Politics

KANO ASSEMBLY TO AMEND LAW USED IN DETHRONING EMIR SANUSI The Kano State House of Assembly has commenced the process of amending the Kano State Emirs (Appointment and Deposition) Law amidst call for the return of the deposed 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi. The House resolved to amend the law during plenary on Tuesday after the Majority Leader and …

EX-PETER OBI CAMPAIGN DG GIVES CONDITION FOR HIS RETURN TO PDP A former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has said the only condition that can make the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, consider returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is if he will be given the presidential ticket. The …

ONE YEAR AFTER, TINUBU HAS CREATED MORE DOUBTS, FAILED to REIGNITE HOPE – APC CHIEFTAIN A former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Salihu Lukman, has said that contrary to the expectation that President Bola Tinubu will replicate his earlier success as Lagos governor, his administration has succeeded in creating more doubts in the minds …

FUBARA FLOORS PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS AS COURT NULLIFIES LG AMENDMENT LAW The Rivers State High Court has invalidated the amended Local Government Law proposed by the Martins Amaewhule faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The ruling was delivered in a suit numbered PHC/1320/CS/2024, which challenged the extension of tenure for LG chairmen for six months after the expiration of …

WE’VE NO HAND IN HELICOPTER CRASH THAT KILLED IRANIAN PRESIDENT – ISRAELI OFFICIAL In response to the recent helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, an Israeli official has firmly denied any involvement by Israel. According to Sky News, the official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, stated unequivocally, …

IRANIANS MOURN AS PRESIDENT, EBRAHIM RAISI, IS BURIED Iranians are mourning the death of President Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash along with his foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian in a mountainous and forested area in the country’s East Azerbaijan province amid dense fog. Six other people in the helicopter, including crew members, were also killed. The late …

PETER OBI SUPPORTERS MOBILISE, SET UP HARMONISATION COMMIITEE AHEAD OF 2027 Supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), have commenced mobilisation and have even set up a harmonisation committee, ahead of the 2027 polls. A statement by the Chairman, Obidient Harmonization Committee (OHC), Joseph Enan Maigari, said the structure of the Obidient Harmonization Team had …

CONGOLESE ARMY FOILS COUPLE ATTEMPT AGAINST PRESIDENT FELIX TSHISEKEDI Congo’s army said it had foiled a coup attempt early Sunday and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following attacks on the presidential palace and the residence of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa. At first, local media identified the armed men …

IRANIAN PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER, DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have been declared dead after a helicopter crash in hilly terrain and freezing weather, an Iranian official said on Monday, after search teams discovered the wreckage. “President Raisi’s helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all passengers are feared dead,” the official …

2027: ATIKU/OBI PLOT: TINUBU NOT BOTHERED – PRESIDENCY The presidency has said that President Bola Tinubu was not bothered about the game the 2023 presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi are playing. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the President was focused on fixing the …