Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu for staying in France when there are urgent national issues deserving his attention in Nigeria. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his media office, Abubakar said the country “is in a full-blown state of emergency,” citing the killings in Plateau and Benue states and the…
A former President of the Delta State Customary Court, Justice Miakpor Emiaso (retd.), has said that President Bola Tinubu made a blunder in releasing Rivers State allocation to the Sole Administrator of the state. He said: “It is unlawful, it is unconstitutional, you cannot release funds to a sole administrator, and I mean it is…
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (Rtd) as the Administrator of Rivers State following the declaration of a state of emergency in the state. The decision comes in response to the recent vandalization of oil pipelines in Rivers. Tinubu stated that despite the destruction of vital oil infrastructure, Governor Siminalayi Fubara failed…
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Governors from Southwest States will be converging in Lagos today amidst security concerns and heightened controversy over the establishment of Sharia arbitration panels in the region. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is the chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum, will host his colleagues at Lagos House, Ikeja. At the last meeting held in Lagos on June…
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The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has debunked the misleading reports suggesting that the Federal Government has scrapped Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS). This is contained in a statement made available by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Folasade Boriowo, on Friday in Abuja. Boriowo quoted the Minister to have…
The Federal Government has announced the scrapping of all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model after which a Nigerian child can aspire to higher education. With this development, the Nigerian Government is seeking the abolition of 6-3-3-4 education system and replacing…
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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has pardoned a recently trending convict, whose crime was stealing a fowl, Segun Olowookere, alongside his co-convict, Sunday Morakinyo. Olowookere, who was 17 years old at the time of his arrest in November 2010, was convicted and sentenced to death by an Osun State High Court on December 17, 2014,…
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Kwara State Government, under the leadership of His Excellency AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has announced plans to officially flag off the construction of 209.77km of rural roads in the state. The road projects will be carried out under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), according to a statement on Sunday. This strategic initiative, the statement…
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The presidency has given more insight into the cabinet reshuffle set to be done by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking on Wednesday during a press briefing at the State House in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital/New Media, O’Tega Ogra, said the decision by Tinubu to reshuffle his cabinet would be based…
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Strong indications have emerged that President Bola Tinubu is planning to reshuffle his cabinet in a bid to remove ministers that are underperforming. There has been growing pressure from within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and from other stakeholders who have expressed concerns about the non-performance of some ministers. Presidency Sources hinted that the…
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