Author: Amina Mohammed

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned a former managing director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc (now Keystone Bank Limited), Francis Atuche, and two others before the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit felony and forgery. Atuche and the two others, Nnosiri Joachim (also known as Ifeanyi) and Uguru Onyike were arraigned before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe. When the charge was read to the defendants, they all pleaded not guilty. Prosecution counsel, Fanen Anum, told the court that the matter is starting de novo and therefore asked the…

A loyalist of the former Senate President and former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Monday, resigned as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State. Abdullahi’s resignation was contained in a letter addressed to the chairman of the opposition party in his Ubandawaki Ward of the Ilorin West local government area of the Kwara state. A former chief press secretary to Saraki during his days as governor of Kwara state and a close associate of Abdullahi, Mas’ud Adebimpe, confirmed the development in Ilorin. Abdullah said in his resignation letter sighted by journalists that…

The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the renaming of the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House correspondents following the council’s last meeting for 2024 at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The University of Abuja also known as UNIABUJA was established in January 1988 under Decree No. 110 of 1992 as amended, as a dual-mode university with the mandate to run conventional and distance learning programmes. The university started academic work in 1990 with the matriculation of its pioneer students. Yakubu Gowon is Nigeria’s former…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed the Final Investment Decision (FID) by Shell and its partners on the $5 billion Bonga North Deep Offshore Field as a transformative milestone for Nigeria’s energy sector. The project, the first deepwater oil initiative in over a decade, is set to produce an estimated 350 million barrels of crude oil and reflects the success of Tinubu’s policy reforms aimed at revitalizing the nation’s oil and gas industry. “The Renewed Hope Agenda fundamentally focuses on attracting investments to transform the Nigerian economy and deliver prosperity to our people,” Tinubu said in a statement issued on…

A tragic collision involving a J5 Ford bus and a Mercedes truck on the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge has left one person dead and four others injured. The accident occurred early hours of Monday, December 16, at Ilubirin, inward Sura, causing significant traffic disruptions along the busy route. Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), led by General Manager Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, arrived promptly at the scene. With assistance from bystanders, they rescued four victims from the wreckage, three of whom survived. It was gathered that one individual trapped in the J5 Ford bus loaded with pepper and…

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yayaha Bello, has threatened to institute legal proceedings against an online medium that published report linking him to an attack on President Bola Tinubu. Bello who spoke through the Director, Media office of the former governor, Ohiare Michael, on Monday described the publication as not only a mischievous but absolutely senseless report. The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to a not only mischievous but senseless report published by a mushroom blog called Daily Excessive, which attributed fake quotes against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to our principal, the immediate past Governor of…

A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has opened up on the influence of cabals in Nigerian governance, alleging how a powerful group hijacked power after President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in 2015. Speaking on the Mic On Podcast published on Sunday, Dalung described a cabal as “a group of ambitious people who were also appointed by the same president to help him govern but they will run his presidency at his at their own expense and interest.” He revealed that shortly after Buhari’s election, a powerful group emerged from “nowhere,” sidelining those who had campaigned for the president.…

Former president and CEO of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc., Transcorp, Valentine Ozigbo, has expressed worries over alleged lack of concern from Governor Charles Soludo regarding the rising insecurity in the state. He pointed out that the governor’s silence on security issues like kidnapping, particularly the recent abduction of the retired Archbishop of the Niger Province, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, is alarming. Speaking at a Townhall Meeting in Lagos, to discuss the state and way forward for Anambra and South-East region, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the 2021 Anambra State governorship election, argued that Soludo’s leadership style…

Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Sunday asked President Bola Tinubu to urgently declare a state of emergency on roads in the South-South region. In a letter addressed to the president, Clark decried the deplorable condition of roads in the oil-rich region, describing it as a critical issue causing immense hardship to its residents. He urged President Tinubu to prioritise the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the region’s road network in the 2025 federal budget to alleviate the suffering of the people and support economic development. “I am writing this passionate appeal to you to declare an EMERGENCY in the coming…

The All Progressives Congress has stated that Nigeria will get much better in 2025 with the unwavering commitment of President Bola Tinubu to reposition the country and set it on the path of development. The Lagos State APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, gave the assurance at the party’s Christmas Carol and Nine Lessons on Sunday evening. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the programme tagged “Christ In You, Hope of Glory” was held at the party’s secretariat at the Ogba area of Lagos. Ojelabi, who noted that 2024 had been challenging economically and politically, said that the President had,…