Politics

LABOUR PARTY APPOINTS HEADS OF ‘OBIDIENT’ DIRECTORATE The Labour Party has appointed eight ‘Obidient’ members to control the affairs of the Directorate. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiorah Ifoh on Thursday. According to the statement, the move is part of the repositioning efforts of the party towards integrating millions of youths particularly, …

WHY PETER OBI’S 2027 AMBITION SCARES SOYINKA, BY SIMON NJOKU Is Nnamdi Kanu, APC ‘s trump card for 2027? In his widely publicized recent interview, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka stated that the Federal Government made a mistake keeping Nnamdi Kanu in detention since 2021. Soyinka, as the arrowhead of the APC propaganda machinery, going by the opening paragraph of …

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, …