Author: Victor Fola

President Bola Tinubu has reflected on how he had to invoke the spirit of freedom and determination in Ogun State when faced with some challenges before the February 25, 2023 presidential election. The President spoke on Thursday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, when he paid a visit to the palaces of the paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona; and the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, in Abeokuta, the state capital. Tinubu said he remained hopeful and optimistic about achieving victory in the last presidential election despite the ineffective cashless policy implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Tinubu…

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Vice-President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians that the President Bola Tinubu administration is determined to address all the challenges confronting the nation including infrastructural deficit.  The vice-president spoke on Wednesday during an Eid-al-Adha visit to Abubakar Ibn Garbai El-Kanemi, the Shehu of Borno, in Maiduguri. Shettima said the monarch spoke to him about “poignant issues facing the society, especially with regards to the infrastructural deficit”. He added that all the demands of the monarch will be looked into and addressed by the government. He thereafter assured Nigerians that despite “all the challenges confronting us, we will survive it as a…

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President Bola Tinubu has concluded his official trip to Paris, France, and will now proceed to London, United Kingdom, for a short private visit. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser Special Duties, Communications & Strategy to the President, Dele Alake, in a statement on Saturday. He said President Bola Tinubu on Friday concluded his official trip to Paris, France, during which he had “an outstanding participation in the summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.” The President will be back in the country in time for the upcoming Eid-el-Kabir festival, according to Alake.…

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It was a show of shame at the Presidential Election Tribunal when two witnesses of the Labour Party and Peter Obi gave contradictory statements on the conditions to be met by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before deploying technology. Cyber security expert, Dr. Chibuike Ugwuoke, said it was a statutory requirement under the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Act that technologies to be deployed by INEC must meet the ISO 27001 2013 standard. He added that INEC must first obtain authorisation from NITDA to deploy such technologies. However, the Head of the Legal Services Department at NITDA, Emmanuel…

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President Bola Tinubu has assured foreign investors that Nigeria is now ready for global business as ongoing reforms will be sustained for a more competitive economy that attracts foreign direct investment (FDI). Tinubu said this on Thursday in separate meetings on the sidelines of the New Global Financial Pact Summit in France’s Palais Brongniart. According to a statement by Dele Alake, special adviser to the president on special duties, communication, and strategy, Tinubu spoke with Benedict Oramah, president and chairman of the board of directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim), and Odile Renaud-Basso, president of European Bank for Reconstruction and…

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Vice President, Kashim Shettima has said the federal government will put the right structures in place to eradicate polio in the country. Shettima spoke on Thursday at a parley with Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote group, Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the variant polio virus has declined in Nigeria by 84 percent from 2021 to fewer than 200 cases in 2022. He said Nigeria’s three-dose pentavalent vaccine coverage also improved from 33 percent in 2016 to 57 percent in…

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The special adviser to the president on special duties, communications and strategy, Dele Alake has said that President Bola Tinubu has not approved a salary review for political office holders and judicial officers. In a statement on Thursday, Alake said though it is within the constitutional duty of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review and increase remuneration, the news of the increase at this time is fake. “We have followed with consternation the viral story of the purported 114% increase in the salary of the President, Vice President, elected Federal and State political office holders and…

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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, Peter Obi has come under fire on social media for joining the proliferation of fake news against the Federal Government. Obi issued a statement on Thursday morning expressing concern over an alleged approval to increase the remuneration of public officers, including elected officials. He deemed the move as unnecessary given the current economic situation of the country. Nigerians are, however, appalled that Obi considered it appropriate to berate the Federal Government over a report that has been publicly denounced as fake news. @Mvnaa_, on Twitter, wrote, “So you didn’t…

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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has knocked the state Governor Ademola Adeleke over his accusation of a prominent chieftain of the party in the state, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, of importation of ‘some unauthorized policemen into Osun State to create confusion, mayhem and destabilize the peace and stability of the state’. It would be recalled that Adeleke caused a statement to be issued yesterday where he made the concocted, unsubstantiated and spurious allegation against the immediate-past spokesperson of the Senate with a plea to the Inspector-General of Police to withdraw the policemen. The statement from the…

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Following the retirement of all service chiefs, President Bola Tinubu has appointed a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, as the new National Security Adviser (NSA). The appointment was confirmed by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation via its Twitter handle. Mr. Ribadu, who hails from Adamawa State, is a seasoned lawyer and anti-corruption crusader. He served as the pioneer head of the EFCC from 2003 to 2007, where he led several high-profile investigations and prosecutions of corrupt public officials and fraudsters. He also contested for the presidency in…

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