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ONE YEAR OF TINUBU’S MINISTERS PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has one of the largest cabinets in Nigeria’s history, comparable to Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, which had 47 ministers in 1999. Despite his promise to appoint technocrats to drive his Renewed Hope Agenda, Tinubu’s cabinet appears to be a mix of politicians, loyalists, and a sprinkling of experts.One year after their appointment, it …

TINUBU’S CHANGE OF SPY CHIEFS AND BRAZILIAN CONNECTION, BY STEPHEN ANGBULUOn the evening of Saturday, August 24, 2024, visuals from the State House showed Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, the country’s top spy, emerging from a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.It appeared to be one of those routine visits by agency heads who merely tell the press that they had “fruitful …

BUHARI DIDN’T WANT TINUBU AS PRESIDENT, NEVER TRUSTED OSINBAJO – SULE LAMIDO Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said former President Muhammadu Buhari never wanted President Bola Tinubu to succeed him. Lamido also said Buhari never trusted his former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to succeed him, adding that the former President wanted ex-Senate President Ahmed Lawan. Lamido further …

EBONYI GOVERNOR, NWIFURU, APPROVES PAYMENT OF N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, has approved the payment of N70,000 minimum wage to civil servants under the employ of the state. Nwifuru, who made the announcement on Saturday at the grand finale of the Ojiji Izhi New Yam Festival 2024, said he has directed relevant government authorities to draft out …

CHIDINMA ADETSHINA WINS MISS UNIVERSE BEAUTY PAGEANT Chidimma Adetshina has emerged winner of Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 pageant. Chidimma was forced to withdraw from South African beauty pageant. The 23-year-old law student came to Nigeria after accepting to participate in the competition. This followed her controversial withdrawal from Miss South Africa 2024 due to xenophobic backlash over her nationality. Guy …

I’LL PUT FIRE IN THEIR STATES – WIKE FIRES SHOT AT PDP GOVERNORS SUPPORTING FUBARA Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has warned PDP governors supporting Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he will “put fire in their states”. He said, “Not while we live will anybody take the PDP structure from us. I hear that some governors claim they will take the …

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, BY SENATOR NED NWOKOYour Excellency,REIMAGINING NIGERIA’S SOCIAL SAFETY NET: A CALL TO REPLACE THE MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS WITH A NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTNigeria stands at a pivotal crossroads. The pervasive issues of poverty and the societal decay it perpetuates have reached a level of urgency that …

WHY POLICE CAN’T TRACK KIDNAPPER’S PHONESSeventy-four-year-old Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, Alhaji Isah Muhammad Bawa was abducted by bandits on Sabon Birni road last month alongside his biological son on his way to his native town of Sabon Birni, near the border with Niger, after attending a meeting in Sokoto. His abductors demanded N1b ransom while …

SOUTH EAST KILLINGS: WE WANT ASARI DOKUBO ARRESTED, PROSECUTED– HURIWA Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called for the arrest of former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo. HURIWA believes that Asari has done enough to deserve prosecution by the authorities or, at the very least, an open investigation to determine the legality of his actions. The rights …

HOW ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST COST DSS, NIA BOSSES THEIR JOBS The reasons the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the DG of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, resigned from their positions have been revealed.Sources within the Presidency told Saturday PUNCH that President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, questioned the intelligence …