I REMAIN LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER – MUDASHIRU OBASA Impeached Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has insisted that he remains the rightful speaker of the assembly based on constitutional provisions. Obasa made th we declaration on Saturday in Ikeja GRA during a welcome event organized in his honour by supporters from Agege, Alimosho, and Kosofe local government …

APC GOVT CAUSING PREMATURE DEATH OF POLITICIANS – SOWORE Activist politician, Omoyele Sowore, has blamed the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal government for the premature death of politicians in Nigeria. Sowore said the APC’s poor governance and policies are responsible for the premature deaths of Nigerian politicians. He disclosed this during a consultative meeting between the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, …

RETIRED GENERALS KNOCK OSHIOMHOLE OVER ILLEGAL MINING ALLEGATION, SAY HE’S MOST DISRESPECTFUL A former Commander of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. John Sura (retd.), has described the allegations against the Nigerian Army made by the erstwhile governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole, as the highest level of falsehood that anybody can ever peddle. Oshiomhole had accused some unnamed retired …

ANALYSIS: AS INEC PHASES OUT PVC, CAN NIN BE AN ALTERNATIVE? The introduction of the PVC and smartcard readers in 2015 piloted the integration of technology into Nigeria’s electoral system. Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), plans to gradually phase out the permanent voter card (PVC) as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on Election …

OBASANJO, BUHARI MAKE BRILLIANT DEFENCE FOR NIGERIA IN PARIS Former Nigerian Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari have put up a brilliant defence for Nigeria before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France, in an alleged breach of contract case against the federal government concerning the Mambilla Power Project. A firm, Sunrise Power, had instituted a $2.3 billion …

WIKE, FUBARA REFUSE TO GREET EACH OTHER DURING MEETING WITH TINUBU The two major gladiators in the festering Rivers state political crisis, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara allegedly refused to exchange pleasantries when they met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the Villa on Tuesday. Both Wike and Governor Fubara were part of …

ALLEGED TERRORISTS’ ATTACK, FALSE ALARM: ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT RELIGIOUS EVENT – KANO GOVT ACCUSES POLICE The Kano State Government has accused the police of attempting to disrupt an annual religious event. Addressing journalists at the Emir’s Palace on Friday evening, Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, dismissed the alarm earlier raised by the police. Kano Police Command …

OSHIOMHOLE SAYS RETIRED GENERALS BEHIND ILLEGAL MINING The Senator representing Edo North in the National Assembly, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged that retired military generals are behind illegal mining across the country. Oshiomhole, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, made the allegation on Friday when the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, Sampson Ekong, submitted his …

KWANKWASO, ADELEKE SET TO REJOIN APC President Bola Tinubu may have commenced restructuring of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) to pave the way for former Kano State governor, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, to rejoin the party. A source in the APC confirmed that President Tinubu’s appointment of the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, as board chairman …

TRUMP PARDONS 23 PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS WHO WERE PROSECUTED FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST President Trump pardoned 23 peaceful pro-life protesters today who the White House says were unjustly targeted for prosecution by the Biden Administration. In signing the pardons, Trump said what the Biden Administration had done to them was “ridiculous.” “Twenty-three people were prosecuted, they should not have been prosecuted – …

THANK YOU FOR ARRESTING SIMON EKPA, TINUBU TELLS FINLAND AMBASSADOR Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu has appreciated the Finnish government for arresting the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Tinubu while receiving Sanna Selin, Finland’s ambassador to Nigeria at the Presidential Villa on Friday, January 24, said he appreciates the intervention of the Finnish government in Ekpa case. He …

COURT AWARDS N100M DAMAGES AGAINST EXPELLED PDP VICE CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Friday awarded N100 million as damages against the expelled former National Vice Chairman, South-East, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Ali Odefa. Twenty PDP members including executives of the party in Oguduokwor, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, had …

PROPOSED DECENTRALISATION OF SUPREME COURT: LAWYERS REACT Since the move by the House of Representatives to decentralise the Supreme Court of Nigeria became a public knowledge, Nigerians, particularly those in the legal profession, have been pouring accolades on the lawmakers for thinking along that line. On December 9, the House of Representatives introduced a bill seeking to create five divisions …

TRUMP ON RAMPAGE AS US AGENTS RAID WORKSITES, ARREST OVER 500 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, DETAIN 373, DEPORT HUNDREDS The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed the arrest of 583 individuals in a large-scale crackdown on illegal immigration. ICE agents have been raiding some worksites in New Jersey as the security operatives begin the execution of President Donald Trump’s …

WHAT STATES CONTRIBUTED TO VAT POOL AND WHAT THEY RECEIVED IN 2024 IMOContributed: N4.38bnReceived: N70.70bn (1,613%) LAGOSContributed: N2.75trnReceived: N460.11bn (16.74%) RIVERSContributed: N832.69bnReceived: N186.66bn (22.4%) OYOContributed: N272.41bnReceived: N116.83bn (42.9%) KANOContributed: N77.76bnReceived: N117.19bn (150.7%) DELTAContributed: N73.39bnReceived: N80.73bn (110%) BAYELSAContributed: N64.66bnReceived: N63.42bn (98.1%) EDOContributed: N53.55bnReceived: N72.33bn (135.1%) ANAMBRAContributed: N47.53bnReceived: N78bn (167.1%) AKWA IBOMContributed: N46.93bnReceived: N76.09bn (162.1%) ADAMAWAContributed: N42.01bnReceived: N70.41bn (167.6%) BORNOContributed: N35.29bnReceived: N76.15bn …