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HOW MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES HAS WORLD BANK TAKEN TO PROMISED LAND’? – SHEHU SANI Social activist and former Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has knocked the World Bank and the President Bola Tinubu-led government’s economic policies despite its harsh effects on Nigerians. Sani said that the World Bank only wanted the hardship in Nigeria to extend to the next 15 …

YOUR REFORMS NOT WORKING – BAUCHI GOVERNOR TELLS TINUBU Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has called on the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to review its current monetary and fiscal policies, stating that they are not working effectively. The governor made this call at the launch of the Nigeria Development Update in Abuja on Thursday. Mohammed urged the government to …

SENATE PASSES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON AKPABIO The Nigerian Senate has passed a vote of confidence on President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and the entire leadership of the Senate. Senators passed the vote of confidence during plenary on Thursday. Reports had emerged online yesterday alleging that Department of State Services (DSS) operatives stormed the National Assembly (NASS) complex on …

WHY NIGERIAN GOVT REFUSED TO RELEASE NNAMDI KANU – IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday declared that the Nigerian government has refused to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, because he has not compromised. IPOB said Kanu is being persecuted instead of prosecuted because the group has not been destroyed, as expected by the Nigerian government. Emma Powerful, …

LAWYER FAULTS AGBAKOBA ON LEGAL STATUS OF EFCC, SAYS POSITION BASED ON LEGAL SOPHISTRY A lawyer and former member of the House of Representatives, Kayode Oladele, has faulted the position of the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on the legal status of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as “legal …

RIVERS CRISIS: AS FAR AS LAW IS CONCERNED, STATUS OF THE BUDGET IS NULLITY – SAN Mr. Kunle Adegoke, SAN, a prominent activist and senior lawyer, has analyzed the outcome of a legal issue involving 27 lawmakers from the Rivers State House of Assembly. These lawmakers challenged the validity of the 2024 state budget, which had been passed by only …

NIGERIANS NOT FEELING TINUBU, SHETTIMA’S ABSENCE – AISHA YESUFU Activist and politician, Aisha Yesufu has criticized the presidency’s assertion that there is no leadership vacuum in Nigeria during the absence of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Yesufu remarked that nobody seems to notice their absence, a comment that has sparked discussions on social media regarding the current …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS WRITE INEC, SEEK REPLACEMENT OF PRO-FUBARA LAWMAKERS The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, has formally requested the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to organize a bye-election to fill vacant seats in the state legislature. This action came after a resolution during the Assembly’s plenary on Tuesday, where members agreed to notify INEC about the …

LONGEST LIVED AMERICAN PRESIDENT IN HISTORY, JIMMY CARTER, VOTES FOR KAMALA HARRIS IN US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The 39th president, who entered hospice care in February 2023, submitted an absentee ballot, according to a grandson. His family said he had been eager to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. The longest-lived president in American history has voted again. Jimmy Carter, who …

EX-NBA PRESIDENT, AGBAKOBA, WRITES NASS, SAYS EFCC ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, former President of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), has written to the National Assembly over constitutional issues related to law enforcement agencies in Nigeria and factors inhibiting the government’s objective of abolishing corruption as stated in Section 13 of the Constitution. In two separate letters to the Senate and …