Author: Amina Mohammed

Barely less than 30 hours after the passing of his mother, Governor Umar Namadi has again lost his eldest son, Abdulwahab Umar Namadi, who died in a fatal motor accident on Thursday. The accident occurred around 3pm on Thursday, December 26, 2024, at Agura village, less than three kilometers to Kafin Hausa town, the governor’s hometown. Abdulwahab and his friend were on their way to Kafin Hausa from Dutse, the State capital, to continue to receive condolences from sympathisers over the death of his grandmother, late Hajiya Maryam Namadi, when the accident occured. Confirming the incident in a…

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central), has called on Nigerians to support the Tax Reforms Bills under consideration in the National Assembly, saying it will make adjustments to the derivation sharing formula that will improve finances of states across the country. In a Christmas message shared via a personally signed statement on Wednesday, he debunked claims that the bills were geared towards giving more states revenue than others, noting that four states, for example, were getting wrong calculations of what is due to them. He stated, “Credible data have shown, for instance, the new model recommends…

Ruben Amorim has insisted he knows what he’s doing as the Manchester United manager looks to revive the fallen English giants amid a row over the future of Marcus Rashford. Amorim has had a rollercoaster ride since succeeding the sacked Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford. United enjoyed a late comeback win over local rivals Manchester City only to then slump to a 3-0 loss at home to Bournemouth last weekend following a midweek 4-3 League Cup quarter-final defeat by Tottenham. Rashford was omitted from all three of those games, with the 27-year-old, a product of the United youth system,…

A Chief Magistrate Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has ordered the remand of three key figures in connection with last week’s tragic stampede at Bashorun Islamic High School. The individuals include Abdullahi Fasasi, the school’s principal; Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, the proprietor of Agidigbo FM and the estranged wife of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola. Presided over by Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi, the court’s ruling came on Tuesday, following their arraignment by the Oyo State Police Command. The proceedings took place under heightened security, with a crowd of family members and interested parties gathered outside the courthouse. The defendants face four counts…

American Airlines resumed flights Tuesday after a technical issue forced the world’s largest carrier to ground all its US flights for an hour during the busy year-end travel period, officials said. “American Airlines reported a technical issue this morning and requested a nationwide ground stop. The ground stop has now been lifted,” Bridgett Frey, assistant administrator for communications at the Federal Aviation Administration, said in a statement. The flight halt between 1150 GMT and 1250 GMT came on Christmas Eve, a day of exceedingly heavy air travel in the United States and elsewhere.s The FAA and American Airlines had yet…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has assented to the ₦684 billion 2025 Appropriation Act tagged “Budget of Economic Stabilisation, saying his administration had been able to improve the performance of the state’s annual budgets from 30 to 35 per cent to over 70 per cent. Makinde who spoke on Monday at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Agodi, Ibadan, said the government would target 80 per cent budget implementation in 2025. He stated that his administration would push for reforms, people-centred policies and economic stability and work for the well-being of residents of the state. According to Makinde,…

President Bola Tinubu has blamed the organisers of palliative distribution that led to the stampedes which claimed several lives for not putting in place adequate measures to ensure that it was orderly. The President who said there was an error on the side of the organisers, noted that in the past 25 years he has been involved in arms giving including giving out food stuffs and commodities in his Lagos country home. Fielding questions during his first Presidential Media Chat in Lagos, the President said despite the unfortunate situation, things are improving. He said, “I have been giving out food…

Suspected political thugs on Monday took over the Oredo Local Government Area secretariat in Edo State, preventing the Chairman, Tom Obaseki, from gaining access to his office. Armed with weapons, the hoodlums took up strategic positions at the secretariat, chanting war songs. The development forced the embattled council boss, who had resumed work for the day, to retreat. Obaseki spoke to journalists outside the council premises, saying, “I came here to continue my work as elected chairman of Oredo Local Government. I met a whole lot of thugs who have already overtaken the council. “This is a very disturbing trend.…

President Bola Tinubu donned his bragging hat on Monday when he announced that for three straight months, he has fulfilled Nigeria’s financial obligations without touching remittance by Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) or exploring Ways and Means from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). “Push me to my brag mode, in the last three months, I’ve not taken a penny from NNPC before I meet my other obligations. To me, that is excellent,” a gleeful Tinubu told reporters on Monday during a chat at his Bourdillon residence in the highbrow Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The former Lagos governor…

Honda shares soared more than 16 per cent on Tuesday after the Japanese auto giant announced a buyback of up to 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) the previous day. The buyback announcement came as Honda and its struggling rival Nissan agreed on Monday to launch talks on a merger seen as a bid to catch up with Chinese companies and Tesla on electric vehicles. Honda will buy back its own shares worth up to 1.1 trillion yen, or 23.7 per cent of the total issued shares, to improve “efficiency of its capital structure”, the company said on Monday. “Even with…