Politics

WHY WE’RE PUSHING FOR SIX-YEAR SINGLE TENURE FOR PRESIDENT – PROF NNAMCHI Recently, a group of 35 members of the House of Representatives initiated moves for the further alteration of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to provide for a single term of six years for the president and state governors, as well as provision for vice president and rotation of …

NASS TOLD TO PROBE INEC OVER POOR PERFORMANCE IN 2023 ELECTION The 10th National Assembly has been urged to urgently commence the role played by the Independent Electoral Commission INEC in the 2023 general election, why the outcome failed to meet up with the expectations of Nigerians and international community and how it expended over four hundred billion naira N400bn …

CDS MUSA ACCUSES FINLAND, EUROPEAN UNION OF SHIELDING SIMON EKPA The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has accused the Finnish government and the European Union of shielding Simon Ekpa, a controversial Biafra agitator. The alleged cover has enabled Mr Ekpa to continue to incite, through social media, violence in Nigeria’s South-east state, Mr Musa said. Mr Musa, a major …

GANDUJE BASTARDIZED KANO TRADITIONAL INSTITUTION – EMIR SANUSI The 14th and 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11, has opened up on the crisis bedevilling the Kano traditional stool since his appointment as the 16th Emir of Kano. Sanusi, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said the immediate past Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, …

TRAGEDY OF ROADS IN SOUTH EAST As Nigeria celebrates 25 years of unbroken democratic rule, there are a number of challenges that pre-date the current democratic dispensation. Among the many challenges that the people have lived with over the years is a long history of dilapidated infrastructure. To say that roads across the country are in bad shape is an …

PRESSURE MOUNTS ON APC CHAIRMAN, GANDUJE, TO RESIGN Indications have emerged that governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are prevailing and mounting pressure on President Bola Tinubu to sacrifice the party’s national chairman and former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, and allow for his replacement from any of the states in the North Central zone. Although party …

MINIMUM WAGE: NASS PROPOSES LEGISLATION TO SANCTION NON-COMPLIANT STATES The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), has disclosed that the National Assembly is proposing a legislation that would compel all the 36 states of the federation to adhere strictly to the new minimum wage figure that would be passed into law. Senator Adaramodu …

EMIR TUSSLE: COURT SLAMS ₦‎10M FINE ON KANO STATE OVER BREACH OF BAYERO’S RIGHT A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, has ordered Kano State Government to pay N10 million as compensation for breaching the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero’s fundamental human right. The presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda gave the order while delivering the judgment in the case …

APPEAL COURT ORDERS RIVERS LAWMAKERS TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO, ADJOURNS TILL JUNE 20 A Court of Appeal in Port-Harcourt at a virtual hearing on Friday via Zoom gave its Ruling on two Motions filed by Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule and the other defected lawmakers challenging the order of injunction granted by the Rivers State High Court restraining them from acting …

CONSTITUENTS BEAT UP LAWMAKER FOR FAILING TO DELIVER ON CAMPAIGN PROMISES Olusoji Adetunji, the House of Representatives member representing Ifelodun/Boripe/Odo-Otin federal constituency in Osun State was allegedly beaten by his constituents during a recent visit to his hometown. In the video that went viral on social media, the lawmaker is seen being attacked by residents who alleged that he neglected …