Author: Festus Adeloye

United States President Joe Biden has said there is nothing that would make him consider quitting the presidential race. After a shaky performance at the presidential debate with former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump, on June 27, there have been calls for Biden to step aside. Some US voters, political analysts and stakeholders have also expressed concerns over the president’s health and mental alertness after the debate. Speaking in an interview with ABC News on Friday, Biden said only the “Lord Almighty” would convince him to drop his re-election bid. He said, “I mean if the Lord Almighty came…

The Police Command in Rivers cautioned the public regarding potential cult-related activities across the country on June 7. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson of the command, disclosed in a statement in Port Harcourt on Saturday that a large number of Black Axe cultists were preparing to mark their Founder’s Day. According to her, intelligence reports indicate that the confraternity intends to initiate innocent victims into their group and potentially engage in clashes with rival cults on the same day. “We have received information about the Neo-Black Movement (NBM), also known as Aiye or Black Axe, which plans to hold a…

The Anambra State Local Government Service Commission said it has discovered over 427 ghost workers earning salaries from the state government without being staff members. The Chairman of the Commission, Vin Ezeaka, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the Anambra state capital, on Friday. Ezeaka said the commission also discovered that six senior employees at the various local government areas forged their certificates, claiming they were issued by the Imo State University. He said 59 among the ghost workers were employees of the commission who died a long time ago, 40 had retired but were still on the state payroll,…

President Bola Tinubu has described as shameful, the fact that Nigeria despite its size was still generating 4.5GW of electricity. President Tinubu who expressed his displeasure when he inaugurated a 31-member Presidential Economic Coordination Council at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa Abuja underscored the need for innovative solutions to the country’s economic challenges, noting the importance of public-private partnerships in driving economic reforms. According to him, ‘’We have the challenge of energy security in Nigeria. We need to work together to improve our oil and gas sector, and we must also increase electricity generation and distribution throughout the country. ‘We…

The Federal Government has flagged off the construction of 250 unit of affordable houses in Benue state under the Renewed Hope Housing Estates of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Speaking at the ground-breaking Friday at Km18 Makurdi-Gboko Road, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa said the project was in continuation of the housing projects under the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Programme of the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Represented by the Minister of State, Alhaji Abdullahi Gwarzo, he said “under Phase One of this programme, we plan…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, on the victory of his party in the United Kingdom general election. Starmer emerged winner of the UK general election and is set to become the next prime minister of the country. Rishi Sunak, the outgoing Conservative Prime Minister who has already conceded defeat, said he will step down as leader of the Conservative Party before tendering his resignation letter to the King. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, said in a statement that, as a former leader of the…

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Taajudeen Abbas; the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah; and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, are on the list of 40 eminent Nigerians that will receive the 2024 Nigerian Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS) at a ceremony scheduled for Abuja today. The NEAPS 2024 is a collaboration involving a private firm, The Best Strategic PR (TBS), and the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). In a statement announcing the awards yesterday, the Communications Officer of TBS, Mrs Caroline Yovchevska, said: “President Bola Tinubu will present…

Newly-elected UK Prime Minister, KeIr Starmer, has made his first set of appointments into the cabinet, BBC reports Friday. This follows his centre-left Labour Party’s landslide general election victory that ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Starmer arrived as the party’s first PM since Gordon Brown in 2010, and had been asked by King Charles III to form a government during a meeting at Buckingham Palace on Friday. Below is the list of the 10 new cabinet members: Angela Rayner – Deputy Prime Minister Rachel Reeves – Chancellor David Lammy – Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper – Home Secretary John Healey…

Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo and other members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, said they have appealed the Court of Appeal judgement that voided the State High Court decision that gave them power to serve as Speaker and members of the state legislature. Jumbo said they were already at the Supreme Court challenging the judgement of the Appeal Court delivered which held that that Justice Charles Wali of the State high lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter of the state legislature. The Court of Appeal on Thursday in suit…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Friday, beefed up security at its Lagos office in response to a proposed protest. Vanguard reports that the Commission had raised the alarm about some groups planning a series of protests against its activities. It also had on Thursday through its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale said that a former governor and two former ministers are behind the protests being organised against the EFCC. A user on X.com identified as #PidomNigeria had shared the demands of the protesters – Concerned Nigeria Youths, in a letter dated July 4, 2024, and addressed…