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Buhari to address Nigerians on Sunday as he leaves office

On Sunday, May 28, at 7 a.m., President Muhammadu Buhari will make his final broadcast as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. “Television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets are urged to connect to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast,” Adesina said. Read...

Allison-Madueke sues EFCC, Malami’s office for N100bn defamation

Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum Resources in former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation for N100 billion in libel and defamation. In the suit marked CV/6272/2023, filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday, May 26, Alison-Madueke was represented by a team of her lawyers led by Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate....

Yeni Kuti: Fela was an icon but not a good father

Yeni Kuti, the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s daughter, has stated that her father was not a good father. She, on the other hand, described the late musician as an icon and a role model. In a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, she stated this. Yeni stated that she never confronted her father about not being a good father, but the late singer and his first son, Femi, were constantly at odds. “He [Fela] was...

Haaland wins Premier League, young player awards

On Saturday, Erling Haaland became the first man to be named Premier League player and young player of the year in the same season. In just 35 appearances, the 22-year-old has set a new Premier League record of 36 goals in a single season to help Manchester City retain the title. “I am honoured to have become the first player to win both awards in the same season – thank you to everyone who voted...

Police detain mother, one another over alleged attempt to sell 9-month-old baby

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a mother and another woman for allegedly attempting to sell a nine-month-old baby. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday. On Friday, members of the public and Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives foiled the crime, according to Hundeyin. He claimed that the deal was discovered in the Oshodi area when one Oge Okolie, 25, who was acting as an intermediary between...

Governors leaving office: Legacies, failures

ON MAY 29, no fewer than 18 governors from across the country will resign from their positions after contributing their fair share to the development of their respective states. Except for Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, who did not seek re-election and served for only four years, the other 17 governors each served for eight years. Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ben Ayade (Cross River), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Dave Umahi...

Disqualification suit: Atiku failed to pervert justice – Fani-Kayode claims

Femi Fani-Kayode, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress, has reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision on President-elect Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. According to Fani-Kayode, the ruling shows that the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and his party failed to intimidate or compromise the judges. He claimed that Atiku’s plan to pervert justice failed. “Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Destruction Party’s nonsense case has finally been dismissed...

PDP using social media to bully judges – Supreme Court

According to the Supreme Court, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is using social media to bully and terrorize justices. On Friday, Justice Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court delivered judgment in an appeal filed by the PDP seeking to void the election of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the grounds that his running mate, Kashim Shettima, was guilty of double nomination. The appeal was dismissed by a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, which determined...

CBN Act: Senate holds emergency plenary, approves FG’s request

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria held an emergency plenary on Saturday, presided over by Senate President Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan. The plenary voted to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, increasing advances from 5% to 15%. Senator Gobir Ibrahim Abdullahi of the Sokoto East Senatorial District, who sponsored the bill, stated that the bill to amend the CBN Act was first read on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. He explained that the...

Killings continue as Buhari spends N14tn to fight insecurity

An analysis shows that from 2015 to 2023, the Federal Government distributed a total of N14,063,279,559,996 to the various security agencies and their coordinating ministries. The allocations could be found in the appropriation bills for the next eight years on the website of the Federal Budget Office. The Ministry of Police Affairs received N4,956,267,942 in 2015; the Ministry of Interior received N156,220,022,460; the Ministry of Defence received N375,497,219,431; the Police Service Commission received N990,477,185; the...