Politics

LAGOS ASSEMBLY CRISIS: LAWMAKERS LACK ABSOLUTE POWERS TO REMOVE OR INSTALL THEIR LEADERS – GAC Chairman, Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos State, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, has opened up on the controversy in the Lagos State House of Assembly. Speaking for the first time since the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker and election of Mojisola Meranda on January 13, …

RIVERS CRISIS: WIKE’S CAMP GIVES FRESH CONDITION FOR GOVERNOR FUBARA Allies of former Rivers Governor and current Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike have insisted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara must govern the state strictly according to the constitution. Speaking on Channels Television, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, former Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area and a staunch supporter of Wike, made …

GAC, APC NOT CONSULTED BEFORE OBASA’S REMOVAL — CHAIRMAN The Chairman of Governance Advisory Council in Lagos State, Tajudeen Olusi, says the council was not consulted before Mr Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as the Speaker of the state House of Assembly. Olusi, speaking with newsmen in an interview at his residence in Lagos, on Friday, said that lawmakers neither consulted …

IBB’s “A JOURNEY IN SERVICE”: THE MISSING LINKS AND REPERCUSSBY*PROFESSOR B. CHIMA ONUOHA Introduction God in His infinite mercies blessed Nigeria with enormous human and natural resources. Regrettably, this nation is plagued with a bad and poor leadership, and docile citizenry since independence in 1960. This state of affairs leaves as its corollary, poor governance, steady under-development and a good …

TRUMP ORDERS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, ZENLENSKY OUT OF WHITE HOUSE A senior White House official provided details on Friday regarding a tense confrontation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their recent meeting at the White House. The encounter, which reportedly turned heated, resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a key minerals agreement between Washington and Kyiv. …

LAGOS ASSEMBLY CRISIS MAY JOLT TINUBU’S 2027 BID What started like an internal crisis on January 13, 2025, when 36 lawmakers impeached Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has now degenerated into a major political crisis unsettling the home base of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Even though he is yet to formally declare …

WHY SUPREME COURT SACKED RIVERS LG CHAIRMEN, RESTORED PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS The Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to Governor Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State on Friday, as it reinstated a judgment barring the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Accountant General of the Federation from releasing statutory monthly allocations to the state. The apex court also nullified the results …

SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO, WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME – CONTROVERSIAL NATASHA AKPOTI Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of making sexual advances at her. She alleged that most of the intimate love calls from Akpabio comes in the dead of the night and that she usually wakes her husband and put the conversations on speaker. …

KANO GOVT TO TINUBU: REMOVE THE EMIR YOU ENTHRONED AND KEPT IN GRAVEYARD The Kano State Government has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the removal of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nasarawa Palace in Kano, citing the need to restore peace and stability. The government alleged that certain individuals were exploiting the emir’s continued presence in …

KANO GOVT TO TINUBU: REMOVE THE EMIR YOU ENTHRONED AND KEPT IN GRAVEYARD The Kano State Government has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the removal of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nasarawa Palace in Kano, citing the need to restore peace and stability. The government alleged that certain individuals were exploiting the emir’s continued presence in …