Author: Temidayo Akinsuyi

Nigeria’s current presidential system of government is too expensive and should be abandoned if the country must progress, says Senator Femi Okurounmu. Speaking in an interview with PUNCH, Okurounmu also said the presidential system of government also breeds Corruption and doesn’t allow good people come into leadership positions. “We have to abandon this presidential system of government. The presidential system of government is killing Nigeria. It is killing Nigeria in the sense that, one; it is so expensive to operate. The way Nigerians operate the presidential system is very expensive; the way Nigerians have been operating it is very corrupt…

Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike remains a bona-fide member of the party. Speaking with TheScrutinyNG amid claims by some party members that Wike has technically left the PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), George said Wike sought the permission of the party stakeholders before accepting ministerial appointment under President Bola Tinubu. He said if the FCT Minister wants to leave the party, he will announce his intention publicly “I believe Wike is still a member of the PDP. When he was…

Senator Femi Okurounmu, a chieftain of Afenifere has described President Bola Tinubu’s policies in the last one year as disastrous and disappointing. Speaking in an interview with PUNCH, Okurounmu advised Tinubu to travel to Burkina Faso and take governance lessons from the president, Captain Ibrahim Traoré who took power during a coup d’état on 30 September 2022. He said Nigerians will applaud Tinubu if he can imitate the Burkinabe president. ” Tinubu’s policies are disastrous and disappointing; my advice for him is that he should go to Burkina Faso and take a lesson from their President. That one is governing…

Former minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami has condoled with the family of Professor Yusuf Saidu, the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research Innovation and Development Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS) Sokoto over his untimely passage. The late university don was killed by bandits on his way to Kaduna from Sokoto yesterday. Writing on his official Facebook page, Pantami prayed for the repose of the soul of Saidu and also prayed to God to expose the perpetrators of the dastardly act. “Inna lil Laahi wa inna ilaiHi Raajiun! The death has occurred of Professor Yusuf Saidu, the Deputy Vice…

A former Minister of Works and Housing, Adeseye Ogunlewe says the federal government can no longer cope with the demands of Nigerian governors on the insecurity challenges in their States. Speaking in an interview with TheScrutinyNG, Ogunlewe said state police is the the panacea to the insecurity crises across the country. “The solution to the insecurity crisis is state police. Let every state be able to take responsibility for their security. The federal government should just do regulation”. “The federal government is too big to think of giving everybody security in each state. No! Most of these monies, give it…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its operatives to lay ambush as former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, is expected to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment on the corruption charge against him. A member of the former governor’s legal team had confirmed exclusively to TheScrutinyNG last week that Bello had given the assurance that he will be in court today for the commencement of his trial. It is unclear if the EFCC will arrest Bello at the court venue but it won’t be a surprise to anyone given the antecedents of…

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi on Sunday said Omoyele Sowore’s constant attacks on him was due to the popularity he enjoys among Nigerian youths. Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) had claimed in a recent interview that Obi was worse than former president Muhammadu Buhari and was fraudulently packaged for the 2023 elections in order to deceive Nigerians. However, speaking with TheScrutinyNG, Yunusa Tanko, Obi’s media aide said Sowore was embittered and has been demarketing Obi because the youths preferred the former Anambra state governor to him which…

‘What We Pay Monthly Here Is Higher Than Our Annual Rent In Nigeria’ Nigerians who recently relocated to the United Kingdom (UK) have listed accommodation as the major challenge they are facing in the country. Other challenges those who spoke with our correspondent listed are getting Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) which will enable them extend their stay, lack of social life and low chances of getting professional jobs which match their qualifications. Aside that, those who spoke with TheScrutinyNG said “the decision to leave Nigeria for UK, though stressful and financially demanding was worth it, especially when you consider good…

Nigerians have blasted President Bola Tinubu for building an official residence for Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the sum of N21bn despite the economic hardship in the country. The new residence of the Vice President, located adjacent to the office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation was commissioned on Friday. It has an office for the Wife of the Vice President, a mosque, chapel and recreational facilities among other facilities. Speaking at the ceremony, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, disclosed that the contract for the Vice President’s residence was first awarded in 2010, at a cost of N7 billion. He…

After weeks of hide-and-seek game, Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi has confirmed that he will appear in court next week in the hearing of the N80.2bn fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A member of the former governor’s legal team who confirmed the development to TheScrutinyNG on Thursday said Bello has given the assurance that he will be at the Federal High Court, Abuja on June 13,the new date fixed for the trial. Bello, popularly called ‘The White Lion’ by his loyalists has been in hiding since April 17 when officials of…