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29May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Nigerians express optimism in Tinubu’s administration

Some Nigerians at the swearing-in ceremony of Sen. Bola Tinubu in Abuja, have expressed optimism in the new administration. Some of them who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that the country would be better under Tinubu. They also advised Nigerians to imbibe the culture of uttering positive words to bless the country and pray for leaders rather than cursing them. Otunba Ademola Popoola said the event was the beginning of a new era for the entire country, hence the need to put the past behind so as to make progress to the ‘Nigeria we want’. “Hope has come and Nigerians are expecting this new hope. Tinubu is the man of destiny, looking at his antecedents as the former governor of Lagos state. “I crave the indulgence of the entire country to create chance for p...

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29May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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How Shettima took oath of office as 16th vice-president

Sen. Kashim Shattima, has taken Oath of Office to serve as the 16th Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The oath was administered by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Monday at the Eagle Square in Abuja. Shettima, who was the first to be administered the oath, succeeded the immediate past Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Nigeria`s seventh consecutive democratic transition. “I, Kashim Shattima, do solemnly swear that I will be faithful and bear through allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria;  that as Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I will discharge my duties and perform my function honestly to the best of my ability and faithfully in accordance with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria an...

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29May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tinubu Takes Oath As 16th Nigeria’s President

Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima have been sworn in as the president and vice-president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They are the 16th president and 14th vice-president of Africa’s most populous country. They were sworn in on Monday at the Eagle Square in the federal capital territory (FCT). The oath of office was administered to them by Olukayade Ariwoola, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), in the presence of former President Muhammadu Buhari and their family members. Business and political leaders as well as foreign presidents were in attendance at the inauguration ceremony. Tinubu was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election in February after a keenly contested poll. Mahmood Yakubu, chair of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said th...

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29May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Buhari departs Eagle Square for Abuja  airport enroute Daura

The immediate past President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has departed the Eagle Square, Abuja for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, enroute his home town, Daura, Kastina State. Buhari left immediately Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima were sworn-in  as President and Vice President on Monday. Before his departure, Buhari formally handed over  flags to the new president. Buhari had  a dinner in the State House Banquet Hall on Sunday, bid Nigerians bye bye. He said he would  retire to his hometown to take care of his cows. Buhari will, on Tuesday in Daura, be hosted to Durbar ceremony as a mark of welcome.

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29May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Buhari Appoints Sharada As Almajiri Commission Executive Secretary

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the outgoing legislator (Kano Municipal), Sha’aban Sharada, as executive secretary of the newly established National Commission for Almajiri. The president’s media aide Garba Shehu confirmed this on Sunday night. Mr Shehu said Mr Sharada’s appointment followed the president’s assent to the National Commission for Almajiri and Out of School Children Education Bill 2023. Mr Sharada has a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Bayero University, Kano and a master of Business Administration from the University of Chichester, United Kingdom.

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28May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Attack On Radio Station: Akintoye Disowns Perpetrators, Says,” Action Criminal, Breach Of Public Peace”

The leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba Nation Self Determination Struggle,Emeritus Prof Banji Akintoye, has condemned in the strongest terms the invasion of a Radio Station in Ibadan by a group claiming to be fighting for the liberation of Yoruba people.In a statement made available by his Assistant Director of Programmes, Olatunde Amusat, Prof Akintoye refers to the action by the said group as lawless and profoundly criminal.According to Akintoye "The attention of the Yoruba Self Determination Movement has been drawnto the activities of a group led by a Woman that has claimed to be running a totally different agenda for Yoruba emancipation and that has been engagingagain and again in criminal activity. The group has been warned repeatedly, but has refused to change"Akintoye, a Senator...

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28May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Pochettino Signs 3year Chelsea Contract

..to start job next week Chelsea FC has announced the signing of their new manger , Mauricio Pochettino for three years. He has finally signed the contract as new Chelsea head coach after verbal agreement reached 2 weeks ago. Official statement ready, he’s starting his job as Chelsea manager next week. Contract will be valid until June 2026.

