Politics

ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST: TINUBUMUSTGO HASHTAG TRENDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Ahead of the planned nationwide protests over hardship, netizens have threatened to demand President Bola Tinubu’s resignation. A cross-section of Nigerians on their X microblogging handles are using the hashtag #TinubuMustGo to campaign for the protest. They are alleging that the president lacks the ability to tackle the economic crisis bedevilling the …

RIVERS CRISIS: APPEAL COURT DISMISSES SUIT AGAINST TINUBU, FUBARA The Appeal Court in Port Harcourt has upheld a lower court’s decision thereby dismissing an appeal filed by His Highness Anabs Sara-Igbe and nine others. The appeal challenged a previous ruling by Justice Chinwendu Nworgu of the Rivers State High Court, which had dismissed a suit against President Bola Tinubu, Governor …

NDUME REJECTS SENATE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT Two days after his removal as Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume has declined the Senate Committee on Tourism chairmanship, citing a lack of experience and exposure necessary for such a position. Speaking from his home in Maiduguri, he mentioned he never aspired to be the Senate Chief Whip, having already served as the Senate …

MY SPIRIT HAS LEFT PDP – SHAIBU, APPOINTS AIDES The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu has declared that his spirit has left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He made this disclosure when he appeared on Arise TV on Friday morning. Shaibu, who was reinstated as the Deputy Governor by the Federal High Court days ago, stated that …

ATIKU HAILS PETER OBI ON BIRTHDAY, CALLS HIM ‘MY GOOD FRIEND AND DEDICATED PATRIOT’ Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has felicitated with the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on his 63rd birthday. Atiku, in a post via his X handle on Friday, described Peter Obi as his good friend and dedicated patriot. Atiku, the …

SENATE MOVES TO ESTABLISH LOCAL GOVT ELECTORAL COMMISSION A bill seeking to establish a federal agency for the conduct of local government elections on Thursday, July18, scaled first reading in the Senate. The bill is titled, “Local Government Independent Electoral Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024 (SB. 531)”The bill was sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa, (APC, …

₦423B THEFT: EL-RUFAI ACCUSES JUDGE OF BIAS, SEEKS CASE TRANSFER Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a petition against Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of the Kaduna Federal High Court, alleging gross bias, injustice, and denial of fair hearing in his ongoing legal case. The petition, dated July 18, 2024, was submitted to the Chief Judge of the Federal High …

YOU’RE MORALLY UNFIT TO ATTACK OUR GOVT – APC TELLS PDP GOVERNORS The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday descended on governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying they were morally and politically unfit to point accusing fingers to its government. The ruling party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka said the PDP Governors accusing …

EDO APC GUBER CANDIDATE IN HOSPITAL AFTER GUNMEN ATTACK Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State, is currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital following an attack on his convoy by suspected political thugs in Benin City. The attack, which occurred on Thursday afternoon, left one policeman dead and two others injured. According …

GUNMEN ATTACK EX-EDO DEPUTY GOVERNOR, SHAIBU, DAY AFTER REINSTATEMENT, POLICE OFFICER KILLED Comrade Philip Shaibu, impeached but reinstated deputy governor of Edo State, came under gun attack in Benin City, capital of Edo State, on Thursday. Shaibu, whose impeachment was voided by a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, had returned to Edo from Abuja when his convoy was …