Politics

NEPOTISM: LIKE BUHARI, LIKE TINUBU Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, a fortnight ago, approved the appointment of Katsina State born Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, following the expiration of the tenure of Mr. Ben Akabueze. Yakubu and Edo State born Ms. Patience Oniha, who was appointed Director-General of DMO on July 1, 2017 by …

LOOT RECOVERED UNDER BUHARI RETURNED TO OWNERS – OBONO-OBLA A former Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, has alleged that the loot recovered by his panel under former President Muhammadu Buhari were returned to the looters. He added that the Buhari administration failed to fight corruption, supposedly the bedrock of people’s trust …

TINUBU NOT PERTURBED BY NORTHERN GANG UP AGAINST HIM AHEAD 2027 – PRESIDENCY SOURCES There have been surreptitious moves by some political figures working on possible alignments ahead of the 2027 Presidential election to scuttle possible second term ambition of President Bola Tinubu. Some politicians, especially those that lost out during the election and the appointments that followed, have somehow …

NORTHERN NIGERIA: EXPLOSIVE WAITING FOR DETONATION – SALIHU LUKMAN A former Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Salisu Lukman, has described the current situation in Northern Nigeria as an explotion waiting for detonation. In an open letter, Lukman blamed Northern politicians as responsible for the word of the North. He wrote: “The living reality in Northern Nigeria is very …

KANO’S GAME OF THRONE: HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF “If you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains; If you pursue good with labour, the labour passes away but the good remains.”—- Cicero With the unfolding events in the history of Kano Emirate Council, the name of His Excellency, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf will be laced on …

FORMER PRESIDENT JONATHAN COUNSELS NIGERIANS, SAYS WE’LL OVERCOME PRESENT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the country needs the collaborative efforts of Nigerians to move forward. He opined that the economic situation in Nigeria would also be overcome by the grace of God. Jonathan stated that during General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s administration, Nigerians also suffered severe hardship, …

GUINEA’S MILITARY DICTATOR’S EX-ALLY DIES IN DETENTION The former right-hand man to Guinea’s ruling general died in detention days after being sentenced by a military court, prosecutors said Wednesday, with his lawyer branding the death suspicious. Sadiba Koulibaly was sentenced by a military court to five years on June 14 for desertion and weapons offences in a trial his supporters …

‘THEY’RE GETTING JITTERY’ – EL-RUFAI’S SON MOCKS TINUBU’S GOVT AFTER FATHER’S VISIT TO BUHARI Bashir, the son of former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai, has mocked the Bola Tinubu-led government, adding that the administration’s officials are ‘jittery’ ahead of the 2027 general elections. El-Rufai has been meeting some prominent northern politicians in the last few weeks, prompting rumours of the …

“IS IT YOUR MONEY?”  DOCUMENTARY ON CORRUPTION ALLEGATION AGAINST DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first female president of OPEC, is set to break her silence in a new documentary titled “Is It Your Money?” after an eight-year hiatus from the public eye. The documentary directed by renowned Nigerian media personality Chude Jideonwo, …

US ELECTION: DEMS LOOKS TO REPLACE BIDEN AS NOMINEE AHEAD AUGUST CONVENTION – CNN John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent, says the Democratic party is looking to replace President Joe Biden as its presumptive nominee ahead of its national convention in August. Biden sparred with former US President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, on Friday, in a debate hosted …