…Fingers Atiku, other Northern elite as arrowheads • Speaks on Nigeria’s 25 years of democratic rule • Why PDP lost in 2023 presidential election • Need for power to remain in Southern Nigeria in 2027 • Former Governor El-Rufai and Governor Uba Sani administrations and banditry in Kaduna • StatesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI One hundred and three Nigerians on Friday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They were part of those deported from the Republic of Turkey. They arrived at the pilgrims’ wing of the airport at about 6:45 pm on the Southwind AirlinesContinue Reading
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, expressed deep condolences during his visit to the families of the late Architect Ferdinand Agu, former Director General of the National Maritime Authority (NMA). Dr. Mobereola remarked that Agu’s passing is a significant loss toContinue Reading
Founder,NNPP, Dr Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam BY GODWIN OBI In an unprecedented turn of events, the streets of Kano have witnessed the sudden disappearance of the iconic red caps associated with the Kwankwasiya movement, as members reportedly desert Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the leader of the non-governmental organization. This mass exodusContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu on Friday received the director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Christopher Asher Wray, assuring him that Nigeria is working hard to eliminate terrorism, cybercrime, and other criminal activities. Tinubu spoke during a meeting with the FBI director at the StateContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate has passed the N98.5bn 2024 supplementary budget for the Federal Capital Territory Administration. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the passage during the plenary today, after the consideration and adoption of a report of the Committee on FCT on the supplementary budget, by Sen. MohammedContinue Reading
…pleads for innocent suspects BY GODWIN OBI Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has disclosed that credible information about the killers of five soldiers in Aba on May 30, has started trickling in. The Governor who made the revelation when he visited the 144 Battalion Osisioma, Abayi, near Aba, restatedContinue Reading
Finance Minister Wale Edùn BY GODWIN OBI The Presidency in a swift response has debunked claims circulating on social media that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has proposed a new minimum wage of N105,000 per month for Nigerian workers. The Special Adviser toContinue Reading
•To reward informants BY GODWIN OBI The federal government has promised that the recently-completed Second Niger Bridge would be heavily guarded to forestall vandalism and destruction of the project. Worried by the reports of vandalism of the bridge which was handed over to the Bola Tinubu administration in December 2023Continue Reading
· We will review and sign an improved MoU with the Nigerian Navy- NIMASA DG L-R: Executive Director Operations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Engr. Fatai Taiye Adeyemi; Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Mustapha Bala Hassan; Director General, NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola; Chief of the NavalContinue Reading