MY HUSBAND IS DISCIPLINED, AKPABIO’S WIFE DISMISSES NATASHA’S CLAIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT Ekaette Uloma Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations of sexual harassment leveled against her husband by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central, had in an interview with Arise Television on Friday accused the Senate President of sexual harassment. The Kogi …

SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ENDS IMPUNITY IN RIVERS – WIKE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Friday hailed the Supreme Court’s ruling, which nullified the recent local government elections in Rivers State and upheld the legitimacy of the 27-member Martin Amaewhule-led State Assembly. Speaking in Abuja after the judgment, Wike declared that the apex court’s decision has …

RIVERS LG ELECTION INVALID, NULL, VOID – SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court on Friday declared as invalid, illegal, null and void, the local government election conducted in Rivers state on October 5, 2024, and won by the All Peoples Party, APP. The apex court held that the election was invalid because all conditions precedent billed to be implemented were jettisoned …

, RIVERS LG ELECTION INVALID, NULL, VOID – SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court on Friday declared as invalid, illegal, null and void, the local government election conducted in Rivers state on October 5, 2024, and won by the All Peoples Party, APP. The apex court held that the election was invalid because all conditions precedent billed to be implemented were …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS TRIUMPH AS SUPREME COURT ASKS THEM TO RESUME WORK, BARS CBN FROM RELEASING FUND TO RIVERS The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation to stop further release of financial allocations to the Rivers State government with immediate effect. The apex court directed that the order shall remain …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS TRIUMPH AS SUPREME COURT ASKS THEM TO RESUME WORK, BARS CBN FROM RELEASING FUND TO RIVERS The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation to stop further release of financial allocations to the Rivers State government with immediate effect. The apex court directed that the order shall remain …

SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO, WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME – CONTROVERSIAL NATASHA AKPOTI Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of making sexual advances at her. She alleged that most of the intimate love calls from Akpabio comes in the dead of the night and that she usually wakes her husband and put the conversations on speaker. …

BLACKOUT IN ASO VILLA, ABUJA METROPOLIS OVER FAULTY FEEDERS There is widespread electricity blackout in Nigeria’s capital as the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) announced faults in some electricity feeders bringing power to some parts of the city. Villa, the seat of power, is also affected due to the fault at R4 Injection Sub Station by Three Arm Zone, Aso …

SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME – CONTROVERSIAL NATASHA AKPOTI Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of making sexual advances at her. She alleged that most of the intimate love calls from Akpabio comes in the dead of the night and that she usually wakes her husband and put the conversations on speaker. …

SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO, WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME – CONTROVERSIAL NATASHA AKPOTI Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of making sexual advances at her. She alleged that most of the intimate love calls from Akpabio comes in the dead of the night and that she usually wakes her husband and put the conversations on speaker. …

REAL STORY BEHIND NIGERIA’S DRUG MARKET RAID The narrative surrounding Nigeria’s recent drug market raid has been dangerously skewed. What many perceive as heavy-handed overreach is, in reality, a complex struggle against a deeply entrenched public health crisis. At the heart of the controversy is NAFDAC’s recent crackdown on open drug markets, which have long fueled the circulation of fake …

IBB: POWER, FATE AND NECESSITY There are memoirs, and then there are memoirs—those grand, sweeping narratives that seek to shape the legacy of their authors, painting their roles in history with the broadest, most flattering strokes possible. A Journey in Service by Retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) is, undoubtedly, one such exercise in historical curation. A man affectionately (or …

KANO GOVT TO TINUBU: REMOVE THE EMIR YOU ENTHRONED AND KEPT IN GRAVEYARD The Kano State Government has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the removal of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nasarawa Palace in Kano, citing the need to restore peace and stability. The government alleged that certain individuals were exploiting the emir’s continued presence in …

KANO GOVT TO TINUBU: REMOVE THE EMIR YOU ENTHRONED AND KEPT IN GRAVEYARD The Kano State Government has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the removal of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nasarawa Palace in Kano, citing the need to restore peace and stability. The government alleged that certain individuals were exploiting the emir’s continued presence in …

KANO GOVT TO TINUBU: REMOVE THE EMIR YOU ENTHRONED AND KEPT IN GRAVEYARD The Kano State Government has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the removal of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nasarawa Palace in Kano, citing the need to restore peace and stability. The government alleged that certain individuals were exploiting the emir’s continued presence in …