Nigeria

FOR AND AGAINST REGIONAL GOVTEven before a memo to that effect is presented to either the Senate or the House of Representatives ad hoc committees on the review of the 1999 Constitution, the proposal for Nigeria to return to regional government has gained ground, overshadowing other items before the committees.The 10th National Assembly is currently in the processes of reviewing …

WE MUST REFORM OR COLLAPSE – TINUBU ON NIGERIAN 64TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, stated that Nigeria must either reform for progress and prosperity or continue with business as usual and risk collapse. He, however, said his administration, upon taking over the leadership of the country 16 months ago, decided to reform the political economy and defence …

POLICE INVITE NLC PRESIDENT, AJAERO, OVER ALLEGED TERRORISM FINANCING The Nigeria Police Force has invited the National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero for questioning over an alleged link to terrorism financing and other allegations. This was contained in a letter issued from the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police Intelligence Response Team, Department of Force …

Barring any last-minute change, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun of the Supreme Court is set to emerge as the next chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). If she assumes the office, Kekere-Ekun would become the second female justice in Nigeria to hold the exalted position after Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, who was CJN between July 2012 and November 2014, spending 28 months in office. …

ANYAOKU LED THE PATRIOTS TO SEEK NEW CONSTITUTION FOR NIGERIA Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, was a guest of President Bola Tinubu on Friday, where he and other leaders of thought went to sell the idea of a new Constitution for the country. The group under the auspices of The Patriot said a new Constitution has …

TINUBU‘S DAYS OF RAGE One year, two months in office, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ‘emilokan’ presidency faces its toughest challenge with the planned nationwide youth hunger protest scheduled to begin on Thursday, August 1, 2024. It is planned to last 10 days – till August 10, 2024. The protests’ hashtags are – #Endbadgovernance, #Days of Rage, and #Revolutionnow. The youth protest …

WE SEE LOOMING COLLAPSE OF NIGERIA – NORTHERN GROUP WARNS TINUBU The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, says it has critically reviewed the current situation in Nigeria and strongly cautions against the looming precipitous collapse of the nation. In a statement signed by Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, its National Coordinator, the CNG said it is deeply concerned about the general …

WILL TINUBU SURVIVE THE LOOMING ANARCHY?, BY ERASMUS IKHIDE Disillusioned Nigerian masses feeling the pang of economic crunch occasioned by President Bola Amhed Tinubu’s wrongheaded economic blueprints and fuel subsidy removal are already throwing spit into the air and collecting it with their face over the looming hunger protest slated for August 1st to 10th next week. Here are the …

36 STATES, 774 LGS SHARE N10.13TRN IN SIX MONTHS – NBS REPORT Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that five states which include some Niger Delta states and the country’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State, received the largest allocations from the federal government from January to May 2024. The NBS report further revealed that the 36 …

NIGERIA TO SEND FIRST CITIZEN TO SPACE The Nigerian Government has announced that it is sending its first citizen into space. The Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, Mathew Adepoju, made this known at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the …