Author: Amina Mohammed

Lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory in the Senate, Senator Ireti Kingibe, on Friday berated her colleague, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over her outburst against the sitting rearrangement in the upper chamber. Kingibe, who appeared on Arise TV yesterday, carpeted the Kogi senator for repeatedly failing to abide by the Senate rules. She said the other female senators had been quiet on the row provoked by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s reaction to the sitting rearrangement only because they don’t want to say something negative about one of them. She said: “Silence is golden, especially when one of us is not following the rules.As women,…

A high-ranking member of the Nigerian Army during the military years, General Ishola Williams (rtd), says contrary to the disclosure in a recently released book by former Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, the ex-military general prepared the late General Sani Abacha to take over before his controversial annulment of June 12, 1993. Gen Williams, a former Chief of Defence Training and Planning, was a guest on the Friday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television. Gen Williams was one of those mentioned in Babangida’s 420-page memoir titled, ‘A Journey in Service: An Autobiography…

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy has broken his silence after socialite Sophia Egbueje allegedly called him out over an unfulfilled promise involving a Lamborghini. The controversy, which recently gained traction on social media, began when Egbueje allegedly accused Burna Boy of failing to deliver on a promise to buy her a luxury car following an encounter. In a leaked audio recording, she claimed Burna Boy made several commitments, including purchasing a Lamborghini for her, which influenced her decision to engage with him. However, she alleged that after their encounter, the singer became unresponsive and did not fulfill his promises. As…

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels returned to Instagram on Friday, making a bold move by removing her husband, Ned Nwoko’s name from her bio and deleting all pictures featuring him from her page. This change comes just days after the actress deactivated her account last Monday amid rumours that Nwoko was responsible for actress Chika Ike’s pregnancy and planned to take her as his seventh wife. Both Nwoko and Ike swiftly denied the rumours, calling them false. Upon returning to Instagram, Regina updated her bio to reflect her full name, “Regina Daniels Nneamaka Favour,” and shared a video of herself with…

President Bola Tinubu has signed the ₦54.99 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill into law.  The 2025 budget is 99.96% higher than the 2024 appropriation bill of ₦27.5 trillion. Tinubu signed it in his office at the State House in Abuja on Friday. The bill was increased from the initial figure of ₦49.7 trillion the Nigerian leader submitted. The National Assembly had on February 13th approved the bill after a series of revisions. A breakdown of the budget shows that it includes a total expenditure of ₦54.99 trillion and statutory transfers of ₦3.65 trillion. The recurrent (non-debt) expenditure is ₦13.64 trillion. The capital…

Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has countered Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claim about the seating reassignment in the Senate. Senator Natasha recently sparked a controversy in the Red Chamber when the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, reallocated her seat. Her reaction to the seating arrangement sparked drama in the Senate during plenary as the lawmaker representing Kogi Central refused to move to the new seat assigned to her. Natasha later raised her hand to speak but was denied recognition because she was not speaking from the seat assigned to her. Angered by this, she raised her voice in…

A major power outage caused by technical faults in some feeders operated by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has affected at least 53 locations, including the Presidential Villa. The outage, which impacted several parts of the Abuja metropolis, disrupted transmission to the R4 Injection Substation at Three Arm Zone, Aso Drive, which supplies electricity to the Presidential Villa. In an announcement on Friday, AEDC acknowledged the situation and appealed to customers for patience, assuring them that engineers were working to restore power as soon as possible. The affected areas include CKC Gwagwalada, Kuje Road, Almat Farms, Kiran Farm, Efugo,…

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has criticised the actions of former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, describing them as a “show of shame” following a disruption at the Assembly complex on Thursday. Obasa, accompanied by his security officials, entered the Assembly complex and made his way into the Speaker’s office. He later presided over a four-member session, despite having taken legal action against the state government and the Assembly over his removal, which he termed unlawful. Speaking to journalists after a court hearing at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on Friday, Meranda emphasised that the…

The local government election conducted on the 5th of October 2024 by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has been declared invalid by the Supreme Court. In a judgment delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, the court declared the election invalid for grossly violating the Electoral Act. Reading the judgement, Justice Tukur said the action of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission is declared void for lack of substantial compliance to the Electoral Act and guidelines as the electoral body continued voter registration even after announcing an election date. The court held that processes leading to the conduct of a local…

National Women Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Mary Alile on Friday says Nigerians believe Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has forgiven Senate President, Godswill Akpabio after accepting his apology. Speaking on Arise TV, Alile who said the APC values women and has given them a level playing field also said Akpoti-Uduaghan should have resolved the issues she has qith with the Senate internally rather than going to the press or social media. ” In every institution, there are mechanisms in place to deal with issues. If you have alleged someone has done something wrong, you should come out…