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PROPOSED DECENTRALISATION OF SUPREME COURT: LAWYERS REACT Since the move by the House of Representatives to decentralise the Supreme Court of Nigeria became a public knowledge, Nigerians, particularly those in the legal profession, have been pouring accolades on the lawmakers for thinking along that line. On December 9, the House of Representatives introduced a bill seeking to create five divisions …

TRUMP ON RAMPAGE AS US AGENTS RAID WORKSITES, ARREST OVER 500 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, DETAIN 373, DEPORT HUNDREDS The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed the arrest of 583 individuals in a large-scale crackdown on illegal immigration. ICE agents have been raiding some worksites in New Jersey as the security operatives begin the execution of President Donald Trump’s …

DEBT BURDEN: EVERY NIGERIAN NOW OWES N624,527 Nigeria’s public debt has surged significantly, with the amount owed by each citizen increasing by 63%, according to a review of the data released by the Debt Management Office. When President Bola Tinubu took office in June 2023, the country’s debt stood at N87.3 trillion. However, by September 2024, this figure had ballooned …

RIVERS CRISIS: MISSING DOCUMENTS STALL PRO-FUBARA LAWMAKERS SUIT AGAINST PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Obile, has adjourned the case challenging the legitimacy of Martin Amaewhule as Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, along with 26 others following their defection. The case was delayed due to the alleged mysterious disappearance …

FG FAILS DIRECT ALLOCATION TO LGS, RELEASES JANUARY MONEY THROUGH STATES The federal government through the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has released N860.252 billion to state governments for January, with the local governments expected to get N361.754 billion of the allocated sum The councils will not receive their allocations directly due to their inability to meet the deadline for …

MAMBILLA POWER PLANT: EX-MINISTER ACCUSES FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO OF SPREADING FALSEHOODS A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of deliberately spreading falsehoods to obscure his own record regarding the Mambilla power project. Agunloye, who was accused of a six-billion-dollar Mambilla Hydroelectric plant fraud, had earlier sought the intervention of the Minister of …

PRESIDENT TINUBU MAKES 45 FRESH APPOINTMENTS President Bola Tinubu has approved the fresh appointments of board persons and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of various government establishments.The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organizations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons …

THERE’S NO VANDALISATION OF ELECTRICITY INSTALLATIONS IN ENUGU COMMUNITY – CHIEF ENEOLI A former President General of Udi Town Union, Chief Emmanuel Eneoli, has said that there was no truth in the allegation made by one Flavour Eze and Benjamin Onyia about vandalisation of electricity installations at Umuoka Village in Udi town, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. Reacting …

HOPE FOR REVITALIZATION OF PREMIER CASHEW INDUSTRY OGHE RISES ASENUGU, FUNGUTAI ENGINEERING, NATIONAL CASHEW ASSOCIATION SIGN MoU TO BOOST AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIALISATION The Enugu State Government and Fungtai Engineering Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, for the production of cash crops on 7,221 hectares of agricultural land at Ugwujoro, Nimbo, in Uzo-Uwani LGA, in line with Governor Peter Mbah’s …

TRUMP ORDERS RELEASE OF LONG-SECRET FINAL FILES ON JFK, RFK, MLK ASSASSINATIONS President Trump on Thursday ordered the declassification and release of long-secret files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Trump, 78, announced the actions in the Oval Office — after decades of speculation and …