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Gov Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru This was contained public announcement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, which reads below: “The attention of the Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Rt Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has been drawn to a photograph circulating online as his official portrait. “For avoidance of doubt, such photograph does not represent the official portrait of the Governor. “The general public should disregard the photographs as official portrait of the Governor will be made public as soon as it is ready.”

David Adeleke Popular afrobeats star, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has celebrated the national award conferred on him by the federal government. The singer took to his Twitter handle to recognize the honour. Davido said, “Honored to hear the news that I have been conferred with an OON (Officer of the Order of Nigeria) by The Federal Government of Nigeria. “I am grateful for this recognition and honour. It has always been my mission to use my platform to showcase our country - the passion, the resilience, the joy the culture and of course the struggles of our people. I do not take any of this for granted. We have one Nigeria and we will continue to do whatever we must to make it better!” “Thank you all for being on this journey with me. So help us God.”

  Joined in the suit as defendants are the former Ministers of Labour and Employment and Justice as well as the Accountant-General of the Federation. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government over discriminatory, unfair and illegal treatment of its members. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, filed the suit on Tuesday at the National Industrial Court in Abuja, the nation’s capital, on behalf of ASUU. Joined in the suit as defendants are the former ministers of Labour and Employment and Justice as well as the Accountant General of the Federation, according to a statement made available to Channels Television on Wednesday. In the suit with number NICN/ABJ/152/2023, the human rights lawyer is asking the court to determine “Whether having paid the salaries of members of the Joint Staff Union, National Association of Resident Doctors and lecturers in the Medical Facilities/Medical and Dental Academic of the Nnamdi Azikiwe U...

Muhammadu BUHARI THE HOMETOWN OF PRESIDENT BUHARI, BENEFITTED FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION (1) The Federal Polytechnic, Daura. (2) Airforce Reference Hospital, Daura. (3) Women and Children Hospital, Daura. (4) University of Transportation, Daura. (5) Kano-Maradi rail line passing through Daura. (6) School for People with Special Needs, Daura. (7) Nigerian Airforce Response Air Wing, Daura. (8) Nigerian Army 171 Battalion Base, Daura . (9) Forwarding Operating Base, Daura. (10) National Directorate of Employment Centre, Ganga, Daura. (11) Upgrade and Expansion of Daura Mini Stadium. (12) Sustainable Development Goals Skills Acquisition Centre, Zango Road, Daura.  (13) Completion of the Sabke Dam, Daura (14) which supplies 1m litres of water to Daura and neighbouring communities.   (14) 73km 132KVA line from Katsina to Daura and two 30 and 40 MVA transformers to boost power supply. (15) Dualization of the 72km Katsina-Daura road. (16) 50-bed Maternity Centre at the Daura General Hos...

PDP LOGO Barely 13 days to the expiration of the 9th Senate, Senators Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South) and Ayo Akinyelure (Ondo Central) on Wednesday dumped their political platform, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Urhoghide and Akinyelure, who announced their resignation during plenary, however did not announce the party they will defect to. The Senators’ notices of resignation were contained in separate letters read by Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, who presided over the plenary. Though Urhoghide and Akinyelure were silent on the party they will join henceforth, the Deputy Senate President who read the letters urged them to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). While Urhoghide said his resignation took immediate effect, Akinyelure said his resignation will take effect from June 11, 2023 after expiration of his third term in the Senate. Urhoghide, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Public Accounts said he is resigning from the PDP because of the division ...

Tiwa Savage Afrobeats singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, has lamented over her current experience upon returning to the country. Tiwa revealed this in a post on her Instagram story on Wednesday. Tiwa, who just returned from her trip to the South American country, Brazil, listed three issues she had faced in less than one hour after she arrived in Nigeria. She said, "Literally less than an hour back in Naija, and one of the car tires gone. Another car is now in the queue for fuel. "Issue with electricity in my house. I'm logging off and going back to where I came from."

Mr Festus Keyamo Former Minister of State for Labour Mr Festus Keyamo has lambasted Nigerians advocating for the retention of subsidy, explaining that there was no provision for subsidy in the 2023 Appropriation Act starting from June 2023. The former minister noted that the new administration of President Bola Tinubu inherited a regime that made no provision for subsidy in the budget. According to Keyamo, the Petroleum Industry Act which is now extant also has no provision for subsidy. SaharaReporters had reported that President Tinubu announced during his inaugural speech at Eagle Square, Abuja declared that “petroleum subsidy is gone”. Tinubu said there would be no more fuel subsidy. But hours after the speech, long queues returned to filling stations across the country amid fuel scarcity occasioned by panic buying and hoarding of premium motor spirit, otherwise called petrol, by fuel dealers. “We commend the decision of the outgoing administration in phasing out the petrol subsidy ...

