The Nigerian presidency has reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s projects, dismissing his claims as baseless and misleading. Obasanjo had condemned the N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, calling it wasteful and corrupt. He also criticized the Tinubu administration for approving ₦21 billion for a new official residence for Vice…
Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, Bala Mohammed, has expressed his readiness to collaborate with Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to strengthen opposition politics in Nigeria. Speaking on Thursday after a closed-door meeting with Obi at the Government House, Bauchi, Mohammed said both he and the PDP…
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has unveiled the 2025 Annual National Food Intervention Project valued N16bn to benefit one million Nigerians nationwide. The Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Mr Aliko Dangote, made the disclosure during the inaugural ceremony on Thursday in Kano. Represented by his daughter, Marya Aliko-Dangote, he said the annual initiative, which embodies…
The Senate on Thursday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish the National Council for Traditional Rulers, a move aimed at formally assigning monarchs and community leaders defined roles in governance. Sponsored by Senator Simon Lalong (Plateau South), the bill reignited debate among lawmakers, with some expressing concerns over potential conflicts between traditional…
Sources within the Senate told SaharaReporters that Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC) opposed the idea of setting up a committee to resolve the issue involving Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan. The Nigerian Senate, during its executive session on Wednesday, upheld the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Last Thursday, the Senate suspended Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months for allegedly…
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has cautioned that any move to impeach Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara could trigger severe economic repercussions for Nigeria. This statement follows the blockade of the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex, preventing Governor Fubara from presenting the 2025 budget as ordered by the Supreme Court. INC also condemned the…
Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, founder and leader of Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, otherwise called Biafran Independence Movement, BIM, on Wednesday demanded that Nigeria should apologize to the ex- Biafran warlord, late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, over the pogrom committed against the Igbo in 1966 coup. Uwazuruike said he made the demand…
The Federal High Court sitting at Awka, Anambra State, presided over by Justice E. N. Anyadike has ordered the Director-General of National Agency for Drugs and Food Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye to appear before him on March 30. The summon is targeted to explain why the court should not order for the reopening…
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has backed the possible impeachment of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, arguing that the process is constitutional and not a criminal act. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike criticized Fubara for what he described as impunity and a lack of commitment to resolving the…
Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, has claimed that former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi will eventually join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Wednesday, Bwala asserted that the Labour Party is losing members to the APC without any persuasion from the ruling party. “Do you know…
