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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday jokingly suggested sending Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to the opposition camp to destabilise them. CityNews reports that Tinubu made the remark during his speech at the inauguration of the Nigeria Revenue Service headquarters in Abuja. Speaking at the event, the President teased Akpabio, saying he could deploy him to the opposition side to cause confusion among rival parties. Tinubu said, “Senate President, I will send you to the other side to represent me. And then you can scatter them to any way you want. “They’re confused!” He concluded his speech with a light remark, saying, “God bless Nigeria, God bless…

An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered all parties in a suit bordering on the leadership crisis within the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to maintain status quo pending the determination of the case. Justice J.O. Abdulmalik gave the order following an application for adjournment by counsel to one of the defendants to enable a response to the plaintiffs’ processes. The plaintiffs, led by Don Norman Obinna and six others, are suing on behalf of state chairmen and state executive committees of the ADC. The defendants include the ADC, David Mark, Patricia Akwashiki, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Prof.…

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday officially commissioned the new Corporate Headquarters of the Nigeria Revenue Service in Abuja. The event marked the transition from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to the newly restructured Nigeria Revenue Service. Tinubu, while addressing guests in a video of the unveiling shared by his Special Assistant on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, hailed the agency’s performance and formally declared the building open. Another video shows the president cutting the ribbon, flanked by the Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and the Minister…

by Olutayo Irantiola Recently, the parking rate at the Multi-Storey Car Park at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) and managed by Balosh, was arbitrarily increased. Overnight parking, which used to be six thousand naira (N6,000) only, was increased to fifty thousand naira (N50,000) only. What is the mathematical rationale for this type of increase? In 2021, Balosh, the company managing the toll system within the airport, was engaged by the Lagos State Government and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), and it almost resorted into a crisis within the hospital premises…

Phrank Shaibu, media aide to former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, says Nigerians are judging the Bola Tinubu administration by its performance rather than politicking. Shaibu spoke while reacting to comments by Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, on Tinubu’s brinkmanship ahead of the 2027 elections. On Sunday, Keyamo had said Tinubu remains politically ahead of opposition figures. “The very unique thing about President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that he fought from the deep end of opposition to become President of Nigeria,” Keyamo wrote on X. “He has totally flipped the script on the PDP which could not outfox…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has described purported plans by the government and its agents to revoke the licence of Rainbow Event Centre over the decision to host the African Democratic Congress (ADC) convention scheduled for today as an abuse of public office. CityNews reports that Atiku, in a post via , said coercing a private business owner to deny a lawfully registered opposition party the use of a venue is not governance. According to Atiku, ADC has paid the venue fee, signed all contracts, and has not broken any law. The former presidential candidate further stated that the opposition party will…

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Monday told a United Kingdom court that she neither solicited nor received bribes while in office. CityNews reports that testifying before the Southwark Crown Court, the former minister maintained that all expenses incurred on her behalf in London were official and reimbursed by the Nigerian government. “I can state categorically that at no point did I ask for, take or receive a bribe of any sort from these persons and did not abuse my office,” she said, adding, “I always sought to act impartially.” Prosecutors, however, alleged that Nigerian businessmen financed a series of luxury…

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, and the Independent National Electoral Commission are currently caught in a deep legal and political dilemma over the candidacy of Ogun State governor, Prince Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun. The governor, who is also a senatorial hopeful, is now facing a serious legal challenge that threatens not only his political future but also the credibility of the two institutions that appears to be shielding him. A civil society organisation has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to determine once and for all whether Governor Abiodun should be constitutionally disqualified from holding any elective office…

Spokesman to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has pushed back against remarks by Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo, who said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains ahead of opposition rivals as the 2027 elections approach. Keyamo, in a post on his verified X account on Sunday, praised Tinubu’s political journey, noting that he rose from the depths of opposition politics to become Nigeria’s president. Reacting via his handle, @phrankangel, Shaibu dismissed the argument, saying past political achievements cannot replace effective governance. He argued that performance in office—not political history—should be the true measure of leadership. Shaibu maintained that claims of…

Taiwo Oyedele, minister of state for finance, has denied acknowledging errors in Nigeria’s new tax laws, despite a video evidence of him explaining how the legislative process led to “problems we identified” in the tax laws. On April 10, a statement from the fiscal reforms committee said Oyedele acknowledged that errors occurred due to manual processes and multiple stages of review during the law-making process, adding that steps were underway to correct the issues through a proposed finance bill. However, in another statement posted on the minister’s official X account on Sunday, the committee said reports suggesting Oyedele “finally admitted errors” in…