Author: Temidayo Akinsuyi

The Presidency on Saturday said President Bola Tinubu did not remove Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara from office as some people have erroneously claimed. It said rather the president only suspended him from office for six months until normalcy is restored in the state. Speaking on Arise TV, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy also faulted those condemning the action of the president, urging them to go and challenge it in the court of law. According to him, while some senior lawyers such as Chief Afe Babalola have come out to say the president did…

Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga says Nigerians should be grateful to President Bola Tinubu for initiating bold reforms which his predecessors were afraid to do while in office. Speaking on Arise TV ahead of President Tinubu’s second year in office, Onanuga specifically commended the president for the boldness he exhibited in removal of fuel subsidy and allowing a free market which has crashed the initial high prices of fuel. On the issue of inflation, the media aide also said prices of food items are coming down in the market, another testament to the fact…

The 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Friday said he would never join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) now or in the future. Obi who said this in a statement personally signed by him was referencing a social media report linking him to an APC gathering. He maintained that he does not engage in toxic politics, blackmail, or any form of political manipulation. The former Anambra governor warned against associating his name with such narratives. “For the avoidance of doubt, both now and in the future, I am not a member of the APC, nor…

Aareonakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has thrown his weight behind clamour in some quarters that former Chairman, National Electoral Commission (NEC), the Late Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, be immortalised. Adams argued that the late electoral commission boss deserved such recognition, given his role in delivering June 12, 1993 Presidential election, which is adjudged globally as the freest and fairest election conducted in Nigeria’s history. It would be recalled that the Senate for the second term rejected a motion seeking to immortalise the Late Nwosu as the parliament only agreed to honour his death by observing a minute’s silence and…

There are attempts by some powerful forces to use the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in implicating Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over alleged money laundering , a source close to Aso Villa confirmed to TheScrutinyNG on Friday. Speaking with our correspondent, the source who asked not to be named said those behind the move are the same forces who tried to link the governor with the removal of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa. “If you recall, when Obasa was removed, the DSS invited and detained some members of the Lagos State House…

Dame Aleruchi Cookey-Gam , a former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Rivers State on Friday said there was no breakdown of law and order in Rivers state for President Bola Tinubu to have suspended the governor and appointed a sole administrator. Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and the Rivers House of Assembly members were suspended for six months by President Bola Tinubu after he declared a state of emergency in the state on March 18 and appointed a sole administrator, Ibok- Ete Ibas for the state. Speaking on Arise TV, Cookey-Gam who was also a former Secretary to…

The Presidency has condemned former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s recent declaration of Emergency Rule in Rivers State, describing him as the grandfather of hypocrisy in Nigeria. Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, took a retrospective look at Obasanjo’s tenure, highlighting a series of alleged undemocratic actions carried out under his administration between 1999 and 2007. “Obasanjo is trying every trick possible to whitewash his bad democratic records by attempting to exonerate himself from blame for how Nigeria’s democracy has fared,” Olusegun said in a post on his verified X handle Wednesday evening.…

A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has described his experience in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda as ‘unbelievable’, owing to how clean the streets are. Chidoka, who posted a video of himself on social media while jogging in the city said it was his first time in Kigali and he was very impressed by the level of cleanliness in the city. The former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said for the first time in his life, he was afraid to spit on the street because of the level of cleanliness of the environment. He also…

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant, Public Communications and New Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has replied, saying his principal has no regret working against Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. Olayinka was reacting to Atiku’s interview on Arise TV where he said he has no regret picking Wike as his running mate in the presidential election. In the interview, Atiku recalled how party leaders accused him of not consulting widely before picking former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi as his running mate in 2019. “They said I…

Human rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju has slammed popular Tiktoker, Habeeb Hazmat, aka Peller for condemning Nigerians participating in the viral ’30 days rant challenge’, warning that it could result in the banning of the video-sharing app in Nigeria by President Bola Tinubu’s government. Peller suggested that the online protesters leave TikTok and go to Instagram instead. “If you want to really rant, go to Instagram; go to the market; don’t rant here on TikTok. If they ban TikTok, that’s where we will have issue,” he said. “Let’s protest. Let’s go outside. Let’s leave TikTok. Online something is just…