The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has issued a new threat against Godswill Akpabio. SERAP has threatened to sue kpabio, the Senate President, over his alleged payment of holiday allowances. Akpabio was caught on camera mistakenly revealing that an ‘enjoyment allowance’ had been sent to his colleagues amid the hardship facing Nigerians. Forgetting…
The former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP)/Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has pleaded with the National Assembly to confirm the ministerial nomination of the immediate past All Progressives Congress (APC) governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. The Senate confirmed 45 out of 48 senatorial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu. The three…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has faulted the non-confirmation of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai as minister. AYCF said the Senate should not test the patience of northern youths by confirming El-Rufai’s nomination. A statement by AYCF President, Yerima Shettima, said northerners feel humiliated by the news. He said El-Rufai’s non-confirmation was…
Shehu Sani, a socio-political commentator, has advised the Senate against confirming former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai to be minister. Sani warned that El-Rufai should not be cleared if Nigeria wants peace to reign. Describing the former governor as playing god while he was governor, Sani said El-Rufai was now at the mercy of the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed that when he assumed office, he made an effort to reduce the fleet of cars in his convoy to reduce the cost of governance but was advised against such a decision because of insecurity. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero, made this known on Monday while…
As the deadline given by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to the military junta in Niger Republic expired, an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to go to war with the Nigerian neighbouring country. The popular cleric, who is the leader of the…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Monday unveiled names of chairmen and vice-chairmen of the standing committees in the upper legislative chambers. Akpabio made this known after the Senate resumed from its break at 9.59pm and ended 10.47pm. The Senate also adjourned plenary till September 26th for its long vacation. In the list, Senator Adams…
Phrank Shaibu has said there is no hiding place for President Bola Tinubu over his certificate scandal. Shaibu who is the Special Assistant on Public Communications to the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, stated that Atiku is determined to expose Tinubu for not having a certificate. He noted that Tinubu’s…
The immediate past Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has disclosed that he already lost hope of being a minister under the Tinubu-led administration after the first and second batches of the ministerial nominees were submitted to the Senate. Recall that the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain was made a subject…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has filed a separate case with No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.) at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against President Bola Tinubu in the United States. Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communications to Atiku…