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 …

DEBT BURDEN: EVERY NIGERIAN NOW OWES N624,527 Nigeria’s public debt has surged significantly, with the amount owed by each citizen increasing by 63%, according to a review of the data released by the Debt Management Office. When President Bola Tinubu took office in June 2023, the country’s debt stood at N87.3 trillion. However, by September 2024, this figure had ballooned …

RIVERS CRISIS: MISSING DOCUMENTS STALL PRO-FUBARA LAWMAKERS SUIT AGAINST PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Obile, has adjourned the case challenging the legitimacy of Martin Amaewhule as Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, along with 26 others following their defection. The case was delayed due to the alleged mysterious disappearance …

FG FAILS DIRECT ALLOCATION TO LGS, RELEASES JANUARY MONEY THROUGH STATES The federal government through the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has released N860.252 billion to state governments for January, with the local governments expected to get N361.754 billion of the allocated sum The councils will not receive their allocations directly due to their inability to meet the deadline for …

MAMBILLA POWER PLANT: EX-MINISTER ACCUSES FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO OF SPREADING FALSEHOODS A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of deliberately spreading falsehoods to obscure his own record regarding the Mambilla power project. Agunloye, who was accused of a six-billion-dollar Mambilla Hydroelectric plant fraud, had earlier sought the intervention of the Minister of …

PRESIDENT TINUBU MAKES 45 FRESH APPOINTMENTS President Bola Tinubu has approved the fresh appointments of board persons and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of various government establishments.The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organizations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons …

THERE’S NO VANDALISATION OF ELECTRICITY INSTALLATIONS IN ENUGU COMMUNITY – CHIEF ENEOLI A former President General of Udi Town Union, Chief Emmanuel Eneoli, has said that there was no truth in the allegation made by one Flavour Eze and Benjamin Onyia about vandalisation of electricity installations at Umuoka Village in Udi town, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. Reacting …