Alex Chioma Otti In less than 48hrs of his swearing in as Abia Governor, Dr Alex Otti has ordered immediate suspension of all kinds of Transport Levies payable to Abia state government. The statement which was signed by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, said the action was following the campaign promises of the governor to sanitize methods of revenue collection in the state and stop all kinds of extortion, intimidation and harassement of motorists. The full statement read:  “In line with the campaign promise of the Abia state governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR to sanitize methods of revenue collection in the state and stop all kinds of extortion, intimidation and harassement of motorists, the governor has directed the immediate suspension of all kinds of Transport Levies payable to Abia state government and imposed on Tricycles (Keke), Buses, Taxis and other commercial vehicles plying Abia roads. “This suspension takes immediate effect, and will remain until gove...

By Promise Uzoma Okoro Dr Alex Chioma Otti Alex Otti must rescind the appointment Njum Onyemenam of as Accountant of Abia. At this point, it is very clear that our Governor have not read the rules guiding the civil service if not he won't have hijacked someone from Lagos who is not a Director of Finance and appoint her Accountant General. The Abia State House of Assembly is duty bound to reject this appointment and advice the new Governor accordingly. This is not Diamond or Signature Bank where he can hire and fire without following due process. Njum Onyemenam Nobody can be the Accountant General of the Federation without going through the civil service of the Federation. Nigeria Labour Congress Abia State, you betrayed Ikpeazu due to selfishness, this is time to defend yourself.

Executive Governor of Abia State Dr Alex Otti has rejected the podium which bears the SEAL of the Executive Governor of Abia State. During his Inauguration yesterday at Umuahia Township Stadium, Otti rejected the podium which was made available by the Protocol unit of the Government House Umuahia. The Governor made it clear that he won’t be using the podium or any other facility used by his predecessor Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu . The Governor has also ordered the removal of all the Seats used by the immediate past administration.

Barely 24 hours after his inauguration, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday afternoon, arrived at his office at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The President hosted at least 40 Heads of State at the Banquet Hall on Monday afternoon and he did not resume at his office until Tuesday (today). Tinubu’s motorcade pulled up at the forecourt of the Villa at 02:38 pm Tuesday where he was received by Vice President Kashim Shettima; Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari; and the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Tijjani Umar. President Tinubu, Wife, Others In his Office President Tinubu, Wife, Others In his Office Others are the former Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Edun; Mr Dele Alake and Hon. James Faleke. Minutes before his entrance, the new Commander-in-Chief inspected the Quarter Guard at the presidential gate. Af...

Some suspects at the Lagos State office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are feared missing after operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) prevented officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi. Newsmen learnt from top sources in both agencies that over 500 EFCC officials were locked out and prevented from resuming work on Tuesday due to office ownership disagreements. The Department of Secret Service stormed the Lagos office around 7:00 am on Tuesday and refused to leave despite dialogue between operatives of both agencies. Meanwhile, it was learnt that the officials of the EFCC were shocked by the action of the DSS officers. However, government authorities have called both parties to a meeting to resolve the issue, a source said. “The EFCC officers are shocked; they have been using the building for more than 20 years. Several suspects are there and there are fears that some might have been illegally released,” a top...

The definite hearing is set to kick off today, May 30, after the court consolidated all the petitions before it. Former Minister of State for Employment, Festus Keyamo was sighted in court on Tuesday for the first time since the Presidential Election Petition Court began sitting. Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Spokesperson for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council donned his legal robe for today’s hearing in defence of President Bola Tinubu. The definite hearing is set to kick off today, May 30, after the court consolidated all the petitions before it, at the last adjourned date. The consolidation is for expeditious hearing since most of the grounds of the petitioners are similar. Appearances are already ongoing for the APM Vs INEC, Tinubu, Shettima, APC and Kabiru Masari.

The President of the federal republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has declared his inaugural speech that there will be no fuel Subsidy under his administration. He made the declaration during his inaugural speech at Eagle Square Details Later…

President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima have both been sworn in as President and Vice President of Nigeria, respectively. The Oath of Office was administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, on Monday. Tinubu, a former Senator and governor of Lagos State was declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, who polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election while Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes. More Details to Follow …

President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, arrived in Abuja on Sunday ahead of the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, scheduled to hold on Monday. This was announced on the president's Facebook page,  with pictures of his arrival. The photos were captioned, "President Kagame has arrived in Abuja, Nigeria, where he will attend the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu alongside other Heads of State from around the world."

Abia State Governor Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu this evening commissioned Faulks Road Aba, Abia State. The Governor formally renamed it SAM MBAKWE Road and unveils the statue of the first Civilian Governor of old Imo State, Chief Sam Onunaka MBAKWE.

President Muhammadu Buhari. President Muhammadu Buhari presented a farewell speech, in a nationwide broadcast on Sunday morning, a day before his exit from office. In his address, the President expressed his gratitude to Nigerians, explained thoughts behind some of his administration’s key decisions and disclosed the belief of leaving the country better than he met it. The full text below: FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. 2.) I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment. 3.) Today we mark and celebrate another peaceful transition of power from one elected government to another in our steady march to improve and sustain Nigeria’s democracy. 4.) This y...