Author: Todays Politics
The Federal Authorities has designated three Mondays in June 2025 for nationwide prayer and fasting, specializing in meals safety and safety throughout the nation. An inner round dated June 11, 2025, from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety, instructed all employees—together with administrators, deputy administrators, assistant administrators, and worth chain desk officers—to attend a prayer session on the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. The occasion, titled “Divine Intervention for Safety and Nationwide Growth,” might be held on June 16, 23, and 30. “That is to ask all employees of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety to a…
Two senior executives of SunTrust Bank Nigeria Restricted, Halima Buba and Harmless Mbagwu, had been on Friday, June 13, 2025, arraigned by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) earlier than Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja, over an alleged $12 million cash laundering case. Buba, the Managing Director/CEO, and Mbagwu, the Govt Director/Chief Compliance Officer, are dealing with a six-count cost of conspiracy and cash laundering underneath the Cash Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. One of many expenses states that on March 10, 2025, in Abuja, they “aided Femi Gbamgboye to make a money…
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has raised alarm over the declining energy and relevance of Nigeria’s Nationwide Meeting, warning that it’s “steadily turning into a shadow of what a virile and efficient parliament must be.” In a Democracy Day assertion, Saraki criticised what he described as sustained makes an attempt to weaken the legislature, blaming each the chief and the judiciary for undermining the establishment’s independence. “All of us want to grasp that by its nature, its position and character, the parliament is created to say the reality to energy and scrutinise what the chief is doing,” Saraki stated. He…
As Nigeria marked Democracy Day, suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, known as on residents to mirror on the state of the nation’s democracy, insisting that justice—not symbolic celebrations—should be the muse of the nation’s progress. In an announcement on Thursday, Akpoti-Uduaghan urged Nigerians to uphold justice, fairness, inclusion, and unity, stating that democracy should supply greater than elections and official ceremonies. “Democracy should convey actual growth, empower the weak, uphold the rule of regulation, and defend the dignity of each Nigerian,” she stated. Talking on the importance of June 12, the Senator described it as “an emblem of…
President Bola Tinubu has revealed that his administration will roll out a brand new shopper credit score scheme in July, concentrating on 400,000 younger Nigerians, together with members of the Nationwide Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Talking throughout a joint session of the Nationwide Meeting in Abuja on Thursday to commemorate Democracy Day, Tinubu stated the programme can be carried out by way of the Nigerian Client Credit score Company (CREDICORP), which has already made vital strides in offering monetary assist. “In lower than one yr, over 100 thousand Nigerians, together with thirty-five thousand civil servants, have benefited from reasonably priced…
Former Chairman of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has known as on the Federal Authorities to make the nation’s legislature a part-time establishment. Talking in the course of the June 12 version of The Platform held in Lagos, Jega stated Nigeria’s Nationwide Meeting and state legislatures needs to be shriveled and function on a part-time foundation with decrease remuneration. “As a part of the method of reforming and strengthening the legislature for effectivity and effectiveness, a robust rational case will be made for each decreasing the scale of the federal and state legislatures, in addition to…
Authorized practitioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Sunusi Musa, has questioned the standards utilized in awarding nationwide honours, citing the exclusion of some people who have been concerned within the pro-democracy wrestle following the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Writing on his verified Fb web page, Musa acknowledged the popularity of sure people however argued that the listing was incomplete. “The Awardees of the Nationwide Honors immediately, are those that sustained the wrestle for June 12 election,” he said. “Although I’ve seen the title of Gen Yar’Adua and Gambo Sawaba in it. By no matter standards,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given nationwide awards to 65 Nigerians, each dwelling and deceased, citing their involvement within the pro-democracy motion and public service. Among the many recipients are Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), and journalist Bagauda Kaltho, who went lacking through the army regime. Kudirat Abiola, the late spouse of Chief MKO Abiola, was additionally honoured posthumously. She was assassinated in 1996 throughout efforts to revive the annulled June 12, 1993, election. She was awarded the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR). Others who obtained posthumous awards embrace former Chief of Workers…
As Nigeria marks 26 years of uninterrupted democracy, a former Kano State Commissioner, Engr. Mu’az Magaji, has famous the progress in components of southern Nigeria and raised issues over what he known as the North’s sluggish tempo in benefiting from democratic governance. In a Democracy Day message shared with Kano Instances, Magaji, who served underneath former Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, pointed to states akin to Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Enugu, Anambra, and Abia as examples of the place democratic practices have led to infrastructure and financial growth. “These states have come to grasp the significance of democracy and good…
Former Jigawa State Governor and ex-Overseas Affairs Minister, Dr. Sule Lamido, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and others of distorting Nigeria’s democratic historical past by sidelining key figures within the June 12 wrestle. In his e-book Being True To Myself (Web page 177), Lamido criticized what he described because the “hijacking” of the June 12 legacy by people who, in line with him, prevented confrontation throughout the army regime. Lamido, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated these now acknowledged as democracy icons contributed little or nothing to the resistance. “Amusingly, all recognized June 12 activists,…