COURT BARS PDP NEC, BOT FROM SACKING DAMAGUM AS ACTING PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from removing Amb. Ilya Damagum as the Acting National Chairman of the party. The court ordered that no other person must be …

FG ANNOUNCES FULL DEREGULATION OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY The federal government has announced the full deregulation of the petroleum industry in Nigeria, saying oil marketers were free to purchase their products from any source. Before now, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited was the sole importer of premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, into the country and was …

CHIEF JUDGE REJECTS NYAKO’S RECUSAL FROM NNAMDI KANU’S CASE, RETURNS CASE FILE The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has rejected the recusal of Justice Binta Nyako from the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice Nyako had recently stepped down from the case following Kanu’s demand, in which …

MY HUSBAND NOT CAUSE OF NIGERIA’S PROBLEMS – TINUBU’S WIFE Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said her husband, President Bola Tinubu, should not be blamed for the current economic hardship in Nigeria. Nigerians have been groaning under economic hardship since the removal of fuel subsidy which pushed the pump price of petrol from N198 to N1,030. Tinubu announced an end to …

RECENT LOCAL GOVT ELECTIONS ACROSS STATES IN NIGERIA, A SHAM, RAPE OF DEMOCRACY – SENATE The Nigerian Senate has denounced the recent local government elections in several states, describing them as a “sham” and a “rape of democracy.” This condemnation arose during a session on Thursday, following a motion led by Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South), who criticized the …

CHIDINMA ADETSHINA NAMED ENUGU STATE BRAND AMBASSADOR Chidimma Adetshina, Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 winner, has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Enugu State. The 23-year-old was named ambassador by the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, in an X post on Thursday. Her appointment came after a warm homecoming on Tuesday in Enugu, where she was welcomed with banners, …

PDP CRISIS WORSENS AS FACTIONS SUSPEND EACH OTHER Press Statement The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) arising from its 593rd Meeting today, Thurday, October 10, 2024, has directed the National Publicity Secretary (NPS), Hon Debo Ologunagba and National Legal Adviser (NLA), Kamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, to step aside, respectively. As a result, the NWC constituted …

NCC COMPLETES NIN-SIM LINKAGE FOR ALL PHONE NUMBERS The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it has successfully completed the federal government’s policy linking all phone numbers to a National Identification Number (NIN). The milestone was confirmed by Aminu Maida, Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, at the 2024 Annual Corporate Governance Conference held in Lagos on Thursday. The NIN-SIM linkage …

WHY I PREFER TRADITIONAL WORSHIP TO CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM – SOYINKA Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has disclosed why he prefers traditional Orisa worshipping to Christianity and Islam. He said the deepness of faith in Islam and Christianity doesn’t match that of Orisa worshipping for him, adding that Orisa fascinated him a lot more. According to him, Orisa worshipping is one …

WTO SELECTS UNN, OTHERS FOR TRADE RESEARCH PROGRAMME The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has expanded the WTO Chairs Programme to include five new academic institutions located in previously under-represented regions. The new beneficiary institutions includes the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. The others are Universidad Iberoamericana, Dominican Republic; Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar; Université de Lomé, Togo; and National University …

YOU DON’T HAVE CAPACITY TO BRING DOWN MILITARY AIRCRAFT – DHQ TELLS DOKUBO The Defence Headquarters has officially responded to a viral video in which ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, claimed he had the capacity to bring down military aircraft allegedly seen hovering over his house during the recent Rivers State local government elections. Dokubo had boasted, “The federal government …

NO FOOD FOR LAZY MAN – TINUBU’S WIFE TELLS NIGERIAN YOUTHS TO WORK HARD The First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerian youths to be hard-working, saying, “There is no food for lazy man.” Mrs Tinubu said this during a courtesy visit to the palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Thursday. …

FUBARA ASKS LAWYERS TO APPEAL COURT JUDGEMENT AFFIRMING WIKE’S LOYALIST AS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER Rivers Governor Siminialayi Fubara has instructed his legal team to appeal a recent ruling from the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which he claims does not reinstate the Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule. In a statement released on October 10, 2024, Attorney-General Israel Dagogo Iboroma asserted that …

2024 RIVERS BUDGET A NULLITY – APPEAL COURT The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court which set aside the N800 billion budget passed by five members of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by the Edison Ehie-led group. The court held that Governor Fubara withdrew his counter-affidavit at the lower court …

FUBARA LOSES AS APPEAL COURT AFFIRMS PRO-WIKE LAWMAKER AS AUTHENTIC SPEAKER OF RIVERS ASSEMBLY The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed Hon. Martin Amaewhule as the authentic Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, equally validated the Amaewhule-led members of the Assembly as bonafide lawmakers …