Politics

THE JAILING OF ENUGU LP ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE, BRIGHT NGENE The legal community in Enugu State was on June 28, 2024, jolted by the seven-year sentence jail sentence imposed on a senior lawyer, Bright Ngene, by Magistrate Emmanuel Dominic Onwu without an option of fine. Ngene, 49, was jailed following a complaint by a faction of the Akwuke Town Union in …

EX-UK PRIME MINISTER, RISHI SUNAK, APPOINTS SHADOW CABINET In a significant reshuffling following the Conservative Party’s historic election loss in the United Kingdom, British opposition leader, Rishi Sunak announced his shadow cabinet on Monday. Some senior ministers have returned to roles they previously held in government, despite the recent parliamentary election defeat. Notably, former Foreign Secretary David Cameron has resigned. …

EX-GOV EL RUFAI FIRES AT HIS SUCCESSOR, UBA SANI, SAYS FINANCIAL FIGURES WERE CONCOCTED TO EMBARRASS HIM Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, once again took his successor, Governor Uba Sani, to the cleaners, chastising him for concocting financial figures to indict him and his administration with the dubious claim that his administration diverted a whooping sum of …

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 …