Author: Tunde Akingbondere

The Presidency has cautioned the lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Mohammed Ali Ndume, against what it described as reckless statements on television. It also attacked his claim that General Tukur Buratai was attacked by terrorists, saying it is a blatant lie. The presidency said such unguarded utterances traced to Senator Ndume, a former Senate Chief Whip, makes him not to command the respect of any right thinking person. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, while speaking to the allegations that a cabal has hijacked Tinubu’s government and that kleptocrats and kakistocrats dominate…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the National Open University of Nigeria is not inferior to other universities in the country. Obasanjo said this on Monday on hosting some of the university’s officials who paid him a courtesy visit to confer on him the Alumni Award member. The former president initiated the resuscitation of NOUN on April 12, 2001, during his first term of office. Obasanjo also got his PhD from NOUN after he left office. The former president, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, said he had firsthand experience with the standard of the institution, hence his…

PDP Chieftain and former governorship aspirant under the umbrella of the party, Mr. Segun Showunmi, has clarified that there is no doubt that he can work with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who he claimed he understands the wave of his thinking. Mr. Showunmi while appearing on the Channels Television’s Politics Today in the aftermath of his recent meeting with the president as an opposition figure, stated that his working with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not in doubt except for the fact that he would have to formerly defect to APC in order to be able to freely work for…

In this insightful interview, we delve into the life and experiences of Jones Rotimi Orosundakinte, a distinguished Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience. Hailing from Idanre but raised in Ekiti, Jones shares his journey from his early education to his impactful career at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). He reflects on the challenges of growing up away from his parents, the inspiration he drew from his father’s mechanic workshop, and the values that shaped his character. Being a responsible family man, he is happily married to Mrs Jumoke Jones Oluwarotimi, a woman of impeccable character with the…

Mukoma wa Ngugi, one of the children of the late legend of literature, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, has spoken to the deep rift that split him from his father in the final years of his life. Mukoma stated that he learned of his father’s demise only after being notified by his brother, according to Kenyans.co.ke. If not for that call, he admitted he would have discovered through social media like any other Kenyan. Reflecting on his father’s death cremation, Mukoma shared that for him, the real farewell had happened years earlier. He revealed how their estrangement worsened in March 2024, when…

No fewer than Thirty-four foreign embassies in Nigeria’s capital could end up being reportedly shut down for defaulting with respect to the payment of ground rent for 11 years. Ground rent is the required money that property owners must pay the government for using land. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), which manages Abuja, says these diplomatic missions collectively owe N3,662,196 since 2014. On May 26, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike moved to commence an enforcement action against 4,794 properties owing ground rent spanning 10 to 43 years. However, President Bola Tinubu intervened, giving a 14-day grace period that ended Monday…

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd), has narrowly escaped death on Friday after his convoy came under a heavily targeted gunfire attack in Borno State. The assault, believed to have been planned and orchestrated by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, has further elicited concerns about the escalating insecurity in the region. The revelation was made by the lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Ndume, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday evening. According to Ndume, the retired army general and his accompanying soldiers were ambushed near a frontline military base. While details…

Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South has dissociated himself from the recent endorsement of President Bola Tinubu for a second term, insisting that such political gestures do not guarantee electoral success. Addressing Nigerians on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, the veteran lawmaker—who has served in the National Assembly since 2003—cited the example of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who in 2015 was endorsed by 22 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yet lost his re-election bid to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC). On May 22, 2025, 22 APC governors unanimously endorsed Tinubu as the party’s candidate for the…

President Bola Tinubu has on Saturday disclosed that he had forgiven Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and was no longer angry with him, saying, “It’s all over now. All is forgiven.” The president’s made the remark after a closed-door reconciliatory meeting with members of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), who had come to plead on behalf of the governor and others perceived to have fallen out of favour with Tinubu. Chairman of the GAC, Alhaji Tajudeen Olusi, who received the president in Lagos, acknowledged that Tinubu had been unhappy with some individuals in the state, particularly the governor,…

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, Senator Neda Imasuen, who represents Edo South Senatorial District, has finalized plans to dump his party, the Labour Party, LP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Imasuen, who disclosed this to journalists, said he is bound to formally defect to the APC on Thursday, June 12 in Benin-City, Edo State capital, saying the decision is unconnected to his intent to decamp to the APC because the LP, in the true sense of it, has lost total direction, with no leadership that could be pointed at. The senator…