Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, says insecurity in Nigeria is not as widespread as many reports suggest. Onanuga spoke during an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday. ‘The country is not under siege’ The presidential spokesman said some media reports exaggerate security challenges. According to him, the reports…
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, says he does not see the level of hunger many Nigerians complain about. Onanuga spoke during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Tuesday. Defends Tinubu’s policies Onanuga argued that many Nigerians are already benefiting from the administration’s policies. He cited…
Emperor Tenebe, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state, has denied claims that he served as an INEC-accredited observer during the June 20 Ekiti governorship election. Tenebe spoke on Tuesday during an interview with African Independent Television (AIT). On Saturday, images circulated on social media showing him in what appeared to be…
A federal high court has rejected an application by Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna state governor, seeking a variation of his bail conditions in the alleged wiretapping case. Joyce Abdulmalik, the presiding judge, delivered the ruling on Tuesday. Court retains bail conditions The court held that El-Rufai must continue to meet the existing bail conditions. The…
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to establish state police across Nigeria. The proposal forms part of the administration’s efforts to reform the country’s security architecture. Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, read Tinubu’s letter on the floor of the red chamber on Tuesday. The letter was dated…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC), has criticised the remand of Omoyele Sowore in Kuje Correctional Centre. Obi made his position known in a post on X on Tuesday. On Monday, Mohammed Umar, judge of the federal high court in Abuja, ordered Sowore’s remand pending the hearing of an application challenging…
The federal government has directed security agencies and regulators to clamp down on hoarding, illegal diversion and speculative storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas. The move comes amid a sharp increase in cooking gas prices across the country. FG summons stakeholders Ekperikpe Ekpo, minister of state for petroleum resources (gas),…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, former vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), as chairman of the governing board of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy. Ogundipe succeeds Olufemi Aina, who resigned…
President Bola Tinubu has dismissed Peter Obi’s call for his resignation, describing it as childish, anti-democratic and disconnected from Nigeria’s constitutional reality. Tinubu’s response was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy. The statement came hours after Obi urged Tinubu to emulate British…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, has called on President Bola Tinubu to resign over what he described as failures in governance. Obi made the call in a post on X on Monday. Obi cites UK prime minister’s resignation plan The former Anambra governor said he was inspired by…
