Politics

WHY SUPREME COURT SACKED RIVERS LG CHAIRMEN, RESTORED PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS The Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to Governor Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State on Friday, as it reinstated a judgment barring the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Accountant General of the Federation from releasing statutory monthly allocations to the state. The apex court also nullified the results …

SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO, WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME – CONTROVERSIAL NATASHA AKPOTI Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of making sexual advances at her. She alleged that most of the intimate love calls from Akpabio comes in the dead of the night and that she usually wakes her husband and put the conversations on speaker. …

KANO GOVT TO TINUBU: REMOVE THE EMIR YOU ENTHRONED AND KEPT IN GRAVEYARD The Kano State Government has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the removal of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nasarawa Palace in Kano, citing the need to restore peace and stability. The government alleged that certain individuals were exploiting the emir’s continued presence in …

KANO GOVT TO TINUBU: REMOVE THE EMIR YOU ENTHRONED AND KEPT IN GRAVEYARD The Kano State Government has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the removal of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nasarawa Palace in Kano, citing the need to restore peace and stability. The government alleged that certain individuals were exploiting the emir’s continued presence in …

US INTRODUCES NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR IMMIGRANTS The United States (US) has introduced a new policy requiring all immigrants to register with immigration authorities to ensure compliance with U.S. immigration laws. The new directive, issued under the executive order titled Protecting the American People Against Invasion, mandates the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enforce an existing federal law that has …

MERANDA STEPPED DOWN AS SPEAKER DURING PEACE MEETING, CLAIMS OBASA The ousted speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has claimed that the speaker of the House, Mojisola Meranda, had stepped down as the parliament leader. Obasa stated this on Thursday during an interview with Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today. The embattled lawmaker said Meranda resigned at …

GOWON’S FAILED PROMISE TO SECURE IGBOS’ TRIGGERED CIVIL WAR – IBB General Ibrahim Babangida, a former military head of state, has revealed that a commitment made to the Igbos by General Yakubu Gowon that their lives were safe in northern Nigeria, was unfulfilled. According to him, this led to the 1966 progrom that saw thousands of Igbos killed in every …

MERANDA STEPPED DOWN AS SPEAKER DURING PEACE MEETING, CLAIMS OBASA The ousted speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has claimed that the speaker of the House, Mojisola Meranda, had stepped down as the parliament leader. Obasa stated this on Thursday during an interview with Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today. The embattled lawmaker said Meranda resigned at …

GOWON, WRITE YOUR OWN BOOK, ABARIBE TELLS FORMER MILITARY LEADER The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has advised former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, to write a book chronicling his experiences as a former leader of the country and revealing the truth about the 1966 coup, as former President Ibrahim Babangida has …

WE REJECT OBASA IN TOTALITY – LAGOS LAWMAKERS Thirty-six members of the Lagos State House of Assembly loyal to Mojisola Meranda on Thursday reaffirmed that the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker was final, declaring Meranda as the legitimate leader of the House. The lawmakers convened at the Assembly garden, maintaining their stance based on their February 17 vote of …