LAGOS ASSEMBLY LETTER INCITING DSS TO STOP OBASA FROM RESUMING AS SPEAKER EMERGES The invasion of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday by security operatives has taken a new twist. A letter has emerged disclosing that the House had requested the Department of State Services, DSS, to strengthen security around the Assembly complex ahead of February 18, 2025. …

LAGOS LAWMAKERS CONDEMN DSS’ INVASION OF ASSEMBLY COMPLEX Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have condemned the invasion of the Assembly complex by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police on Monday, describing it as a “rape of democracy, an aberration, and a national embarrassment.” During a plenary session attended by 36 members, …

NEWLY ELECTED LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER UNDER PRESSURE TO RESIGN AS DSS STORM OFFICE Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, may resign today, according to sources. This is just as officials of the Directorate of State Service (DSS) allegedly stormed her office sealing it in the process. Sources said armed security personnel have taken over the premises …

DISGRACING YOURSELVES, WHAT WERE 70 OFFICERS GOING TO DO IN CANADA? – CHIDI ODINKALU BLASTS NUHU RIBADU Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has slammed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, for challenging the Canadian Embassy over its denial of visas to Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, and other military officials. …

MIXED REACTIONS TRAIL TINUBU’S N54.9 TRILLION 2025 BUDGET In December 2024, President Tinubu presented a N49.7 trillion budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. However, on February 5, he notified the lawmakers of an additional N4.5 trillion to the budget figure, raising it to N54.9 trillion. Out of the figure, N3, 645, 761, 358, 925 trillion is …

PANEL INDICTS EX-EDO GOV, OBASEKI, LG CHAIRMEN, PDP LEADERS OVER MISMANAGEMENT OF N96bn COUNCIL FUND The administrative panel of inquiry set up by the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo to investigate the financial accounts of the impeached 18 Local Government Chairmen in the state between September 4, 2023 and November, 2024 has allegedly indicted the immediate past Governor of the …

BOKO HARAM INTENSIFIES RECRUITMENT OF YOUNG BOYS AS CASES OF MISSING CHILDREN RISE IN BORNO The case of missing children in Borno State has sparked public outcry, following a disturbing video of a young boy confessing to undergoing military training in a forest alongside dozens of other children. Some residents recounted the agony of their missing loved ones and expressed …

INVESTIGATE US CONGRESSMAN’S ALLEGATION OF USAID’S FUNDING OF BOKO HARAM – ALI NDUME Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, has urged the Federal Government to investigate claims made by US Congressman Scott Perry regarding alleged funding of terrorist organizations, including Boko Haram, by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The lawmaker emphasized the need for Nigerian …

INVESTIGATE US CONGRESSMAN’S ALLEGATION OF USAID’S FUNDING OF BOKO HARAM – ALI NDUME Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, has urged the Federal Government to investigate claims made by US Congressman Scott Perry regarding alleged funding of terrorist organizations, including Boko Haram, by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The lawmaker emphasized the need for Nigerian …

ANAMBRA DECLARES WAR ON RITUAL KILLINGS, FRAUDULENT SPIRITUAL PRACTICES Anambra State has taken a bold step to combat criminal activities linked to ritual killings and fraudulent spiritual practices with the enactment of the Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025. The new law, signed by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, aims to purge the state of criminal elements masquerading as native doctors …

ANAMBRA DECLARES WAR ON RITUAL KILLINGS, FRAUDULENT SPIRITUAL PRACTICES Anambra State has taken a bold step to combat criminal activities linked to ritual killings and fraudulent spiritual practices with the enactment of the Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025. The new law, signed by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, aims to purge the state of criminal elements masquerading as native doctors …

PDP DISMISSES FORGERY ALLEGATION AGAINST UDE-OKOYE, SAYS AGENTS OF APC STILL AT WORK The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to a court ruling ordering an investigation into its primary election guidelines over allegations of forgery. BACKGROUND The PDP has recently been embroiled in a leadership crisis with Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Udeh-Okoye laying claim to the position of national …

LABOUR PARTY ZONES 2027 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO SOUTH EAST The Labour Party says it has no regret in fielding a southeasterner in the person of Peter Obi as its 2023 presidential candidate despite agitations for zoning to other regions from some quarters. This is as it declared readiness to support the Igbos to clinch the 2027 presidential election. The position …

U.S. EMBASSY CLOSES ABUJA, LAGOS OFFICES MONDAY U.S. Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos announced they would be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025 in observance of Presidents’ Day. The embassy also revealed that normal operations will resume on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 a day after the holiday. The announcement was made via a post on X, …

KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC PRIEST, TWO OTHERS FREED AFTER FOUR DAYS IN CAPTIVITY Four days after being abducted by gunmen along the Elele-Isiokpo road in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Rev. Father Livinus Maurice and two others have regained their freedom. Father Maurice, the parish priest of St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Isiokpo, was kidnapped last Wednesday while returning from …