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28May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Phone snatching as act of robbery – Kano Govt

The Kano State Government has declared phone snatching as an armed robbery and any individual or group caught in the act will be treated as a criminal. The outgoing state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Sunday after a Security Council meeting. He said the council, which was presided over by outgoing Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, during its valedictory session, noted that perpetration of the act in recent times has reached a worrisome proportion and therefore needed drastic measures. Garba also stated that the council agreed to put in place a special squad within the security system to deal with the menace and other acts of criminality in the state. The commissioner added that the coun...

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28May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Eagle Square Abuja wears new looks, ahead of Presidential inauguration

Eagle Square, the venue for the 2023 Presidential inauguration has been given a facelift. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the 5000 sitting capacity venue had undergone some level of  renovation in the build up to the inauguration, which would hold in less than 24 hours. NAN reports that the venue had been adorned with Nigerian flags and flags of other countries, while some parts had been repainted. The Very Important Personality(VIP) Pavilion was among parts of the square that was repainted worked on ahead the inauguration. The Eagle Square was constructed in 1999 to mark take-off of the Fourth Republic and had been the venue for presidential inauguration since then. The square also served as venue for other activities like Worker’s Day celebration and pol...

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28May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police Arrest Two for allegedly attempting to sell two months old baby in Lagos

On May 26, 2023, the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) prevented an alleged attempt by two women to sell a two-month-old baby. According to Lagos state police command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the deal was exposed in Oshodi, with 25-year-old Oge Okolie - the intermediary between the baby's mother and a prospective buyer - suspected of stealing the baby. Witnesses on a public bus noticed the baby's continuous crying, questioning why Okolie couldn't breastfeed the child if she was the biological mother. The situation became volatile, with Okolie almost being lynched, but RRS operatives intervened, rescuing the baby and arresting Okolie and the baby's mother, Maria Ahmadu (26). The suspects and baby have been transferred to the Gender Unit of the Command for further investigat...

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28May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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SERAP to Tinubu: Declare your Assets

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) issued an open letter on May 27, 2023, urging President-Elect Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disclose his assets, income, investments, liabilities, and interests, and encourage his Vice-President-Elect to do the same. The organization emphasized that Tinubu should prioritize human rights, media freedom, the rule of law, and the judiciary, promptly obeying court judgments that the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari's administration treated with disregard and contempt. SERAP also remarked that Tinubu's pledge to combat corruption was not new, as Buhari made a similar declaration in 2015. As Nigerians have witnessed for eight years, Buhari has neither ‘killed corruption’ nor obeyed court judgments on transparency and accountab...

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28May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Yoruba Nation Agitators ‘Hijack’ Ibadan Federal Government Radio Station

Some Yoruba Nation agitators at early hours of Sunday hijacked Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM, Moniya, Ibadan, Oyo. The suspected Yoruba Nation agitators numbering about twenty in numbers were said to have stormed the station with loads of charms at about 5:30am and seized the live studio while a sponsored programme was ongoing. According to a, statement by the station, the agitators took over the live studio and entire premises of the station and started broadcasting. Among their claims was included "Oodua Nation has come to stay" "Yoruba no more under Federal Republic of Nigeria" "United Nation will soon declare Oodua Nation" among others things. The Yoruba Nation agitators took over the broadcast for about an hour before the arrival of combined teams of the police, Operation Bu...

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28May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Shettima: I Appointed Christian Aides-There’s No ‘Islamisation Agenda’

Nigeria's vice-president elect, Kashim Shettima has said that there is no plot by the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu to Islamise Nigeria. Speaking on Saturday at the inauguration lecture in Abuja, Shettima said Tinubu, the president-elect, who has not Islamised his family cannot do so to the country. In the build-up to the February elections, the issue of religion elicited varied reactions after Tinubu, a Muslim from the south-west, picked another Muslim – Shettima from the north-east – as his running mate. The Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket sparked controversy. Reacting to the Muslim-Muslim ticket argument, Shettima said he deliberately picked an Igbo man, who is a Catholic, as his chief security officer and a northern Christian as his aide de camp for the purpose ...

