Tinubu

On Friday, President Bola Tinubu named Femi Gbajabiamila, the departing Speaker of the House of Representatives, as his new Chief of Staff.

Additionally, he appointed Sen. Ibrahim Hadejia, a former deputy governor of Jigawa State, as deputy chief of staff and George Akume, a former minister of special duties, as secretary to the government of the federation.

This information was provided in a statement headlined “President Tinubu appoints Gbajabiamila COS, Sen. Ibrahim Hadejia, DCOS, and George Akume, SGF,” which was released on Friday and was signed by State House Director of Information Abiodun Oladunjoye.

“In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum, the President also named former Governor of Benue State and immediate past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation,” the statement read.

Habeeb Okikiola, better known by his stage name Portable, a rapidly growing artist, complained on Friday that the organizers of the Tinubu inauguration concert gave him N5 million rather than N10 million for his performance.

He said it was the reason why he did not sing at the event held to commemorate President-elect Bola Tinubu’s inauguration on Thursday night in Abuja.

Sharing videos on his Instagram page, the Zazuu crooner wrote, “ZAzuu Them Dõn Rip Me oooh Na Me Sing Akoi TINUBU ✍🏻 Eja Loni Ibu 💰 Give What Belongs To ZAZUU To ZAZUU.”

In one of the videos, he said, “Na me sing Akoi Tinubu o. No be Obi una dey vote for? Tinubu enter now those useless people una go dey perform there, no be me promote Tinubu?

“Na so them call my manager o. Say them want make I come perform for Abuja. Na 10 million them drop o, but na five million go reach portable hand. Na so I no gree, I tear the paper. I delete the number, you dey whine Jesus? Na hin no make me perform for Abuja o.”

Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, both attended the concert, which featured performances by a number of artists like Wande Coal, KCee, and others.