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THE JAILING OF ENUGU LP ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE, BRIGHT NGENE The legal community in Enugu State was on June 28, 2024, jolted by the seven-year sentence jail sentence imposed on a senior lawyer, Bright Ngene, by Magistrate Emmanuel Dominic Onwu without an option of fine. Ngene, 49, was jailed following a complaint by a faction of the Akwuke Town Union in …

EX-UK PRIME MINISTER, RISHI SUNAK, APPOINTS SHADOW CABINET In a significant reshuffling following the Conservative Party’s historic election loss in the United Kingdom, British opposition leader, Rishi Sunak announced his shadow cabinet on Monday. Some senior ministers have returned to roles they previously held in government, despite the recent parliamentary election defeat. Notably, former Foreign Secretary David Cameron has resigned. …

HOW TINUBU GOVT PAID N2.1B IN ONE DAY FOR RENOVATION, REHABILITATION OF STATE HOUSE COMPLEX IN ABUJA Records have revealed that the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government in one day paid the sum of N2,127,681,697.08 for the acquisition, renovation and rehabilitation of four Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) forfeited quarters as the State House complex at Guzape and Mabushi …

EX-GOV EL RUFAI FIRES AT HIS SUCCESSOR, UBA SANI, SAYS FINANCIAL FIGURES WERE CONCOCTED TO EMBARRASS HIM Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, once again took his successor, Governor Uba Sani, to the cleaners, chastising him for concocting financial figures to indict him and his administration with the dubious claim that his administration diverted a whooping sum of …

SUE FEDERAL GOVT OVER SAMOA AGREEMENT, ITA ENANG TELLS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY A former Senator, Ita Enang, has urged the National Assembly to file a lawsuit against the federal government over the signing of treaties. He was reacting to the recent signing of the Samoa agreement by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. The agreement, generally referred to as the Samoa agreement, …

DISQUIET IN PRESIDENCY OVER NNPC’S NON-COMPLETION OF PH REFINERY, OB3 GAS PIPELINE PROJECT The presidency is concerned over the failure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to fulfill milestones critical to the goals of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, TheCable understands. According to insiders, Hadiza Bala Usman, special adviser to Tinubu on policy and coordination and head of the …

STATE GOVTS MAY SACK 600,000 EMPLOYEES TO IMPLEMENT MINIMUM WAGE An increasing number of states are falling deeper into the historical cesspit of fiscal crisis with Kano, Imo, Adamawa, and Taraba state governments funding personnel costs with about 40 per cent of their retained revenue last year. While the fiscal sustainability crisis has reached a worrisome level in some states, …

LAGOS TO DEMOLISH CATHOLIC CHURCH OVER STRUCTURAL FAILURE The Lagos State Government has said it has concluded arrangements to remove the critically distressed building of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in the Gbagada area of Lagos for failing structural integrity tests and showing visible signs of distress. Speaking on the development, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State …

PRESSURE MOUNTS ON FG TO RELEASE NNAMDI KANU Pressure is being intensified on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the separatist group, who has been in the custody of the federal government since June 2021. Sources within the government indicated that Kanu may be released soon. However, …

PANIC DEBATE IN SENATE OVER FEAR OF CITIZENS’ REVOLT AGAINST HUNGER, HARDSHIP The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday engaged in a panic debate on hunger and hardship facing the citizens across the country, fearing attack and revolt from the hungry and angry Nigerians. The debate followed a motion, titled: “Urgent Need to address Food Insecurity and Market Exploitation of Consumables in …