Author: Vincent Osuwo

Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has berated former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over his statement that condemned the award of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway contract to Hitech Construction Company.  Atiku had accused President Bola Tinubu of a conflict of interest in the award of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to Hitech Construction Company, which he claimed is owned by the Chagoury family because Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, sits on the board of CDK. Reacting to Atiku’s claims, Onanuga, in a statement on X on Monday, berated the Waziri of Adamawa for allegedly “distorting facts.”…

Former vice president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has criticised President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for allegedly being absent from the country. In a statement on his verified X handle on Monday, Atiku berated the Nigerian leaders for being away from the country amid “daunting challenges” facing the nation. Describing their absense from the country as “unprecedented,” the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election queried if the nation is on “autopilot.” His statement reads, “I have been inundated by reports of the absence of the president and vice president from the country. “It is…

Nigerians have criticized Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, for describing Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, as a “bitter” person. Onanuga remarked while sharing a statement on his X page made by Nwachukwu Chigozie that berated Obi. Chigozie had berated the former governor of Anambra State for applauding a mayor in Canada who praised Lagos State and Nigeria in general. Describing Obi as a “chief mourner,” Chigozie wrote, “Chief mourner woke up, wore his usual mourning clothes, and went to Canada to practice his market-to-market demarketing of Nigeria.…

Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has described Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, as a “bitter” person. Onanuga made the remark while sharing a statement on his X page made by Nwachukwu Chigozie that berated Obi. Chigozie had berated the former governor of Anambra State for applauding a mayor in Canada who praised Lagos State and Nigeria in general. Describing Obi as “chief mourner,” Chigozie wrote, “chief mourner woke up, wore his usual mourning clothes, and went to Canada to practice his market-to-market demarketing of Nigeria. “While at…

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has stated that President Bola Tinubu is not to blame for Nigeria’s current economic crisis. On Sunday, the congressman celebrated his 53rd birthday by honouring orphans, widows, those with disabilities, and the elderly in his Bende, Abia State, country house. Fielding questions from journalists during the massively attended event, the Deputy Speaker emphasised that Nigeria’s current economic woes are the result of previous administrations’ blunders, which President Tinubu is working hard to correct. “The hardship we are passing through was not caused by this man. It’s a piled-up…

Uchechi Kanu, the wife of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has praised Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represents Anambra South Senatorial District, for allowing her to visit her husband at the Department of State Services facility in Abuja. Mrs. Kanu revealed during a live session on Radio Biafra on Sunday that she visited her husband on April 16, despite the DSS authorities’ repeated denials. Kanu has been imprisoned at the DSS detention facility since his rendition from Kenya in 2021, after being rearrested for allegedly jumping bail in 2017 when he fled the country. Mrs. Kanu,…

The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company has reduced the tariff paid by its Band A consumers to N206.80 per kilowatt-hour, down from the N225/kWh permitted by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. Olufadeke Omo-Omorodion, the IKEDC’s spokeswoman, informed our correspondent on Monday via a notice. According to the announcement by the Ikeja DisCo, the downward tariff revision for Band A consumers will take effect on Monday, May 6, 2024. While the Ikeja DisCo guaranteed a minimum of 20 hours of daily electricity delivery for individuals on Band A feeders, it stated that pricing for customers on other bands remained constant. “Dear esteemed…

Nigerians have sternly berated billionare and oil magnet Arthur Eze over his call for Nigerians to support the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Chronicle NG reports that Arthur Eze urged Nigerians to support Tinubu and praised his inclusive approach to governance. He made the remarks in a video that was widely shared on social media and showed him donating N20 million to a church. Eze said, “Tinubu has no boundary. If you go to Abuja, you will see Wike, an Igbo man, as a minister. Umahi is an Igbo man and minister. No boundaries. All the types of people we want.…

Billionaire Arthur Eze has urged Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu and praised his inclusive approach to administration. He made the remarks in a video that was widely shared on social media and showed him paying N20 million to a church. Eze said, “Tinubu has no boundary. If you go to Abuja, you will see Wike, an Igbo man, as a minister. Umahi is an Igbo man and minister. No boundaries. All the types of people we want. “So this Nigeria, after eight years, will change. It has started changing. Now, I beg everybody to support him before we die.”…

A Nigerian father has reportedly lost his 9-year-old daughter to the cold hands of death due to the failure of his Access Bank mobile app. According to a statement on Monday by an X user, PIDOMNIGERIA, the father’s inability to transfer funds using his Access Bank mobile app resulted in the death of his daughter. It was reported that the daughter, who was admitted to the emergency unit of an undisclosed hospital, was left unattended due to the failure of her parent to pay for her medical bill. The father noted that the failure of the bank’s mobile app since…