TINUBU GRANTS MORE POWERS TO MINISTERS OF STATE President Bola Tinubu has approved a major policy change, giving ministers of state full authority over the agencies and departments they supervise. Previously, permanent secretaries would forward files concerning these agencies to senior ministers for final approval, which restricted the decision-making powers of ministers of state and largely relegated their roles to …

BOLT DRIVER APOLOGIZES TO HON ALEX IKWECHEGH OVER PROVOCATION, BEGS NIGERIANS A Bolt Driver, Stephen Abuwatseya has finally apologised to House of Representatives member representing ABA North/South of Abia State in the National Assembly, Hon. Alex Ikwechegh for insulting him when he went to deliver a package to him. In a video personally released to the press, Mr Abuwatseya begged …

WE COMMEND NIGERIANS FOR ENDURANCE DESPITE HARDSHIP – FG The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has praised Nigerians for their endurance despite the economic reforms which has resulted in hardship in the nation. He, however, stated that the Federal Government economic policies have began to yield positive result. Edun stated this on Thursday during …

AFRICA ACCOUNTS FOR 65 % OF GLOBAL HIV BURDEN Africa accounts for about 25.9 million (65 per cent) of the global burden of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), with Nigeria contributing about 1.9 million, making it the fourth largest HIV burden country. An estimated 39.9 million people were living with HIV across the globe in 2023, while 1.3 million people …

TRUMP APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE CHIEF OF STAFF IN US HISTORY United States President-elect, Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, a longtime GOP operative, as his White House chief of staff. Wiles was Trump’s campaign manager and has been widely credited for running what was Trump’s most disciplined and well-executed campaign. Trump had given a special thanks to Wiles for her …

The Minister for Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has ordered the immediate replacement of aged equipment as part of the recommendations to stop the incessant collapse of the national grid. Adelabu assured that the replacement would be achieved in six months. Adelabu also directed the Transmission Company of Nigeria and all other relevant agencies of the ministry to begin the immediate implementation …

COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW DANGOTE’S ATTEMPT TO ‘MONOPOLIZE’ PETROLEUM INDUSTRYGranting Dangote Refinery the monopoly it seeks would be a recipe for disaster, unleashing severe hardship on citizens, a major oil firm’s managing director has warned in a series of filing at the Federal High Court in Abuja.Ali Abiodun, the acting managing director of AYM Shafa Limited, issued this statement in a …

PRESIDENCY MAKES CLARIFICATIONS ON MALAYSIA’S PLANNED PHASE OUT OF CNG VEHICLES, Bayo Onanuga, Special Assistant to the President on Information and Strategy, has offered three clarifications on planned phase out of CNG vehicles by Malaysian government. According to him: The Malaysian issue speaks more to the safety of LPG NOT safety of CNG. In the original report, government transport minister …

MALAYSIA TO PHASE OUT CNG VEHICLES BY 2025 OVER SAFETY CONCERN The Malaysian government has announced plans to phase out the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles and end the sale of natural gas vehicles (NGV) in the country. Loke Siew Fook, minister of transport, spoke at a press conference recently, according to Free Malaysia Today (FMT), a …

INSIDE CONTROVERSIES TRAILINGRECRUITMENT, APPOINTMENT OF UNIZIK VICE CHANCELLOR The recent appointment of Bernard Odoh as the substantive vice-chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State is rife with controversy, ranging from the recruitment process to the appointee’s profile. The university’s governing council, led by Greg Mbadiwe, last week, announced Mr Odoh, a professor of geophysics, as the 7th …

ROCHAS OKOROCHA NOT DEAD – AIDE Ebere Nzeworji, an aide to Senator Rochas Okorocha, has debunked claims that his principal died in a London hospital. According to Nzeworji, the former Imo State Governor is “hale and hearty.” He clarified that Okorocha was spotted at his Unity House office in Abuja around the time the rumour started circulating. Nzeworji attributed the …

:NIGERIAN-BORN UK CONSERVATIVE LEADER, KEMI BADENOCH, SAYS IT’S SCAM FOR FORMER BRITISH COLONIES TO BLAME THEIR UNDERDEVELOPMENT ON COLONIALISM The newly elected leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, Kemi Badenoch, once claimed it is fallacious for developing countries to always blame their underdevelopment on British colonialism. The Nigerian-born British lawmaker who once served as UK business and …

HOW ELECTORAL COLLEGE, NOT POPULAR VOTE, PICKS US PRESIDENT Although the United States prides itself as the world’s pre-eminent democracy, where each person can have their say about who should be president, the Constitution calls for states to choose “electors” who do the actual electing. This is known as the Electoral College. Since the first presidential election in 1789, won …

STATES WON BY TRUMP, HARRIS IN US ELECTION The US presidential election 2024 saw a fierce battle between former President Donald Trump and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris. Early counting showed close competition, but as results continued to come in, Trump began to secure his lead in a series of critical states. Now, Trump has declared victory, claiming that the …

BREAKING: NATIONAL GRID COLLAPSES AGAIN The National grid has suffered yet another collapse, plunging the county into another round of darkness. The collapse which happened around 11:28am, on Thursday, is the second this week and 10th in 2024.Breaking: National grid records another collapse two days after A check on Independent System Operator, an autonomous arm of the Transmission Company of …