CONFUSION IN SENATE OVER LOCAL GOVT AUTONOMY The Senate Wednesday ran into trouble on enforceability of Financial Autonomy granted the 774 Local Government Councils across the country by the Supreme Court in August, 2024. Senator Tony Nwoye ( LP Anambra North), had at commencement of plenary, rose through orders 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing rules , to move …

NIGERIAN ARMY GENERAL DETAINED FOR STEALING RICE PALLIATIVE A Nigerian military commander, identified Brigadier General M.A. Sadiq of 3 Brigade Kano State is currently detained in a military police guardroom in Abuja over the alleged diversion of rice palliatives, and selling of military equipment, including generator sets and operational vehicles, to scrap yards. The Nigerian Defence Headquarters gave the rice …

SOUTH KOREAN INVESTORS TO BUILD FOUR REFINERS IN NIGERIA A consortium of South Korean investors is set to build four refineries, each with a 100,000-barrel-per-day capacity, in various parts of Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, during the first summit organised by the Crude Oil Refineries Owners Association of Nigeria, held …

DOZENS KILLED, OTHERS INJURED AS SOLDIERS CLASH WITH GUNMEN IN IMO A violent clash between soldiers and armed gunmen in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State has left many Dead and others injured. The shootout took place late last night. The fight took place in the Aba branch area, with sources confirming that several soldiers were attacked and …

APPEAL COURT SACKS PDP REPS MEMBER, ATIGWE, DECLARES LP CANDIDATE, AGBO WINNER The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has upheld the sack of Hon. Simon Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the House of Representatives by Election Petition Tribunal. The court also affirmed the declaration of Hon. Dennis Nnamdi Agbo of the Labour Party, LP, as the …

CONCERNED IGBO CLERICS ACCUSE SOUTH EAST GOVS OF FRUSTRATING NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE The Concerned Igbo Ministers Commission, an inter-religious group, has accused South-East governors of conspiring to keep the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in detention for political reasons. In a statement signed by the group’s President/Coordinator, Rev. Tony Uzo Anthony, and General Secretary, …

MIXED REACTIONS TRAIL CONFLICTING COURT ORDERS IN RIVERS Conflicting orders and ex parte injunctions by judges of courts with coordinate powers and jurisdiction in same matters, especially politically sensitive cases have been a source of discourse over time; the recent happenings in Rivers State have, however, made the issue a cause for concern.Legal practitioners, while holding a consensus that it …

PETER OBI, LP CARETAKER COMMITTEE REJECT COURT JUDGEMENT ON ABURE The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi and members of the 29-man caretaker committee have announced plans to appeal the Federal High Court judgment affirming Julius Abure as the party’s national chairman. The Abuja-based court ruled that the contentious national convention that returned Abure …

OUR REFINERY WAS BUILT WITHOUT GOVT INCENTIVE – DANGOTE Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group, on Tuesday, said that the Dangote Refinery was constructed without any government incentives. Dangote made this known during his keynote address at the Crude Oil Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria (CORAN) Summit in Lagos. The Summit has the theme,”Making Nigeria a Net Exporter …

PDP LEADERS CLASH IN ABUJA OVER ATIKU, WIKE Leaders of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed in Abuja over those responsible for the lingering crisis in the party. The PDP has been engulfed in crisis since the conduct of the Presidential primary of the last election won. The crisis also contributed to the defeat of the party by …

I’VE NO APOLOGY WORKING AGAINST PDP IN 2023 – WIKE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike on Tuesday declared that he has no apology for working against the presidential ambition of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023. Wike said he worked against PDP because the party jettisoned fairness, equity, and justice. The former Rivers State governor said …

I ALLOWED FUBARA TO GOVERN INDEPENDENTLY – WIKE Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has refuted allegations of exerting godfatherism over Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara. During an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Wike dismissed claims that Fubara had knelt before him to seek forgiveness, stating, “What offense did he commit? Never, he did not kneel …

WIKE BLAMES FUBARA FOR VIOLENCE IN RIVERS, SAYS HE DISRESPECTS RULE OF LAW Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of being the architect of the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State. Wike made the accusations on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The minister said the governor was wrong …

FUBARA SETS UP COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON RIVERS CRISIS Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has taken a fresh move to address the violence witnessed recently in the state by establishing a judicial commission of inquiry. This move comes after the Ikwere and Emohua Local Government Council secretariats were set ablaze, resulting in destruction of properties and loss of life. The …

WHO WILL RESCUE NIGERIA FROM TINUBU IN 2027? During the military regimes of Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha, the struggle to return Nigeria to civilian democratic rule was led largely by political personalities and intelligentsia from the southwestern part of the country.This became even more strident following the annulment of the June 12, 1993, elections by the Babangida regime. …