Politics

UK GENERAL ELECTION TO HOLD JULY 4 United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government’s expected defeat. The poll will be the first time Sunak, 44, faces the public while in charge after he was appointed leader of …

UK UNIVERSITY ORDERS NIGERIAN STUDENTS TO LEAVE SCHOOL, COUNTRY OVER UNPAID FEES Nigerian students at Teesside University in the United Kingdom have been told to quit the school and return to Nigeria over unpaid fees. According to BBC, Teesside University said the move was in line with the UK’s immigration regulations. “Teesside University is proud to be a global institution …

ENUGU LP GUBER CANDIDATE, EDEOGA, DECRIES ENUGU DEMOLITIONS, SAYS GOVT ACTION UNCONSTITUTIONAL The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga has described as scary and unconstitutional, the gale of demolitions recently carried out by the Enugu State Government in some parts of the state. Edeoga, who accused the state government under the …

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 …