Leaders of the youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have announced a first-of-its-kind inauguration concert planned as an inclusive celebratory activity for young people across the country who contributed to the party’s victory and the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the last presidential election. Tagged the ‘Renewed Hope Concert’, the event is billed tentatively to take place on the 25th of May, 2023, at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. It will feature prominent and trending music and entertainment artistes from across the country, while also providing fun and networking opportunities to attendees, regardless of partisan affiliation,…
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Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, has raised concerns over his health and fitness with an awkward fall at a recent event where he made an appearance as part of ongoing public relations efforts to rebuild his battered reputation. Obi was making his way across the stage when he suddenly fell, requiring rescue from his security aides who scrambled to help him back on his feet while shielding the visibly shaken politician from the cameras. His fall came on the back of an embarrassing gaffe in a television interview where he claimed to…
Nigeria’s President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has clarified that until his swearing-in on the 29th of May, he lacks the powers to action withdrawals or reimbursement of any expense from the national treasury following widespread mistranslation of his friendly exchange with Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, over repayment for certain projects executed by the state government. Tinubu was in Port Harcourt yesterday to inaugurate a number of key projects completed by the Rivers Governor, including road infrastructure and a flyover constructed to ease traffic flow and facilitate easy movement of goods and people within and around the state. In his address, Governor…
After previous attempts to deny and deflect, the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, Peter Obi, has finally admitted the authenticity of the leaked controversial phone call with the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide Bishop David Oyedepo. His admittance came in a recent television interview where he struggled to explain his detainment in the UK amongst other issues. According to Obi, he made the phone call to Oyedepo to merely solicit support in a last-ditch attempt to shore up his numbers and emerge victorious at the polls. But that account has been challenged as a…
Peter Obi prompted ridicule and criticism with an embarrassing gaffe in a recent interview. He announced his departure from the United Kingdom in 2025, a futuristic date clearly impossible given that the entire world is yet to make it through 2023. The former Anambra governor made the error whilst struggling to explain his Easter detainment, a development said to be connected to a wider investigation into his financial dealings in Europe and specifically an audit controversy in the UK involving his firm, NEXT International. Obi is reported to have ignored UK warnings about providing access to the firm’s accounts for…
Claims that the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, criminally dealt drugs in the United States of America and was subjected to a legal trial, as a result, have been effectively dismissed and neutralized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in its response to a suit filed by the opposition PDP at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Here are some of the key points contained in the submission which, ultimately, deals a deadly blow to the petitions against Tinubu’s fitness to qualify in the presidential race given that they were built on the now-dismissed insinuations that he was…
Governors of Oyo and Rivers States, Engr. Seyi Makinde and Nyesom Wike, have assured President-Elect Bola Tinubu of their support as he prepares to take office as the next president of the country. Makinde and Wike who belong to the opposition PDP gave the assurance when they visited Tinubu on Friday in Abuja to congratulate him on his imminent emergence and reiterate their commitment to his success through a collaborative approach hinged on collective national progress. Speaking to the press during the visit, Makinde acknowledged the end of the electoral season, which may be divisive, and a new shift to…
Nigeria’s next president, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was at the State House in Abuja to observe Jumaat prayers today, Friday, April 28. He joined President Muhammadu Buhari and other senior government officials at the federal and state level. Reps Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Ganduje were some of the officials who prayed at the mosque in the company of the President-Elect. Acknowledging the event which foreshadows the imminent transfer of power, President Buhari expressed his pleasure at welcoming the President-Elect to the State House which is soon to be his official residence, following the swearing-in on…
States in the South West region of Nigeria have agreed to a plan to launch region-wide electricity and rail projects, continuing the positive trend of states’ collaboration and integration for development. The plan follows the success of the regional security outfit code-named Amotekun and is legally powered by recent laws assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, notably the Electricity and Railway Acts 2023 which decentralized operation of power and rail among others. The decision was reached at the end of a two-day conference organized by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) in Akure, Ondo State, to explore opportunities for…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Malami Abubakar has denied accusations that 48 million barrels of oil worth $2.4 million disappeared from the government’s books while appearing yesterday before an ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the matter. According to Malami, the alarm, which he termed baseless, was raised by fraudulent individuals who tried to trick the government into paying for undue recoveries. He claimed that his office, after conducting a probe, established a case of fraud against those who raised the allegation. Malami said: “The allegations relating to the 48 million barrels of…