Politics

INEC VERIFICATION PORTAL SHOWS APC GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE IN EDO, NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September Edo 2024 election, Senator Monday Okpebholo, appears not to have registered to vote in Edo State. A check by SaharaReporters on the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), revealed the development, despite the …

REVOLT IN HOUSE OF REPS AS OVER 150 FIRST-TIME MEMBERS RISE AGAINST LEADERSHIP A fresh showdown is imminent in the House of Representatives as over 150 aggrieved first-time members are up in arms against the House leadership over alleged marginalisation and exclusion from legislative business. Already, the embittered federal lawmakers have formed a pressure group, codenamed “Novelty Group,” as a …

BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NIGERIAN ELECTIONS July 4, 2024, was anticipated to be a pivotal moment, potentially reshaping the United Kingdom’s political landscape and future direction as the general elections were held. The hot race was among key parties and leaders including the Conservative Party led by the incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour Party led by Sir Keir …

PREPARE YOUR DEFENCE FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES – KADUNA ASSEMBLY REPLIES EL-RUFAI’S MEN The Kaduna State House of Assembly has urged former political appointees of Malam Nasir El-Rufai to prepare their defence for the anti-corruption agencies and the courts. The assembly said this while responding to the challenge by some former members of El-Rufai’s cabinet. At a press conference in Abuja …

TINUBU’S DOORS CLOSED, EVEN SOME MINISTERS CAN’T SEE HIM – ALI NDUME The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has decried the rising cost of living and food scarcity in the country, stressing that the federal government’s inability to address these issues is a major challenge. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa, Ndume claimed that some ministers were …

STATES GET INCREASED MONTHLY ALLOCATION FROM FEDERATION ACCOUNT, BUT WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THE MONEY? No fewer than 10 states across the federation received a boost of 50 per cent or more in their monthly allocation from statutory federal funds, Findings have shown. This was as 12 out of the 36 states received an increase of 40 per cent …

GOV FUBARA CALLS BLUFF TO PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS’ DIRECTIVE, SAYS HE WON’T SUBMIT ANY BUDGET TO THEM The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, said his administration has started the process of preparing the 2025 budget. The governor also dismissed the threat by the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the state House of Assembly that he should present the 2024 budget …

GANDUJE, WIFE TO APPEAR IN COURT THURSDAY OVER ALLEGED BRIBERY The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife Hafsat, and six others will appear in court on Thursday to face charges related to alleged bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds amounting to billions of naira. This development followed a notice of trial served on the …

SUPREME COURT DELIVERS JUDGMENT ON LOCAL GOVT AUTONOMY TOMORROW The Supreme Court will tomorrow, Thursday, July 11, deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country. A document sighted on Wednesday at the apex court indicated that parties in the suit have been …

THE JAILING OF ENUGU LP ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE, BRIGHT NGENE The legal community in Enugu State was on June 28, 2024, jolted by the seven-year sentence jail sentence imposed on a senior lawyer, Bright Ngene, by Magistrate Emmanuel Dominic Onwu without an option of fine. Ngene, 49, was jailed following a complaint by a faction of the Akwuke Town Union in …