Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, denied reports that President Bola Tinubu requested the approval of funds to procure a presidential jet. Akpabio debunked the reports after Senators closed-door meeting, which lasted over an hour. Several reports have alleged that Tinubu was seeking the National Assembly’s approval of funds for the purchase of a new presidential jet. Akpabio, in debunking the rumor said, “I have never had that correspondence to approve the purchase of a plane. We care about the President, we care about Nigerians. “We will approve things that will benefit the people. “There is nothing before us. But…
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Adeola Adedipe, on Thursday, applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to withdraw his appearance for the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Bello is facing a 19-count charge bordering on his alleged complicity in money laundering, breach of trust and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of about N80.2billion. Following his absence in court for his scheduled arraignment, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, urged the trial judge to dock his lawyers for failing to fulfil an undertaking they made to ensure his availability for trial. Lead…
Academic Staff Union of Universities has accused governors of establishing state universities they have no resources to fund. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this allegation in an interview on Channels Television on Thursday. Osodeke said most Governors proliferate universities in their states to get funds from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. The ASUU President said, “Any Governor today establishing a university is eyeing TETFund as a source of funding.” Osodeke said though TETFund is supposed to be an intervention fund for public universities, politicians and civil servants have turned the fund to a cash cow to be milked dry through…
Labour Party says it is the only platform to make its 2023 candidate, Peter Obi, win in the 2027 presidential election. LP National Vice Chairman, Ayo Olorunfemi, stated this on Channels Television’s interview programme, Politics Today. Obi, who was the LP presidential flagbearer in the 2023 electiony, has been under pressure from some members of his Obidients support group to quit the party plagued by crisis after the elections, ahead of the 2027 polls. Olorunfemi, in his reaction to the call on Obi to leave the LP, said true Obidients won’t suggest Obi quit the party. The LP vice chairman…
A High Court sitting in Sokoto, on Thursday, restrained Governor Ahmed Aliyu from dethroning two district heads in the state. Presiding judge, Justice Kabiru Ibrahim Ahmed, gave the order separately as sought by the District Heads of Tambuwal and Kebbe, Buhari Dahiru Tambuwal and Abubakar Kassim, respectively. Justice Ahmed ordered the Governor, the state’s Attorney General and the Sokoto Sultanate Council, their agents servants, privies or assigns, regarding Kebbe and Tambuwal district heads, to stay action, particularly against both traditional rulers pending the hearing and determination of the motion for interlocutory injunction filed by their counsel, Ibrahim Abdullahi, SAN. The…
There is an outrage in Kenya as citizens gave President William Ruto a 48-hour ultimatum to step down, demanding a new government committed to “transparency, accountability, and good governance.” The call for resignation has gained significant traction, with a viral Twitter statement stating, “We no longer recognise William Ruto as the President of Kenya. We recall his presidency and urge him to immediately resign and surrender his office to the Kenyan people.” This statement has generated lots of engagement, reflecting widespread discontent. Regardless of President Ruto retracting a controversial finance bill that proposed tax increases, public outrage continues to prevail.…
Chief Imam of Ogbomoso, Sheik Teliat Yinus Ayilara, says the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, lacks the authority to query him as the office of the Chief Imam is not a traditional title. Ayilara stated that the Chief Imam is, therefore, not under the control of the Soun of Ogbomoso, stressing that the monarch has no power to query him. Ayilara stated these in a letter he addressed to the Soun in response to a query issued to him by the traditional ruler. Recall that the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, had earlier issued a query…
Senate, on Thursday, extended the life cycle of the 2023 supplementary budget from June 30 to December 31, 2024. It suspended all its rules and gave an expeditious passage to a bill seeking the extension in less than 20 minutes. Before the passage of the bill, the lawmakers went into a closed-door session for two hours. In December 2023, both the Senate and House of Representatives extended the implementation period for the capital component of the budget from December 31, 2023, to March 31, 2024, along with the N2.17 trillion 2023 supplementary budget passed in November 2023. Earlier in March,…
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has declared that under his watch, the state is not leaning on party affiliation but on a revolutionary movement of remaining consistent with the truth and ensuring that democratic values are protected. Fubara made the declaration while receiving the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, led by the Chairman, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on a courtesy call. He said he would not be distracted by the calculated blackmail and sabotage from some quarters against his administration. The Governor noted that God has continued to protect the state as one of such plots to create crisis…
Dogara to Tinubu: ‘Nigeria can generate N16. 2trn annually from palm oil…seeks probe into utilisation of palm oil levy Segun Babatunde, Bauchi A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has called on President Bola Tinubu to develop oil palm cultivation as it could generate up to N16.2 trillion annually for the country in just five years from now. This is just as he emphasised that assisting poor people to revive large scale farming of oil palm could lead to the upliftment of a good number of Nigerians from poverty. He said research had shown that…