Ajao Estate Building Demolition: FAAN says safety, security reasons for exercise

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has given safety, security as reasons for the demolition of 13 houses at Ajao Estate area of Lagos State. The agency noted that the buildings were posing grave dangers to the operations of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. FAAN, in a statement signed by Mrs. Faithful A. Hope-Ivbaze, the Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, said it became necessary to correct the erroneous information circulating in the public. According...

World Press Freedom Day: I’ve protected journalists in eight years  – Buhari

Commemorating this year’s World Press Freedom Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that all through the eight years of his leadership as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeran, he has protected journalists. The International Press Freedom Day is commemorated every May 3, and President Buhari has joined other leaders across the globe to mark this year’s event. A press statement by Femi Adesina, President Buhari’s, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity noted that...

Controversial Adamawa REC, Hudu, in police custody, undergoing investigation

The controversial Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari is in police custody undergoing investigation. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Spokesperson in a statement said, Hudu was arrested following calls for his arrest and investigation by INEC on the basis of alleged impropriety in the course of supplementary gubernatorial polls in the State. Hudu was said to have allegedly announced the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) winner of...

Afenifere commiserates with Ooni of Ife over palace fire incident

… Seeks enforcement of fire safety laws The pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed shock over the fire incident that razed one part of the buildings in the palace of Oonirisa, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife on Friday. The organisation in a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere, joined the monarch and the people of Ile-Ife in thanking God that no life was lost to...

Buhari government has benefited Nigerian workers – Adesina

….Workers’ salaries were increased, no worker was retrenched Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has said that Buhari’s government has benefited Nigerian workers a great deal. He also noted that the government has increased workers’ salaries and no worker was retrenched under the present administration. Adesina while speaking on Arise Tv on Tuesday regretted that even though Buhari has done so much for workers, they would always complain because...

OAGF launches Forensic Audit In The IPPIS

A forensic audit has been launched into reports of alleged salary padding in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll and Information System (IPPIS). Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press and Public Relations in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) in a statement that the Office had received inquiries on IPPIS involving some Ministries, Departments, and Agencies over alleged “salary padding”. The statement says the office is aware of a reported breach of the IPPIS...

Renewed controversy as Nigerians query Tinubu’s source of wealth

Report reveals Seyi Tinubu paid $10.8m for UK property seized by FG Like his father, Oluwaseyi, the son of Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu is in the eye of the storm following a report by Bloomberg, a reputable international media outlet, linking him to the acquisition of an “$11 million London mansion” that was forfeited to the Nigerian government. The property, a “private three-floor residence in St. John’s Wood, equipped with an eight-car driveway, two gardens,...

Tiwa Savage to perform at King Charles III’s coronation concert

Tiwatope Savage, the Nigerian singer and songwriter better known as Tiwa Savage, is billed to perform at the upcoming coronation concert of the British monarch, King Charles III. King Charles III ascended the throne on September 8, 2022, following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles III and his wife Camila would be officially crowned on Saturday, May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London. Tiwa Savage is the only Nigerian artist enlisted...

Enugu Police Arrest 2 Male Suspects In Orba Community For Stealing 26 Water Tanks

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested, arraigned, and remanded two male suspects for stealing 26 water tanks in Orba community, Udenu Local Government Area in Enugu state. The suspects Chiegeonu Eze aged 22 and Obinna Ezeugwu aged 23 were arrested with the assistance of citizens at Amube-Ohum in Orba community; both men specializes in stealing water tanks mounted in construction sites in the community. The Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer DSP Daniel...

2023 Presidency: Peter Obi Talks Tough, Insists on Reclaiming Mandate

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has insisted that he won the presidential election and that he would reclaim the mandate through the court. West African Pilot News the Correspondent in Anambra reports Obi as making the claim on Sunday, April 30, in Awka, during a special interactive forum of the LP presidential candidate and Anambra state LP stakeholders centred on the way forward for...

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