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27May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Buhari To Address Nigerians In Farewell Broadcast On Sunday

President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Sunday, address the country in a nationwide broadcast. According to the statement by Femi Adesina, presidential aide, the broadcast will be Buhari’s farewell speech to the country’s citizens. The address is billed for 7 am and will be aired on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Radio Nigeria. “President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on Sunday, May 28, at 7 am,” the statement reads. Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast.” Buhari was elected Nigeria’s president in 2015, ending the 16-year rule of the People’s Democratic Par...

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27May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police Arrest Two for allegedly attempting to sell two months old baby in Lagos

On May 26, 2023, the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) prevented an alleged attempt by two women to sell a two-month-old baby. According to Lagos state police command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the deal was exposed in Oshodi, with 25-year-old Oge Okolie - the intermediary between the baby's mother and a prospective buyer - suspected of stealing the baby. Witnesses on a public bus noticed the baby's continuous crying, questioning why Okolie couldn't breastfeed the child if she was the biological mother. The situation became volatile, with Okolie almost being lynched, but RRS operatives intervened, rescuing the baby and arresting Okolie and the baby's mother, Maria Ahmadu (26). The suspects and baby have been transferred to the Gender Unit of the Command for further investigat...

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27May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Nigerian Varsity Begins Random Drug Testing Of Students

Arthur Jarvis University (AJU), a private university in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River, says it has initiated random testing to curb drug abuse among its students. Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ani Nkang, stated this during the institution’s seventh matriculation ceremony in Akpabuyo, near Calabar, on Friday. Mr Nkang, who expressed worries over the menace of drug abuse among the youth, said any prescribed drug in use should be properly registered at the university’s hospital. He warned all the 239 matriculating students that the institution had in place tough sanctions for other social vices. “Resist any undue influence by friends, as the effects may be devastating. “Please note that this university has zero tolerance for examination miscondu...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Inland waterways transportation crucial for economic development—Sambo

By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has stated the need for Nigeria to explore the potentials in inland waterways transportation as it is crucial for economic development of a nation. Sambo expressed this concern during his valedictory speech with the management and members of staff of his Ministry on Friday in Abuja. “I am so passionate about inland waterways; I spent 13 years of my life working for National Inland Waterways Authority, and I know what it means to have efficient inland waterways transportation. “God did not bless Nigeria with 850 kilometers of coastland and about 10,000 kilometers of navigable waterways for nothing. “God also bless us with fertile lands for agriculture, large deposit of minerals including crude oil, coal and g...

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26May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Transition: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday

The Federal Government has declared Monday, 29th May 2023 as work-free for all workers in the country. According to the federal government, the decision is to allow Nigerians to commemorate the inauguration of the nation’s 16th democratically elected President. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuiab Belgore in a statement on Friday noted that the declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on behalf of the Federal Government. The Minister felicitates with all Nigerians on the momentous occasion, commending them for their faith in democracy as expressed in the nationwide election that produced the President and his Deputy being inaugurated and indeed in all elections across the nation.

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26May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Supreme Court Dismisses PDP’s Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima

The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The panel said the PDP is not a member of the APC. The PDP had claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate was in breach of the provisions of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act. The party alleged that Shettima was still the APC’s candidate for Borno central senatorial district on July 14 when he accepted the nomination for vice-presidential candidate. However, the respondents said Shettima’s senatorial no...

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26May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Group set plans in motion to tackle high rate of divorce

Worried over the high rate of divorce in the country, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have concluded plans to hold a conference on strengthening families. Mr Raymond Egbo, West Africa Director of Seminary and Institute, Area Seventy and one of the organisers, said this while briefing newsmen, in Abuja. He said that it was important to restore family values which had overtime been eroded and no longer exist in many families. According to him, the event which cuts across all divides, religions and races, is aimed at showcasing the strength, diversity of the families and the unity that can be harnessed from that strength. “Families bind us together, it is one of the converging points that Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Pagans have in common. “When it comes to th...

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