NNPP, APC AT WAR IN KANO OVER KWANKWASO’S STATEMENT ON SECURITY THREATS Six months ago, former governor of Kano State and leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, predicted that the new administration in the state would surely revisit the Kano Emirate issue: “Honestly, it is one of those things, which nobody has sat with me to …

KANO GOVT TO RECONSTRUCT EMIR BAYERO’S PALACE, ORDERS POLICE TO EVICT HIM The Kano State Government has ordered the police to remove the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nassarawa mini palace. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had issued a similar directive when Ado Bayero returned to the state two days after his dethronement. Irked by the …

SANUSI REMAINS EMIR – KANO GOVT The Kano State government has said the ruling delivered by a Federal High Court presided over by Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman, earlier on Thursday, shows Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II is still the Emir of Kano. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for justice, Barrister Haruna Isah Dederi, said this during a press conference held …

BREAKING: COURT NULLIFIES REINSTATEMENT OF SANUSI AS EMIR OF KANO A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has nullified the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. The court, which delivered a verdict on Thursday, also nullified all the actions taken after the controversial reinstatement. The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman said, “I hereby order …

NNAMDI KANU, NOT SEEKING NEGOTIATION WITH FEDERAL GOVT – LAWYER Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has described news report by some media platforms titled ‘Kanu Seeks Negotiation With FG’, as false. Some sections of media platforms have reported that Kanu through Ejimakor on Wednesday at the Federal High …

APPEAL COURT RESERVES JUDGEMENT IN RIVERS. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TUSSLE The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by former Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and 24 others against Speaker Victor Oko-Jumbo and five others. The appeal is challenging a high court judgment that declared their seats vacant and sought …

ENUGU GOV PETER MBAH, APPROVES PAYMENT OF EIGHT MONTHS SALARIES OWED STAFF   OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has approved the payment of eight-month salary arrears valued at over N467m, which were owed the academic, non-academic, and casual staff of the Enugu State College of Education, Technical, ESCET, Enugu. A breakdown of the …

N53B EBONYI AIRPORT LIES IDLE OVER A YEAR OF INAUGURATION June 19, 2024, marks the 390th day since the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, was opened by former President Muhammadu Buhari on May 26, 2023. Notably, the airport had a soft launch on April 26, 2023, when former Governor David Umahi oversaw the landing of two inaugural …

EDO PDP EXPELS EX-DEPUTY GOV, PHILIP SHAIBU, VICE CHAIRMAN, DAN ORBIH, FORMER HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER, OGBEIDE-IHAMA The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reportedly expelled three prominent members, including Dan Orbih, National Vice Chairman (South South), Phillip Shaibu, former Deputy Governor, and Omorgie Ogbeide-Ihama, former House of Representatives member. The State Publicity Secretary, Ogie Vasco, …

ABIA GOVERNOR, ALEX OTTI SACKS CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY, KAZIE UKO Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has relieved his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, of his duties. This announcement was made by the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, shortly after an Executive Council meeting with the Governor, Wednesday evening. According to Kanu, Kalu Ukoha Kalu will take over as the …

NIGERIA TO SEND FIRST CITIZEN TO SPACE The Nigerian Government has announced that it is sending its first citizen into space. The Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, Mathew Adepoju, made this known at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the …

YOU WANT NIGERIANS TO OFFER THEMSELVES AS BURNT OFFERINGS – CUPP TACKLES TINUBU The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has slammed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing him of doing very little or nothing to solve the hunger issues Nigerians are going through. In a statement by its National Secretary, Chief Peter Ameh, the Coalition said the President had deployed …

NIGERIAN PRESIDENT FLEW PRIVATE JET TO SOUTH AFRICA OWNED BY LEBANESE ALLY, CHAGOURY The private jet marked 9H-GRC, which flew PPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu to South Africa for the second term inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa, is owned by Chagoury Group, a conglomerate owned by Gilbert Chagoury, a known business partner of Nigerian President, according to SaharaReporters The Nigerian President …

NEW ZEALAND PM TAKES COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO JAPAN AFTER HIS PLANE BROKE DOWN New Zealand’s prime minister was forced to take a commercial flight to Japan after his air force plane broke down while refuelling in Papua New Guinea, his office said Monday. Christopher Luxon switched late Sunday to a scheduled flight from Port Moresby to Tokyo via Hong Kong …

COURT ENJOINS FEDERAL GOVT, NNAMDI KANU TO SETTLE OUT-OF-COURT The Abuja Federal High Court has enjoined the Nigerian government and Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to settle their protracted case without recourse to legal maneuvers and judicial back-and-forths. Justice Binta Nyako ordered the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi and Kanu to explore political …