Author: Temidayo Akinsuyi

Obidient Movement, supporters of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections are calling for a collaboration between Obi and former Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2027 elections. While Osinbajo is still a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), he has not really been visible in the party activities since he and former president Muhammadu Buhari left office in May 2023. Those who spoke with TheScrutiny on Monday said the ideas of both men are needed if Nigeria is to be rescued from the bad governance from successive leaders that has stunted…

The Presidency on Thursday said 20 million Nigerians have received cash alerts of N50,000 and N25,000 from the social register of the Federal Government. Speaking on Channels Television, Abdullahi Tanko-Yakasai, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (North-West) says President Bola Tinubu has done a lot to better the lives of Nigerians in the last one year. He added that most of the Northern youths who participated in the #EndBadGovernance Protest in the North are Almajiris who are the products of bad leadership of past leaders. “His Excellency President Bola Tinubu has rolled out a lot of programmes…

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), constitutional lawyer and former Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) on Tuesday said the salaries and emoluments of Senators and House of Representatives members is totally indefensible. Speaking in a chat with TheScrutiny, Sagay also blasted the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) – the body empowered by law to fix salaries and allowances of political office-holders for lying to Nigerians on the true amount the federal lawmakers earn. While RMAFC, on Tuesday, revealed that each member of the Senate collects a total monthly salary and allowances of the sum of N1,063,860,…

Nigerian businessman, Tony Elumelu says the government and security agents in Nigeria should be able to tell Nigerians who steal the country’s crude oil, especially using vessels that move through the territorial waters. Elumelu stated this in an interview published by the Financial Times on Friday. Elumelu who dreads oil theft said the menace contributed to the divestment of international oil companies in Nigeria. He said he discovered first-hand why international oil companies were partly divesting from onshore assets after criminal gangs began stealing crude from his pipelines. In 2022, when things got to a point where his company had…

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal has berated the conduct and utterances of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, saying he is unworthy of his position as Nigeria’s number three man. Speaking in an interview with TheScrutiny, Babachir described Akpabio as a clown and sycophant who has lots of baggage, especially during his tenure as Minister of Niger Delta. He said President Bola Tinubu knows the personality and capability of Akpabio which was the reason why he did everything possible to make him Senate President in order to put the National Assembly under the grip…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria- designate, Monday Onyekachi Ubani has appealed to Nigerians to shelve the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest across the country following the nationwide violence that trailed the first day of the protest. Speaking in an interview with TheScrutiny, Ubani who is one of the 87 lawyers elevated to SANship rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) said Nigerians have already made their points known to the federal and state governments that there is hardship in the country. According to him, if things continue the way it was done on Thursday, the likelihood that hoodlums may hijack it…

Kola Ologbondiyan, immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI speaks on the planned hardship protest in Nigeria tagged ‘#EndBadGovernance. He also counsels the federal government on how best to handle the situation. Excerpts: The proposed #EndBadGovernance protest is scheduled to begin tomorrow August 1. However, some Nigerians, especially government officials have kicked against it saying it may lead to violence and destruction of properties like the #EndSARS protest of 2020. Do you also share that view? Except the federal government has other plans, I do not see the need for…

Immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan on Wednesday says the accusation by some of President Bola Tinubu that the opposition are the brains behind the planned #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest shows poverty of ideas. Speaking in a chat with TheScrutiny, Ologbondiyan said the statement from some of the aides of the president accusing Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections and former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar of sponsoring the protests ‘is a lazy way of thinking’. The veteran journalist who said President Tinubu must personally address Nigerians to douse the tension…

A former Secretary to the Federal Government, Babachir Lawal says attempts by the Bola Tinubu-led administration to dissuade Northern youths from participating in the planned August 1 #EndBadGovernance protest in the country is not yielding positive results. Speaking in an exclusive interview with TheScrutiny, Lawal said the youths are not listening to the appeals by religious leaders hired by President Tinubu’s boys and paid huge sums to talk to them not to participate in the protest. According to him, some of the Northern youths even went as far as attacking religious leaders who are against the protest physically and on…

Amid the growing economic challenges in Nigeria, Chief Olisa Agbakoba, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged President Bola Tinubu to take cue from how former president Olusegun Obasanjo handled the situation during his tenure. Speaking in a chat with TheScrutiny, Agbakoba said the major issue confronting the Tinubu administration is lack of funds to meet the needs of over 200 million Nigerians. Giving some practical suggestions, Agbakoba said Nigeria will get out of the woods within six months if President Tinubu can implement the recommendations. He wrote “The major issue confronting President Tinubu is very…