By Tom Garba On June 13, 2023, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu issued a proclamation announcing the commencement of the legislative activities of the Nation Assembly, Rt Hon Zacharia Dauda Nyammpa, officially assumed office for the second term as the House of Representatives (HoR) Member representing the good people of Michika/ Madagali of Adamawa State. This is to say Dauda is marking his fifth year as a ranking House of Representatives (HoR) Federal lawmaker. But long before that day marked that his historic journey for him and the people of Michika/Madagali, Nyampa had hit the ground running. The moment his…
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President Bola Tinubu has spoken about the incident at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Wednesday morning. Daily Trust had reported how the president missed his step and fell while entering a vehicle for a parade to commemorate Democracy Day. Social media has been flooded with varied reactions, reflecting a spectrum of opinions on the incident. Speaking at a dinner, the president referred to the fall as “Swagger”, saying social media is confused about it. “Early this morning, I had a swagger and it’s on the social media. They are confused whether I was doing buga or doing babbaringa, but it…
Ibrahim Lamuwa, the permanent secretary of the federal ministry of foreign affairs, says he is being accused of sexual harassment by Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi, an official of the ministry, because he refused her demands. Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, had notified Folasade Yemi-Esan, the head of service of the federation (HoS), of the allegation. In a letter to Yemi-Esan, the minister said it was necessary to communicate the development to her following the “gravity of the matter” after Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, wrote a petition to him. However, in response to the allegation, Lamuwa said his failure to…
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday, appealed to Labour to settle for a national minimum wage that will not collapse the economy and result in mass retrenchment of workers. The Minister made this appeal while declaring open the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja. He pleaded with labour to seek a realistic and sustainable wage regime that is realistic and will devastate the nation’s economy. Idris also disclosed government’s efforts towards bringing down the cost of living and increase Nigerians’ purchasing power through programmes like the Presidential CNG initiative, which aims…
A chieftain of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has said there would no longer be any excuse for President Bola Tinubu to justify failure to address the woes in the country and the attendant hardship after spending one year in office. The elder statesman said though he had earlier told Nigerians not to knock the president on the tides in the country because he was new on the job, the time of tolerance for any excuse has elapsed after spending one year on the seat as president of the Country. George who spoke in…
. I hope all is well with you, Atiku mocks . We achieve nothing by gloating, could happen to any of us, says Obi . Don’t make a meal of Tinubu’s slump, Osinbajo’s ex-spokesman cautions Samuel Adesola, Abuja The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar have differed over President Bola Tinubu’s slip at the Eagle Square on Democracy Day. Tinubu had stumbled and slightly fell as he climbed a parade vehicle during the June 12 celebration at the Eagles Square in Abuja. The President, who…
The decision by Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage, alongside the deputy governor, Comrade Yakubu Garba and Speaker of the House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji, has sparked outrage among residents of the state. It was gathered that the governor and his deputy departed the state between Sunday and Monday for the yearly pilgrimage. Residents have accused the governor of not being serious with governance, claiming he had abandoned his responsibility alongside his deputy, leaving the people to their fate in the face of severe security challenges in the state. Opposition political…
A former national vice chairman (North-West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Salihu Mohammed Lukman, on Wednesday, formally withdrew his membership of the party. Lukman, who is a former member of the APC’s National Working Committee, said in a statement that he left the party because of “lack of internal democracy” and alleged failure of President Bola Tinubu to allow reforms within the party. Lukman has consistently criticised APC leaders for allegedly jettisoning the founding vision and not embracing reforms. He announced his return to the trenches to work with other political leaders for the survival of democracy in the…
Former President Godluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, accused some states Governors of encouraging criminals for political use, rather than encouraging best brains in the civil service. Jonathan made this allegation in Benin while inaugurating the state secretariats refurbished by Governor Godwin Obaseki. He said when the Head of Service mentioned that Obaseki had employed first graduates, he was quite pleased, noting, “It takes somebody who has vision like Obaseki to do that”. Jonathan added, “In fact, if you go to some states, governors are busy encouraging criminals because of politics, people that would rig election for them, carry ballot boxes, knives…
Following President Bola Tinubu’s misstep at Wednesday’s Democracy Day celebrations at Eagles Square, a former presidential aide, Laolu Akande, has urged the public and media to avoid blowing the incident out of proportion. Akande in his reaction to the incident had tweeted that emphasis should be on focusing on the substantive issues of governance rather than a fleeting moment during the ceremonial event. Akande had tweeted, “Making a meal of d President’s slip at parade ground earlier today during the ‘democracy day’ is of no intrinsic value. It’s rather inelegant to make a mockery of such. We should wish him…