WIKE ARRIVES PORT HARCOURT AFTER SUPREME COURT VICTORY Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has made a triumphant return to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling in his favor. The court’s decision has dealt a significant blow to the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The Supreme Court ruled that the Central Bank of …

NATASHA AKPOTI: YAHAYA BELLO, DINO MELAYE, AKPABIO – ALL HARASSED YOU SEXUALLY. NA ONLY YOU WAKA COME? – LERE OLAYINKA Journalist Lere Olayinka posted a biting X commentary: “Senator Natasha Akpoti: Yahaya Bello harrassed you sexually, Dino Melaye harrassed you sexually, Akpabio harrassed you sexually. Na only you waka come” The pidgin phrase—“Are you the only one” —dripped with sarcasm, …

FUBARA REACTS TO SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON RIVERS ASSEMBLY CHRIS Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has acknowledged the Supreme Court ruling affirming Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule and 26 other lawmakers as valid members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, marking a major shift in the ongoing political crisis in the state. In a statement released by the Commissioner for …

MY HUSBAND IS DISCIPLINED, AKPABIO’S WIFE DISMISSES NATASHA’S CLAIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT Ekaette Uloma Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations of sexual harassment leveled against her husband by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central, had in an interview with Arise Television on Friday accused the Senate President of sexual harassment. The Kogi …

MY HUSBAND IS DISCIPLINED, AKPABIO’S WIFE DISMISSES NATASHA’S CLAIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT Ekaette Uloma Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations of sexual harassment leveled against her husband by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central, had in an interview with Arise Television on Friday accused the Senate President of sexual harassment. The Kogi …

SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ENDS IMPUNITY IN RIVERS – WIKE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Friday hailed the Supreme Court’s ruling, which nullified the recent local government elections in Rivers State and upheld the legitimacy of the 27-member Martin Amaewhule-led State Assembly. Speaking in Abuja after the judgment, Wike declared that the apex court’s decision has …

RIVERS LG ELECTION INVALID, NULL, VOID – SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court on Friday declared as invalid, illegal, null and void, the local government election conducted in Rivers state on October 5, 2024, and won by the All Peoples Party, APP. The apex court held that the election was invalid because all conditions precedent billed to be implemented were jettisoned …

, RIVERS LG ELECTION INVALID, NULL, VOID – SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court on Friday declared as invalid, illegal, null and void, the local government election conducted in Rivers state on October 5, 2024, and won by the All Peoples Party, APP. The apex court held that the election was invalid because all conditions precedent billed to be implemented were …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS TRIUMPH AS SUPREME COURT ASKS THEM TO RESUME WORK, BARS CBN FROM RELEASING FUND TO RIVERS The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation to stop further release of financial allocations to the Rivers State government with immediate effect. The apex court directed that the order shall remain …

PRO-WIKE LAWMAKERS TRIUMPH AS SUPREME COURT ASKS THEM TO RESUME WORK, BARS CBN FROM RELEASING FUND TO RIVERS The Supreme Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation to stop further release of financial allocations to the Rivers State government with immediate effect. The apex court directed that the order shall remain …

SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO, WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME – CONTROVERSIAL NATASHA AKPOTI Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of making sexual advances at her. She alleged that most of the intimate love calls from Akpabio comes in the dead of the night and that she usually wakes her husband and put the conversations on speaker. …

BLACKOUT IN ASO VILLA, ABUJA METROPOLIS OVER FAULTY FEEDERS There is widespread electricity blackout in Nigeria’s capital as the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) announced faults in some electricity feeders bringing power to some parts of the city. Villa, the seat of power, is also affected due to the fault at R4 Injection Sub Station by Three Arm Zone, Aso …

SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME – CONTROVERSIAL NATASHA AKPOTI Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of making sexual advances at her. She alleged that most of the intimate love calls from Akpabio comes in the dead of the night and that she usually wakes her husband and put the conversations on speaker. …

SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO, WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME – CONTROVERSIAL NATASHA AKPOTI Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Friday accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of making sexual advances at her. She alleged that most of the intimate love calls from Akpabio comes in the dead of the night and that she usually wakes her husband and put the conversations on speaker. …

REAL STORY BEHIND NIGERIA’S DRUG MARKET RAID The narrative surrounding Nigeria’s recent drug market raid has been dangerously skewed. What many perceive as heavy-handed overreach is, in reality, a complex struggle against a deeply entrenched public health crisis. At the heart of the controversy is NAFDAC’s recent crackdown on open drug markets, which have long fueled the circulation of fake …