Author: Amina Mohammed

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday swore-in eight Federal Permanent Secretaries who were recently appointed to fill existing and impending vacant state and regional spaces. The swearing-in ceremony was performed before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the presidential Villa, Abuja. Just before the commencement of proceedings, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, announced that the FEC would be divided into two segments; the swearing-in of the new Permanent Secretaries and the Council meeting. The brief swearing-in ceremony, which was conducted in two batches, was anchored by the Special Adviser to…

The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the non-teaching staff unions in the universities on Tuesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene on payment of the withheld four months salaries. The non-teaching staff unions in the universities is comprising of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU. Recall that JAC of the two unions had on July 7, mandated all branches to hold a one-day nationwide protest, to express their grievances over the withheld salaries and other pending issues of the two unions. The protest rally in all…

The Senate on Wednesday, July 10, suspended its legislative activities in honour of Hon Olaide Adewale Akinremi representing Ibadan North Federal Constituency of Oyo state. Akinremi was said to have passed on in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness according to a statement by the spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon. Akin Rotimi. The Senate upon resumption of plenary announced the demise of Akinremi and observed a minute silence in his honour. It thereafter suspended plenary and all legislative activities for the day in line with its standing orders.

Actress Toyin Abraham has denied she arrested a Twitter user’s mother. The user had taken to the social media platform to claim the filmmaker arrested his mother illegally. However, Abraham set the record straight, stating that she only made a report at the cybercrime unit due to threats to her life and family. According to her, the user’s friend, Ayo was arrested for alleged bullying and defamation. Abraham emphasised that she did not arrest the user’s mother, contrary to the claims made. She also clarified that she deleted related tweets after the issue was resolved. The Twitter user had claimed…

A two-term member of the House of Representatives representing Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Oyo State, Musiliudeen Akinremi, popularly known as Jagaban, is dead. Although details of his death were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, the lawmaker was said to have died on Wednesday at the age of 51. One of the politicians close to the deceased, Akin Adewale, on his X, wrote, “We lost Hon. Musiliu Olaide Akinremi representing Ibadan North Federal Constituency in the NASS. “This is really sad. Ah, God.” Also confirming his death, the House of Representatives spokesman, Akin Rotimi, in a…

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, initiate measures to tackle the impending food insecurity in the country. It also urged the government to outline the measures implemented to combat the situation and to address Nigerians concerns regarding it. The Senate’s resolution followed adoption of a motion on the urgent need to address food insecurity and market exploitation of consumables in Nigeria at plenary. The motion was sponsored by Sen. Sunday Karimi (APC-Kogi) and Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno). Leading the debate, Karimi said that in the last few months, the price of goods and…

Canadian superstar Drake has lost a $300,000 bet after Canada fell 2-0 to Argentina in the Copa America semifinal. The rapper, who stood to gain an estimated payout of $2.88 million had Canada defeated the reigning world champions, lost yet another bet following a $565,000 bet he lost after betting on Tyson Fury to defeat Oleksandr Usyk in May, The match, held at New York’s MetLife Stadium on Tuesday night, witnessed goals from football legends Lionel Messi and Manchester City’s Julián Álvarez, propelling Argentina to the tournament final. Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, Drake had shared his bet slip on Instagram,…

The Organised Labour still insists that the N250,000 benchmark remains the ideal minimum wage for workers in Nigeria, the President, Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, declared on Tuesday. Osifo also stated that TUC and the Nigeria Labour Congress were meeting with officials of the Federal Government to reach an agreement on the minimum wage. He disclosed this at the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Women Commission maiden Annual Convention in Abuja, with the theme, ‘The Dynamic Woman: Navigating Challenges in a Constantly Evolving World.’ Discussions on a new national minimum wage has paused following the decision…

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Kaduna State chapter, has suspended its warning strike. The association disclosed this in a statement by its Chairman, Ishaku Yahaya, on Monday. The union decided to suspend the strike due to the seriousness and commitment shown by the government through the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service, and the Commissioner for Health, which led to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. “We resolved to suspend the five-day warning strike to give room for more negotiations and await the government to fulfill its side of the MoU,”…

An old campaign poster of Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu has surfaced on the internet. It was the poster used when Gbajabiamila first contested for the House of Representatives election in 2003 under the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD). Gbajabiamila who won the election to represent Surulere 1 Federal Constituency was in the House of Reps from 2003 to 2023. He became Speaker of the House in 2019.