President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, appointed eight Special Advisers. The appointments were announced in a statement signed by the State House Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye to include Mr. Dele Alake as Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy and…
Judiciary on Trial: Televising tribunal proceedings to the rescue? — Magnus Onyibe
For too long, Nigeria and Nigerians have been choked by myriads of constraints and restraints put on them like a harness affixed on a horse to curtail its freedom enabling the rider to control it. And it is a pity…
*Lagos Fire Service rescues 8-year-old boy from drowning (Guardian)*Lagos PDP suspends chairman, deputy pending outcome of court case (NewTelegraph)
Lagos Fire Service rescues 8-year-old boy from drowning (Guardian) Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFR), yesterday, rescued a eight-year-old boy, Onyeka Umeh, from a pool at the end of Pastor Ojediran Street behind Oba’s Palace, Ejigbo, Lagos. The agency…
Lawan: Appeal Court affirms Machina as Yobe North APC candidate
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has lost his bid for a re-election, as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 Yobe North…
Senators threaten to impeach Buhari over rising insecurity
Senators from the opposition parties have given President Muhammadu Buhari six weeks ultimatum to address the rising insecurity in the country or face impeachment. Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda, stated this while addressing reporters after the opposition lawmakers stormed out…
Buhari signs Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law, about a month after the National Assembly sent it to him. The signing ceremony was held at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Among those…
The real reason Buhari vetoed Electoral Act Amendment Bill – Magnus Onyibe
In my last media intervention during the last week of December 2021, titled: “Electoral Act Amendment Bill: Interrogating The Ogbanje/Abiku Element” which was widely published in the mass media, l tried to decipher the reasons for the killing of the…
Buhari signs N17t 2022 budget into law
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law. Entitled “Budget of economic growth and sustainability, and valued at N17.126 trillion, it was transmitted to the President by the National Assembly on December 24. The President signed…
Is President Buhari turning the page for a more inclusive government? – Magnus Onyibe
The balance in the ethnicity of Nigerians recently appointed as members of the boards of both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by President Muhammadu Buhari underscores the fact that after all, building…
Public officers and their billions -Ehi Braimah
If you are holding public office at any level in Nigeria, the expectation is that you must be rich. How rich? Well that would be difficult to tell because no one has access to the officers’ bank accounts. Don’t go…