Politics

SIX NIGERIAN-BRITISH CANDIDATES WIN ELECTION TO UK PARLIAMENT Six British-Nigerian candidates have been elected to Parliament in the just concluded UK elections. According to reports, Chi Onwurah (Labour MP for Newcastle Central and West), Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden), Kate Osamor (Edmonton), Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall and Camberwell Green), Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West), and Bayo Alaba (Southend East and Rochford) all …

NEW UK PRIME MINISTER, KEIR STARMER, CANCELS RWANDA DEPORTATION PLAN On his first day in office, newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has put an end to the Conservative’s contentious plan to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda. Starmer faces pressure to address the UK’s migration challenges, especially regarding asylum seekers arriving via small boats from France. On his inaugural …

BREAKING: NEW UK PRIME MINISTER, KEIR STARMER, MAKES TEN CABINET APPOINTMENT Newly-elected UK Prime Minister, KeIr Starmer, has made his first set of appointments into the cabinet, BBC reports Friday. This follows his centre-left Labour Party’s landslide general election victory that ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Starmer arrived as the party’s first Prime Minister since Gordon Brown in 2010, …

BREAKING: PRO-FUBARA LAWMAKERS CHALLENGE APPEAL VERDICT ON PRO-WIKE GROUP AT SUPREME COURT A faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge Thursday’s judgement of the Court of Appeal, on the fate of 25 members of the House, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the …

LP CRISIS: LET’S PUT OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE – PETER OBI TO PARTY MEMBERS Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has urged members of the party to put away differences and work together for harmony to thrive in the party Obi, who made this call on Friday via his X handle, …

COURTS WIELD BIG STICK: VOID EDO, RIVERS CASES, GIVE TWO KANO JUDGES 48 HOURS TO RESIGN APPOINTMENTS The Appeal Court and two federal and state high courts in Abuja and Kano have wielded the big stick against three cases brought to them by litigants in Kano, Rivers and Edo states. In the Kano suit, Justice Farouk Lawan Adamu and Justice …

BREAKING: UK GENERAL ELECTION: LABOUR PARTY WINS LANDSLIDE The Labour Party has secured a landslide victory in the United Kingdom election to end 14 years of Conservative rule. “We did it!” Keir Starmer, the Labour leader and incoming prime minister, said in his victory speech. “Change begins now.” Outgoing Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat, saying it has been …

EMIRSHIP TUSSLE: ADO-BAYERO’S LAWYERS WITHDRAW LEGAL SERVICES Mr Abdul Muhammed and other counsel to the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, in the ongoing Kano emirship tussle, have withdrawn their legal services before the State High Court. The applicants in the matter—the Attorney General of Kano State, the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly and Kano State House of …

REACTIONS TRAIL APPEAL COURT’S JUDGEMENT VACATING RESTRAINING ORDER ON PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS AS MEMBERS OF RIVERS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, the judgement which vacated the restraining order by a Port Harcourt Court on Martin Amaewhule and his group of 24 legislators in Rivers State has elicited varying reactions. The reactions as expected are based on …

BREAKING: APPEAL COURT AFFIRMS PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS AS MEMBERS OF RIVERS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the appeal of Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule and 24 others who approached the Court challenging the decision of the Rivers State High Court, which favored Victor Oko-Jumbo, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly. It can be …