Lukmon Atobatele, the Deputy Minority Leader of the Ogun State House of Assembly, has asked the executive branch to include legislators in the distribution of federally funded relief supplies. As part of the efforts to mitigate the impact of the loss of the gasoline subsidy on the people of Ogun, the federal government has sent 30,000 sacks of rice, as reported by Infostride News. Talabi further revealed that the federal government has provided the state with an undisclosed sum of money for this same objective. Atobatele urged that the distribution of the food and money not be politicized or monopolized…
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Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) nominee for president in the 2023 election, claims that the alleged mistakes he found in President Bola Tinubu’s certificate prove his investigation was correct. According to Infostride News, Tinubu’s attorneys acknowledged Wednesday that the President’s academic certificate presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contained errors and placed the blame for those mistakes on the clerk of the Chicago State University (CSU). The ex-vice president claimed in a statement released on Saturday that Tinubu’s academic records from the university showed “disturbing discrepancies and circumstantial fallacies,” based on documents given by his lawyers…
A total of N5,233,379,834.30 was distributed among the 20 LGCs in Ogun State during the month of August. This distribution was announced at a meeting of the Ogun State Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) in August. The meeting took place in the Conference Hall of the Oba’s Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. In his opening remarks, Dr. Rotimi Akinlesi, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, commended the local government chairmen for their work over the past two years and urged them to continue their development efforts. The Permanent Secretary and Accountant-General of the State Treasury, Babatunde…
The governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas, has requested that entrepreneurship centers be constructed by the TETFUND administration. He argued that adolescents would benefit from training at such facilities because it would help them become economically independent of the state. On Friday, while meeting with TETFUND representatives, the governor issued the demand. For students taking the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) and other standardized tests, he pleaded for the establishment of electronic libraries and Computer-Based Test (CBT) centers. Any TETFUND initiative in the state, Governor Kefas pledged, would be under his watchful eye. To have “quality education in the state,”…
According to a media report, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could face some transparency problems connected to his wife Akshata Murty’s Infosys shares, estimated to be worth 500 million pounds. The Observer reports that the Labour Party and trade experts are skeptical of the entire financial impact because Akshata’s father, Narayana Murthy, co-founded Infosys, a software service major headquartered in Bengaluru. As Sunak gets ready to visit India for the G20 Leaders’ Summit next month, the two countries’ FTA discussions enter their twelfth round of talks. The Prime Minister has discovered the importance of accurately disclosing his financial interests. Labour…
President Bola Tinubu has been given 48 hours to reverse his decision to bar 25 media outlets from Aso Rock, or face legal action from the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). This was announced on Sunday by SERAP’s Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare. After 25 journalists were denied access to cover the President’s events, SERAP took action. Vanguard, Galaxy TV, Ben TV, MITV, ITV Abuja, PromptNews, ONTV, and Liberty stations are also allegedly part of the blacklist. SERAP requested that Tinubu issue a public order to the Presidential Villa to lift the prohibition. The freedom of the press was cited…
In light of the difficulties brought on by the federal government’s elimination of the petrol subsidy, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, President of the 9th Senate, has urged his fellow countrymen to maintain optimism. On Saturday, while kicking off the distribution of 9,000 bags of wheat to his constituents in 60 wards across six local government areas of Yobe North Senatorial District, Lawan made the request. Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan’s SAIL Empowerment Foundation held an intervention scheme at Filin Katuzu in the Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State, and a statement from the former Senate president’s media adviser, Ezrel Tabiowo,…
Supporters of Kwankwasiyya, led by Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, have turned to prayer as the Kano Gubernatorial Elections Tribunal prepares to announce its judgement in the Petition of the All Progressives Congress against the NNPP elected Abba Kabir Yusuf. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, National Leader of the NNPP Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam, State Secretary to the Government Dr. Baffa Bichi, and other high-ranking government officials all attended the special prayers held at Filing Mahaha. Imam Sani Hashir, who led the prayers, said: “We prayed here today to express our thanks to Allah for granting us victory in…
Elections for YOWICAN’s Adamawa State chapter’s executive positions were called off by the organization’s national secretariat. Despite the controversy surrounding the election’s handling on Friday, two factions within the wing spoke to the media on Saturday, claiming that the event’s organizers had not followed protocol. The YOWICAN headquarters in Abuja responded on Saturday night by declaring the election null and void in a memo acquired by the media. Belusochukwu Enwere, CAN’s national chairman, sent a memo to CAN’s Adamawa State chairman, Rev. Dami Mamza, declaring the election null and void because it was held without his approval. “I am writing…
Former military spokesman Major-General Bernard Onyeuko (rtd) has passed away. After allegedly complaining of a cold and being rushed to a private hospital on Saturday morning, the former Director, Defence Media Operations, reportedly passed away. Former President Muhammadu Buhari spokesman Garba Shehu expressed his condolences for Onyeuko’s passing. Major-General Bernard Onyeuko (rtd) was the previous military spokesperson, and I just got the devastating news of his passing. I pray that God will give the family the strength they need to deal with this tragedy. He tweeted, “R.I.P.
