BLAMING OPPOSITION FOR HUNGER IS ‘DELUSION’, ATIKU TELLS TINUBU. (PHOTO).

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Blaming opposition for hunger is ‘delusion’, Atiku tells Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of blaming the opposition for the country’s economic hardship. He said the President was trying to evade responsibility for his administration’s policies. Tinubu had earlier on Saturday blamed his political opponents for hunger and poverty in the country while speaking at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. “I hear my opponent talking about hunger, poverty. Who created it? They did! They created the hunger, they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it,” the President said. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said Nigerians were entitled to demand answers from the APC-led government over rising living costs, poverty, insecurity and questions surrounding public expenditure. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Ca...

PRESIDENT TINUBU'S GOVERNMENT TO BUILD MORE HOUSES FOR JUDGES-NYESOME WIKE REVEALS. (PHOTO).


 President Tinubu's government to build more houses for judges-Nyesome Wike reveals


The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that President Bola Tinubu will continue to support the judiciary to enhance productivity, reduce delays, and uphold its independence and integrity.


The minister disclosed that budgetary provisions had been made to construct additional residential houses for FCT High Court judges to mitigate housing shortages and ensure all judicial officers are appropriately accommodated.


Wike, in his goodwill message at a special court session formally marking the commencement of the 2025/2026 Legal Year of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday, said “well-equipped court facilities, chambers and support infrastructure ensure that judicial work is conducted in a professional, safe, and conducive environment”.


In a statement by his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, Wike disclosed that “under the President’s decisive action, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has formally handed over the Certificate of Occupancy for the Supreme Court’s land and commenced the full perimeter fencing of the entire complex to safeguard the nation’s apex court against encroachment and security breaches.


“This swift, long-awaited intervention gives the Apex Court of our beloved country the much-needed Confidence Building which had not been done in past administrations. This confidence building actions trickles down to each arm of the judiciary.”


Wike also listed various interventions and supports the President has provided for the judiciary through the FCTA to include the ongoing construction of secure and befitting residential quarters for Heads of Courts within the FCT and ongoing construction of a new Magistrate Court Complex in Jabi District to expand access to justice for FCT residents and reduce the burden on existing court infrastructure.


Others are construction of staff quarters for the Nigerian Law School in the FCT and design and construction of the Court of Appeal Abuja Division Complex as well as residences of the justices of the National Industrial Court Abuja Division and Federal High Court Abuja Division.


He stated that the projects were designed to directly support judges in the performance of their duties.


Wike said: “The reasoning of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is that providing comfortable and secure accommodation allows judges to focus entirely on the timely and efficient administration of justice, free from the distractions of inadequate living conditions.”

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