Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has said President-elect, Bola Tinubu is the better politician and resource manager than both Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. In his explanation, Omokri said his submission was evident in the antecedents of Tinubu when he was Lagos state governor, as he built both human resources and infrastructural facilities and increased Lagos internally generated revenue. While he argued that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party was the best candidate in the 2023 elections, Omokri said he preferred the former Lagos governor to Osinbajo…
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Alhassan Doguwa, majority leader of the house of representatives, has withdrawn from the speakership race. Doguwa announced his withdrawal from the race on Wednesday night at a meeting with reps-elect at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Abubakar Maki and Olatunji Olawuyi also withdrew from the race. Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house; Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu attended the meeting. Doguwa said he dropped his speakership ambition the day the All Progressives Congress (APC) nominated Abbas and Kalu for the speaker and deputy speakership positions of the incoming house of representatives. Doguwa said Abbas is qualified and has the…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted the telephone conversation between the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Atiku in a tweet on Wednesday describing the conversation as “demoralising.” He said with the call, the US was acknowledging what he described as a “fraudulent election” in Nigeria. Atiku who contested the election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is in court challenging the declaration of Tinubu as President-elect.
Disc jockey DJ Cuppy has built a virtual lab for students of Jakande Estate College in Lagos. She posted a video of her visit to the lab and wrote: “Visited Jakande Estate College, where I recently built a virtual lab, Everyone knows I’m obsessed with Education and I feel blessed to be a part of such a transformative project. So proud of all the impact work the @cuppyfoundation has done and will continue to be there!”
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, stated that if the ruling All Progressives Congress wanted to make Nigeria better, it could have presented Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as its standard bearer. Obi said this while discussing with guests at the London home of Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Dele Momodu, on the occasion of the latter’s birthday on Tuesday. Momodu shared a video of Obi and the guests on his Instagram page on Wednesday. In the video, Obi said, “I’m desperate to see Nigeria work. I don’t hide it any day, any time. I even confronted APC…
Minister Moses Bliss, a well-known international gospel performer, has urged the Guinness World Records to expedite the recognition of Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, as the person who has completed the “longest cooking marathon” ever. Bliss stated that the Guinness Book of Records’ declaration of Baci’s heroic efforts is what the rest of the world is waiting for. He said the unprecedented feat recorded by the 27-year-old restaurateur speaks to the uncanny determination, exceptional diligence and the indomitable spirit of the Nigerian youth. “Hilda Baci’s mind-blowing attempt is testament to the unwavering resolve of the Nigerian youth to…
Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and other top Nigeria politicians have been banned from visiting the United States of America, USA, for undermining the Democratic Process in Nigeria during the last Presidential/State House of Assembly Elections. Uzodinma and Wike made headlines in March after he superintended over what many describe as the “worst display of electoral malfeasance and a rigging in the state’s history”. In a statement on Monday, by the US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said “the United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the…
Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, has asked a group of former senators to pray for him and Jibrin Barau, senator representing Kano north. The All Progressives Congress (APC) had nominated Akpabio and Barau for the positions of senate president and deputy in the incoming 10th national assembly. But the party’s decision has stirred controversies as contenders for the positions have expressed displeasure about the choices. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at a meeting with 76 former senators – including Ameh Ebute, an ex-senate president – Akpabio expressed dismay that first-term senators were seeking to be…
Mu’azu Sambo, the minister of transportation, has refuted claims that he participated in the hijacking of a maritime contract at the Nigerian Ports Authority. Despite Two weeks before the current administration is set to leave office, Sambo’s involvement in a marine contract scam prompted his denial. At the commissioning of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Abuja Zonal Office in Abuja on Tuesday, said if a contract is beyond the threshold of the Nigerian Ports Authority, then it becomes the duty of the ministry to conclude the process of procuring that contract. According to him, if the procurement…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday barred journalists from the trial of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who is being tried for drug offences. The embattled former Head of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigerian Police Force is being prosecuted alongside four others. His co-defendants are ACP Sunday Ubia, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirigba and Inspector John Nuhu. Among other things, they were alleged to have unlawfully tampered with 21.25 kilogramme worth of cocaine that they seized from two drug traffickers and dealing in cocaine worth 17.55kg. During resumed proceedings on the matter on Tuesday,…
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora has asked the Federal Government to ban all foreign food commodities Nigeria can produce. Mamora made the call on Tuesday at the ministerial media briefing orgainised by the presidential communications at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, According to Mamora, the country is bereft of investors, hence most local inventions are rather dormant and useless. He said the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is having a challenge taking research outputs to the market, noting that when this is done it would be seen as doing something. Speaking on what has been done…
Former Deputy National Chairman (South-West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has explained why he will not congratulate the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his victory at the February 25 election. George said this during an interview with Arise TV, adding that he bears no grudges against the former Lagos governor. This comes as the Tinubu’s camp paid a visit to the PDP chieftain on Saturday. Recall that a delegation led by Prince Tajudeen Olusi, the Chairman of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), met with George in Lagos. The…