Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Nyesom Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has denied claims of the FCT minister being responsible for protracted political crisis in oil-rich Rivers. Olayinka, in a statement in Abuja, blamed the crisis on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, Wike’s successor. The media aide slammed Afenifere Chieftain, Dr Femi Okurounmu, who accused Wike of being “the architect and masterminder of Rivers’ crisis”. Okurounmu had argued that even if Fubara was his godson, Wike should realise that a sitting governor with full powers wouldn’t be a surrogate to anyone. But Olayinka, in the statement, said that…

Safiu Kehinde Zamfara State Government has identified ghost workers and over payment discovered by its civil servants verification committee as the cause of delay in the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage proposed by the state The was disclosed at a press briefing in Gusau on Wednesday by the state’s Head of Service, Ahmad Liman. While reaffirming the state’s commitment to the implementation of the new minimum wage, Liman reiterated that the state’s governor, Dauda Lawal, is commitment to promoting the welfare of the civil servants in Zamfara. The HoS would, however, identified the discovery of ghost workers and over…

Safiu Kehinde Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of three persons while 14 were sustained injuries in a ghastly auto crash in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this yesterday. He said the accident occurred on Tuesday when a bus with registration number KTG 196 XC, conveying 17 passengers hit an empty truck. “On reaching Kwanar Mangwarori along old Gwaram road, the driver hit an empty Dangote trailer with registration number BNK 447 XA, driven by one Musbahu Yakubu, now at large. “The said Yakubu was reportedly driving from…

Safiu Kehinde The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two members of a syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, over alleged impersonation and attempting to blackmail the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede. This was disclosed in a statement issued on the agency’s X handle on Wednesday. According to the statement, the suspects were arraigned before Justice Jude Onwuebuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja. They allegedly contacted Mohammed Bello-Koko, former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, claiming to have access to a phony investigation involving him by the EFCC.…

Oil prices slipped in early trade on Thursday, reversing most of the previous session’s gains, weighed down by worries of higher global production amid slow demand growth, with a firmer dollar exacerbating the declines. Brent crude futures fell 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $71.93 a barrel by 0400 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) futures declined 42 cents, or 0.6%, to $68.01. “Oil is tackling the (earlier) weaker demand forecast narrative by OPEC, who deferred rolling back additional production for yet another month, fearing the adverse effect on prices,” said Phillip Nova’s senior market analyst Priyanka Sachdeva in an…

Safiu Kehinde The Nigeria Customs Service has announced recording N5.7 trillion in revenue as of Tuesday, 12 November 2024- an amount which surpassed the year’s revenue target. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Service’s Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi, at the 2024 Comptroller-General of Customs Conference in Abuja. The conference is themed “Nigeria Customs Service: Engaging Traditional and New Partners with Purpose.” While expressing optimism about the service’s capacity to achieve more for the economy, Adeniyi announced that the Customs have gained beyond its 2024 revenue target earmarked at N5.07 trillion. He said the Customs’ revenue for the year currently stand…

Vows to Flush Out New Terrorist Group Safiu Kehinde The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, says Nigerians now move freely without fear as the Tinubu administration have curbed the spate of insecurity in the country. Ribadu made this claim while speaking at the 2024 CGC conference held in Abuja on Wednesday. Representing the President at the event, the NSA recounted the efforts of Tinubu in his fight against insecurity as well as his achievements which Ribadu tagged as ‘Tinubu gains’. “We are beginning to see the gains in what we call Tinubu gains. Hundreds of bandits are killed today-…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, has debunked allegations that the construction of homes for judges in Abuja is aimed at influencing the judiciary. Wike clarified that the housing project is part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s welfare initiative for the judiciary, aiming to bolster its independence rather than compromise it. In a media briefing on Wednesday, Wike explained that the project is a key provision in the 2024 federal budget, with Tinubu’s administration recognizing the need for judges to have secure, government-owned residences as a measure against potential manipulation. According to Wike, the initiative…

Safiu Kehinde A disturbing video at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, showing nurses using phone flashlight to work as a result of the unresolved power outage has generated series of condemnations from netizens. As captured in a now viral video on X, some nurses could been seen working through some patient files with the aid in of her phone flashlight in the dark waiting lounge of the hospital. This is coming under the heels of Monday’s protest by patients who lamented over the lack of water and electricity in the hospital for past the 17 days. Reacting on the recent…

Safiu Kehinde Director General of the Infrastructure Concessions Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr. Jobson Ewalefoh, has told Nigerians not to expect magic to be performed in solving the challenges bedeviling the power sector. Ewalefoh said this during the ICRC management’s courtesy visit to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, at the headquarters of the ministry in Abuja yesterday. As contained in a statement issued and made available to NPO Reports on Wednesday the ICRC boss, in his address to Adelabu, said Nigerians are looking up to him for magic. He, however, charged Nigerians to be realistic about the challenges facing the…