BREAKING: Tinubu in Closed Door Meeting with Akwa Ibom, Plateau Governor
President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with Governors Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. SAHEL gathered that the closed-door meeting started shortly after 11 a.m. This follows President Bola Tinubu’s meeting with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday. During…
Leadership crisis: Police seal off Nasarawa Assembly
The police sealed off the Nasarawa House of Assembly Complex on Wednesday in a bid to avert a breakdown of law and order following the emergence of two speakers for the seventh assembly. The PUNCH reports that the immediate past Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, who was seeking a third term as Speaker, and Hon….
10th National Assembly to be inaugurated on Tuesday
The 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. This is according to an announcement, signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Tambawal, on Thursday. According to the announcement, senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives are to visit the Senate conference room 231 and the…
Subsidy Removal: Tinubu Directs NEC, NGF to Expedite Palliatives, Intervention Programmes
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, to begin the process of working on interventions to cushion the impact of subsidy removal on Nigerians. This is even as the independent major oil marketers have pledged to donate no fewer than 100 high capacity buses to…
Osun APC Crisis Deepens As Oyetola, Aregbesola Rift Widens
● Aregbesola Danced Buga to Spite Oyetola ● Oyetola Directed his Caucus to Shut Door of Peace The battle for the soul of Osun state All Progressives Congress (APC) took turn for the worst on Wednesday as rival factions hosted two factional events, one for former Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola and another for the immediate…
Nigeria To Implement New Policy for Saudi Arabia Pilgrim Accommodations
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on Thursday began the implementation of a new rule which would make it mandatory for Nigerian pilgrims in Madina to be moved to Makkah after five days stay in the second holiest city of Saudi Arabia. According to a statement signed by the NAHCON’s Deputy Director of Information…
PDP Dissolves Ebonyi, Ekiti States Executives
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the party’s Ebonyi and Ekiti State executive committees with immediate effect. Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba said this in a statement in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the NWC approved the dissolution of the two states executive…
Appoint People on Merit to Succeed, Clergyman Urges Tinubu
The President of Pastors Support Network, a network of over 2000 pastors and ministers, and a Board Member of the Grand Renaissance Institute, Florida USA, Dr Effa Emmanuel, has charged President Bola Tinubu to ensure he appoints his cabinet based on merit. Dr Emmanuel, who is also a Senior Pastor of World Royal City Church…
UK Commits £2m To Strengthen Nigeria’s Health Workforce
The United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care has committed to strengthening Nigeria’s health workforce with a grant worth £2 million. The World Health Organisation (WHO), which disclosed this in a statement Wednesday, hailed the new funding commitment The statement said the grant would cover a two-year period to support the government of Nigeria…
