WHY LEGISLATURE IS STILL OPERATING UNDER EXECUTIVE’S SHADOW A lawmaker in Ogun State, Bisi Oyedele, says Nigerian legislature, especially at the state level, has not ceased to be an appendage of the executive because the constitution which guarantees its financial autonomy has not been strictly adhered to. Oyedele, who is representing Ipokia/Idiroko at the House of Assembly, argued that a …

I HOLD TINUBU IN UTMOST RESPECT – NATASHA SPEAKS ON VIRAL VIDEO WITH OMO OLOGO SONG AMID RUMOURS OF DEFECTION Suspended Senator representing Kogi central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has dismissed a viral TikTok video with the popular song ‘Omo Ologo,’ a track synonymous with President Bola Tinubu. The 15-second video, posted on May 8, features the senator playfully engaging with the …

GUNMEN SHOT DEAD 30 TRAVELLERS IN IMO According to Reuters, gunmen shot dead at least 30 travellers in an attack in Nigeria’s southeastern Imo State, Amnesty International reported, raising fresh concerns about insecurity in the region. The attackers, suspected to be members of the banned separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), also set ablaze more than 20 vehicles and trucks …

NO GOING BACK ON NAIRA-FOR-CRUDE IMPLEMENTATION –FG Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has reiterated that the Technical Sub-Committee on the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira is proceeding with the implementation of the federal government’s initiative to conduct crude oil and refined product transactions in naira. The arrangement is part of President …

SECRET CONCLAVE EXPOSE’ REVEALS WHO ALMOST BEAT POPE LEO The papal conclave was moving toward crowning someone else Pope—until a turn of support vaulted Leo XIV to the top, a dramatic behind-the-scenes report has revealed. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, claimed over 40 votes from the 133 cardinals in the first round of voting after the …

NORTHERN GOVERNORS BACK CREATION OF STATE POLICE The Northern Governors Forum, NGF, has called on the National Assembly to institute a legislation for the creation of state police to boost security across the country. Director General Press and, Media Affairs to Yobe State Governor, Mamman Mohammed, in a press release noted that the call was contained in a communique at …

POPE LEO SAYS HE WILL FOLLOW THE PATH OF HIS PREDECESSOR Pope Leo XIV told cardinals on Saturday he intends to follow his predecessor’s path, praising Francis’s “complete dedication to service and sober simplicity of life”. “Beginning with Saint Peter and up to myself, his unworthy Successor, the Pope has been a humble servant of God and his brothers and …

FG MAKES U-TURN, DENIES SIMON EKPA EXTRADITION CLAIMS The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has distanced himself from reports suggesting that the Federal Government has begun extradition proceedings against separatist agitator Simon Ekpa. In a statement issued on Friday by Kamarudeen Ogundele, Special Adviser to the President on Communication and Publicity (Office of …

AKPABIO HAILED FOR STEPPING DOWN FROM PANEL INVESTIGATING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Legal experts have applauded Senate President Godswill Akpabio for recusing himself from a presidential panel tasked with investigating sexual harassment allegations levelled by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. They argued that Akpabio’s withdrawal was not only ethically appropriate but also necessary to avoid perceptions of bias or conflict of interest. The investigative …

AFTER WE CAPTURED THE REAL LEADER OF BOKO HARAM I WAS RETIRED, ARRESTED, DETAINED – MAJOR GEN ALI-KEFFI Major General Danjuma Ali-Keffi has revealed that he was punished by the Nigerian authorities after his team captured the real leader of Boko Haram and arrested terrorism financiers. “There was an operation which I led, the operation servicewide — the counterterrorism — …

‘SCRUTINY FRIGHTENS THEM — UTOMI SLAMS APC OVER DRAMA KING MONIKER Pat Utomi, professor of political economy, has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for denigrating his launch of a shadow cabinet. Felix Morka, spokesperson of the APC, had referred to Utomi as an “intellectual drama king” after the professor unveiled his ‘Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government’. In a series …

POPE LEO XIV’S BROTHER SPEAKS ABOUT HIS LIFE Before he was Pope Leo XIV, he was Chicago native Robert Prevost, whose new role as the first American to lead the Catholic Church has thrown him and his family into the spotlight. The newly elected pope’s brother John Prevost, who lives in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Illinois, said learning …

WHY NIGERIANS IN AUSTRALIA DON’T TRAVEL BACK HOME – DON Dr Uchechukwu OsuagwuPresident of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu,President of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on his life journey from Nigeria to Australia How would you describe your growing up? I grew up in Aba, in …

WHY NIGERIANS IN AUSTRALIA DON’T TRAVEL BACK HOME – DON Dr Uchechukwu OsuagwuPresident of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu,President of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on his life journey from Nigeria to Australia How would you describe your growing up? I grew up in Aba, in …

PRIVILEGED CHILDREN FIGHTING POLITICAL BATTLES There appears to be a growing trend on the political scene where, holding past and serving public officials to account is being challenged by their family members. In the last few years, family members, especially sons and daughters of political leaders, rush to defend the policies, actions and utterances of their fathers and sometimes even …