Author: Alade Adisa

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. This was part of the decisions taken at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, as seen on the X handle of the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday. There will now be a ministry of regional development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, and the North East Development Commission. The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed dismay over the country’s lack of unity, which he believes has hindered the nation’s progress. He spoke when receiving a 20-member delegation from the League of Northern Democrats, led by former Kano State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau on Tuesday. Obasanjo lamented that disunity has prevented the country from achieving greatness and fulfilling its potential as a leading force for the black race. According to Punch, the former president explained that regionalism, which emerged before Nigeria’s independence in 1960, is at the root of the country’s prolonged lack of cohesion. He said, “The truth is…

The Democratic Party candidate in the United States (US) election, Vice President Kamala Harris has said that America is absolutely ready to elect its first woman president.With two weeks to the election, the vice president downplayed her historic bid, noting that she simply wanted to ‘turn the page for a nation exhausted’ by her Republican rival, Donald Trump. As the election nears, the two candidates are saturating swing states with rallies and taking to the airwaves and podcasts on the hunt for an advantage in a race that polls suggest is effectively tied.Speaking on the national NBC network on Tuesday,…

The Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Sule Abdulaziz has expressed optimism that the nation will attain a 24-hour stable power supply within five years. He disclosed this during an interview with Channels TV in Abuja on Sunday. When he was asked the time Nigeria could generate between 25,000 megawatts (MW) needed for consistent power, he assured that this goal would be achieved in under five years. He said, “You know you said whether we can get it in ten years. I’m telling you, we are going to get it in less than five years. “The Minister…

As part of its measures to ease the financial burden on Nigerians, the Federal Government has introduced a new bill seeking to exempt a range of essential products and services from Value Added Tax (VAT). The bill, covering both the economic and social sectors, is titled “A Bill for an Act to Repeal Certain Acts on Taxation and Consolidate the Legal Frameworks relating to Taxation and Enact the Nigeria Tax Act to Provide for Taxation of Income, Transactions, and Instruments, and Related Matters.” It was sighted by New Daily Prime on Saturday. The government said its sole essence is to…

Former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has said that he does not regret supporting Bola Tinubu to become the President of Nigeria. The minister, who spoke at a luncheon he held for members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Saturday, said, “In fact, most of you do not understand the fight that is going on. Do you think it is these people here? No. “Let me tell you what is going on. I have no regret at all and we have no…

The General Superintendent of Deeper Life Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has admonished pastors to stop the act of sucking out their members under the guise of sowing seed. The revered cleric spoke during a special programme christened ‘Ministerial Renewal’ for church ministers and workers worldwide via satellite broadcast on the heels of a Ministerial Conference. Kumuyi maintained that it is the members who are supposed to receive help from their pastors by providing solutions to their needs instead of being exploited with seed sowing. He also charged participants to avoid anything that would not portray the lifestyle of…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has warned Nigerians of the dangers of allowing the country to slide into a one-party state. When asked to clarify speculations that he was plotting to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027, the governor said he is qualified and old enough to speak for himself on any issue without mincing words. Makinde spoke to journalists yesterday at an event tagged ‘PDP reporters’ retreat’ in Fashola Farm, Oyo. Regarding the speculations about having presidential ambitions in 2027, the governor said he would publicly declare such ambition if he had anything to say about his political…

The Organized Labour on Saturday warned states to implement the federal government-approved new minimum wage or face workers’ unrest. After a protracted negotiation with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), President Bola Tinubu had in July signed the new national minimum wage of N70,000 into law However, over three months after the agreement was reached, the NLC has lamented that while some states have made progress towards the implementation of the new minimum wage, many others are still lagging behind in executing the agreement. On Saturday morning, NLC spokesman, Benson Upah told…

A presidential candidate from the Podemos party in the October 9 elections in Mozambique, Paulo Guambe, has been assassinated. AFP reports that Guambe was killed alongside the lawyer for Mozambique’s leading opposition candidate, Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in the October 9 elections. Guambe and the lawyer, Elvino Dias, were gunned down in Maputo on Saturday. The report added that witnesses recounted that two gunmen shot up their car while it was immobile on a road in the centre of the capital. Albino Forquilha, a leader of Podemos head confirmed the killings to AFP, while the national lawyers’ association…