Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has emerged as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum. This comes as Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State also got elected as the Vice Chairman of the Forum. The election held at a retreat which took place at the Banquet Hall, Government House in Bauchi State on Saturday. Mohammed replaced the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who was also at the one-day event on Saturday. The acting National Chairman of PDP, Umar Damagum, in his opening remarks at the retreat, said, “I want to reiterate, on the issue of the National…
Author: Victor Fola
Nigerian music sensation, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema has said that his recent hangout with La Liga winners, Barcelona was not to pepper anybody. Recall that the artiste recently visited Barcelona players during one of their training sessions where he was presented with a customized Barca jersey. The visit stirred a lot of reactions online with many saying that the artiste has confirmed his status as a global icon. Sharing a video clip from the outing via Twitter on Saturday, Rema clarified that his recent move was not to intimidate his colleagues but to motivate others. He wrote, “No…
President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the government and people of the Republic of India after a multiple train crash in the country killed over 280 passengers onboard. The fatal crash involving two passenger trains and a goods train in the Indian city of Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, occurred on Friday. Apart from those killed, over 900 others were injured in what has been described as one of the worst rail crashes in recent history. According to a statement issued on Saturday by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, his media aide, the president described the accident as “heartrending”. He also…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised that his administration will seek to improve the livelihood of Nigerians as much as it seeks tighter security for the country. The President said this when he received members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) led by the Chairman, Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Friday at the State House. Tinubu, in a statement by the director of information, State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, said the national and sub-national governments will work together on the minimum wage, which already requires “soul searching.’’ “We need to do some arithmetic and soul searching on the minimum wage,’’…
The Progressive Governors’ Forum has said it is ‘solidly behind’ the federal government on the decision to remove petrol subsidy. The APC governors’ decision was disclosed by the newly elected Chairman of the forum, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State. Speaking to House correspondents after a meeting with the President today, Governor Uzodinma stated that the president simply obeyed existing laws as he urged Nigerians not to politicize the issue. He, however, expressed displeasure over the sudden hike in petrol prices following the president’s inaugural speech. Uzodinma accused oil marketers of inflicting pains on Nigerians by hoarding fuel supply He…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently hosting a meeting with security chiefs, the first since his assumption of office. Among those attending the meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, are the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. Others are the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi; the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. Recall that the President met…
Flying Eagles head coach, Ladan Bosso has relished his side’s win over hosts Argentina while setting a target of clinching the FIFA U-20 World Cup title for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Nigeria stunned the world when they beat hosts and favorities, Argentina 2-0 on Wednesday to make it to the last eight of the ongoing competition. Speaking after the game, Bosso said his side won’t get carried away with the victory, assuring that they will remain humble and focus to ease their path. He also revealed that his side wants to to win the competition in order to be the…
The Presidential Election Petition Court has stepped down for 10 minutes the hearing in the ongoing petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party, against the election of President Bola Tinubu. The petition was stepped down by the court following poor schedule of documents to be tendered to establish the allegations of malpractices during the Presidential election. At the resumed hearing, the court found out that the documents were not properly scheduled as ordered by the court. Some discrepancies were uncovered while rendering the documents from the 23 Local Government Areas of Benue State. Counsel to Obi and the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has debunked reports that it has devalued the naira, urging the public to disregard any contrary report. Acting Director, Corporate Communication, Dr. Isa AbdulMumin stated this in a statement titled, “CBN Has Not Devalued the Naira”. He said: “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a news report… titled “CBN Devalues Naira To 630/31”. “We wish to state categorically that this news report, which in the imagination of the newspaper is exclusive, is replete with outright FALSEHOODS and destabilizing innuendos, reflecting potentially willful ignorance of the said medium…
Chinese President XI Jinping has vowed increased economic cooperation with Nigeria, stresainf the importance of the country to Africa and the world. The Chinese president spoke through his Special Envoy, Peng Qinghua, Vice Chairperson, Standing Committee of National People’s Congress, People’s Republic of China who met with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday. Qinghua said the two countries at present had good bilateral relations and economic cooperation, noting that Chinese companies were doing well in Nigeria in railways, roads, hydropower and free trade zones. While commending President Tinubu’s plan to lead Nigeria to a…