Politics

COURT SLAMS N10B BAIL BOND ON BUHARI’S EX-MINISTER OF POWER Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has slammed a N10bn bail bond on the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, in the N33bn money laundering offences brought against him by the federal government. The bail bond must be endorsed by a reputable bank in Nigeria, …

TINUBU NAMES NATIONAL ARTS THEATRE AFTER WOLE SOYINKA President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a letter he wrote to the iconic figure in commemoration of his 90th birthday. “I am pleased to join admirers around the world in celebrating the 90th birthday of Nigeria’s …

JAIL BREAK IN NIGER REPUBLIC AS HUNDREDS OF AL QAEDA, BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS ESCAPE A curfew has been imposed in the restive Tillaberi region of Niger Republic after a mass prison break at the high-security Koutoukale prison, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of the capital, Niamey. The incident occurred on Thursday, according to the interior ministry. This is not the first …

LIST OF STATES RUNNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT CARETAKER COMMITTEES The local government councils in most of the states are currently under the administration of caretaker committees appointed by state governors. The Supreme Court had ruled that all state governors should steer clear from receiving any funds allocated to the 774 local government areas of the country. The supreme court declared that …

25 MUSLIMS ELECTED TO UK PARLIAMENT DESPITE RISING ISLAMOPHOBIA A record-breaking 25 Muslims have been elected to the British Parliament, despite rising Islamophobia in the country. This shows an increase from the 19 Muslim MPs elected in 2019. The successful candidates come from various political parties, with 18 representing the Labour Party, four as independents, two from the Conservative Party, …

A FEMALE HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER HAS BEEN LIVING ABROAD SINCE INAUGURATION – AGGRIEVED LAWMAKERS Some aggrieved lawmakers have tackled a particular House of Representatives member whom they have accused of living abroad since their inauguration. The aggrieved lawmakers have formed a pressure group, codenamed “Novelty Group.” According to Leadership, the group was supposed to hold their inaugural meeting yesterday, …

SOKOTO GOVT STRIPS SULTAN OF POWERS TO APPOINT DISTRICT, VILLAGE HEADS The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has signed the amended Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which effectively strips the Sultan, Sa’ad Abubakar, of the powers to appoint district and village heads in the state. The law was signed by Governor Aliyu on Thursday along with five others after …

GOVS TO MEET TO REVIEW SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON LG AUTONOMY – SOLUDO Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has revealed that the Nigeria Governors Forum has convened an emergency meeting, to review the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria granting autonomy to Local Government Councils in the country. Soludo who held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at …

IBORI DESCRIBES SUPREME COURT RULING ON LGCS FINANCIAL AUTONOMY AS ASSAULT ON TRUE FEDERALISM Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has described the Supreme Court ruling which gave financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Councils, LGCs in Nigeria, as assault on true federalism. Ibori, who made the declaration in a post on his X handle, said the …

SIX TAKEAWAYS FROM SUPREME COURT RULING OB LOCAL GOVT FINANCING The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, July 11, that henceforth, the federal government must directly pay any funds allocated to the local governments in the federation to the local government areas managed by democratically elected officials. In a landmark decision by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the Supreme Court ruled that it …