Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State says his former principal, the late Rotimi Akeredolu, had on several occasions endorsed him as his successor but when Akeredolu became very sick, some vested interests saw an opportunity to stop him from becoming the Governor. Speaking during a media chat with select journalists on Friday, Aiyedatiwa disclosed that President…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has criticised the African Democratic Congress (ADC), accusing the party of hypocrisy over its demand for electronic transmission of election results. Shettima spoke on Wednesday in Abuja. He addressed an interfaith breaking of fast for Ramadan and Lent at the State House. The vice-president mocked the party’s online membership registration. He…
Monday Okpebholo, the Edo state governor, has invited Reuben Abati and Rufai Oseni, anchors on Arise TV, to visit Edo state and inspect projects executed by his administration. Okpebholo said the journalists would likely support Bola Ahmed Tinubu after seeing the projects on ground. The governor spoke on Wednesday in Benin City during a defection…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says critics of the federal government’s tax reforms are “far from the truth”. Shettima spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at an interfaith breaking of fast for Ramadan and Lent held at the State House. He represented President Bola Tinubu at the event. The vice-president said the government designed the tax reforms to…
Olatunji Disu, inspector-general of police (IGP), has inaugurated a committee to develop a framework for implementing state policing in Nigeria. Disu performed the inauguration on Wednesday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Speaking at the event, the IGP said the committee’s work is critical to strengthening Nigeria’s internal security architecture. He said the initiative aims…
Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation magazine and a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing some of its supporters of spreading propaganda to defend the government. Momodu spoke on Wednesday during an appearance on Sunrise Daily, a breakfast programme on Channels Television. He said some defenders of…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Taiwo Oyedele as minister of state for finance. The president forwarded Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate on Tuesday in a letter addressed to the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, seeking confirmation. Oyedele will replace Doris Uzoka-Anite, who now moves to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as minister…
Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the governor of Adamawa state, says no northerner should contest the presidency in 2027, insisting it remains the turn of the south to complete its tenure. Fintiri spoke on Tuesday during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a morning programme on Channels Television. He said the stability of the country should take priority…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says Ireti Kingibe, senator representing the FCT, will not return to the senate in 2027. Wike spoke on Monday during a media chat in Abuja. He said he had made the prediction over a year ago and remains firm in his position. “And all of you…
The family of Nasir El-Rufai, the former Kaduna state governor, has denied reports that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) recovered wiretapping equipment from his Abuja residence. In a statement issued on Monday, signed by Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, the family dismissed as false a report by The Nation alleging that ICPC…