The exiled government of Biafra states that it has established a bureau in the U.S. state of Maryland’s capital city of Baltimore. Simon Ekpa, Prime Minister of BRGIE and a lawyer in Finland, made the announcement on Saturday. He said that holding this position will help advance the cause of a Biafran independence referendum. According to Ekpa, the office will assist Biafrans all over the world. As he put it, “The Biafra Republic Government In Exile Administrative office in the United States is ready to serve Biafrans worldwide.” The BRGIE convention, he had said earlier, would kick off in October…
After protests broke out across Pakistan and hashtags denouncing the country’s astronomical electricity prices began trending online on August 27, interim Prime Minister Anwarul-haq Kakar reportedly summoned an emergency meeting, as reported by The Express Tribune on August 27. The meeting took place in Islamabad, and according to the Express Tribune, the caretaker premier had requested a full briefing on the topic from the energy ministry and electricity distribution corporations. According to the PMO statement, discussions will be made to determine how best to reduce electricity costs for consumers. The Express Tribune reports that the government was forced to act…
On Saturday, Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia spoke out against the killing of Justice Margaret Igbetar, a former President of the Customary Court of Appeal. According to Infostride News’ archives, Igbetar was discovered dead in her Makurdi home on Thursday by her son. She had been murdered earlier in the week by unknown intruders. Alia responded with concern, expressing it in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Tersoo Kula. The governor was perplexed as to the motive behind the brutal murder of a citizen who had done her part in the growth of the state in numerous…
Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that the country’s economic reforms would be best served by avoiding a war with the Niger Republic. This was announced on Saturday by Presidential Media Adviser Aguri Ngelale after a meeting between Tinubu and US Presidential Envoy and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee. Tinubu urged the United States to work with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to strengthen democracy in the region. He said ECOWAS was still open to ideas for re-establishing democracy in Niger’s republic. Diplomatic efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the…
On the eve of the United Nations General Assembly gathering, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has agreed to meet with Vice President Joe Biden. Following a meeting between Tinubu and US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee, the news was made public on Saturday by Aguri Ngelale, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. Tinubu reaffirmed that private enterprise will flourish in Nigeria under his administration. He suggested the American government get creative by establishing incentives for American businesses to set up shop in Nigeria. The private sector will take the lead if we establish the…
This weekend in Abuja, the 63rd Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) will begin. It is likely to be opened by President Bola Tinubu. Barrister Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, the leader of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), invited the President to declare the event open. On Friday, while hosting the group at the Presidential Villa, Tinubu made good on his promise to have his administration do a comprehensive assessment of judicial officer compensation structures in the country. Given his historic success in reforming justice administration in Lagos State, the President believes a thorough examination of judicial officers’ wages…
Mohammed Sani Kila, chief of staff to the governor of Kaduna State, has denied that he was approached by hotel management over unpaid debts. According to the aforementioned allegation, he spent weeks at a hotel without footing the bill. Ibrahim Aliyu Giwa, chief of staff to the governor of Kaduna State, issued a statement refuting the claim and calling it “false and malicious.” The statement states, “the story was intended to impugn and smear the character, integrity, and reputation of the Chief of Staff.” “The Chief of Staff resides in his house in Kaduna, [while] the hotel was secured for…
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has come under fire from the federal government for his criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s economic strategy. Obaseki told reporters in Benin on Thursday that Nigerians’ hardships had been exacerbated by Tinubu’s administration’s decision to end gasoline subsidies and overhaul the country’s foreign exchange system. The subsidy has ended, and the exchange rate is becoming more stable. The most helpless and defenceless members of society would end up bearing the brunt of these policies. I find it shocking that those who ran for office across the country promising to end subsidies have offered no details…
Kaduna State’s Election Petition Tribunal for the National Assembly has ruled against a challenge to the election of two People’s Democratic Party (PDP) representatives to the House of Representatives. Petitioners from the Kachia/Kagarko Federal Constituency, David Umar Gurara, and the Kauru Federal Constituency, Hon. Bashir Shadow, had their cases dismissed by the tribunal on Saturday. They won a seat in the House of Representatives in the election held on February 25, 2023, and were re-elected. The candidates for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Gabriel Haar Zock and Honourable Mukhtar Zakari, hauled them before the tribunal. Zock asked the tribunal…
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Friday that Putin would not be attending the G20 conference in New Delhi on September 9-10. The official Kremlin news source Tass said that a spokeswoman denied any plans by the president. Peskov said the details of Putin’s involvement would be worked out at a later date. Putin was not present for the in-person BRICS Summit that was held in Johannesburg. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke on his behalf. Putin skipped the first in-person BRICS meeting following Covid-19 because an arrest warrant was issued for him in March…