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YOU’RE UNSTABLE, FOCUS ON WHEREABOUTS OF YOUR IMPORTED WIFE – ATIKU KNOCKS OSHIOMHOLE The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization has stated that the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, is unstable and should not be takrn seriously by Nigerians. The Atiku/Okowa campaign Organization also said that Oshiomohe should focus on the whereabouts of his imported wife. …

2027: NORTH WILL BE BEST SERVED BY NORTHERNERS – ACF Chieftains of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have unanimously agreed that the interests of the North will be best served by Northerners, while calling on the region to take responsibility for its fast-growing population.This position was outlined in a communiqué signed by Prof. Tukur Muhammad Baba, the National Publicity Secretary …

STATE GOVERNORS MEET OVER EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT State governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are currently meeting in Abuja to deliberate on pressing national issues. Top on the agenda include the reconciliation of the Excess Crude Account (ECA), petroleum profit taxes (PPT), and royalties. The meeting is the 11th physical session of the Forum this year. …

COURT REFUSES INJUNCTION TO STOP NUJ ELECTION The National Industrial Court, Abuja Division, has scheduled a ruling on December 13, 2024, regarding a legal challenge to the National Elections of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The NUJ plans to hold its 8th triennial delegates conference on November 27, 2024, in Owerri, Imo State. Abdulwaheed Adubi filed a suit in …

COURT ORDERS ENUGU GOVT TO PAY MAN N55M OVER ILLEGAL DEMOLITION OF SHOPS An Enugu State High Court has ordered the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority to pay a man, Chinedu Onyebuchi, N55 million for illegally demolishing his shops in the state. Mr Onyebuchi, an architect, sued the development agency on 24 July 2015, about one year after the agency …

VAT GENERATED IN STATES ACROSS NIGERIA (AUGUST 2024) Lagos: N249.77bn Rivers: N70.54bn Oyo: N20.11bn FCT: N18.17bn Delta: N13.09bn Bayelsa: N7.12bn Kano: N4.65bn Akwa Ibom: N4.49bn Anambra: N4.28bn Edo: N4.05bn Ekiti: N3.66bn Borno: N3bn Kwara: N2.89bn Adamawa: N2.59bn Plateau: N2.58bn Benue: N2.56bn Gombe: N2.55bn Kogi: N2.43bn Kaduna: N2.03bn Ebonyi: N1.90bn Taraba: N1.88bn Sokoto: N1.84bn Osun: N1.81bn Ogun: N1.74bn Niger: N1.73bn Yobe: …

SENATE SACKS CCT CHAIRMAN, DANLADI UMAR The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, sacked Danladi Usman as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).The sack of Danladi follows the closed-door session of the lawmakers in which 84 out of the existing 107 serving Senators, signed for his removal The Senate invoked section 157(1) of the 1999 constitution which stipulates that …

TINUBU SACKS UNIZIK GOVERNING COUNCIL, REMOVES VC President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, and the removal of Prof. Bernard Ifeanyi Odoh, the new Vice Chancellor, and Mrs. Rosemary Ifoema Nwokike, the registrar. The council, led by Ambassador Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe, includes five other members: Hafiz …

OUR NEW GENERATION OF CHILDREN We have a new generation of children that are not interested in toys and bicycles. They are not interested in playing in the mud or sand. They are not interested in using a catapult or sling to hunt the birds or lizards. They are not much into TVs despite its slimness and sleekness and getting …

EX-PRESIDENTIAL AIDE BERATES FG OVER CONTINUOUS KILLINGS IN SOUTH EAST Jackson Ude, the former Director of Strategy and Communications for President Goodluck Jonathan, has lampooned the federal government over the continuous killing of Igbos in the Southeastern part of the country. He described and irresponsible, despicable and dangerous, the lackluster attitude of the federal government towards the bloodsheds and denial …