President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Shamsedeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the new Accountant General of the Federation. His appointment, approved today, takes effect from 7th March 2025, the same day the incumbent Oluwatoyin Madehin will retire. Ogunjimi, 57, was first named as Madehin’s successor last December. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Special Adviser…
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has been declared winner of the party’s presidential primary held at Eagles Square, Abuja on Wednesday. The former Lagos State governor who is now officially the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general election, will challenge Atiku Abubakar of the…
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Tuesday said it is time for Nigeria to secure its people and restructure its system against the backdrop of growing insecurity in the country rather than seeking who occupies the number one office in 2023. The governor who stated that some political leaders are already jostling around to…
By Kareem Adeduntan Events of the past few weeks have been tumultuous. Unfortunate things have happened. Lives have been lost. Property damaged. Essential institutions such as the police force and army are under justifiable scrutiny. Protests call for needed reform. Taking advantage of the situation, less noble actors have pressed forward, either to steal the…
Barely four days to the governorship election in Edo State, leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, is in yet another tug of words with Governor Godwin Obaseki, who doubles as the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The APC chieftain had on Tuesday in a sponsored broadcast on TVC advised the…
By Obinna Akukwe Bola Tinubu, the Jagaban of Borgu Emirate, must not be investigated in isolation for the bullion van he kept in his residence in Lagos, to induce his foot soldiers to work hard for the re-election of incumbent President Buhari , if the scam called Nigerian elections will not be exposed. Bola Tinubu,…
The national leader of APC, Bola Tinubu has finally swallowed all the noisemakers including Ministers Rotimi Amaechi, Festus Keyamo, Governors Obaseki, Bagudu, Fayemi and El-Rufai who wanted to remove his installed National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. It took a fiery letter from Bola Tinubu for the gang-up against Oshiomhole to scatter. It took a phone call…
The strongman of Lagos State and National Leader of APC, Bola Tinubu has been strategically swallowing all his potential political opponents, vis Orji Uzor Kalu, Rochas Okorocha, Godswill Akpabio and Nasir El’Rufai ahead of the 2023 presidency. Bola Tinubu is a man loathed by professionals and feared by politicians. He has held Lagos State in…
If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing. David Douglass If there are ten men I hold in high esteem when it comes with the dribbling of the pen, it’s Dele Momodu. I grew up reading him and since I picked up the pen as a…
There was pandemonium on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday when members of the red chamber disagreed on the face-off between the Senate and the Presidency. It was reported that Melaye had called on the Senators in attendance to fight the presidency to a standstill. In his rant, he allegedly issued a wide variety…