May 2023 - ProbitasNews

On Wednesday, May 31, President Bola Tinubu met behind closed doors with the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The agenda of the meeting could not be determined at the time of filing this report, but there are indications that it may be related to the altercation between the DSS and the EFCC on Tuesday, May 30. On Tuesday, May 30, the DSS and...

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah’s transition committee has advised him to implement impactful programmes from his campaign manifesto. The committee urged Governor Mbah to reduce the number of ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) and to digitise the state’s land registry. It suggested a 365-day plan, which would be a sector-by-sector target for his government over the next year. Concerning water resources, the committee requested that Mbah create rehabilitated distribution systems/20,000m storage terminal tank, ensure the...

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, and the opposition Labour Party, LP, have advised Prince Bassey Otu that he is now the Governor of Cross River State, not the All Progressives Congress, APC. This was stated in a message of congratulations signed by IPAC’s chairman, Anthony Bissong Attah. It reminded him that he ran for governor alongside other well-meaning sons of the state who were equally qualified. “Your election as governor should thus be viewed as...

Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker, has challenged Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, to make public his assets by publishing the content of the form he filed with the Code of Conduct Bureau. Sani claimed El-Rufai left a large debt profile for the State, despite his claim that he never stole from its coffers. Sani slammed the former Governor in a post on his verified Twitter account on Wednesday, saying he...

Twice in the last two and a half years, it appeared that Bola Tinubu would be denied the object of his political labours. The first time was in October 2020, when some #EndSARS protesters in Lagos took out their rage on investments and properties believed to be owned by Tinubu, including Television Continental (TVC), The Nation newspaper, and the Lagos Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island. Because of the ferocity of the attacks—and the ostensible damage...