Tag: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Again, Tinubu Shuns NJC, Appoints New CCT Chairman

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has once again bypassed the constitutional mandates of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) by unilaterally appointing Dr. Mainasara Umar Kogo as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The NJC and FJSC are both chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun who is from Lagos. According to PRNigeria, Kogo’s latest appointment by Tinubu was communicated in a letter dated January 20, 2025, signed by Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of…

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Lawyers Storm Abuja, Protest Alleged Illegal Approach Of EFCC Against Bello

Abibat Babalola

Hundreds of lawyers on Monday hit the premises of Supreme Court to condemn alleged illegal approached deployed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) it its botched bids to arrest former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello. Earlier, The Daily Crucible reported that some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress(APC,) and activists had also slammed the EFCC for what they reckoned as the persecution of Bello by the agency allegedly the script of some “politicians.” But a coalition of non – governmental organisations in Ogun State disagreed with…

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N25K Increment In Salary, Others; Key Points In Tinubu’s Oct 1 Speech

Ganiyu Amodu

  “Those who want Nigeria torm apart are forever mistaken;” This and all that Tinubu said to Nigerians in I,373 words   ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 63RD INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY OF NIGERIA ON SUNDAY, 1ST OCTOBER, 2023 Dear Compatriots, It is my unique honour to address you on this day, the 63rd anniversary of our nation’s independence, both as the President of our dear country and, simply, as a fellow Nigerian. 2. On this solemn…

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