Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

President Bola Tinubu, House of Representatives Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, governors, senators, and other prominent figures attended the wedding fatiha of the children of Deputy Senate President Senator Barau I. Jibrin on Friday. The ceremonies saw the joining of Jibrin Barau I. Jibrin (Abba) and Maryam Nasir Ado Bayero, daughter of the Emir of Bichi, as well as Aisha Barau I. Jibrin and Abubakar Abdulmunaf, son of Dr. Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, President of Azman Group of Companies. The event was held at the National Mosque in Abuja after the two raka’at Juma’at prayers and officiated by Professor Ibrahim Maqari, the mosque’s…

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, recently met with President Bola Tinubu to discuss advancements in the aviation sector under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Speaking after their meeting at the State House in Abuja on Thursday, Onyema commended the President for implementing policies aimed at stabilising business operations across Nigeria, particularly in the aviation industry. He highlighted significant progress made by the Tinubu administration in enhancing the ease of doing business in the sector and introducing reforms spearheaded by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo. Expressing optimism about the administration’s impact on…

South African singer Tyla defeated Asake, Burna Boy, Rema, and Tems to win two Afrobeats categories at the 2024 Billboard Music Awardsceremony, which was held on Thursday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The singer won “Top Afrobeats Song” for her hit track “Water” and also clinched the title of Top Afrobeats Artist”, triumphing among her eight nominations. Tyla has been on a roll since the start of the year, dominating the Afrobeats category on the international awards and beating Nigerian music stars to the crown. In September, the South African rising star was announced the winner of…

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist leader Francois Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of hauling France out of months of political crisis. Bayrou, the 73-year-old head of the MoDem group which is allied to Macron’s party, was appointed nine days after Michel Barnier’s government was ousted by parliament in a historic no-confidence vote following a standoff over an austerity budget. “The President of the Republic has appointed Mr. Francois Bayrou as prime minister and tasked him with forming a government,” the French presidency said in a statement, giving no more details. Bayrou is the sixth…

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has cautioned against the violation of the Supreme Court verdict on local government autonomy, vowing to deal with the erring council officials. Fagbemi gave the warning on Thursday in Abuja while speaking at a conference for judiciary correspondents. The AGF said governance at the grassroots has “suffered a lot” in the past but believes that with the enforcement of the verdict on local government autonomy, “life will come back to the local governments”. “People at the grassroots have suffered long negligence and it is enough. The government…

Former Super Eagles winger and Ajax FC star, Tijani Babangida, has opened up on the traumatic ghastly accident that claimed the lives of his one-year-old son, Fadil, and his younger brother, Ibrahim. The accident, which occurred on May 9, 2024, along the Kaduna–Zaria Road, had Babangida’s wife and his maid also injured, while he (Babangida) sustained injuries on his knees and legs. Ibrahim was buried the following day, according to Islamic rites. Recounting the ordeal in a 14-minute-long video documentary shared on the football club’s website on Thursday, December 12, 2024, the bereaved ex-footballer described the incident as a “nightmare,”…

Nigerian music icon Tiwa Savage has opened up about her perspective on infidelity in romantic relationships, revealing that cheating has never been a reason for her to end a relationship. During a candid interview on The Receipts Podcast, the 44-year-old singer disclosed that every man she has been involved with has cheated on her, yet she has always chosen to forgive. “I have been cheated on before. I found out and forgave every time,” Savage said. “Every man I have ever been with has cheated, and I’ve never left them because of it. I’ve left for other reasons, but not…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed to continue demolishing properties in the nation’s capital despite pressure. Wike has been criticised for embarking on widespread demolition of houses in Abuja. A construction company, Paullosa Nigeria Limited, had recently raised the alarm over a demolition notice issued by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) to demolish its estate in the Lifecamp area of Abuja. The General Manager of the Estate, Mr Vincent Enoghase, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, claimed the FCDA had demanded N10 million, for a Right of Occupancy, which it had paid…

International lender, the World Bank, is expected to meet and approve a $500 million loan to Nigeria on Friday to boost rural access and agricultural marketing in the country. This is according to information obtained from the Washington-based institution on Thursday. The World Bank is expected to take a decision on the loan request by the Nigerian government on Friday, 13, 2024. The loan under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project – Scale Up is designed to close the gap between communities and the broader marketplace in Nigeria. A major prerequisite to partake in the project is that subnationals…

Presidential Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala has dismissed insinuations by some partisans that the outcome of the recent presidential election in Ghana in which the ruling party lost could have a chain reaction on the chances of President Bola Tinubu retaining power in 2027, saying the president remained confident ahead of the polls. Bwala disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja when he visited the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. Former Ghanaian president and candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress NDC in the December 7 Presidential Election in Ghana, John Mahama had defeated the incumbent…