Politics

COURT REINSTATES PHILIP SHAIBU ACOURT REINSTATES PHILIP SHAIBU AS EDO DEPUTY GOVERNORA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday morning, reinstated Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State, following his earlier impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly.The Court presided over by Hon. Justice James Omotosho held that the removal of the Plaintiff, …

BILL FOR SIX-YEAR TENURE FOR PRESIDENT, GOVS PASSES FIRST READING IN HOUSE OF REPS House of Representatives has passed through the first reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to provide for a single term of six years for the offices of the president, state governors and local government area chairman. The proposed legislation is sponsored by the …

YAHAYA BELLO’S  ARRAIGNMENT TODAY MAY STALL AS EX-GOV WANTS APPEAL COURT TO VACATE ARREST WARRANT The arraignment of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over the alleged N80 billion money laundering charges made against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), scheduled for today may be stalled again, as Justice Emeka Nwite of the …

OHANAEZE REJECTS TINUBU’S MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK, SAYS IT’S REINTRODUCTION OF RUGA The apex Igbo socio-cultural youth organisation, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has rejected the proposed creation of the Ministry of Livestock by the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government Speaking to journalists in Enugu, Enugu State capital on Monday, the National President General of OYC, Igboayaka Igboayaka, asked President Tinubu to …

PDP GOVERNORS MEET IN ENUGU Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will be meeting in Enugu. The governors are Sheyin Makinde of Oyo, Umo Eno of Akwa-Ibom, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Agbu Kefas of Taraba and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara States. Others were …

QUIETLY LEAVE APGA, DON’T DESTROY OUR PARTY – CHEKWAS OKORIE TELLS GOV SOLUDO The founder and pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chekwas Okorie, has told Governor Chukwuma Soludo to quietly leave the party if he so wishes. Chekwas said he has uncovered a strategy by the Anambra State Governor to destroy the party, on whose …

RIVERS HOUSE OF CRISIS: PRO-FUBARA LAWMAKERS TACKLE PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS OVER BUDGET SPENDING The factional Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, has condemned the resolution by the Martin Amaewhule-led House, barring Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending public funds. The Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo stated this in his opening remark during plenary on Tuesday. He said what Amaewhule and 24 …

PDP VS PDP: RIVERS EXCO DISAGREES WITH NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OVER APPEAL The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has disagreed with its national leadership for dissociating the Party from the appeal filed at the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division against the ruling of the High Court of Rivers State in Suit No: PHC/2177/CS/2024. The national headquarters …

HOUSTON WITHOUT POWER SUPPLY FOR FOUR DAYS, DECLARED CITY IN CRISIS Monday marked one week since Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda Bay, devastating Houston’s infrastructure and knocking out power to over 2.2 million homes and businesses. While CenterPoint Energy has since restored power to the majority of those customers, hundreds of thousands of people still woke up Monday without …

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAY AMEND CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW INEC CONDUCT LG ELECTIONS The National Assembly is considering amendment to the 1999 constitution to create room for the conduct of local government elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and not the state electoral bodies. This is sequel to last Thursday judgement of the Supreme Court which granted autonomy to local …