A week after the Senate approved a request from President Bola Tinubu to appoint 20 special advisers, the President has named eight persons as his special advisers. Abiodun Oladunjoye, the State House director of information, in a statement on Thursday, announced the appointment of Dele Alake, a former commissioner of information and strategy in Lagos State, as President Tinubu’s special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy. Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic...

…DSS invites Bawa for questioning. President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate suspension of AbdulRasheed Bawa from office as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. A statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Wednesday explains that the suspension is a result of the “weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him.” It further said that the suspension was to allow for a proper...

…Calls for synergy to confront issues of parliament stability Hon. Idris Wase, the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, has congratulated Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu on their election as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the 10th House of Representatives over their victories at the election. Wase in a congratulatory message noted that although they were on different sides of the political space, they have, nevertheless always...

Chief Edwin Clark, leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has said that the mismanagement of the 13 percent derivation fund is responsible for militancy in the region. While speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday, Clark noted that governors in Niger Delta are now richer than the Niger Delta states and berated former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for failure to account for the 13 percent derivation received during his tenure as governor. He said, “The 13...

Femi Gbajabiamila, the immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives, has resigned as a lawmaker to assume his duty as the chief of the staff to President Bola Tinubu. Gbajabiamila tendered his letter of resignation yesterday and it was read by the newly-elected Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, before the members of the House during plenary. Gbajabiamila was re-elected to represent Surulere 1 federal constituency in the green chamber during the 2023 general election. He was,...

International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has said that the Jihadist Fulani herdsmen killed over 700 Christians between April 12 and June 12, 2023, as a “farewell” gift to the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari. This is contained in a June 12 Democracy Day report by Emeka Umeagbalasi, the board chair of the civil society group. Intersociety says the massacres were witnessed in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna and Nasarawa states at the...