Politics

EX-US PRESIDENT, TRUMP, FOUND GUILTY OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS Former US President, Donald Trump, has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less than twelve hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US …

LGA AUTONOMY: SUPREME COURT GIVES GOVERNORS SEVEN DAYS TO FILE DEFENCE The Supreme Court, on Thursday, ordered the 36 state governors of the federation seven days to file their respective defence in the suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 Local Governments in the country filed against them by the Federal Government. The apex court ordered the Attorney General of …

RIVERS HIGH COURT DECLARES 25 ASSEMBLY MEMBERS’ SEATS VACANT, APPEAL COURT TAKES DECISION MONDAY A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared the seats of the 25 lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, vacant pending the determination of a suit before it. The court, however, ordered the Rt. …

NIGERIANS KNOCK TINUBU ON FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE Majority of Nigerian citizens are dissatisfied with the current state of affairs in the country, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to a new survey by the Africa Polling Institute (API). API’s Executive Director, Bell Ihua, said in a statement on Wednesday that the survey showed an overwhelming majority of citizens …

THUMB DOWN FOR TINUBU AS 84% OF CITIZENS EXPRESS DISSATISFACTION WITH REGIME Majority of Nigerian citizens are dissatisfied with the current state of affairs in the country, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to a new survey by the Africa Polling Institute (API). API’s Executive Director, Bell Ihua, said in a statement on Wednesday that the survey showed an …

‘HUNGRY PEOPLE DON’T SING’, TINUBU UNDER FIRE OVER NATIONAL ANTHEM ACT Some Nigerians have expressed outrage over the bill President Bola Tinubu signed into law on Wednesday morning. The bill, which was simultaneously introduced in the Senate and the House of Representatives last week, received an accelerated consideration and passage. The speed with which both chambers of the National Assembly …

COUNT ME OUT OF RESTORED OLD NATIONAL ANTHEM – OBY EZEKWESILI Obiageli Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education and Nigerian activist, has publicly declared her refusal to sing the newly confirmed national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee.” In a statement posted on her X account, Ezekwesili said she will continue singing the previous national anthem, “Arise, O compatriots.” Ezekwesili’s declaration comes …

COURT FREES MIYETTI ALLAH PRESIDENT OF TERRORISM CHARGES A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged Alhaji Bello Bodejo, President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, of all terrorism charges against him. Justice Inyang Ekwo delivered the verdict on Wednesday after the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) unexpectedly withdrew the charges. During the hearing, Ms. Aderonke Imana, representing the AGF, …

KANO GOVERNOR BANS DEMONSTRATIONS, ORDERS ARREST OF ‘STUDENT PROTESTERS’ Governor Abba Yusuf has banned all forms of public demonstrations in Kano State. He also imposed stringent restrictions on all public gatherings intended to protest within the state. The Governor, in a statement by his Media and Publicity Director Sanusi Bature on Wednesday, said he was exercising the authority vested in …

SANUSI, BAYERO CLING TO KANO EMIRSHIP AS COURTS GIVE CONFLICTING ORDERS Two courts in Kano State have issued conflicting interim injunctions on the Kano Emirate tussle. Justice S. A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Kano on Tuesday ordered the eviction of the reinstated emir, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II from Gidan Rumfa palace. Conquering the clouds on a journey …