President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday at the State House, Abuja, performed his maiden act of assenting a bill to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) (No.37), 2023 presented by the outgoing 9th National Assembly. With the signing of the Constitutional Amendment Bill, all judicial officers of superior courts of record will now retire from service at 70 instead of 65 and pension rights of judicial officers have been effectively...

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo was conspicuously missing on Wednesday, when President Bola Tinubu met with Nigerian governors. Not even his deputy, Dr Onyeka Ibezim was at the meeting to represent his principal, fuelling argument that Soludo’s claims of wanting to connect Anambra to the centre, may be lacking action. President Tinubu in his first meeting with Governors of the 36 States of the Federation known as the Nigeria Governors’Forum (NGF) at the Presidential...

The detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that his pursuit of self-determination is not negotiable. Kanu who spoke from the DSS detention facility in Abuja, announced this on Tuesday in a tweet posted by his legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in which he also greeted Biafran supporters for their solidarity. Tagged ‘Personal Message from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’, the tweet reads “I deeply appreciate the abiding solidarity of the people...

State governors, yesterday, backed President Bola Tinubu’s decision to end petrol subsidy, promising to work with him to ameliorate the short-term impact of the decision. The governors, under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, expressed their strong support for the removal of the petrol subsidy at a meeting with the President at the State House. The meeting, which was attended by Vice-President Kashim Shettima and new Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...

President Bola Tinubu has urged state governors to collaborate with his administration in tackling the menace of poverty in the country, saying the level of impoverishment was unacceptable. The President made the remark yesterday when he hosted the state governors, under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, at the State House. “We can see the effects of poverty on the faces of our people. Poverty is not hereditary, it is from society. Our...

Senator George Akume has been sworn in as the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. Akume took the oath of allegiance and oath of office yesterday at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The oaths were administered by President Bola Tinubu. Among those who witnessed the ceremony were Vice-President Kashim Shettima; Senate President Ahmed Lawan; Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State and Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State. The...

NASS seeks prosecution of individuals, groups, or organisation involved in unveiling airplane Dayo Olumide, the acting managing director of Nigeria’s purported national carrier Nigeria Air, has revealed that the airplane unveiled two weeks ago by Hadi Sirika, the immediate past minister of aviation, for the proposed Nigeria Air was chartered from Ethiopian Airlines, ET. Recall that on May 26, 2023, a Boeing 737-800 series airplane with the ‘Nigeria Air’ inscription, which left the Addis Ababa...

…Dismisses rumours about appointment by Tinubu Nyesom Wike, the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, has said that he was given a hero’s reception after handing over as governor, because of his exceptional performance in eight years as Governor of Rivers State. While speaking in an interview with journalists on Tuesday, Wike noted that the reception he received from his kinsmen and Rivers people after he handed over was an appreciation for his excellent performance....

The Progressive Governors Forum has resolved to back Tajudern Abbas and Benjamin Kalu for the Speakership and Deputy Speakership positions of the upcoming 10th House of Representatives. Hope Uzodinma, Chairman of the Forum, and Governor of Imo State disclosed this at the Imo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja when he hosted the campaign team of the Abbas/Kalu joint ticket. Uzodinma said the Governors would ensure that the party’s preference of presiding officers for the House...