June 2025 – Page 232

PDP Must Resolve Its Crisis To Win Confidence Of Nigerians Ahead 2027 –Bode George

02.06.2025

Chief Bode George is a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview, he speaks on the crisis rocking the party and reconciliation moves. ANAYO EZUGWU writes What differentiates the Senator Bukola Saraki-led committee from others that have been set up in the past and how optimistic are you that...

FG Declares June 6,9 Public Holiday

02.06.2025

The Federal Government on Monday declared Friday, June 6, and Monday, June 9, 2025, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary Magdalene Ajani. Tunji-Ojo congratulated all Muslim Ummah both at...

APC Chieftain Igbokwe Alleges Character Flaws In Amaechi, Cites Past Encounters

02.06.2025

A prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has launched a scathing criticism against former Minister of Transportation and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, accusing him of having “serious character issues” and a “very bad temperament.” In a strongly worded Facebook post on Sunday, Igbokwe recounted personal encounters...

High Court, Appeal, Lock As Judiciary Embarks On Strike

02.06.2025

The Federal High Court and Court of Appeal headquarters in Abuja were shut on Monday, leaving lawyers, court staff, and litigants unable to access the premises. This comes despite a statement issued on Sunday, June 1, in which the courts announced that its workers would not be joining the strike. New Telegraph recalls that the...

YPP Presidential Candidate Urges Tinubu To Reshuffle Cabinet For Better Governance

02.06.2025

Malik Ado-Ibrahim, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently reshuffle his cabinet, citing the need for more competent and visionary leadership within the current administration. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Ado-Ibrahim criticized the composition of the current Federal Executive Council,...

Ending Era Of Budget Padding

02.06.2025

Lawyers have expressed deep concerns over the recent allegations by a civic-tech organization, BudgIT, that members of the National Assembly inserted N6.93 trillion worth of questionable projects into the 2025 federal budget. To end the menace, the lawyers recommended institutional reforms and accountability mechanisms for the tracking of projects implementation from budgeting to execution. AKEEM...

805 Candidates To Contest Elections – NSIEC

02.06.2025

The Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC) has announced that a total of 805 candidates from 10 political parties will participate in the forthcoming local government elections scheduled for November 1, 2025. Chairman of NSIEC, Mohammed Jibrin Imam, made this known in Minna during the official flag-off of the campaign season. He confirmed that political...

Group Slams Inauguration Of ‘Unfinished’ Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

02.06.2025

Public procurement advocacy group, Network for the Actualisation of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD) on Sunday criticised the inauguration of a 30-kilometre stretch of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, describing the move as misleading and premature. According to a statement signed by its Country Head, Mr. Akingunola Omoniyi, NEFGAD expressed concern that the 750-kilometre highway,...

Take-It-Back Movement Announces Nationwide Protest June 12

02.06.2025

The Take It Back Movement announced plans on Monday to hold a nationwide protest on June 12, aiming to draw attention to the country’s worsening insecurity, shrinking civic space, and growing economic hardship. In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, the movement condemned the rising wave of insecurity in the Middle Belt and...

NSE President Commends Tinubu On Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

02.06.2025

The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr. Margaret Aina Oguntala, FNSE, has commended the Federal Government for its strategic infrastructure investments, particularly the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Superhighway. Commenting on the commissioning of the project’s first section at Kilometre 8, Jakande Estate, Lagos in a statement she issued on Monday June 2, Oguntala praised...