The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi rejects the Presidential Elections Petition Court’s verdict concerning the outcome of the February 25, 2023, election. Obi made this announcement during a press conference held at his residence in Onitsha on Thursday. While acknowledging that the PEPC had adhered to the legally mandated time frames, he expressed…
Massive reactions have followed Davido’s comment on the ongoing tribunal judgement for the 2023 general elections. The ongoing Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) is set to deliver its final verdict today. Nigerians from all walks of life have been waiting patiently to witness the televised live proceedings from the Tribunal venue at the Court of Appeal in…
The president has tasked his ministers to work quickly as a team to move this country forward quickly. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has tasked his cabinet of newly elected ministers to hit the ground running and work hard to turn the fortunes of the country. His excellency said this on Monday while addressing the cabinet…
The FG has also stated that additional palliative would be disbursed to states that share border with Niger Republic to cope with the influx of refugees from the neighboring country. The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will receive N5 billion palliative to help them cushion…
Nigerians have expressed their growing frustration with the rising cost of living and have compared the past administration of President Buhari to the new administration of President Bola Tinubu. The video captures citizens crying out for succour amidst the economic hardships they are facing under the present government. In the video, one visibly distressed man, who claims…
Operatives of the Department of State Service DSS have re-arrested the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele at the premises of the Federal High Court, Lagos. Emefiele’s rearrest happened at the court premises after the court granted him bail in the sum of N20 million. The DSS had a tussle…
Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham has taken to social media to cry out for help. According to the actress, she’s tired and confused. She made this known in a Twitter post, writing: “I’m confused and tired” The post generated several reactions from netizens, while some expressed concern for Toyin, others made jest of her. coupletherapies wrote: “No…
The Lagos state government has been slammed over its plan to give a mass burial to 103 EndSARS victims. Lead counsel to Endsars petitioners, Adeshina Ogunlana faulted the Lagos State government after a leaked memo addressed to the Lagos State Ministry of Health revealed that the State Government approved N61,285,000 for the mass burial of…
Several reactions have trailed the increase in the pump prices of Petrol, known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), from 537 to 617 naira per Liter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has further increased pump prices of Petrol across the country. NNPC filling stations in Abuja witnessed brief queues, particularly the one located along Murtala Mohammed…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has faulted the mode that the federal government adopted for the distribution of N500 billion in palliatives for small-scale industries. Speaking through his Deputy, Aminu Abdussalam, the governor said the distribution was heavily skewed in favour of Lagos…
FCT, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said 12 million families will get N8,000 over a period of six months to lessen the hardships faced by Nigerians as a result of subsidy removal. In a letter to the house of Representatives read by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas during plenary on Thursday, July 13, Tinubu said…
On Friday, President Bola Tinubu explained why he had detained and suspended Mr. Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). President Tinubu claimed that Nigeria’s financial system, which was overseen by Governor Emefiele, was corrupt and that many of its citizens living in dire straits abroad were remitting money through the…
The estranged governor believes he his being held against his fundamental rights. Suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has resorted to legal measures to challenge his detention by the Department of State Services (DSS). In a plea submitted on Tuesday to the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Emefiele seeks the…
Bola Tinubu, the president in office, has been praised as one of history’s most progressive leaders by former presidential aide Reno Omokri. Reno Omokri asserts that as a result of the drama surrounding and following the elections, President Bola Tinubu assumed office as one of the least well-liked leaders ever. Bola Tinubu has made significant…
Eight new Special Advisers have been appointed by President Bola Tinubu, who has also launched the National Economic Council, or NEC, which is led by Vice President Kashim Shettima. A week after giving NEC the go-ahead to develop interventions to lessen the effects of the petroleum subsidy, NEC was officially inaugurated.As he reaffirmed his administration’s…
The acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is now Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi. On March 7, 1962, Shonubi was born. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos between 1978 and 1983. He then earned a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the same university in…
Godwin Emefiele has been demoted from governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by President Bola Tinubu. Willie Bassey, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation’s director of information, said in a statement that the suspension was a result of an ongoing inquiry into his office. The sentence reads “Central…
The new administration was sworn in today at Eagles Square, Abuja. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in today, Monday, May 29th, 2023 and spoke to Nigerians for the first time as the president elect. In his inaugural speech, Tinubu mentioned that his administration is ready to unite and govern Nigeria in accordance with the…
Shettima outlines that the incoming administration is particular about togetherness and there is no agenda to islamize the country. The Vice-President elect, Senator Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians that the soon-to-be-sworn in administration does not have an agenda to Islamize the country as it has been speculated in some quarters. When Shettima was picked as…
The embattled agitator of the IPOB requires urgent medical treatment as his health continues to deteriorate, according to his counsel. Counsel to the embattled leader of the proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded with the Supreme Court over the health of his client who’s being held in custody of…
