BREAKING: Tinubu Gives Former Lagos Commissioner Appointment Tinubu Gives Former Lagos Commissioner Appointment The President Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has nominated two persons into the Presidential Transition Council (PTC). Naija News House had reported that two slots were reserved for the president-elect in the transition council President Muhammadu Buhari set up before the elections. On Tuesday, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTC, Boss Mustapha, disclosed that Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, and a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Chief Olawale Edun, had been nominated as members of the council.…
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EXCLUSIVE: Tinubu’s Drug Crimes: U.S To Designate Nigeria State Sponsor Of Narcotics Trafficking Tinubu’s Drug Crimes: U.S To Designate Nigeria State Sponsor Of Narcotics Trafficking The administration of incoming president Bola Tinubu, who forfeited $460,000 to the United States government over drug trafficking and money laundering crimes in 1993, puts Nigeria at risk of being designated a narcotics state sponsor in accordance with the Kingpin Act 1999. The Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act was passed in 1999 to combat international drug trafficking and impose sanctions on “significant foreign narcotics traffickers” and “entities” found guilty of the economic crime. The Act…
JUST IN: Naira Scarcity: NLC Issues Fresh Ultimatum To CBN Naira Scarcity: NLC Issues Fresh Ultimatum To CBN The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to carry out nationwide protest in two weeks if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) fails to find permanent solution to cash scarcity. President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, and his counterpart in the TUC, Festus Osifo, gave the warning at a joint press briefing which held at Labour House, at the end of their National Executive Council meeting, on Tuesday. Daily Trust reports that the congress had last week said that it would begin an…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu’s Disciple, Simon Ekpa Declares Sit-at-Home In Lagos, Others Nnamdi Kanu’s Disciple, Simon Ekpa Declares Sit-at-Home In Lagos, Others Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed disciple of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has asked indigenes of Southeast Nigeria who are resident in Lagos to observe a sit-at-home exercise over an alleged attack on them. Ekpa rose to prominence in July 2021, after he was announced as the lead broadcaster of Radio Biafra. But shortly after his appointment, IPOB announced his disengagement because of his refusal to sign the rules of engagement in the…
I’m FG liability, I Work For APC, Portable Tells Nigerian Police I’m FG liability, I Work For APC, Portable Tells Nigerian Police A video of renowned Nigerian singer and songwriter Habeeb Okikiola, well known by his stage name Portable, squaring off against Nigerian police officers appeared online. It was reported a few hours ago that “Zazoo Zeh Crooner” was not pleased when men from the Nigerian police raided Portable’s Odogwu Bar in Lagos State. Portable could be heard telling the policemen in a viral video today, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 , that he can’t be frightened since he’s a superstar.…
JUST IN: Jubilation As FG To Invest N14 Billion In Corpers, NYSC Staff Information reaching Ibom Focus says that FG To Invest N14 Billion In Corpers, NYSC Staff The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says the federal government will invest N14 billion to improve the welfare of Nation Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and staff. Mr Dare said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the 2023 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) annual management conference. The conference has “Optimising the Operations of NYSC @ 50 for National Development” as its theme. According to him,…
Tinubu, Atiku, Underestimated Peter Obi, Took ‘Obidients’ For Granted Tinubu, Atiku, Underestimated Peter Obi, Took ‘Obidients’ For Granted Labaran Maku, erstwhile minister of information and national orientation, has said both the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, underrated Peter Obi of the Labour Party, in the just concluded presidential poll. Mr Maku noted that both Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar particularly took a large section of the youths, who are mostly followers of Mr Obi under the movement of “Obidients”, for granted. “They thought Obi would not be able to do much, but were surprised by the outcome…
Labour Party, Peter Obi, Meet NASS Members-elect Labour Party, Peter Obi, Meet NASS Members-elect The National Leadership of the Labour Party and the party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, held a meeting with Senators and House of Representatives members-elect in Abuja. The meeting which was held on Tuesday was designed to assist the party to fine-tune its legislative agenda which the members elect are expected to champion as they resume. Addressing the press shortly after the meeting, the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Julius Abure said, “Today, we had a very robust engagement with…
Portable, Police In Serious Fight Over Yahoo Boy Controversial singer, Portable, recently took to his Instagram Live claiming that some personnel of the Nigeria Police Force has invaded his bar with the intent to arrest him. In the Live video on Instagram, the singer caused a stir online as he alleged that one of his customers who he claimed to be an internet fraudster (Yahoo boy) sent the policemen to his bar.
JUST IN: Massive Shake-up Rocks Nigerian Army As Redeploys Hit Senior Officers In a major shake-up, the Nigerian Army has redeployed 75 of its senior officers across the country. However, the redeployment will take effect from April 3, 2023 Among those affected were Maj. Gen. Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the Lake Chad and the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 1 Division, Kaduna, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. Gen. Khalifa will be departing MNJTF on secondment to National Center for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) at the Office of the…