KANO EMIRATE: APPEAL COURT STOPS SANUSI’S REINSTATEMENT The Court of Appeal in Abuja has halted the enforcement of its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State Government’s decision to repeal the 2019 Emirate Council Law. The ruling of the court by implication implies fall short of affirming the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano, …

NIGERIAN STUDENT’S IN U.S. FACE DANGER OF DEPORTATION Nigerian nationals schooling in the United States may be deported if the President Donald Trump administration determines their stay is not in the best interest of the country. In 2024, the US saw a record rise in foreign students’ enrolment after other choice destinations like enforced biting visa restrictions to curb immigration. …

BUDGET RE-PRESENTION: RIVERS ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS SITTING INDEFINITELY The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, an ally of former Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday adjourned its legislative activities indefinitely, a move that raises political tension in the state. The decision to adjourn sine die (without a scheduled resumption date) comes just day(s) after Governor Siminalayi Fubara formally …

EBIRA YOUTH LEADERS BLAST SENATOR NATASHA, CALL HER “UNREPENTANT BLACKMAILER The last is yet to be heard in the sexual harassment leveled against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The allegation has in the last two weeks attracted reaction and counter reaction with over 100 women groups apologizing to the Senate President for …

EBIRA YOUTH LEADERS BLAST SENATOR NATASHA, CALL HER “UNREPENTANT BLACKMAILER The last is yet to be heard in the sexual harassment leveled against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The allegation has in the last two weeks attracted reaction and counter reaction with over 100 women groups apologizing to the Senate President for …

EAT THE PARTY, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPELLED – EL-RUFAI MOCKS APC LEADERSHIP Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, should have expelled him from the party. El-Rufai said he quit the APC and asked them to “eat the party if it is food.” Recently, El-Rufai defected from the APC to the Social Democratic …

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WIKE WARNS THOSE THREATENING VIOLENCE IN RIVERS Former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has issued a strong warning about potential unrest if the impeachment of his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, is pursued. Wike, speaking candidly about the political climate in the state, questioned the nature of threats that have surfaced in the aftermath of Fubara’s legal …

PRESIDENT TINUBU, LAGOS GOVERBOR, SANWO-OLU, IN FACE-OFF OVER OBASA President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that he stepped in to facilitate the reinstatement of Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly after detecting the influence of the state executive, led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in Obasa’s impeachment. According to sources present at the meeting Tinubu held …

ATIKU, OBASANJO, PDP GOVS MOUNT PRESSURE ON PETER OBI, TO RETURN TO PDP As opposition parties prepare for the 2027 elections, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, met behind closed doors with the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed, in Bauchi on Thursday.Sources within the Bauchi State Government House told The Guardian …

FUBARA PROPOSES WEDNESDAY TO PRESENT BUDGET Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara yesterday took a clear step forward in the implementation of the Supreme Court judgement. He forwarded a letter to the House of Assembly proposing March 19 for the re-presenation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill. In the letter of March 13 personally signed by him and addressed to Speaker Martins …

DAMAGUM DISOWNS PRO-WIKE SOUTH SOUTH ZONAL CONGRESS AS FCT MINISTER CARPET PDP NWC MEMBERS The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Umar Damagum, has disowned the South South Congress held by loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital, on February 22. Damagum, in his first …

US CONGRESS APPROVES SANCTIONS ON NIGERIA OVER CHRISTIAN KILLINGS The US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee approves sanctions on Nigeria over the widespread killing of Christians and religious violence. The United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, has given President Donald Trump the green light to impose stringent sanctions on Nigeria in response to the widespread killing of Christians in …

ABACHA’S FORMER AIDE, AL-MUSTAPHA, JOINS EL-RUFAI IN SDP Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former aide to deceased military leader, General Sani Abacha, has officially joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Al-Mustapha, accompanied by his team, arrived at the SDP headquarters in Abuja, where he was warmly received by party leaders and supporters. He said his move to the party signals his commitment …

NATASHA: IPU CAN’T SUMMON AKPABIO – SPOKESMAN The camp of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed the authority of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to compel him to appear before its panel over the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly. Akpabio’s media aide, Eseme Eyiboh, made this known in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is serving a …

HOW TINUBU COUNTERED EL-RUFAI’S COUP What many Nigerians may not know, is that President Bola Tinubu and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, had parted ways long before the 2023 presidential election.Whatever political relationship that existed between two, hit the hard rocks shortly after Muhammadu Buhari emerged president in the 2015 presidential election. Watchers of the power circle were quick …