Less Than 3 Months After Appointing Ministers, President Tinubu Moves To Sack Cabinet Members President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, threatened to sack any of his cabinet members who fail to deliver on the specific mandate of his or her ministry as his administration settles down to the business of governance. Tinubu handed down the threat while declaring the 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, Presidential Aides, Permanent Secretaries and Top Government Functionaries open at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking on the theme: “Delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda”, Tinubu said his administration was not oblivious to the challenges ahead but there…
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Real Reason Rivers Governor, Fubara Was Shot – Nigerian Police The Rivers State Police Command has said that its operatives did not launch a deliberate attack on Governor Siminalayi Fubara during a protest at the State House of Assembly complex in Port Harcourt on Monday. Naija News House had reported how security personnel on Monday fired gunshots and tear gas on the premises of the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex as lawmakers commenced the process of impeachment of Governor Fubara. It was learnt that tear gas was used to disperse some lawmakers and protesters after the governor stormed the…
BREAKING: NLC President, Ajaero Arrested Information reaching Ibom Focus says that NLC President, Ajaero Arrested The Nigeria Police Force allegedly detained Joe Ajaero, the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Wednesday in Owerri, the capital of Imo State. Benson Upah, the NLC’s Head of Information, said that Ajaero was picked up at the state secretariat of the congress and brought to an undisclosed location. “President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero was picked up a few minutes ago from NLC state council secretariat by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination,” Upah…
Policeman Threatens To Shoot Motorist Over Refusal To Pay Bribe An officer of the Nigeria Police Force has been captured threatening a road user in Kaima area of Bayelsa State. In a video, the police officer was seen shouting at the top of his voice with a threat to shoot at the motorist if he failed to cooperate with him. A source privy to the situation claimed that the policeman acted because the driver did not pay him a bribe while plying the highway. The source said, “The guy driving me was familiar with the road safety personnel and gave…
FG To Spend N1.5billion On Vehicles For First Lady The federal executive council (FEC) authorized the submission of a N2.17 trillion supplementary budget to the national parliament on Monday. The federal government led by President Bola Tinubu recommended N26 trillion for the 2024 budget, which would also be submitted to the national legislature by December 31. The unprecedented budget sum was announced when the council approved the 2024-2025 medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) and fiscal strategy papers (FSP) at the FEC meeting held on October 23, in Abuja. Following the announcement of the supplementary budget on Monday, the house of representatives…
Rivers Crisis: Drama As Fear Grips Gov. Fubara Over Sacking CJ, CoS, Other Wike’s Loyalists, Makes U-Turn The crisis rocking Rivers State has taken a new twist as Governor Siminalayi Fubara denied reports in a section of the media that he had sacked the State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi; his Chief of Staff, Hon. Chidi Amadi, and suspended the Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas. Speculations were also rife that the governor sacked his Chief Security Officer after the crisis that rocked the State House of Assembly following the move to impeach him and the ensuing unrest. The…
Real Reason I Won’t Leave Nigeria Again — PDP Chieftain, Bode George former military governor of Ondo State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has stated that claimed that President Bola Tinubu sent some emissaries to him to end their “disagreement.” George, who mentioned this while appearing on a Channel TV interview monitored by SaharaReporters on Monday, was explaining why he was still around in the country. Recall during the build-up to the 2023 general elections, George said he would leave Nigeria if Tinubu eventually won the election. While explaining why he decided to stay in…
JUST IN: Rivers Crisis: Wike, Fubara Meet, Shake Hands Embattled Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged godfather, the incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyison Wike are currently in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Both personalities were attracted to the Villa for the National Police Council meeting currently being presided over by President Bola Tinubu. It is not clear whether the meeting which has several governors in attendance will find a way of mending the estranged relationship between Governor Fubara, and his predecessor, Wike. Other state governors sighted and headed to attend the closed-door event are…
JUST IN: Rivers Crisis Worsen, Gov Fubara Cancels N195 Billion Ring Road Project, Others Initiated By Wike Rivers state Governor Siminalayi Fubara has put a halt to the N195 billion Ring Road project that former Governor Nyesom Wike had started. This decision comes as the power battle between Fubara and Wike for the state’s political leadership heats up. The abrupt cancelation of the high-value infrastructure project illustrates Fubara’s growing divide with his predecessor. Governor Fubara’s conduct is considered as a foreshadowing of a possible conflict with Wike in the near future. Fubara has already taken significant action by firing some…
BREAKING: Jubilation As Appeal Court Declares Natasha Winner Senatorial Election The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023. The court further dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress for lacking in merit. The state’s Election Petitions Tribunal, in September, had declared Akpoti-Uduagan winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election, It also invalidated the victory of Ohere. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice K. A. Orjiako, delivered the unanimous judgment of the three-man panel, revealing…