Author: Amina Mohammed

President Bola Tinubu has signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The National Assembly had in June approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at the federal and state levels. This followed the consideration and adoption of an executive bill transmitted by the President which sought to prescribe improved salaries and allowances as well as other fringe benefits for judicial officers and workers. The executive bill forwarded by…

Donald Trump has criticised the European Union and his Democratic opponents during a delayed, two-hour conversation with Elon Musk on X. The interview which was due for 1.00a.m on Tuesday (0000 GMT), was put back by more than 40 minutes by technical problems with X owner Musk blaming a cyber attack on the platform. He made no mention of his disagreement with Prime Minister Keir Starmer over Britain’s riots and free speech. But he however did raise the open letter posted by EU internal market boss Thierry Breton’s asking him not to spread disinformation when interviewing the former president. Trump…

The Gombe State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Habu Dahiru, has announced that the state’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre is on alert due to confirmed and suspected cases of diphtheria in Herwagana Ward, Gombe. Diphtheria, caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae, is a vaccine-preventable disease known for severe throat and respiratory infections that can be fatal if untreated. Dr. Dahiru reported that the state has identified three suspected cases and one confirmed case of diphtheria. He emphasized that vaccines for preventing diphtheria, particularly for children, are available at Primary Health Centres throughout Gombe State. Dr. Dahiru urged parents and guardians…

President Bola Tinubu is currently chairing the meeting of the Council of State at the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhamamdu Buhari are onsite for the inaugural meeting convened by President Tinubu. Former Heads of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.) and General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.) joined the meeting virtually alongside the governors of Abia, Adamawa, and Akwa Ibom State. The meeting began at 12:35 pm (local time) with an opening ceremony where attendees sang and recited the national anthem and national pledge, respectively. It comes 18 months after the council last met…

An Israeli strike killed 10 members of a Gaza family in the territory’s southern district of Khan Yunis Tuesday, leaving only one survivor — a three-month-old girl, a medic told AFP. “Ten members of the Abu Haya family were killed in an Israeli strike on Abassan in east Khan Yunis,” the medic from Nasser Hospital told AFP on condition of anonymity. “There is only one survivor from the family, a baby girl named Rim. She is just three months old,” he said, identifying the 10 other members of the family — two parents and their eight children. The girl, wrapped…

President Bola Tinubu will, on Wednesday, August 14, depart Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on a three-day official visit to honour the invitation of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.  This was made known via a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale. According to the statement, President Tinubu will meet with the Equatorial Guinean President at the Presidential Villa on arrival, where meetings will be held between the two leaders and agreements, particularly on oil and gas and security, signed. The President will be accompanied on the trip by the Minister…

The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, has met with key stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, following President Bola Tinubu’s directive for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), to sell crude oil to local refineries in naira. Those in attendance included the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr Zacch Adedeji, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Lydia Jafiya. Disclosing this in a post on its official X page, the Finance Ministry said the meeting…

Elon Musk said that his much-trailed interview with Donald Trump was derailed by a cyber attack on his social media platform on Monday. “There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on X. Working on shutting it down,” the world’s richest man wrote on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Musk, who has said he previously voted Democrat, has thrown his weight — and his wealth — behind Trump since a gunman tried to assassinate the Republican at a rally last month. Trump was banned from Twitter after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol in January 2021,…

The gospel music community mourns the loss of rising star Aduke Ajayi, better known as Aduke Gold, who has sadly passed away. The news of her demise was shared on Tuesday by fellow gospel artiste Esther Igbeke on social media, who posted a tribute with Aduke Gold’s picture and the caption: “A general has fallen. RIP.” Aduke Gold’s death comes in the wake of the death of another prominent gospel singer, Egbin Orun, who died on April 28, 2024. Esther Igbekele, a close colleague, had confirmed Orun’s death via an Instagram post. Despite the competitive nature of the gospel music…

Peter Okoye, one half of the popular music duo, P-Square, has spoken on the ongoing feud between him and his twin brother, Paul. In a statement on X.com on Monday, Peter denied accusations that he reported Paul to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, stating that his focus was on uncovering the truth behind a secret company, Northside Music, allegedly owned by their brother, Jude Okoye, and his wife, Ifeoma. Peter in the statement wrote, “Before I tell you the whole story, here is what I need you all to understand. “It’s always surprising to me when people say, ‘P-Square…