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By Bayo Onanuga One year after being in the saddle, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be the first person to admit that the ride has been bumpy. He is also the first to say he is unfazed by the turbulence as he remains focused on the marathon of the next three years. The past year has been months of baby steps, months of laying the foundations for the next three years of canter. As Nigeria’s 16th President, Tinubu, during his campaign for the office, said he would make difficult decisions and that running the country would not be business as…
Dr. Niyi Sunmonu, Chairman of the Congress of Universities Academics, a body that broke away from the Academic Staff of Union of Universities said in one year of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he would only grade the government’s performance “below average.” He gives his reasons in this interview with HALIMAH OLAMIDE What is your assessment of President Tinubu’s one year in office as far as universities are concerned? The declaration of “fuel subsidy is gone” in his inauguration speech of 29 May 2023 and the subsequent floating of Naira, without immediate policies to cushion the effects, have…
By Halimah Olamide The former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has urged Nigerians to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was contained in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Garba Sheu on Tuesday. He made the call ahead of the president’s completion of his first year in office. He has therefore appealed to Nigerians to uphold unity and ensure their maximum support fr the Tinubu administration. “The former president appealed to all citizens to continue to strengthen the thread of national unity and goodwill. “He also appealed to them to give their blessings and support to the Tinubu administration, so that it…
By Halimah Olamide Spokesman of President Bola Tinubu Ajuri Ngelale, has countered the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga saying the president is not planning any address to the National Assembly today. It is the one year anniversary of the administration having been sworn in on May 29, last year. NPO Reports that Onanuga had issued a statement saying Tinubu would be at a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday to speak as part of activities to mark the administration’s one year in office. “In furtherance of his commitment to delivering good governance,…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to address a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS), to commemorate 25 years of democracy on Wednesday. This was contained in a statement signed by the president’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Tuesday. According to the statement, the president will not be giving a broadcast to the nation to celebrate his first anniversary as the leader of Nigeria. “Instead, the President will address a joint session of the National Assembly, which has lined up a programme to commemorate 25 years of the nation’s democratic journey at…
By Halimah Olamide The Organised Labour has yet again rejected the N60,000 fresh minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government. The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday rejected the offer, demanding N494,000. NPO reports that as at last week, the 22nd of May, the labour demanded for N497,000, while also rejecting the proposed sum of N57,000 as against the sum of N60,000 this week. This will be making it the fourth proposal the labour leaders have rejected in two months since the discussion on minimum wage began. The deadlock comes…
By Halimah Olamide Students of the institution are asked to stay away from activities capable of jeopardising their future Oyo State Government has ordered the Ajayi Crowther University (ACU) management to ensure that the culprits involved in the killing of on the varsity’s students is punished. NPO reports that the deceased, Alex Timileyin was mercilessly beaten to death over alleged phone theft. This incident sparked outrage on social media and the nation at large. Meanwhile, the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, assured that efforts are ongoing to resolve the issue at hand. He made this known in a…
By Halimah Olamide A Kano state high court has issued a fresh order to the police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army to refrain from evicting the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The order was delivered by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu on Tuesday, May 28, while delivering his verdict on the suit filed by Sanusi and four of Kano’s kingmakers. The judge held “that an order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the respondents either by themselves, their agents, privies, representative, and assigns from further harassing, intimidating, inviting, arresting and or invading the…
By Halimah Olamide A prominent politician and former governorship candidate in Lagos state, Mr. Jimi Agbaje has lost his son. Agbaje’s son was said to have died of heart failure in Canada. Details of the death of the son said to be named Bunmi, are unclear at press time as the family was yet to issue an official statement Agbaje became prominent in Lagos after he defected from the Alliance for Democracy and joined the defunct Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) which took the state by the storm ahead of the 2007 governorship election. Agbaje would later decamp to the Peoples…
By Halimah Olamide The Senate on Tuesday pardoned one of its own, Abdul Ningi after three months of suspension from the red chamber. Deputy Minority Leader Sen. Abba Moro, who expressed regret on behalf of the suspended senator. Deputy senate Leader, Senator Abba Moro who pledged to assume full responsibility for Ningi’s actions, said he knew the meaning of the lifting of the suspension. NPO Reports that Ningi was suspended on March 12, 2024 over allegations that he portrayed the senate in bad light. The senator’s conduct during the period of suspension has been a matter of scrutiny and debate…