By Joe Udo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu’s staunch supporter, Joseph Kayode, has been reportedly kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding N100 million as ransom. According to reports, his struggling family is begging for the to help them raise the money to release their father. Sharing the plea on X, his supposed daughter, identified…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the bill to domesticate the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria. The legislation, also known as the Kampala Convention Act, seeks to strengthen humanitarian protection and uphold the rights and dignity of displaced citizens….
By Ebube Bruno ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu must have geniuses running his government. Only that can explain how federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies have been functioning without capital releases. Yet the ministers showed ingenuity, perseverance and loyalty by not whining about it — until, of course, they were required by law to disclose…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The presidency has dismissed claims circulating on social media that kitchen staff at the Presidential Villa in Abuja were arrested over an alleged plot to poison President Bola Tinubu. Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, addressed the reports in a post on his official X account on Sunday: “No Aso Rock…
By Ovat Abeng AKWA (CONVERSEER) – The Honourable Minister of Works, Engr Dave Umahi, has expressed confidence that all the roads that will be constructed and reconstructed under President Bola Tinubu’s administration are expected to last for 100 years. Umahi expressed confidence on Saturday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, while speaking to journalists shortly…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu, has approved the immediate reconstruction of some federal roads in Niger State. They are, Mokwa–Bida Road of 120kms, the 63kms Mokwa–Makeri Road and the Bida–Lanbata Road of 123.5kms. The three projects totalling 306.5 kilometres will be reconstructed using reinforced concrete pavement to ensure durability and long-term…
By Joe Udo YENAGOA (CONVERSEER) – The South South Governors Forum (SSGF) has described President Bola Tinubu’s Executive Order mandating the direct remittance of all oil and gas revenues to the Federation Account as a historic and landmark decision. The SSGF Chairman and Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, in a statement on Wednesday,…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct Mr Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy to immediately withdraw the Lawful Interception of Communications Regulations, 2019, as the Regulations are unconstitutional, unlawful, and entirely inconsistent with Nigeria’s international obligations.” SERAP urged…
By Our Reporter LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – The Lagos State Secretary of the Labour Party, Sam Okpala, has urged Nigerians to vote out President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, insisting that the outcome of last Saturday’s by-elections in Rivers, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) does not amount to a referendum on the…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the family, friends, and associates of late Chief Israel Ogbue, former Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), who passed away at the age of 99. His commiseration was conveyed in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy,…
