city, and implored city residents to stay in shelters. “The attack is massive,” he says. A fire also broke out at a company premises in the Holosiivskyi district, he added. The head of…
Dr. Paul Enenche, the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Center, has issued a strong warning to witches and wizards coming into the Federal Capital Territory for the presidential inauguration on 29 May, 2023. Recall that the White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria had on 1 May, said they were making efforts to storm Abuja in a bid to cleanse and detoxify the environment for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to operate in. The Spokesperson of the association, Okhue Obo stated this in a statement, and assured Tinubu of a peaceful inauguration. He warned those plotting to scuttle the event…
President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, on Sunday by 7am. This was made known in a statement by Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina. “Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast,” the statement read in part.