(Apostle Kassy Chukwu. Photo Credit: Street Journal) An aide to Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has banned musician Davido from performing anywhere in the state for the rest of the governor’s tenure. Apostle Kassy Chukwu, the governor’s senior special assistant on digital media, made the announcement in a video shared online on Thursday. He…
The Presidency on Monday dismissed the call by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC), Peter Obi, for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation, describing it as “childish and hollow” and an attempt to distract from recent electoral victories recorded by the ruling All Progressives Congress. “Peter Obi’s call for President Tinubu’s resignation is…
First, a chairman who does not exist tweeted. Then, a politician’s aide walked through a door that should have been sealed. Two incidents, weeks apart, have done something no court order or election petition could manage: they have forced Nigerians to ask whether the Independent National Electoral Commission still commands its own secrets. The story…
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has upheld the conviction and prison sentence handed to George Turnah, a former aide to the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dan Abia, over non-disclosure of assets. Mr Turnah served as special assistant to Mr Abia, who headed the NDDC between December 2013…
Musa Muhammad Kamarawa, a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to former Zamfara State Governor and current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has accused senior police officers of threatening to kill him if he disclosed his relationship with the minister during interrogation in 2021. Kamarawa also accused the officers of extortion, illegal detention, unlawful…
By Bayo Wahab Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, says his principal deserves to get a Nobel Prize for his repeated attempts to become Nigeria’s President. Atiku, who has been a presidential aspirant since 1992, is in the conversation for the 2027 presidential election even though the former Vice President has…
“Prayers up for Mr Obi. This is becoming serious” – presidential aide, Dada Segun, knocks Peter Obi for questioning Remi Tinubu’s birthday request Presidential aide, Segun Dada, has asked Nigerians to pray for Peter Obi. His call came while reacting to the statement Obi put out faulting first lady, Remi Tinubu’s birthday request. The first…
Wike’s aide, Lere Olayinka calls for mandatory NIN and ID to operate social media account Lere Olayinka, the senior special assistant on public communications and social media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has called for strict regulations on social media usage in Nigeria. In a statement shared on his X account…
Fewer than 24 hours after she failed in her bid to succeed her husband, Senator representing Anambra North, Tony Nwoye, appointed African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Justina Azuka, as his legislative aide. Azuka was appointed as Senior Special Adviser on Special Duties to the federal lawmaker. Recall that Mrs Azuka had contested election for the…
By Bashir Bello KANO – Former aide to former Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, has raised alarm over what he termed as a huge concentration of federal projects, resources and appointments by the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government in Lagos against other states of the federation. This was as he said…
