Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Sunday in Abuja called for the immediate release and reinstatement of President Mohamed Bazoum as the legitimate
Month: July 2023
Special Investigator appointed by Tinubu to probe CBN
Jim Obazee has been designated by President Bola Tinubu as a Special Investigator to look into the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria and
List of notable Bauchi politicians in consideration for ministerial slot
There are clear signs that some senior members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State are working hard to secure the state’s cabinet position. The State is experiencing significant lobbying, with many powerful politicians examining their ties. In order to help him lead the government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must choose a minister from each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Although two ministers came from Bauchi under the immediately preceding president, Muhammadu Buhari, Tinubu will decide whether to offer Bauchi two berths. Sen. Abubakar Markafi, a former chairman of the Education Trust Fund, who serves as the APC’s national internal auditor, is one of those being considered for the role. and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees TETFund, Dr. Musa Babayo. Others include Mallam Isa Yuguda, a former governor of Bauchi state, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar Retr, Capt. Bala Jibrin, a party’s first internal auditor, and Capt. According to information obtained by DAILY POST, several stakeholders have been pleading with the president to nominate Abubakar as a minister. Abubakar is the party’s nominee for governor in the 2023 elections in Bauchi. The action is intended to make amends for his efforts on behalf of the party in the state, which resulted in him casting more than 25% of the votes for Tinubu in the elections of 2023. Though Abubakar is contesting the result
Police foil oil theft in Lagos
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline in Idimu, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos was the target of pipeline vandals’ effort to scoop crude oil, according to the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday. According to a statement from the command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, the incident happened about 2 am on Saturday when the thugs gained entry to the premises to siphon the PMS into their tanker. When the suspects noticed the guys from the command, he continued, they fled quickly and left their car and equipment behind. “The CP, Idowu Owohunwa, at a site in Idimu where oil thieves at about 2 am today gained access to an