Tinubu to decide subsidy removal date after inauguration
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has said the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will decide the date the fuel subsidy will be removed. Though the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) said the subsidy policy would end by June when the budget for the initiative would lapse, the Chief Spokesperson for the All Progressives...
Govs meet with EFCC, ICPC, FIRS, CBN on security votes
Governors of the 36 states of the federation are to meet tomorrow with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, on how to manage their states’ security votes. Attempts to get governors to react to the implication of the meeting for their states last night proved abortive, as those...
INEC appoints nine SANs to defend election
No fewer than nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria have been appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission to defend the results of the February 25 presidential election. The team, according to City Lawyer, is to be led by former Nigerian Bar Association President, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN). Other members of the team are Stephen Adehi (SAN), Oluwakemi Pinheiro (SAN), Miannaya Essien...
Obi, Oyedepo’s leaked conversation throws LP’s media team into confusion
…aides issues conflicting statements hours apart The trending audio of a leaked phone conversation between the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi and the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo, has throw the LP candidate’s media team into confusion. While the Head, Obi-Datti Media Office, veteran broadcaster, Diran Onifade, in a statement in Abuja, on...
NNPP National Chairman, Alkali, Resigns
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Prof Rufai Ahmed Alkali, has resigned as the head of the party. In a statement signed by Alkali himself dated 31st March, which was made available to journalists Sunday, he stated that his decision to step aside from the office of the national chairman of the party is to give...
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party led by the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, yesterday, reversed the suspension of the party’s chieftains, including a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose and an ex-President of the Senate, Anyim Pius Anyim. 2. Reports emerged on Thursday, that the Minister of...
Guber poll: How FG punished me for going to court over naira policy
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has alleged that some elements in the Federal Government worked against his re-election bid in the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. Matawalle of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who was defeated by Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, blamed his inability to secure a second tenure on his move...
‘He was unusual’, Pete Edochie mourns grandson
LAGOS—Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, yesterday, lost his first son, Kambilichukwu Edochie. The son died two months after Edochie celebrated his 16th birthday with his wife, Mary Edochie. Confirming the sad news to Vanguard, yesterday, Pete Edochie said his son, Yul, called him on the telephone, Wednesday, informing him that Kambilichukwu fell down while playing football with his school mates and developed a seizure. According...
Davido drops 17-track album ‘Timeless’
Afrobeat star David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has finally dropped his much-awaited album, ‘Timeless.’ The music star took to his social media page in the early hours of Friday to announce the release of the 17-track project to his numerous fans. The ‘OBO’ crooner also talked about the process he went through from his previous album to the latest. Davido also...
New minimum wage: Ngige makes demand from Tinubu govt
Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, on Wednesday, urged the incoming administration of the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to review the current minimum wage of N30,000 presently obtainable in the country. Ngige said that Nigeria’s minimum wage should be reviewed every five years to match the current standard of living in the country. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today,...
