Northerners Plotting Against Tinubu Unpatriotic – Matawalle
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Bello Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence, criticized northern politicians for allegedly plotting against President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections. He labeled them as unpatriotic and lacking grassroots support. Matawalle defended Tinubu, highlighting the significant benefits the northern region has received under his leadership and urging unity among northern political leaders to support Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda. He cited several key appointments of northerners in Tinubu’s administration, emphasizing their substantial roles in various government sectors.
Harvard Business School: Presidency faults Obi’s claims on Nigeria’s reputation
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The presidency has refuted Peter Obi’s remarks on Nigeria’s exclusion from Harvard Business School’s class of 2025.
Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, had lamented that Nigeria’s reputation and attractiveness to international institutions and investors have suffered due to recent setbacks.
However, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Engagement, Fredrick Nwabufo, countered that there was no evidence to support Obi’s claims.
Nwabufo stated that the program’s selection criteria were not based on a country’s reputation or attractiveness, but rather on specific requirements and qualifications.
Nigeria’s omission from the program, despite a Nigerian professor leading it, had sparked concerns.However, the presidency has downplayed Obi’s assertions, suggesting that the exclusion was not a reflection of Nigeria’s reputation or potential.
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Group gets order restraining ATC from building masts close to existing BTS
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Justice P. O. Lifu (JP), of a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has granted an ex-parte order restraining ATC Nigeria Infrastructure Ltd and its business partner, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, from commencing and continuing or completing the construction or erection or installation of Base Transceiver Stations towers or masts (BTS) within close proximity to existing BTS or operating any BTS within close proximity to existing BTS respectively pending the determination of the Motion on Notice for interlocutory injunction.
Justice Lifu made the order in a suit delineated FHC/ABJ/CS/633/2024 filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Foundation for Environmental Right, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD) against the Federal Ministry of Environment and Ecological Management (First Respondent), The Honourable Minister of Environment and Ecological Management (Second Respondent), ATC Nigeria Infrastructure Ltd (Third Respondent), and MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (Fourth Respondent).
When the case was called, the judge granted the application of FENRAD and “ordered that the third respondent is hereby restrained whether by its servants, agents, privies and or assigns from commencing, continuing or completing the construction or erection or installation of ant Base Transceiver Stations/Towers/Mast (BTS) within close proximity to existing BTS or operating any BTS within close proximity to existing BTS pending the determination of the Motion on Notice for interlocutory injunction.”
Parties knock Wike over threat on Kingibe
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Politicians have urged President Bola Tinubu to call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nyesom Wike, to order following his threat to block the re-election of the lone senator of the nation’s capital, Ireti Kingibe, in 2027.
The Labour Party (LP) has demanded a reprimand of the minister, reminding him that while he is just an appointee of the president, Kingibe was elected by the people of the territory.
Giving this position in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, the Chairman of LP in the FCT, Peter Dugwu, also affirmed that Wike’s attack on the senator was an attack on LP under which she was elected.
He said the LP will respond appropriately to the minister at the forthcoming Area Councils’ election in the FCT as a precursor to the 2027 general election.
“We are advising President Tinubu to call Wike to order
“He is just an appointed minister by the president. For Ireti, election into the Senate in the FCT has a process in which Ireti satisfied, meeting all the requirements before becoming a senator,” he said.