GROUPS URGE SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW JUDGMENT IN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLARS CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE A consortium of civil society organizations have appealed to the Supreme Court to review it’s judgment in a multi-million dollars contractual dispute between an indigenous company, Owigs and Obigs Nig. Ltd and the Zenith Bank Plc.The groups anchored by the Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative, Independent Public …

WHY I WILL NOT HELP TINUBU’S GOVT – EMIR SANUSI The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said he would not help President Bola Tinubu’s government to correct the administration’s policies affecting the citizens. Emir Sanusi said the current government has no people with credibility who could explain to Nigerians why their policies have caused hardship. He stated this …

WIKE BAGS THISDAY NEWSPAPER, ARISE TV MINISTER OF THE YEAR The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, has been honored as the Thisday Newspaper and Arise Television Minister of the Year 2024. The announcement was conveyed in a letter dated January 14, 2024, signed by Mr. Eniola Bello, Managing Director of the Thisday Arise Group. According to the …

DEPUTY CHIEF WHIP OF HOUSE OF REPS, ADENWUNMI ONANUGA, IS DEAD The Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Adewunmi Onanuga is dead. Onanuga’s demise was announced in a statement issued by the House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi, on Wednesday evening. “It is with profound sorrow that the House of Representatives announces the passing of Rt Hon Adewunmi Onanuga, who, …

AGAIN, SECURITY OPERATIVES ARREST MAHDI SHEHU Security personnel, believed to be from the Department of State Services (DSS), have activist Mahdi Shehu. Daily Trust gathered that Mahdi was picked up by plainclothes security operatives at his clinic in Unguwar Dosa around 11:00 a.m. There has been no official statement from security agencies regarding the arrest of the Kaduna-based activist and …

WIKE’S PARTICIPATION IN APC GOVT REASON FOR PDP CRISIS – EX-PARTY PUBLICTY SCRIBE Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan, has said that the involvement of Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister, in the governance of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has created room for the collapse of the PDP. Ologbodiyan claimed that there were attempts …

INVESTIGATE IMPEACHED LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, OBASA – PDP, LP TELL EFCC The Lagos State chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have called on anti-corruption agencies to investigate the recently impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa. Their demands came a day after Obasa was removed from office amid allegations of …

POPE FRANCIS RECOUNTS GROWING UP IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, SAYS I REMEMBER MY SINS AND I AM ASHAMED Pope Francis reveals his “mischievous” youth in an autobiography published Tuesday, in a book that also touches on his childhood, immigration and ordering pizza. In excerpts of “Hope: The Autobiography” provided by publishers, the pontiff recounts episodes from growing up in a multicultural neighbourhood …

LIEUTENANT COLONEL PATRICK CHUKWUMA ‘KADUNA’ NZEOGWU Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuma ‘Kladuna’ Nzeogwu was killed on July 29, 1967 near Nsukka, in Enugu state. He was trapped in an ambush near Nsukka while conducting a night reconnaissance operation against federal troops of the 21st battalion led by Capt. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi. Nzeogwu who was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by the Biafran Army was killed in action and his corpse was …

FG CLOSES ABUJA ROADS FOR ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY CELEBRATION The Federal Government has ordered the closure of access roads to the National Arcade and the Federal Secretariat in Abuja Phases I and II on, January 14, and January 15, in preparation for the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration. This announcement was made on Friday through a circular by the …

:TODAY IS NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY 2025 In Nigeria, Armed Forces Day, also known as Remembrance Day, is celebrated on January 15th. It was formerly marked on the 11th of November every year to coincide with the Remembrance Day (Poppy Day) for the World War II veterans in the British Commonwealth of Nations, but it was changed to January …

SENATE APPROVES SOUTH EAST DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION NOMINEES The Senate has urged nominees of the Governing Board of South East Development Commission (SEDC) not to betray the hope entrusted in them by President Bola Tinubu and Nigerians. The lawmakers gave the charge during the Ad-Hoc Committee screening on regional development Commissions chaired by Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. The 18-member nominee of …

WIKE SIGNS 5,481 C-of-O IN ONE YEAR, FCT LAND ALLOTTEES GET TITLE DOCUMENTS IN TWO WEEKS As at December 31, 2024, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has signed a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O), the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has said. This is 2,919 less …

POLICE INVITE CATHOLIC NUNS, ONYE EZE JESUS RELEASED BY KIDNAPPERS FOR INFORMATION Police in Anambra State have invited two Catholic nuns recently released by kidnappers to share their experiences, expressing willingness to work with them to stop insecurity. The police also called on Mr Onyebuchi Okocha, who claims to be a religious leader and popularly known as Onye Eze Jesus, …

SIMON EKPA’S ARREST REDUCES TENSION IN SOUTHEAST – CHIEF OF of DEFENCE STAFF MUSA Tension in the Southeast has greatly reduced since the arrest of Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. This was disclosed by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Defence to defend the 2025 budget on Tuesday. Musa …