Author: Vincent Osuwo

Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, has berated and advised former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to reduce his consumption of alcohol. Shaibu stated this following a revelation by Wike that his liver and kidneys failed due to “poisoning.” Chronicle NG reported that during the Thanksgiving organized by Wike’s family on Sunday, Wike said his liver and kidneys failed after he was poisoned at the PDP’s Secretariat in 2018. I was poisoned at the PDP secretariat – Wike However, Shaibu berated Wike’s love for alcohol, especially whisky, which he has even admitted to drinking…

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has lauded President Bola Tinubu for appointing an Igbo son as one of the newly appointed Service Chiefs. Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the National President of the Igbo group, stated in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday that Tinubu had taken a bold step towards national healing and reconciliation, as he promised the citizens. Chronicle NG reports that Tinubu sacked all the service chiefs on Monday and announced their replacements. Changing service chiefs will not stop security pandemic in Nigeria – Adamu One of the new appointees, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, an Igbo…

Dr. Kabiru Adamu, a security and intelligence expert, has stated that changing security chiefs alone will not solve the insecurity pandemic in Nigeria. In an interview with the Daily Post on Monday, Adamu, the Managing Director of Beacon Consulting Limited, disclosed this while reacting to the sack of the Service Chiefs by President Bola Tinubu. While lauding the bold step taken by Tinubu’s administration, Adamu stated that the next thing to do is to complete the security sector reforms. Tinubu sacks IGP Usman Alkali and all service Chiefs, appoints their replacements He stressed that improvement in the public governance structure,…

President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, the Chief of Defence Staff, all the nation’s Service Chiefs, as well as Col. Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service. This was disclosed in a statement by the Secretary of the Government of the Federation SGF, Senator George Akume, on Monday, June 19, 2023 in Abuja. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect”, the SGF stated.…

Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC), has called on the media to be wary of fake news and biased reporting. Owasanoye made the appeal on Monday, June 19, 2023, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja while declaring open a two-day workshop for reporters covering the activities of the ICPC. He stated that “fake news and biased reporting threaten all of us. It threatens the stability of the state, and it threatens professional competencies and our livelihoods”. Furthermore, he said that the workshop would offer an opportunity for the Commission and…

President Bola Tinubu says he is in Paris, France to attend the New Global Financial Pact following reports that he is in the country for medicals. Tinubu who left Nigeria without prior announcement was reported to be heading to France for periodic medicals. In a statement by Dele Alake, special adviser, special duties, communication and strategy, Tinubu will be accompanied by members of the Presidential Policy Advisory Council. Tinubu hosts Dangote, Bill Gates to review taxation complaints “President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday, June 22, join world leaders in Paris, France, to review and sign a New Global Financial Pact…

Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),  has asked President Bola Tinubu to review the new Students Loan Act and change it to an education grant for indigent students. Osodeke stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, more than 90% of students won’t be able to afford the “stringent requirements” to access and repay the loan. Student Loan Law: Many Students will drop out of School – ASUU He stated that “this would have been better if we were giving it to those students who are very poor;…

Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, has disclosed why he supported Senator Godswill Akapbio in his bid to become the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. Wike, who emphasized that one good turn deserves another, stated that Akpabio donated N200 million to his campaign in 2014 and 2015. Wike stated this while speaking during his special Thanksgiving service organized by his family at the St. Peters Deanery, Rumuepirikom, Obio-Akpor area of the state, on Sunday. I was poisoned at the PDP secretariat – Wike According to him, Akpabio defied criticism to back his governorship ambition in 2015.…

The World Poverty Clock has stated that 71 million Nigerians are extremely poor. Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, who quoted the data also said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) classifies 133 million people as multi dimensionally poor. Speaking during the weekend in Abuja, at the Nigeria Zero Hunger Symposium, organised by T200 Foundation to mark World Hunger Day and unveiling of the “Nigeria Zero Hunger” report, Cole while quoting the United Nations (UN), said globally, 25,000 die daily from hunger, including more than 10,000 children. UNDP wants Borno’s humanitarian model adopted…

The wife of Adamu Bulkachuwa, a senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has come out to defend her judicial integrity. Reacting to comments made by her husband that he used his position to influence and to ask for judicial favors for his colleagues from her, the former President of the Court of Appeal has come out to debunk his statement. Sen. Bulkachuwa, during his valedictory speech on the floor of the Senate, said he influenced his wife’s decisions for his colleagues while she was the President of the Court of Appeal. Court jails property…