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FG appoints Barr. Ahmed new PCNGi boss

June 28, 2025June 28, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Tinubu appoints former APC Youth Leader, Barrister Isma’el Ahmed as the Executive Chairman of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, (PCNGi). The appointment was confirmed yesterday through an official State House Press Release signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,Bayo Onanuga. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Barrister Isma’el Ahmed as the Executive Chairman of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGi)”, the statement read. The PCNGi, according to a statement, is a key component of the administration’s post-subsidy palliative programme. As Executive Chairman,…

Tinubu orders Wike’s probe over $3.6bn Abuja land grant to son

June 28, 2025June 28, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation into the apparent corruption and abuse of office by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. According to State House sources, the President issued the directive on Thursday night, although details were not finalised until Friday afternoon. “The president agreed that the minister’s activity as reported in the media was suspicious and ordered a probe to determine if he had illegally enriched himself”, a presidential aide told newsmen yesterday. “The SGF’s office would be coordinating the probe; and we encourage anyone who may…

Tinubu rejects NDLEA Bill over crime proceeds clause

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has declined to sign the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Bill, 2025 into law. The President’s decision not to sign the bill passed by both chambers of the National Assembly was contained in a letter read in the Green Chamber during yesterday’s plenary. The President, citing Section 58(4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), explained that the proposed law seeks to empower the NDLEA to retain a portion of the proceeds from drug-related crimes, a move he said contradicts existing financial regulations. He noted that under…

“APC heading for collapse, Senate now rubber-stamp” – Ndume

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 Aminu Imam

… May join opposition if Tinubu fail Senator representing Borno-South and a former Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has issued a scathing critique of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the current administration under President Bola Tinubu, warning of a looming political collapse due to unprincipled defections, erosion of legislative independence, and failures in governance. Speaking during a televised interview on Tuesday, Ndume said the APC is behaving like an “overloaded ship” on the verge of capsizing, as it continues to accept defectors without ideological grounding or long-term…

2027: ‘Tinubu eyeing Kwankwaso as possible Shettima replacement’ – Insiders

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu is considering Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso as a potential running mate for the 2027 presidential election, sparking speculation about a possible replacement for Vice-President, Kashim Shettima. Credible sources in Abuja say Tinubu’s political camp is actively courting Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano and national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), to return to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). A source close to the development said the move has gained significant support among party stakeholders who believe Kwankwaso’s influence in the North, especially through the Kwankwasiyya…

Benue Killings: “I’m disappointed Tinubu’s visit was political jamboree, not solemn” – SDP leader

June 21, 2025June 21, 2025 Aminu Imam

Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its 2023 presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has expressed disappointment with the way and manner President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Benue State, over the recent killings by Fulani militant groups, were trivialized and reduced to political show. Insisting that Nigerians must be serious with the way they handle important issues, Adebayo condemned the nature of President Tinubu’s Benue Town Hall meeting during the visit, describing what happened there as sickening. Writing in his official X handle, he said: “our entire governmental doctrine…

Obi makes U-turn, thanks Tinubu over Benue visit

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Aminu Imam

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Pter Obi has thanked President Bola Tinubu for deciding to visit Benue State following the recent killings of over 200 people. Obi, who had earlier criticised Tinubu’s leadership style, said it was refreshing news that the President has “finally decided to visit the scene of the brutal killings in Benue State”. In a statement issued yesterday, Obi said: “It was refreshing news on Monday to a bewildered nation learning that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has finally decided to visit the scene…

“Cocaine, forged certificate, no father, no mother, yet God made Tinubu Nigeria’s president”- Tunde Bakare

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 Aminu Imam

The APC politician and pastor of Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has said that despite Bola Tinubu’s well-documented narcotics, forged academic records, and shady identity scandals, God still made him Nigeria’s president. Bakare, in a snippet of a recent video of his sermon posted online over the weekend, said: “I said, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, with all the intellect and everything he did to be president of Nigeria, he didn’t make it. Look at his achievements and accomplishments. MKO, my God! He spent and was spent. Participated in an election.…

“Tinubu may become Nigeria’s ‘Life President’ ” – Ex-Minister Dalung

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 Aminu Imam

Former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has taken a swipe at the 10th National Assembly, accusing its members of abandoning their constitutional duties in favour of blind loyalty to President Bola Tinubu. Dalung, in a fiery critique during a recent interview with Sun, described the current legislature as more than just a “rubber stamp”, claiming it has become a chorus line devoted to singing the praises of the president at every opportunity. “I disagree with those calling it a rubber stamp. This 10th Assembly is a band…

Rising Defections: Tinubu mocks Opposition, denies one-party agenda

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed satisfaction at the internal crises plaguing Nigeria’s major opposition parties, stating it is a “pleasure to witness them in such disarray”, even as he dismissed fears of the country drifting toward a one-party State. Addressing a joint session of the 10th National Assembly during the 2025 Democracy Day celebrations, the President used the occasion to both welcome new defectors into the ruling All-Progressives Congress (APC) and take a jab at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), which have been rocked by…