Politics

WHAT STARMER’S ELECTION VICTORY MEANS FOR JAPA The United Kingdom has a new leader. After more than a decade of Conservative rule, Labour Party’s Keir Starmer has been named the new British prime minister following a landslide victory at the general elections on Friday. “The work for change begins immediately,” Starmer said in his first speech outside of 10 Downing …

HOW AGITATION FOR CREATION OF MORE STATES BREEDS RANCOUR IN SOUTH EAST The Senate, on Tuesday, July 3, 2024, passed for first reading bills seeking to create two additional States in the South-East, to increase states in the zone to seven. A bill seeking the creation of Etiti State in the South-East geo-political zone was also read for the first …

COURT ORDERS BUHARI’S MINISTER TO ACCOUNT FOR N729B ‘PAYMENTS TO MILLIONS OF POOR NIGERIANS’ A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development to account for the payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The court also ordered the former minister to provide …

DAILY TRUST REPLIES FG ON     SAMOA AGREEMENT REPORT The Management of Media Trust Group, owners of Daily Trust, Trust TV and Trust Radio, has reacted to the threat of the Federal Government to sue the publication over a report on Samoa agreement. At a media briefing in Abuja, on Saturday, Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information, had described the report on …

EFCC KEEPS MUM ON BETA EDU SIX MONTHS AFTER SHE WAS SUSPENDED Several months after her suspension as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, nothing seems to have happened with the case involving Dr. Betta Edu over allegations of corruption, being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. As the anti-graft agency delays to absolve or indict the ex-minister, or …

BREAKING: TINUBU RE-ELECTED ECOWAS CHAIRMAN President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of States and Government for a second one-year term. The unanimous decision was made by fellow heads of government at the 65th Ordinary Session held at the State House in Abuja on Sunday. Tinubu’s first …

APC LAWMAKER BOOED, LABELLED ‘THIEF’ BY CONSTITUENTS OVER ‘POOR REPRESENTATION’ A viral video shows a large crowd of constituents from the Edu/Patigi/Moro Federal constituency in Kwara State expressing their disapproval and booing their Representative, Hon. Ahmed Saba. The incident occurred during his visit to the district on Tuesday, where he was participating in the All Progressives Congress (APC) council primary …

OBLA: GRANDSTANDING OF A FUGITIVE IN PURPORTED FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION – BMO The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has descended heavily on a former appointee of the government, Okoi Obono-Obla, describing him as an empty vessel that makes most noise. In a press release by the General Manager of the group, Oluseye Adebayo, BMO says: “We are witnessing a season in …

FORMER NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SUE FOR PEACE IN RIVERS STATE Former members of the National Assembly from Rivers State have urged the political leaders in the state to uphold the rule of law and prioritize peace over personal interests. The ex-lawmakers, who served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives at different times including the 3rd Republic, made …

BURKINA FASO, MALI, NIGER LEAVE ECOWAS, FORM NEW CONFEDERATION The military leaders ruling Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger entered a new “confederation” Saturday as they signed a treaty during their first summit in Niamey, after having severed ties with an existing West African bloc. The heads of the three countries, who took power through coups in recent years, “decided to …