Phrank Shaiubu, Special Assistant to Nigeria’s Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has slammed the establishment of a new media directorate and the appointment of an additional five aides by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stating that the appointments are suggestive, and that the Tinubu’s administration is on the verge of unleashing a propaganda unit.
The special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made the announcement in a statement issued on Monday. Notably, amongst the names is Fela Durotoye the former presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria party, who was made the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Values & Social Justice.
Phrank Shuaibu went further to state that with the latest appointments President Tinubu now has over 20 media aides, making it the highest in the history of the Nigerian presidency, but however noted that not even a thousand media aides can save the reputation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu which he said is currently drowning in scandals.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, has come under fire on social media after he was spotted on Sunday October 8th, reportedly using the presidential jet to travel to Kano, to watch the finals of this year’s edition of the Kano International Polo Tournament.
Eye Witnesses say the presidential jet that conveyed Seyi Tinubu and his friends landed in Kano around midday on Sunday. He was said to have been received at the airport by some officials of the presidency, the Kano State government and the Kano Polo Club. Users on social media criticized the president’s son for using the jet for a private event to satisfy his personal passion.
The Governor of lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the weekend, took a tour of Idumagbo Avenue and adjoining areas in Lagos Island that have become an urban nightmare. During the tour, Sanwo-Olu disclosed that the government will begin an urban renewal project in the area by early next year. In a pair of rain boots, the Governor trekked through the waterlogged streets, taking stock of risks posed by the polluted environment and stagnant water.
German social media users have been able to identify one of the Hamas men who murdered Shani Louk the 30-year-old German-Israeli woman, whose lifeless body was paraded naked around Gaza on the back of a truck.
The killer Mahmoud Abourjila, was identified thanks to having uploaded a number of pictures to his Google phone account which shows him wearing the same polo-shirt, pants and sandals that he wore in the infamous video with him holding Shani’s hair.
According to a Lithuanian news source, Visegard, most of the pictures uploaded on his phone’s google account have tagged locations, 15 kilometers from where Shani was attacked.
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