Author: Amina Mohammed

The Presidency on Friday blasted the Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) over his claim that President Bola Tinubu is unaware of the current situation outside the Presidential Villa. Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a post on his Facebook page labeled Ndume as a “loose cannon and careless talker”. He wrote “Senator Ali Ndume has a horrible reputation for being a loose cannon and careless talker. His capacity for introspection is too low. People like him only remember the poor and the fact that “Nigerians are suffering” when…

Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Governor of Kwara, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, on Friday said that the state governors are happy with the Supreme Court judgment that granted fiscal autonomy to local government areas. Speaking to State House correspondents before a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Governor Abdulrahman said the judgement has relived the governors of a burden, noting that they are happy with the devolution of powers to the third tier of government. Asked for his reaction to the apex court’s judgement, the NGF boss said: “We welcome the ruling of the Supreme…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has resumed forex sales to Bureau De Change operators after a four-month break. On Friday, the bank confirmed selling $122.67 million to 46 authorized dealers. Dr. Omolara Duke, the Bank’s Director of Financial Markets, stated that this release aims to promote stability and reduce market volatility in the foreign exchange market. The statement partly read, “The Central Bank of Nigeria has sold $122,671,000 to 46 authorized dealers to promote stability and reduce market volatility in the foreign exchange market.” Last month, Aminu Gwadebe, President of the Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, noted…

Justice K. Dagat of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State, has convicted and sentenced three illegal bureau de change operators to one year imprisonment each. They were arraigned on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count separate charge for operating illegal bureau de change businesses. The defendants are Buba Ahmadu Aliyu, Mohammed Mustapha, and Muhammad Zarami. The count against Aliyu reads “That you, Buba Ahmadu Aliyu sometime in May 2024, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did carry on, other financial business without…

President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre in Lagos after Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a birthday message to the Nobel laureate who turns 90 on July 13. “Today, I join the world to celebrate his profound influence on generations of writers, scholars, and activists who have been inspired by his work. I celebrate him for giving us the spark to fight and confront military dictators in our country. “I am, accordingly, delighted to have the honour to announce the decision of the Federal Government to rename the National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, as The Wole…

President Bola Tinubu has arrived at Mapo Hall for the coronation of Oba Owolabi Olakunlehin as the 43rd Olubadan of the ancient capital city of Ibadan. The president is being represented at the event by the minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu. He arrived in the company of some chieftains of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The venue has been agog with a series of activities as the dignitaries await the arrival of the Olubadan-designate who has been in seclusion for some days, in preparations for the coronation.

Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal has revealed his efforts to persuade Manchester City’s midfielder Rodri to join the Spanish giants. This comes in the wake of Toni Kroos’ retirement at the end of last season, which has left a gap in Real Madrid’s midfield. During an interview with El Partidazo de COPE, Carvajal disclosed his attempts to convince his Spain teammate to leave the English club and return to his hometown. “Yes, without a doubt, I tell him every day: ‘Leave Manchester, there is no sun, come to Madrid because we need you, and you are from here in Madrid,’”…

A two-storey school building in Plateau State has collapsed, leaving many students and teachers trapped, with several feared dead. Reports indicate that the incident occurred at Saint Academy, located in the Busa Buji community of Jos North Local Government Area, around 8:30 am on Friday, when many students and teachers were already in their classrooms. The collapse has shocked the community, with distraught residents and parents rushing to the school to check on their children.

The former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, who was remanded in prison custody over his alleged complicity in a N33 billion fraud, on Friday, secured bail from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice James Omotosho, granted the defendant, who is answering a 12-count charge, bail to the tune of N10 billion with two sureties in the like sum. It held that the sureties must be owners of landed properties within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, with a minimum valuation of N750 million. It ordered the sureties to…

Young Kenyans on Friday dismissed President William Ruto’s decision to sack most of his cabinet, with some warning that they would resume street protests unless he steps down. Ruto has been scrambling to contain the fallout of deadly protests against proposed tax hikes after last month’s peaceful rallies descended into violence and tapped into widespread anger against his government. Organised online and led largely by young, Gen-Z Kenyans, the protests have plunged Ruto’s administration into the most serious crisis of his two-year presidency, forcing him to abandon the finance bill containing the tax hikes. In the latest move to defuse…