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The statement reads: “President Bola Tinubu Summons Council of State Gowon, IBB, Abdusalami, Obasanjo, Jonathan, Buhari Others for a meeting today. President Bola Tinubu has summoned a meeting of the Council of State, comprising former leaders and top government officials, to address pressing national issues.   In a press statement issued by the Presidency, the meeting slated for today, Tuesday, will bring together former Presidents Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and...

  Barrister Okoi Obono-Obla who was appointed Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property by former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has stated that several high-level corruption probes were stopped by cronies in the then government.   Obono-Obla was sacked in September 2019, few months after his appointment.   While speaking in an interview with Vanguard, he alleged that some powerful members of the then government he described as patrons of corruption...

A Hausa socio-cultural group under the umbrella of Hausawa Tsantsa Development Association (HTDA) has raised an alarm alleging that some Fulani people are plotting to instigate protests against President Bola Tinubu’s government.   The group, which made the allegation in a statement dated July 9 and signed by Kalthoom Alumbe Jitami, warned all Hausa youths across Nigeria against participating in the alleged planned protests, asking Hausa youths to be wary and vigilant of the plots....

The group lamented the inability of the Nigerian government to curtail violent herders, particularly in Yoruba land, saying it had hampered the growth of the agricultural sector of the country. A youth movement of indigenous people of southwest Nigeria, known as the Yoruba Nation Youth has claimed that about 29,000 Yoruba people were killed during eight years of Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The secessionist group made this known on Wednesday during a global conference attended by...

The upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate is set to summon the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over 13 infractions uncovered in the process of obtaining the N30 trillion Ways and Means loan during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate ad hoc committee probing the disbursement and usage of the Ways and Means loan, which disclosed this on Tuesday, during a meeting with the...

Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer begs Tinubu not to inherit Buhari’s hostility

Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to inherit former President Muhammadu Buhari’s flagrant violation of the rule of law. This statement was made by Ejimakor on Twitter on Monday, shortly after Tinubu was sworn in as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Kanu’s lawyer asked Tinubu urgently to release the IPOB leader from the custody of the Department of...

“I Have Forgiven President Muhammadu Buhari” – Ortom Declares

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has announced that he has forgiven President Muhammadu Buhari for the criticisms levelled at his administration. According to reports, the governor made this statement during an interview on Arise Television’s “The Morning Show.” Ortom expressed his displeasure with the president’s efforts to blame his government for the state’s ongoing violence. These efforts were dismissed by him as futile attempts to distort the truth and manipulate history. It is worth noting...

Five African presidents join Buhari to commission  Dangote refinery today

President Muhammadu Buhari will commission Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals alongside counterparts from Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Niger, and Chad in a historic event that will positively transform Nigeria’s oil and gas sectoral landscape. The Dangote Refinery, founded by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is set to open today, May 22. The petroleum refinery, with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), will be built on 2,635 hectares of land in the Dangote Industries Free...

Tinubu inauguration: Buhari Relocates to Glass House

Preparations for the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu are in high gear, as President Muhammadu Buhari has moved into the Glass House at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The iconic residence is said to have served as a transitional abode for the outgoing president and their spouse during the handover period. The Glass House has also traditionally played an important role in power transitions, serving as a symbolic and practical space for the outgoing president...

Garba Shehu: What APC victory in 2023 elections means to Buhari administration

The victory of the President-elect and Vice President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, respectively, as well as the All Progressive Congress (APC) establishing control in 21 out of 36 states in the recent general elections, have firmly established the party as a dominant national political party. ”This is a difficult reality for the opposition parties,” Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said in his office in Abuja on...