Politics

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 …

SOUTH DEVELOPING N15.6TRN HIGHWAY, OUR WOMEN LINING UP TO RECEIVE CUPS OF RICE – PROF USMAN YUSUF Professor Usman Yusuf, former Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, has spoken about the need for security to achieve development, especially in northern Nigeria. He emphasized that without security, progress would be difficult to achieve In a video recently shared on YouTube by …

CALABAR-LAGOS HIGHWAY PROJECT, A DISTRACTION – IHECHUKWU MADUBUIKE Scholar, author of “Nigeria and the Lugardian Hubris”, and two-time Minister, Prof Ihechukwu Madubuike, in this interview with Sunday Sun, assessed the one year of the Tinubu Presidency, rating his performance low. He also looked at the continued incarceration of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the …

TINUBU’S ONE YEAR OF MULTIPLE TAXATION, RISING HARDSHIPS, BY OMONIYI SALAUDEEN In a couple of days, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be one year in office. As a matter of convention, he will be expected to present the scorecard of his achievements for the assessment of the general public. And rightly so because, in the last 12 months, tax-payers have …