Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has been confirmed by official communication as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He will be deputized by Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State. Meanwhile, a former Governor of Benue State, George Akume, has also been named as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The raft of appointments was announced today, Friday, by a statement signed by the Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye. The new appointees were also reportedly introduced formally to the Progressive Governors Forum which met with the President at the Villa earlier today.
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Speaker of the 9th Assembly, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has been announced as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to well-placed Villa sources. The sources confirmed that Gbajabiamila was introduced to the APC governors in the new capacity at a meeting ongoing at the Villa. Gbajabiamila is a veteran politician celebrated for his contributions to the development of the country’s legal and governance framework. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2003 to represent Surulere I constituency of Lagos State. Owing to his sterling representation, according to wide acclamation and his emergence as…
Olusegun Dada, a strong pillar of the APC Youth Wing and celebrated media strategist, has received an award from the National Association of University Students as an icon of youth development. This took place on Tuesday, May 30, at the inauguration after-party staged by the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (ABAT) Media Centre. It was graced by a broad coalition of the party’s youth arm and its support groups from across the country. According to the leadership of the student body, Olusegun Dada was honoured with the award owing to his long contributions to the development of young people in the…
Newly sworn-in President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed his determination to unite the country behind a progressive agenda of equity, fairness and development. He made this known in his inaugural speech delivered on Monday, May 29, at the Eagle Square, FCT Abuja. The speech also highlighted the key priorities of his administration, including the areas of security, jobs provision and economic development. He said, “Today, let us recommit our very selves to placing Nigeria in our hearts as the indispensable home for each and every one of us regardless of creed, ethnicity, or place of birth.” “My…
Seyi Tinubu, Dada Olusegun and other leaders of the youth arm of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held the nation spellbound on Thursday, May 25, with a successful youth concert that thrilled millions of young Nigerians at home and in the diaspora. Tagged the Renewed Hope Unity Concert, the event took place at the Velodrome of the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja with over 8000 youths in attendance while millions more joined in through live broadcast on major networks, including terrestrial, cable, and digital media stations. Asake, Fireboy DML, Wande Coal, Ado Gwanja, Seyi Vibez, Chuddy K were some of…
Atiku Abubakar has continued his daunting streak of losses in court following the Supreme Court’s dismissal of his suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over claims of ‘double nomination’. The PDP had claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022. The opposition party argued that Shettima’s nomination to contest the position of vice-president and Borno central senatorial seat simultaneously was in violation of the law. But a five-member…
Thousands of young Nigerians from across the country and of different political persuasions are set to storm the Velodrome of the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja to take part in the Renewed Hope Unity Concert staged by the Seyi Tinubu-led APC Youth Wing. Footfalls have risen dramatically in Abuja since Tuesday with delegates from all over the country arriving in the Federal Capital Territory. They are joined by other young Nigerians in the diaspora whose trip back home to witness Bola Tinubu’s assumption of office represents a further demonstration of their complete faith in his capacity to turn the…
Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, the authentic Chairman of the Labour Party according to a court ruling, was lucky to escape the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) with his life on Tuesday. Displeased with his attempt to reclaim the party structure from the Obi-led invaders who merely joined the party as a lifeline after failing to secure the PDP ticket, Obi’s supporters, with likely endorsement of the candidate himself, appear prepared to snuff life out of the aged man. One of them, Mr Jack Obinyan, has publicly called for support in his mission to assassinate Alhaji Lamidi Apapa using poison. Obinyan’s declaration…
The proscribed terror group, the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), on Tuesday, struck a convoy carrying US citizens and Nigerian diplomats, killing at least four people, including two US mission workers. The attack was staged hours after the Secretary of State of the USA, Anthony Blinken, announced a call with President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the latter’s swearing-in on May 29, underscoring possible intent of the group which has suspected ties with the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in whose home state of Anambra the murder took place. IPOB was unequivocal about its partisan support of…
Supporters of Peter Obi are experiencing a public meltdown after news emerged that the Secretary of States of the United States of America, Anthony Blinken, spoke yesterday with the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, seeking stronger partnership between both countries as the latter prepares to assume power in a matter of days. The US Department of State confirmed the engagement with a statement that read, “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke this morning with Nigerian President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu to emphasize his continued commitment to further strengthening the U.S.-Nigeria relationship with the incoming administration.” “The Secretary noted that the…