Oil theft: Sowore lambasts Tinubu, Buhari, Osinbajo, service chiefs
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a confused man. Sowore made this known in a tweet on Friday, June 2, 2023, while reacting to the President’s directive to service chiefs and heads of security and intelligence agencies on Thursday to deal with perpetrators of oil theft. PUNCH reports that the President had on Thursday, during his maiden official meeting with service chiefs and intelligence heads, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, directed service chiefs and heads of security and
BREAKING: Tinubu releases more information to Nigerians about APC, Buhari, Osinbajo, others
A presidential aspirant and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, opened up on his role in the emergence of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) as the President in 2015. The former Lagos State governor, while addressing the Ogun State APC delegates at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, said Buhari, after losing 2003, 2007 and 2011 presidential elections, vowed not to contest again. Tinubu, however said he went to Katsina to persuade Buhari to contest and subsequently supported him to win in 2015. Tinubu also took a swipe at one of his fellow presidential aspirants in the
Buhari, Osinbajo shun Twitter 72 hours after ending ban
More than 72 hours after the Federal Government announced the lifting of the ban on Twitter, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is yet to tweet. Several media aides of the President have resumed using the platform since the ban was lifted last Thursday, except the President himself and the Vice President, who only re-tweeted updates about Saturday’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day from handles of the Nigerian Army and that of the Government of Nigeria. In the early hours of January 13, 2021, the regime officially lifted the seven-month ban on Twitter. According to a statement signed by the
Buhari, Tinubu meet in Aso Rock
ABUJA–PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The APC national leader came last to the Presidential Villa on October 31, 2021. The agenda of the close-door meeting is not yet made public but it may not be unconnected with the activities of the ruling party as regards its convention and the zoning of the political offices, especially the presidency for the 2023 elections. The APC national leader came alone as he did the last time he visited unlike the previous visits he normally
Freezing of #EndSARS campaigners’ accounts unconstitutional – Galadima tells Buhari
An associate of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, Buba Galadima, has urged the President to order “his people” to unfreeze the bank accounts of #EndSARS campaigners who were clamped down in the aftermath of the nationwide demonstrations against police brutality. Galadima spoke on Monday while featuring on Arise TV’s The Morning Show programme According to him, the clampdown on #EndSARS campaigners by the Buhari regime is unconstitutional. He said, “What the government has done is not right. It has no such right or powers to block
Court permits Lawyer to sue Buhari
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted permission to an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Oladimeji Ekengba, to pursue a suit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over his refusal to appoint all the 33 nominees recommended to him by the National Judicial Council for appointment as judges of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Ekengba had in an ex parte application sought the leave of court to institute the legal action to seek an order of mandamus compelling the President to appoint all the nominees as judges as recommended by the NJC. Although Buhari
All Forfeited Assets Should Be Sold Within 6months – Buhari Orders
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the disposal of all Federal Government Forfeited Assets, within the next six months. To that effect, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Monday, inaugurated a 22-member Inter-Ministerial Committee, to undertake the assignment. Malami disclosed that President Buhari approved the composition of the Committee which is headed by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Dayo Apata, SAN, since October 27, He said the core mandate of the Committee was to ensure the expedient disposal of all forfeited assets, to generate revenue
Take a cue from from Biden, address nepotism – PDP to Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), to take lessons from the post-election remarks of the President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, by addressing the divisiveness, nepotism and marginalisation which have become the hallmarks of his regime. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘US Election: PDP Congratulates Joe Biden, Americans…Says US Election is a Lesson To Leaders,’ signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday. The party congratulated the US President-elect, Joe Biden, on his successful election as the 46th President of the United States. The statement reads
Buhari Directs Enrolment Of NYSC Members Into Health Insurance Scheme
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to ensure the enrolment of corps members in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This was disclosed on Monday by the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim during a briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The NYSC DG also assured that the NYSC has expanded resources for the critical health needs of corp members. READ ALSO: Nigeria Records 300 New COVID-19 Cases, Highest Daily Figure Since August “Furthermore, we have concluded arrangements with the NHIS for the enrolment of corps members into the national insurance scheme in line with a
Electricity and Fuel Hike : 302 Nigerians, SERAP sue Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and 302 Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the leadership of the National Assembly over the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel price. This was made known in a statement by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, titled ‘SERAP sues Buhari, NASS, wants court to declare electricity tariff, fuel price hike illegal’. The Federal Government had on September 1 announced a total removal of subsidy from the price of the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol and thereby pushed the price per litre of petrol to
