President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared that he must succeed by all means to deliver on the expectations of Nigerians who brought him into office and has therefore charged his ministers and other government officials to help him in this direction. He spoke at the opening of a three-day retreat with the theme, “Delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda,” organized for ministers, presidential aides, permanent secretaries, and top government officials at the presidential villa in Abuja. He reiterated that as a human being, he will make mistakes, saying when such errors are pointed out to him, he will immediately correct…
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he court also affirmed the nullification of Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was earlier returned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the election. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as validly elected Senator of Kogi State Central. Governor Yahaya Bello hails from Kogi Central. The court also affirmed the nullification of Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was earlier returned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the election. In the unanimous judgment read by Justice Hamma Barka, the court held, among others, that…
TREASURY-FUNDED federal workers are to be paid the N35, 000 wage award separately from their regular salaries, it was learnt last night. President Bola Tinubu yesterday sent the extra budget bill to the National Assembly to boost critical infrastructure and provide palliative cushion for Nigerians. A director in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) confirmed to The Nation last night that they (workers on federal payroll) have started receiving their October salaries. The director, who craved anonymity, said: “The committee working on the N35, 000 palliative wage is putting finishing touches to the modalities”. He was referring to…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party will today meet former Rivers State Governor and Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. According to reports that moves by 24 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to impeach the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, resulted in turbulence in the state on Monday, as the governor’s loyalists stormed the assembly complex in protest against the plot. The PDP Governors’ Forum, under the leadership of the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, in a communiqué read after a meeting of the group at the Oyo State Lodge in Abuja on…
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a middle aged man who is operating a barbing salon in Ilorin, the state capital, over a girl who allegedly died during a sex romp on Monday. The police who confirmed the incident on Tuesday said that it had commenced investigation into the cause of the death of the lady, who allegedly died after a sex romp with her boyfriend in a guest house in Ilorin. Investigation revealed that the incident happened on Monday at a guest house situated at the Temidire community, Offa Garage area in the metropolis, while it was reported…
The Executive Secretary, National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), Bello Maigari, has disclosed that more than 65 million Nigerians spend millions on betting despite worsening economic hardship. Maigari also said the global online betting market has experienced exponential growth making it worth over $50 billion. The NLTF official said this while speaking at the national gaming conference in Lagos. He said: “It is not out of place to look at some statistics that underscore the significance of this industry and situate its centrality in promoting the renewed hope agenda of this Administration.” “As of my last knowledge update in September 2021,…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors have arrived at Oyo State Governors Lodge in Abuja for an emergency meeting following the Rivers State House of Assembly’s attempt to impeach Governor Sim Fubara. Reports say the party had called on all members and actors of the party involved in the ongoing political crisis rocking Rivers State to allow peace to reign. Governors who have arrived as at time of report are: Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed; Plateau State Governor Caleb Muftwang, Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal and Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri. Others in attendance are: Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State,…
US military bases in Japan will offer service personnel local seafood in a gesture of support after China banned imports over worries about water discharges from Fukushima, the US embassy said Tuesday. Japan began releasing treated wastewater from the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific in August, 12 years after it suffered one of the world’s worst atomic accidents. Tokyo insists that the water being released is harmless and is heavily diluted with seawater, a view backed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, but China and Russia have criticised the release and banned Japanese seafood imports. “The sale…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has urged Nigerians to discard any rumour concerning CBN plan to redenominate or restructure the naira notes in 2024. The apex bank said this on Tuesday in a statement signed by its Director, Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, and shared on its X handle. The CBN urged Nigerians to disregard the wide circulation of a text message suggesting that the Bank plans to redenominate the country’s legal tender next year, noting that the contents of the message are misleading. “We are concerned that this narrative, which we had refuted before now, appears to be gaining traction…
The Presidency and the All Progressives Congress, on Monday, knocked the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, following his allegation that the Supreme Court rewarded illegalities by upholding the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential poll. Atiku, who addressed a press conference in Abuja on Monday, formally reacted to last week’s judgment of the apex court, which dismissed his lawsuit to challenge Tinubu’s electoral victory. But in its reaction to Atiku’s attack on the President and the apex court, the Presidency took a sharp jab at the former Vice President, saying he went into the…