The Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the All Progressives Congress’ Deputy National Chairman (North), Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori, Hon.Yemi Akinbode rolled out the drums in celebration of the 50th birthday ceremony of his beautiful wife, Mrs. Oluwakorede Akinbode in Lagos over the weekend. In a ceremony which was attended by family, friends and associates of the celebrant and …

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Amara Oyeka, on Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), has revealed that the state monthly IGR increased from N2.2 million in 2023 to N5.2 billion in 2024. Oyeka disclosed this on Thursday during the presentation and validation of the research activity carried out in 21 major markets across the …

The Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to the FCT Minister on Public Communication and Social Media, Olarere Olayinka, has asked those alleging land grabbing by the FCT Administration, to show evidence of land ownership. The PUNCH earlier reported that a construction company, Paullosa Nigeria Limited, raised the alarm over a demolition notice issued by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) to …

Ondo State Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa has dismissed one of his special assistants, Adeboye Ewenla, for alleged involvement in bribery. Ewenla, who was the governor’s Special Assistant on Forestry, was accused by timber merchants in the state. In a statement on Wednesday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Ebenezer Adeniyan said the action of the governor took immediate …

An aide of former President Mohammed Buhari has refuted the claim of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Yemi Cardoso, who blamed the current economic hardship in the country on the poor handling of the nation’s economy between 2015 and 2023. Buhari was President in those years. Buhari’s aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity …

Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed Samson Omoarebokhae, a Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku. It was reported that Ivy Adobo-Ebojele, the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media disclosed this in a condolence message to the family of the deceased. Ebojele said the Speaker’s aide was killed on August 31, …

Akpabio never said he’d eat while others protest – Aide Consultant Communications and Strategy to the Senate President Kenny Okolugbo has denied claims that his boss, Senate Godswill Akpabio said that he would be “eating while protesters are protesting”. In a statement on Thursday, Okolugbo said that Akpabio never made such remarks. “He (Akpabio) was merely quoting the Managing Director …

The Spokesman to Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, has said his principal is governing the state without drawing credit facilities and without taking security votes. Olawale, in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Friday, said the clarification was in response to figures credited to some opposition politicians, who had alleged governor Ademola Adeleke, of increasing Osun debt and of accessing …

Folasade Adu, a former aide to Ondo State’s immediate past First Lady, Mrs. Betty Akeredolu, has alleged abandonment after serving the late Governor Rotimi Akerdolu’s wife for seven years without any form of reward. Adu alleged that while working with the ex-first lady, she was paid N50,000 as salary, out of which N5,100 was deducted monthly for seven years. An …

The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday debunked a report that he was involved in a certificate forgery scandal, saying the report was the handiwork of some of his political detractors. Aiyedatiwa was sworn in as the governor of the state on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, following the death of the former governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, who passed …