Politics

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, …

BILL FOR DIASPORA VOTING SCALES SECOND READING IN HOUSE OF REPS The House of Representatives has passed the Diaspora Voting Bill for second reading. The bill, co-sponsored by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen and Sodeeq Abdullahi, seeks to amend the 2022 Electoral Act and provide opportunities for Nigerians in Diaspora to vote. Leading debate on the bill, Abdullahi said the proposed …

HOUSE OF REPS TELLS TINUBU TO SUSPEND SAMOA AGREEMENT The House of Representatives has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s led government to halt the enforcement of the Samoa Agreement until all contentious clauses are thoroughly examined and clarified. The lawmakers took this move following a motion of urgent national importance put forward by 88 members. During the discussion on Tuesday, …

ELEVEN AMERICANS DISCOVER NIGERIAN LINEAGES THROUGH DNA IN NEW YORK No fewer than 11 Americans have discovered their Nigerian roots through ancestry DNA testing at the Consulate of Nigeria in New York. A statement from the information desk of the Consulate, signed by Mr Tiamiyu Arobani, said the emotional ‘African Ancestry Reveal’ ceremony held at the Nigeria House in New …

EL-RUFAI VS KADUNA ASSEMBLY: COURT ADJOURNS HEARING TO JULY 17 The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has adjourned to 17th July, 2024 the hearing of the case filed by a former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, against the State House of Assembly and the Attorney General of the State. El-Rufai is challenging the house’s committee report which accused …

WE’LL REVERSE 14 YEARS OF FINANCIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY,  NEW UK FINANCE MINISTER Rachel Reeves, the newly appointed Finance Minister of the United Kingdom, pledged on Monday to swiftly “fix the foundations” of Britain’s economy by putting focus on onshore wind power and house building following Labour Party’s electoral victory. In her inaugural major address since becoming the UK’s first woman Chancellor …

y RIVERS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IS BICAMERAL MAMIYOTA, THE HEAD IS FUBARA, THE BODY WIKE – SHEHU SANI Shehu Sani, a former Nigerian senator, has expressed his concerns about the political dynamics in the Rivers State Assembly, describing it as a “Bicameral Mamiyota”. This metaphor suggests a unique power structure, where Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, hold …

COURT BARS RIVERS CJ, CLERK FROM ACCEPTING IMPEACHMENT NOTICE FROM PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an Exparte Order of Interim Injunction barring the Chief Judge of the State and the Clerk of the State House of Assembly from dealing with the Martins Amaewhule’s led State Assembly. The order issued by Justice Jumbo …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS BARS GOVERNOR FUBARA FROM SPENDING STATE FUND The Rivers lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), have barred Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state, from spending from the state’s consolidated revenue fund. In the letter dated July 8, signed by Martin Amaewhule, the factional speaker of the assembly, and addressed to Fubara, the …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS SUBMIT RESOLUTIONS TO FUBARA, GIVE GOVERNOR SEVEN-DAY NOTICE The Rivers State House of Assembly under the Speakership of Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, at its 1st Legislative Sitting of the Second Session of the Tenth Assembly, on Monday, deliberated on the actions and inactions of Gov. Fubara which the averred are in breach of the 1999 Constitution of …