The Special Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, has challenged President Bola Tinubu to sack his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, over his comment on late former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Shaibu said Tinubu’s presidency has sunk to the level where he now fights with “ghosts” and blames the dead.

He was reacting to Onanuga’s post on X regarding Buhari’s 12 million votes.

Onanuga had posted a video of a large crowd with the caption: “A video to rejig the memory of those who claimed that only Buhari’s 13 million votes gave him the presidency in 2015 and 2019.”

The video has been deleted by Onanuga amid backlash.

He posted the video on Tuesday while preparations were ongoing for Buhari’s burial in Daura, Katsina State.

Reacting, Shaibu insisted that Onanuga got Tinubu’s clearance before posting such a video, before he deleted it.

Posting on X, Shaibu wrote: “@aonanuga1956, this is how low the Tinubu presidency has sunk.

Fighting ghosts because it cannot face Nigerians. Blaming a dead man because the living one in Aso Rock is clueless.

If @MBuhari was so irrelevant, why is your presidency still trembling at his shadow and his 12 million votes?

Why are you dragging his corpse into a propaganda war just to defend a regime choking under its own incompetence?

Let’s be honest. Tinubu has failed in record time. His ‘renewed hope’ is now renewed hunger. And his legacy is already hiding behind the coffin of his predecessor.

This is not governance. It is a circus of insecurity, where those in charge panic at the truth and lash out at the dead because they have lost control of the living.

The Tinubu presidency cannot tame inflation, cannot stop the naira from bleeding, cannot keep the lights on or salaries paid, but has time to launch a PR war against a dead man.

A government that is losing the living is now picking fights with the dead.

If this is the best @officialABAT’s media team can offer, then we truly have no leadership, only loud bitterness masking quiet failure.

Let us stop pretending. No presidential aide attacks a former head of state who is not even buried without clearance from the top.

If @officialABAT did not approve the gutter-level assault on Buhari’s legacy, let him prove it. Sack @aonanuga1956 now.

Otherwise, Nigerians will know this is not just indiscipline. It is a cowardly hit job signed by the President himself.

#TinubuFailedAlready #BlameGameGovernment #RespectTheDead #BuhariDidNotStartYourIncompetence #SackOnanugaNow

Renowned Nollywood actress and producer, Mary Remmy Njoku, has raised concerns over the competence of medications in Nigeria following a recent experience with food poisoning on a film set.
In a post shared on Instagram, the actress raised an alarm about potential fake drugs circulating in the country.

Njoku recounted how she purchased Imodium, a medication used to treat diarrhea, from a prominent pharmacy chain in Nigeria.

She explained that despite taking the medication for three days, her symptoms persisted.

However, when her husband gave her the same medication purchased abroad, she experienced relief within minutes.

The mother of three appealed to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, to take swift action to investigate the matter.

She said, “I want to share a recent experience: I had food poisoning on a set and sent a staff member to buy Imodium from a well-known pharmacy chain in Nigeria.

“A medication I’ve used many times before. I took it for about three days but my symptoms persisted.
“Then my husband bought a tiny tablet of the same Imodium from abroad and after taking it, my stomach issues subsided within just five minutes.

“This isn’t the first time I have noticed a difference. So I have to ask: What exactly are we being sold in Nigeria? What’s going on with our drugs?

“This is a public health risk and NAFDAC must take it seriously. This is very dangerous.”

An atmosphere of fear and uncertainty has gripped residents and business owners in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State following a series of suspected cult-related attacks that left three people dead within two days.

The violent incidents reportedly occurred between Sunday and Monday, resulting in the deaths of three people identified by their nicknames, Agbara, Butcher, and a yet-to-be-identified plumber.

According to multiple eyewitnesses, the first killing took place on Sunday along Lagos Street, where Agbara was reportedly ambushed and brutally murdered.

Residents discovered his lifeless body later that evening, bearing several deep machete wounds.

“I was inside when I heard people running and screaming. I stepped out to see what was going on and was told someone was under attack.

“By the time we got to the scene, we found Agbara’s body on the ground, with multiple machete cuts,” a resident, who requested anonymity, told our correspondent.

The violence escalated the following day, as two more people were murdered in what locals believe was a retaliatory attack. One of the victims, known as Butcher, was found dead in the Makoko area.

“News of Butcher’s death broke early Monday. He was attacked the previous night. We found his body wrapped in a cloth near Makoko. He had deep cuts on his neck.

“People called him Butcher because his father sells meat. He left behind a pregnant wife,” another resident recounted.

The third victim, a plumber whose name remains unknown, was reportedly attacked and killed near the Abeokuta Street bridge.

“Initially, people assumed he was being punished for a financial dispute, as he was dragged along the street. It wasn’t until later that his body was found under the bridge with his throat slit.

“This violence must stop, we need the police to take immediate action to restore peace,” said a concerned local.

Community sources believe the killings stem from an ongoing clash between rival cult groups operating in the area.

Reacting to the incidents, the Lagos State Police Command has taken decisive steps to curb the growing threat of cult violence.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced the deployment of Anti-Cultism Squads across all Area Commands within the state.

Hundeyin stated that the squads are fully equipped and mandated to respond swiftly to cult-related disturbances.

Their duties include intelligence gathering, responding to emergency calls, arresting suspects, and collaborating with residents to dismantle cult networks.

He also released a list of contact numbers for residents to report suspicious activities or request police intervention:

Area A (Lagos Island): 08035216190

Area B (Apapa): 08033781718

Area C (Surulere): 08035740254

Area D (Mushin): 08030454334

Area E (Festac): 08036883998

Area F (Ikeja): 08134619604

Area G (Ogba): 08033900991

Area H (Ogudu): 08034004076

Area J (Ajah): 08032191689

Area K (Morogbo): 08076134280

Area M (Idimu): 08024248069

Area N (Ijede): 08034806328

Area P (Alagbado): 08090837383

SCID Panti: 08133390333