President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ruled out the possibility of the Federal Government’s readiness to grant amnesty to armed criminals terrorising the country, saying his government will continue to deal decisively with bandits, kidnappers and insurgents. The President who stated this while declaring open the a joint security meeting of Northern State Governors’ Forum, Northern Traditional Rulers Council and delegation Read More
Sometime ago, in a piece titled, ‘’Here they go again, our politicians’’, I wrote inter alia, “Why is it that whenever an election date is drawing near, we see our politicians exhibiting their shenanigans, intrigues, vile characteristics to undo one another, even for those of them in the same ‘family’, nay party?”. As it is, this trait of our politicians Read More
For several years, late Chief Olusola Saraki, Waziri Ilorin reigned supreme in the Kwara State politics. From the second republic down to the present democratic dispensation, his name made or marred the political fortune of many aspirants in the State. His political clout transcend over three decades. The political legacy “Oloye” remained unrivalled until 2019 when the “Oto ge” Tsunami Read More
The recent call by the Northern governors for formal governance roles for traditional rulers, while urging for government’s control and censorship of social media to address insecurity and forestall recurrence of recent breakdown of law and order is quite germane. This is more so considering the fact that traditional rulers are the custodians of cultural heritage which is critical to Read More
Bandits have aducted 21 passengers on board a bus belonging to the Niger state Transport Authority (NSTA) on Sunday afternoon at Yakila village in Rafi local government of Niger state. The bus was said to be traveling from Kontagora town to Minna, the state capital before it was intercepted by the bandits. Blueprint learnt that all the 21 passengers were Read More
The Lagos state All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders have been commended for adequate mobilisation, sensitisation and logistics made available for the ongoing party membership registration/revalidation exercise in the state. A chieftain of the party and Secretary of registration/revalidation delegation to Lagos state, Chief Anthony Ogah, made this commendation in a chat with newsmen on Friday. According to Chief Ogah, “The Read More
The Nigeria Integrity Group (NIG) has defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari over a ‘concorted’ online media report described as “rascally lies and fictional tales” engineered by Peoples Gazette newspaper and Prof Farooq Kperogi. The group which described Kperogi as a “serial regime hater” pointed out that, ‘the Peoples Gazette, the mendacious rag founded by surrogates Read More
Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has sacked the state’s commissioner of health, Dr Salihu Kwayabura. The governor’s Special Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, who announced this on Tuesday in Maiduguri, noted that Zulum’s directive was part of necessary measures to reposition the ministry. Gusau said in a statement that Zulum expressed gratitude to Dr Read More
All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara state, where Minister of Information and Culture hails from have thrown their support behind the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the new state Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mallam Abdullahi Samari. The removal of Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa as state chairman has been generating crisis within the party in Kwara state, Read More
The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd), has tasked friends and family of Abba Kyari to mentor the next generation of Nigerians to uphold the values of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Col. Ali gave the charge at a book presentation in Kyari’s honour on Thursday at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja. The book titled Read More
Dignitaries from all works of life converged on Abuja Thursday to extol the virtues of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari,months after his demise. The governor of Borno state, Professor Babagana Zulum, said the late Abba Kyari was not controversial as perceived. This is just as the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) Read More
Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, Northern Governors, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, and Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, are in crucial meeting over insecurity in the North and in Nigeria. The meeting, which kicked off at the Council Chambers of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna 12pm Read More
One of the most influential Vatican cardinals, Angelo Becciu, from Italy, resigned his position unexpectedly on Thursday, the Holy See announced without explanation. “The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and from the rights connected to the Cardinalate, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu,” a one-line Read More
Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the appointment of Professor Isa Hussaini Marte as his new Chief of Staff. The appointment was announced Wednesday evening by the governor‘s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau. He is a serving Commissioner for Higher Education since August, 2019. He is to replace Dr. Babagana Wakil, who passed on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Read More
The House of Representatives is set to report some key federal government’s owned agencies to President Muhammad Buhari over their refusal to appear before its Committee on Public Accounts to answer queries on alleged financial irregularities, or clarify certain records indicting them by other agencies. Such agencies or their helmsmen as made available by the committee include Governor of the Read More
Olayinka Fafoluyi, special assistant on new media to Kwara state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has just announced the death of Aminu Logun, the Chief of Staff to the governor Fafoluyi broke the shocking news via his twitter handle on Tuesday. The governor’s aide wrote, “Kwara State Chief Of Staff, Aminu Adisa Logun, is dead. Indeed, death is the next thing after Read More
The Plateau state Governor Simon Lalong, his wife and children for the second time tested negative for coronavirus. Governor Lalong who revealed this Sunday night in a press statement signed by his Director of press and public affairs, Dr. Makut Macham said the immediate staff of the governor have also tested negative to the virus. “This follows another test conducted on Read More
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state, Monday announced a major cabinet reshuffle. He sacked Chief of staff Dr. Emmanuel Offor Okorie, and appointed him as the chairman of Ebonyi Broadcasting Corporation (EBBC) board. The change in position of some of the positions in his cabinet was contained in a radio announcement by the Secretary to the State Government (SGF) in the Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Those in attendance are the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; the National Security Adviser (NSA), General Mohammed Babagana Monguno (Rtd.); and the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Read More
Bayelsa state Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has lamented what he described as the deliberate despoliation of the Niger Delta environment by oil companies operating in the region. Governor Diri who expressed displeasure over the decade-long environmental injustice in the region, said the situation was worsened by the unfair derivation sharing formula of the federal government to the oil producing states, Read More
The Leadership and Members of the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) heartily congratulate our distinguished and resourceful professional colleague, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR, on a well-deserved appointment as the Chief of Staff to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Members of the NPSA are pleased with this critical appointment and hereby congratulate the Federal Government for this Read More
The demise of the erstwhile Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari Mallam Abba Kyari is like a stone dropped into a pool of water that would keep some ever widening ripples. The encomiums and accolades showered as tributes on this erudite writer would possibly stand as reference for several decades. I dashed into the newsroom to submit my Read More
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