Six years ago, Ifeanyi Okereke, a newspaper vendor, was shot dead in Abuja by a security aide attached to Femi Gbajabiamila in Central Business District Abuja. At the time of his death, his wife had just given birth to their child barely two weeks earlier.
A young family was shattered, a father was taken away, and a future was stolen.
Years later, many Nigerians still ask whether justice was ever truly served.
Like countless other cases, this tragedy appears to have been pushed aside, leaving the victim’s family to bear the pain alone while those connected to power continued their careers unhindered.
For many, Femi’s name has been associated with controversy for far too long. The memory of Ifeanyi Okereke should not be forgotten, nor should the cries of a widow and a child who lost a husband and father.
A nation cannot build a just future by burying painful truths and abandoning victims. The culture of impunity, where the powerful move on while ordinary citizens suffer in silence, is the very structure that must be dismantled if Nigeria is to become a country where justice truly matters.
EXCLUSIVE: How FG approved recruitment of 300 staff members for ‘fake’ presidential council
The federal government granted a waiver to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) to recruit 300 members of staff in August 2025, TheCable can report.
Mimi Abu, director, organisation design and development, in the office of the head of the civil service of the federation, conveyed the government’s approval for recruitment in a letter dated August 7, 2025.
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I'm just catching up on #Gbajagate.
The President's inner circle is running a ghost worker/ ghostcabinet scam worth billions & one of the key witnesses has been murdered.
I wanted to engage a rant this morning but I believe my emotions deserve better.
God forbid that country.
Husband of a teacher abducted in the attack on Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, has called on the Nigerian government to intensify rescue efforts.
It’s truly unfortunate
The Senate and House Reps wrote letters to a non existing agency!
Even got an office in the Federal Secretariat all without knowledge of the Government.
Please who told Bayo, Tinubu, and Femi Gbaja that we are this stupid? Because what is this damage control?
The longer Gbaja keep his job, the more complicit he is making the president look.
This man (Prince Adeniyi Matthew) created a fake government agency called Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, appointed himself as DG, secured office space at the Federal Secretariat, opened a CBN account in its name, got N1,302,978,784 allocation in 2026 budget, summoned ambassadors to meetings, held strategic sessions with ministers, and even represented Nigeria at international conferences.
The audacity is almost unbelievable. Nigeria never runs short of ‘yan iska.
The Nigerian government awarded a company over 150 million naira to build school.
Guess where the registered office address of the company is? 👇🏿 If we get a new working government in Nigeria, the people wey go do jail go plenty.
My Vision for a Productive and Prosperous Nigeria
Today, being the 1st of July, 2026, I wish to humbly recall that when I decided to contest for the office of President of Nigeria, I pledged to place Nigeria on the path of unity and national transformation. Now, as the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, I will, in the coming weeks and months, provide insights into the roadmap that I am confident will help curb abuse in government, halt the decline in the quality of life of Nigerians at all levels, and usher in an era of unity, peace, sustained progress, and prosperity.
This vision is anchored on a commitment to unity, inclusion, social justice, equity, and the freedom of every citizen to pursue lawful dreams.
Central to this proposed roadmap are significant reforms in education and healthcare, which are at the core of human capital development.
Robust human capital is indispensable infrastructure for national progress. It serves as the fundamental capital upon which daily life, economic expansion, and the delivery of essential public services depend.
These are foundational areas that we must reform with energy and determination if we are to reap the demographic dividend of our youthful population.
From the outset of my presidency, we will establish a task force dedicated to drastically reducing the menace of out-of-school children. We will place greater emphasis on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to support our drive for massive industrialisation, anchored on our agricultural endowments and value addition across value chains organised around industrial parks to be located in development zones across the geopolitical regions of the country.
Funding and improving the equipment of TVET institutions, through partnerships among government, the private sector, and social entrepreneurs such as faith-based educators, will facilitate apprenticeship opportunities in the private sector, similar to the German dual education system.
The situation in which unemployment remains high while Nigerian entrepreneurs establish businesses elsewhere because skilled labour is scarce must be confronted decisively. Doing so is essential for the common good and for facilitating our transition from a consumption-driven economy to a production-driven one.
Character and civic education, emphasising the values that foster trust - an essential ingredient for enterprise and leadership - as well as shared national values, will receive significant attention within the tripartite approach to governance that we propose.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
This situation is quite concerning.
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to the President, claims that the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) does not exist within the structure of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
However, this very council is listed in the budget of the Presidency, not in some distant ministry or agency; it's allocated within the budget of the Presidency itself.
This raises two possibilities: either the Presidency is unaware of its own budget, which is meant for its own operations, or the Secretary to the Federal Government is being dishonest.
What surprises me is that the Secretary is making a definitive statement on an issue that can be easily verified. I've attached a screenshot from the Federal Budget Office, which shows what the National Assembly voted on and what the President approved.
The amount in question is N1.3 billion.
We will be closely observing how the President responds to this situation.
We are all set for Rome: the students, the teachers, and the crew.
History will be made for sure.
Nigeria is the country with the most brilliant set of human beings, and we will prove it to the world.
"Late President Buhari went to China to borrow money to construct a rail line from Nigeria to Niger. Look at the current condition of the rail track, and up till now, we are still paying for the loan. Rotimi Amaechi, look at your handiwork."
—Isaac Fayose