10,000 ILLEGAL BUILDINGS IN FESTAC TO BE DEMOLISHED As part of measures to restore Festac Town master plan, the Federal Government through the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has identified over 10,000 illegal buildings that will be removed for the restoration of Festac Town master plan. It said that the move would assist in restoring the glory over 45 year old …

NIGERIA HAS COLLAPSED UNDER TINUBU – BABACHIR LAWAL Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr Babachir Lawal, has said Nigeria collapsed after the swearing of President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023. Lawal said the shocking announcement of fuel subsidy removal by Tinubu on the day of inauguration plunged the country into economic malady, stating that the policy …

SHEHU SANI MOCKS FORMER GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENT AS UNIVERSITY PRO-CHANCELLOR Shehu Sani, a former senator, has mocked the recent decision by President Tinubu to appoint Isa Yuguda, a former governor of Bauchi State, to the position of pro-chancellor of the Northern Nigeria University (NOUN). Sani wrote on his official X account, “One of my friends has been expecting a juicy political …

COMMOTION AS TRADERS, SOLDIERS CLASH AT ABUJA PLAZA There was commotion on Saturday at the popular Banex Plaza phone market, located in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja, as soldiers and some traders clashed over the sale of a defective phone. A trader explained that the soldiers were attacked after a disagreement with some persons in the market. “I am …

TINUBU’S ONE YEAR OF MULTIPLE TAXATION, RISING HARDSHIPS, BY OMONIYI SALAUDEEN In a couple of days, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be one year in office. As a matter of convention, he will be expected to present the scorecard of his achievements for the assessment of the general public. And rightly so because, in the last 12 months, tax-payers have …

2027: ATIKU, OBI’S ALLIANCE MOVES UNSETTLE APC STALWARTS The renewed moves for an alliance or merger between the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, have raised concerns among some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 electioneering circle. Recall that Atiku and Obi …

I’LL SUPPORT PETER OBI IN 2027 IF PARTY DECIDES – ATIKU Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar met with Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections in Abuja, earlier in the week. The meeting sparked speculations about a merger of some opposition political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. In an interview with …

NIGERIA WOULD HAVE NO NEED TO IMPORT PETROL FROM NEXT MONTH – DANGOTE Africa’s richest man and Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has assured that following laid down plans of the Dangote Refinery, Nigeria as a nation will have no need to import gasoline from next month. Dangote also said his refinery has capacity to supply West Africa’s petrol …

FORMER ARMY GENERAL WHO PARTICIPATED IN 1966 COUNTER-COUP DIES @ 82 A former Nigerian Army general, who at different times served as military administrator of Sokoto and Bauchi states, is dead. Garba Duba, who hailed from Niger State, died at 82. Former senator for Kaduna Central District, Shehu Sani, announced Mr Duba’s death in a Facebook post on Friday. Mr …

MINIMUM WAGE: NO WORKER CAN SURVIVE ON LESS THAN N100,000 –SHEHU SANI Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has called on the Federal Government to address the issue of minimum wage, noting that no Nigerian worker can survive on less than N100,000, given the current economic situation in the country. Sani stated this while discussing the ongoing minimum wage …

2027: THERE’S BREWING NORTHERN CONSPIRACY AGAINST TINUBU – KANO-BASED POLITICAL ANALYST Dattijo Sani Rano, a political analyst based in Kano state, has revealed that there is a grand conspiracy from Northern Nigeria against the re-emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term. According to him, the recent open declaration by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) that the North …

ENUGU GOVT TO BUILD SMART CITY WITH 22,000 STRUCTURES – COMMISSIONER Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has began the construction of innovative and scientifically driven Smart City in the state with no fewer than 22,000 structures. The Enugu State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Prince Lawrence Eze disclosed this in an interview. He said the smart city would be …

GANDUJE, APC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, TO BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT OVER BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS, JUNE 5 Kano State High Court No. 7 has re-scheduled the arraignment of the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje to June 5. Ganduje is standing trial alongside his wife Hafsat Umar, his son, Abdullahi Umar and five others The defendants in the case included …

JUDICIARY, BIGGEST THREAT TO NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY – PETER OBI Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has described the judiciary as the biggest danger to democracy in Nigeria. Obi stated that there had been a decline in the judiciary, stressing that the problem of the country was not the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission. …

NJC DENIES PROMOTION FOR JUSTICE INYANG EKWO, TWO OTHERS The National Judicial Council (NJC) has taken disciplinary action against three judges, barring them from elevation to higher benches for two to three years due to various offenses. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court was admonished for abusing discretionary power by wrongly granting an ex parte order in a …