SOWORE ACCUSES SOME IGBO ELITE OF COMPLICITY IN NNAMDI KANU’S PROLONGED DETENTION Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, says some members of the Igbo elite are complicit in the prolonged detention of Nnamdi Kanu. He added that the incarceration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader is proof that “Nigeria has an Igbo problem”. Speaking in an interview with …

SENATORS DIVIDED OVER FUNDING OF DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS Lawmakers in the Red Chamber were divided on Thursday over the source of funding for the newly created Zonal Development Commissions. The argument unfolded as the Senate and House of Representatives moved forward with legislation to establish these commissions, which were also stripped of operational immunity for their boards and executives. The disagreement …

TINUBU’S CABINET RESHUFFLE UNINSPIRING, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED – EX-MINISTER A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has voiced his dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s recent cabinet reshuffle, labelling it as uninspiring and politically driven. Shittu shared his views on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” programme on Thursday, just a day after the President’s significant overhaul of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). President …

NO DEADLINE ON CIRCULATION OF OLD NAIRA NOTES – CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that there is no deadline on the circulation of old N200, N500 and N1000 bank notes. The spokesperson of CBN, Sidi Ali Hakama disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. This comes amid speculations that the old Naira notes will cease to be …

STRANGE OBJECT HITS VP SHETTIMA’S AIRCRAFT IN NEW YORK, CANCELS COMMONWEALTH TRIP Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima will no longer be attending the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit after a strange object hit his Aircraft. According to a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA on Thursday night, signed by Presidential Media Aide, Bayo Onanuga, the cockpit windscreen of Shettima’s aircraft …

PETER OBI BEGINS US TOUR, TO VISIT THREE MAJOR CITIES The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has commenced a three day, three Cities tour of the United States of America. This was made known in a statement from Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) signed by Ibrahim Umar. According to the statement, …

HUMPHREY NWOSU, FORMER NEC CHAIRMAN OF OPTION A4 FAME, DIES AT 83 Professor Humphrey Nwosu, who served as Chairman of the then National Electoral Commission (NEC) from 1989 to 1993, has passed away. The NEC is now known as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Born on October 2, 1941, Nwosu died in a hospital in Virginia, USA. He was …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, APPROVES N80,000 MINIMUM WAGE FOR WORKERS The Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah has approved the sum of 80,000 Naira as the minimum wage for Enugu workers, effective immediately. Governor Mbah announced this at the Lion Building, while receiving the report of the committee setup to look into the minimum wage issue in the state. …

NIGERIA MAY END UP LIKE SOMALIA IF NOT REFORMED – TINUBU’S AIDE, ONANUGA The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has said except for the ongoing reform, Nigeria’s economy would have ended up like that of Somalia. Onanuga spoke on Thursday while reacting to the public outcry on economic hardship occasioned by some policies …

FG WORSENING THE HARDSHIP BURDEN – PUNCH EDITORIAL Nigerians have yet to know respite in the 16-month-old administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. From the inauguration podium where the new President announced that “subsidy is gone”, Nigerians have been thrown into the abyss of astronomical petrol prices that have birthed unprecedented rising inflation, soaring food prices and high unemployment rate. …

ABIA LG ELECTION: GOV OTTI SUPPORTING CANDIDATES OUTSIDE LABOUR PARTY – AIDE Ahead of the November 2 local government elections in Abia, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Hon. Ferdinand Ekeoma says his principal will support candidates outside of his party, the Labour Party. This comes on the heels of a report that the governor is courting …

FG THREATENS TO REVOKE ANOTHER JULIUS BERGER CONTRACT The Federal Government has given Julius Berger a seven-day ultimatum to accept its N740.79 billion offer for the completion of a section of the Abuja-Kano Highway or risk termination of the contract. Addressing journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, who insisted that the …

TINUBU WANTS FILLING STATIONS CONVERTED TO CNG OUTLETS, MINISTER Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas) Ekperipke Ekpo, has said that President Bola Tinubu wants filling stations converted to compressed natural gas (CNG) outlets. Ekpo spoke at the State House after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, presided over by the President. The minister said Tinubu “gave a …

FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT, DAVID MARK, MAY EMERGE PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN As part of last minute maneuvering, the former President of the Senate, David Mark, may emerge as the Peoples Dem­ocratic Party’s (PDP) national chairman. Pressure has been mounting on Sen­ator Mark by some governors, key party stakeholders and concerned members of the party for him to accept the position and …

LAGOS SEALS OVER 352 CHURCHES, MOSQUES OVER NOISE POLLUTION THE Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, yesterday, disclosed that over 352 facilities including religious houses have been shut down across various parts of the state in the last year over noise pollution and other environmental infractions. The General Manager of LASEPA, Dr Babatunde Ajayi, disclosed this in his office, Ikeja, …