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US ELECTION: DEMS LOOKS TO REPLACE BIDEN AS NOMINEE AHEAD AUGUST CONVENTION – CNN John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent, says the Democratic party is looking to replace President Joe Biden as its presumptive nominee ahead of its national convention in August. Biden sparred with former US President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, on Friday, in a debate hosted …

NIGERIA, A COUNTRY WHERE GOVERNORS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN PRESIDENT GOVERNORS in Nigeria, no doubt, wielded power either rightly or wrongly in Nigeria since the nation returned to democratic governance in 1999. Under their state enclave despite the separation of powers, the three organs of government, the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary that was well spelt out in the …

ENUGU RANGERS YET TO RECEIVE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE MONEY – OWUMI The Chief Operating Officer of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Davidson Owumi, has confirmed that Enugu Rangers have not received their prize money. Enugu Rangers emerged winners of the 2023-2024 NPFL campaign on matchday 37, a week to the end of the season following their home victory over …

JUDICIARY HAS DESTROYED DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH EAST – CSOs A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) domiciled in the South Eastern states has accused the judiciary of destroying democracy in the region. According to the group, the judiciary has been playing an ignoble role in the lack of progress in the region since the advent of the democratic governance, especially …

KANO EMIRATE CRISIS: JOURNALIST RESIGNS AFTER CRITICAL REMARKS AGAINST GOVERNOR, LAWMAKERS A journalist has quit his job at Freedom Radio, Kano, following critical comments he posted on Facebook against the state government and House of Assembly on the scrapping of four emirates in the state. Abubakar Ishaq posted a video on his personal social media handles saying the decision of …

LAWYER DUMPS YAHAYA BELLO ON N83B FRAUD ALLEGATION, WITHDRAWS FROM CASE A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Adeola Adedipe, on Thursday, applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to withdraw his appearance for the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. Bello is facing a 19-count charge bordering on his alleged complicity in money laundering, breach of …

EL RUFAI: THE MAN WHO DEFIED COURT ORDERS, DEMOLISHED HOUSES, PEOPLE’S SHOPS, NOW SEEKING JUSTICE – SHEHU SANI In a striking turn of events, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai is seeking legal redress against the Kaduna State Assembly’s investigation into his administration’s finances. This move has drawn sharp criticism from former senator Shehu Sani, who took to Twitter to …

PETER OBI, A LONE VOICE IN AN UNSTABLE WORLD – OBI OF ONITSHA The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has described Mr Peter Obi as a man who stands for the truth at all costs and a lone voice in an unstable world. Igwe Achebe made the remark at the 6th Public Lecture of the Board of Fellows, Pharmaceutical …

FG SPENT ₦1B ON TINUBU’S TRIP TO ETHIOPIA, ₦650 MILLION ON HONORARIUM Nigeria Spent Over N1Billion To Purchase Dollars For Tinubu’s Trip To Ethiopia, N650 Million On Honorarium in 21 days An investigation by SaharaReporters, utilising the public payments portal, reveals that President Bola Tinubu’s trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the African Union summit came with a hefty price …

UPROAR OVER PLAN TO COMMIT ENUGU ASSEMBLY MEMBER TO PRISON, COMMUNITY ACCUSES COURT OF BIAS An uproar ensued on Thursday at the Enugu South Magistrate Court as three lawyers fought fruitlessly to dissuade His Worship, E.D. Ownu to give a long adjournment date in a matter against an Enugu assembly lawmaker, Hon. Bright Ngene and a townsman over communal issue. …