Politics

GOVERNOR SUSPENDS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR JOINING EFCC SUIT Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Wednesday, suspended the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mynin. The commissioner was suspended for joining the suit challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission without informing his principal. The Apex Court had on Tuesday reserved judgment on …

PRESIDENT TINUBU RESHUFFLES CABINET, REASSIGNS MINISTERS As President Bola Tinubu reshuffles his cabinet, some ministers have been reassigned to new Ministries. This was made known in a statement by the Presidency on Wednesday, October 23. The statement read: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR has approved the immediate implementation of eight far-reaching actions to reinvigorate the Administration’s capacity for optimal efficiency …

BREAKING: FEC SCRAPS TWO MINISTRIES, MERGES TWO OTHERS President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday. He said the decisions were taken at the meeting …

REPS WANTS SENATE PRESIDENT, SPEAKER TO ALTERNATE PRESIDING ROLE AT JOINT SESSIONS The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for restructuring of joint sittings of the National Assembly to alternate the roles between the Senate President and the Speaker of the House to reflect parity between the two chambers. The lawmakers said this would allow the Speaker …

COURT STOPS BALA-MOHAMMED PDP FACTION FROM HOLDING NEC MEETING A Federal High Court sitting in Zamfara State has declined a request for an ex parte order by a faction backed by the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed, to hold the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. The group approached the court for an …

THE ONLY THING YOUR GOVT IS KNOWN FOR IS TO INCREASE FUEL PRICE – NLC PRESIDENT FIRES AT TINUBU The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has called for an immediate reversal of the latest fuel price increase in the country. Ajaero, in a statement on Tuesday, urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the fuel price hike, …

COURT SACKS KANO ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS, STOPS LG POLLS A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has disqualified the chairman and members of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) from conducting the scheduled local government elections. The elections were scheduled to be held four days from today on October 26, 2024. Justice S.A. Amobede, presiding over the case, …

THE TRUE OBJECTIVE OF THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR WAS NOT TO UNITE NIGERIA BUT THE CRUDE OIL . BY CHIEF MALCOLM EMOKINIOVO OMIRHOBO . The true objective of the Nigerian Civil War was not to unite Nigeria but to subjugate the Igbos steal the crude oil under their control in the then Eastern Region dominated by the Igbos and put …

ANAMBRA PULLS OUT ON SUIT SEEKING TO DECLARE EFCC ILLEGAL The Anambra State Government, on Tuesday, announced its decision to withdraw from the suit that is seeking to declare the operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, illegal, The state, through its Attorney General, Prof. Sylvia Ifemeje, told the Supreme Court that it was no longer willing to …