Author: Amina Mohammed

Segun Sowunmi, a former spokesman for the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is smarter than Peter Obi of the Labour Party and other opposition. Sowunmi stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. The PDP chieftain said his recent meeting with the president did not translate to a betrayal of his affiliation with Atiku and the PDP. “I am at liberty as an adult to take decisions. I am not tied to anybody. I am not anti-Tinubu. “I own my mouth,…

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abuja said on Monday that it has commenced an investigation against eight of its staff for alleged professional misconduct. The staff were reported to have unprofessionally handled a case of health emergency involving some motor accident victims, as contained in a video that circulated on social media a few days ago. In the viral video shared on social media, the health workers were reluctant to attend to the accident victims brought to the Accident and Emergency Service Unit of the hospital by a passerby, because of some challenges they (health workers) highlighted, which included insufficient…

Maryam Abacha, the widow of the late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has denied long-standing allegations that her husband looted billions of dollars while in power. In an interview on TVC’s Politics on Sunday hosted by Femi Akande, Mrs. Abacha described the accusations against her late husband as unfair and rooted in misinformation. “The annulment was not done by my husband. And if it was him, then that means he was more powerful than the President at the time. That means Abacha was the greatest. But I’m not here to talk about Babangida or anybody. All I know…

The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) and Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) have demanded a stop to the practice whereby an incumbent president appoints the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its national commissioners. This was made known at the presentation of a policy brief and memoranda sent to the National Assembly in Abuja. Centre LSD and WRAPA suggested the composition of an independent panel membership of eight institutions to screen and nominate three persons for the selection and approval of one person by the president and National Assembly. They recommended that…

Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, on Friday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). However, three commissioners refused to follow their principal to the APC and subsequently resigned. They are Eno Ibanga (Works), Ini Ememobong, (Special Duties and Ibom Deep Sea) and Emem Almond Bob (Finance). Out of the 26 lawmakers in the state House Assembly, 15 declined to follow Eno to the APC, while 11 defected with him. Eno in his defection speech said he dumped PDP to connect the state to national politics. The governor, in the presence…

Nollywood actress Aisha Lawal has debunked an allegation making the rounds that she received a Toyota Venza as a birthday gift from socialite Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo. The rebuttal is contained in a video she posted on TikTok. Aisha Lawal has been in the eye of the storm after being dragged into a rift in the Lagos State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). In a viral clip, a chieftain of the union, Azeez Ajibola aka Istijabah accused MC Oluomo, a former chairman of Lagos NURTW, of lavishing the union’s funds on Nollywood…

A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Uwais, has died at the age of 89. The former CJN who died in the early hours of Friday served as Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1995 until his retirement in 2006. Following his retirement, he chaired the Presidential Electoral Reform Committee inaugurated by late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. The committee included prominent figures such as Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah and human rights lawyer, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN. Funeral arrangements are yet to be announced.

Professor Pat Utomi has expressed frustration over alleged attempts to silence him, saying he may leave the country. Utomi, who announced the formation of a shadow government recently, became a target of the  Department of State Services (DSS), with the security agency filing a suit against him. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the DSS requested that the court declare the shadow government “constitutional”. Speaking on Wednesday, Utomi disclosed that he was getting fed up and added that he was ready to depart Nigeria for Ghana. “I’m getting fed up with all of this. If they…

Former Minister of Education and Petroleum, Professor Jibril Aminu, has died at the age of 85. Aminu, a distinguished diplomat, cardiologist, and statesman, passed away in Abuja on Thursday after a prolonged illness. His funeral prayer is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. today at the Abuja National Mosque. His remains will be flown to Yola and then to Song Local Government Area, Adamawa State, for burial. A celebrated medical scholar, Prof. Aminu earned his medical degree from the University of Ibadan in 1965, graduating as the best student from the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. He went on to obtain a…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the Muslim Ummah to offer fervent prayers for Nigeria today, which falls on Arafat Day. He said the prayers would attract divine solutions to the myriad of challenges facing the country. The Sultan said this in a statement yesterday by the Secretary-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Prof. Khalid Aliyu. He said: “In this sacred month of Dhul-Hijjah, we are calling on Nigerian Muslims to rededicate themselves to good virtues and fervent prayers on the Day of Arafat on Thursday.” According to him, the Day of Arafat is considered one…