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A longtime ally of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Farouk Aliyu, has disagreed with recent claims by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, regarding the role of President Bola Tinubu in Buhari’s 2015 election victory. Mustapha, speaking during a book launch in Abuja on Wednesday, had argued that Tinubu did not make Buhari president. According to him, Buhari already had an established support base of 12 million votes, and the merger of legacy parties that formed the All Progressives Congress (APC) only added around three million more votes. However, Aliyu, who was a guest on Politics Today on…
A former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been inaugurated as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Gbenga Saka, the Special Adviser on Digital Media to the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, posted a video of the inauguration on his X handle. In January, Tinubu appointed him as the FAAN Board Chair. The ceremony, which was held in Abuja on Wednesday, came weeks after Ganduje resigned as the National Chairman of the APC. According to the APC, Ganduje resigned owing to personal reasons. His resignation, which is…
A former Commissioner for Works in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ephraim Inyang has accused telecommunications giant MTN Nigeria of allegedly collaborating with unnamed individuals to sabotage members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. In a strongly worded Facebook post, Mr. Inyang, who defected from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to the APC in February 2024, alleged that MTN had configured the mobile phones of former YPP members now in the APC to play YPP-themed ringtones without their consent or the option to remove them. “MTN has collaborated with some unscrupulous elements to blackmail us in APC, Just…
The showroom features a variety of high-quality customized Arise-branded items, including ties, cufflinks, scarves, T-shirts, and more. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Branding, Sir Raphael Edem, conducted the Governor on a tour of the showroom, showcasing the various departments and products on display. More details shortly.
… says passion for quality service drives his commitment Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has kept contractors handling infrastructural projects in the State on their toes as he pushes for quality and timely delivery through repeated unscheduled inspection tour of different project sites. The Governor, who embarked on another round of inspection on Monday, immediately after the State Executive Council meeting with all members of the State EXCO, visited the Uyo City tourism ecosystem projects comprising the 5,000 capacity International Convention Centre, the 200-bedroom Ibom Hotel, ARISE shopping city, amusement park, and others. Fielding questions from Government House…
A former Minister of Police Affairs and two-time governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Yobe State, Adamu Maina Waziri, has officially resigned from the party and submitted his membership card. Waziri announced his resignation at Dogotebo Ward in Potiskum Local Government Area, stating it was a difficult decision to leave the party after many years of service and loyalty. “I have decided to resign my membership because of the provision in the party’s constitution, which requires me to come to my ward — Dogotebo in Potiskum, located in a primary school that is older than me —…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to promote the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Momodu, in a riposte to Wike’s criticisms of him on Politics Today programme Monday, asked Tinubu to put aside any political benefit he wants to get from Wike in the 2027 polls and put him where he belongs. “My appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is that no matter what you are expecting to gain from Wike in 2027, Wike is not the kind of character you should promote; he is not the…
He also said that they lacked the moral authority to offer meaningful political change. Amakiri, who made a guest appearance on The Morning Brief on Monday, described the coalition as a recycled group of political elite whose past performances had contributed to Nigeria’s leadership crisis. “I have a problem, and it is whether 85 per cent of people in that coalition have the moral justification to tell us about a coalition that will liberate the Nigerian people from the political leadership quagmire we find ourselves in. Nigeria is in an emergency need of political leadership substitution. “Eighty-five per cent of them are people who belong to…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has approved an increase in the monthly state allowance for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the state from ₦5,000 to ₦20,000. The increase will take effect from August 1, 2025. The governor made this announcement during the second day of the state delivery meeting on Friday, July 4, 2025, at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Uyo. He explained that the increment was to support the Federal Government’s ₦77,000 monthly allowance, helping corps members meet their basic needs.“Over 10,000 corps members are posted to Akwa Ibom annually. We must continue…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has launched a scathing rebuttal against his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, declaring that the ex-transport minister lacks the political direction and integrity required to earn respect or claim any seniority over him. He [Amaechi] does not even know his left from his right politically. So, how can he claim he made me? It’s unfair,” Wike said during a guest appearance on Politics Today. The FCT minister’s comments came in direct response to Amaechi’s claims on the same programme a day earlier, where the former minister said he…