RIVERS ALLOCATION: FUBARA FLOORS WIKE AS APPEAL COURT QUASHES HIGH COURT RULING Court of Appeal has halted attempt to seize Rivers State federal allocation by House of Assembly members loyal to Nyesom Wike. In a decisive judgment delivered on Friday, the Court of Appeal has quashed an attempt to seize Rivers State’s statutory allocation. Justice Barka, in his ruling, slammed …

VICTIMS EXPLAIN WHY IGBO APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM IS FAILING Jude Eze looks frail. At his Orhom Orba village in Udenu LGA of Enugu State, Jude appears to be living in anguish of wasted years of apprenticeship in Cotonou, Benin Republic. He claims that his dream of becoming a self-made man before the age of 30 is now a mirage.“I am 44,” …

: I IDENTIFY MORE AS A YORUBA THAN A NIGERIAN – KEMI BADENOCH, UK PARTY LEADER I Have Nothing In Common With ‘Boko Haram’ Northern Nigeria – UK Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch Replies Vice-President [i] Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, has stated that she identifies more with her Yoruba heritage than with Nigeria as a …

DONALD TRUMP NAMED TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR AGAIN Time Magazine has named Donald Trump as their person of the year for the second time. “For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a- generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency and altering America’s role in the world, Donald Trump is TIME’S 2024 Person of the Year,” …

ECONOMIC COUNCIL APPROVES NEW REVENUE COMMISSION LEGISLATION The National Economic Council (NEC), chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, has endorsed a draft bill to repeal and renew the law establishing the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). This decision followed deliberations at the council’s last meeting for 2024, as revealed by Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, during a …

FREQUENT NATIONAL GRID COLLAPSE: DECENTRALIZE POWER GENERATION – FORUM OF COMMISSIONERS The Forum of Commissioners of Power and Energy in Nigeria have expressed deep concern over the frequent grid collapses plaguing the national electricity supply chain. This comes amid frequent collapse of national grid in Nigeria, with the country witnessing the 12th collapse this year alone. In a press statement …

KANO GOVERNOR SACKS SSG, FIVE COMMISSIONERS, SCRAPS OFFICE OF CHIEF OF STAFF Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has reshuffled his cabinet, sacking the Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff to the Governor, Commissioner of Information and four other commissioners. According to his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa the development forms part of a major political decision to …

GOVERNORS ENDORSE CREATION OF STATE POLICE At the National Economic Council NEC meeting chaired by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima on Thursday, 36 states submitted their recommendations with a majority of the governors in favour of the creation of state police. The endorsement came through the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani while briefing state house correspondents. He revealed that at …

LABOUR PARTY’S WOES CONTINUE AS GUBER CANDIDATE, RUNNING MATE DUMP PARTY The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri and his running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd) have announced their resignations from the party. It was gathered that most of the local government chairmen of the party in Bayelsa joined Eradiri …

BANK WORKERS BLAME CBN AS CASH SHORTAGE WORSENS The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance, and Financial Institutions has attributed the worsening cash shortage across the country to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s inability to meet the cash demands of commercial banks. Speaking with The PUNCH, ASSBIFI President, Olusoji Oluwole, highlighted the dire impact of the scarcity, particularly as …

TETFUND PAYS N325M TO APC IN ADAMAWA FOR RUNNING DAILY ACTIVITIES The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) is in the middle of a major financial scandal I’mafter the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Working Committe confirmed recieving N325million from the Nigerian government agency to run the party’s day-to-day activities in Adamawa State. SaharaReporters learnt that the money from the education …

TENSION AS ANOTHER OKUAMA COMMUNITY LEADER DIES IN MILITARY CUSTODY An 81-year-old treasurer of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Dennis Okugbaye, has died in military detention. This comes barely six days after the community’s President-General, Pa James Oghoroko, also died in military detention. Oghoroko, Okugbaye, alongside other leaders of the community including Prof. Arthur …

N550.1B BUDGET: BENUE GOVERNOR, HYACINTH ALIA, GIVES PRIORITY TO INFRASTRUCTURE, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, HEALTH Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, yesterday presented his 2025 Budget christened ‘Budget of Human Capital Development, Food Security, and Digital Economy’, to the state House of Assembly in Makurdi. Addressing the legislators at the state Assembly complex, Governor Alia said the proposed budget, which is designed to …