KANO GOVT DRAGS EX-GOV GANDUJE, WIFE, SIX OTHERS TO COURT OVER BRIBERY, DIVERSION OF FUNDS The Kano State Government has dragged former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, Umar Abdullahi Umar and five others to court on eight count charges relating to bribery allegations, misappropriation and diversion of funds among others running into billions of naira This was …

NORTHERN ELDERS FORUM BERATES TINUBU OVER INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF, SAYS PRESIDENT HAS BETRAYED TRUST OF NIGERIANS The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the recent increase in electricity tariff, saying that he has betrayed the trust that Nigerians had in him. In a statement which was released by NEF and signed by its Director …

FUBARA PLOTTING TO OBTAIN COURT ORDER TO DECLARE RIVERS ASSEMBLY ILLEGAL – APC; ALLEGATION BASELESS, STATE GOVT The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of plotting to procure an interim order of Court, which will declare the present Rivers State House of Assembly illegal. APC caretaker committee chairman in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, …

NIGERIAN GOVT, INTERPOL COMMENCE EXTRADITION PROCESS FOR BINANCE CHIEF NADEEM ANJARWALLA The Federal Government and the International Criminal Police Organisation have commenced extraditing a Binance chief, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped detention in Nigeria on March 22. Security agencies had arrested Anjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan, two executives of the crypto-currency firm Binance Holdings Limited, over alleged money laundering in February. They …

UPROAR AS ASARI DOKUBO CALLS HIMSELF AN IGBO MAN In a video that is currently going viral, former freedom fighter, Asari Dokubo, identifies himself as an Igbo Man, and it has sparked reactions on social media since the former agitator have always bashed Ndi Igbo on social media. So, many netizens were surprised for the change of mind. Recall that …

BREAKING: NIGERIANS TO PAY MORE FOR ELECTRICITY, TARIFF GOES UP BY OVER 300% The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has given the go-ahead to raise the electricity rates for customers in the Band A category. At a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, the Vice Chairman of NERC, Musliu Oseni, announced that there will be a rise in electricity tariffs. …

FRESH CONTROVERSY OVER 13 VACANT PLATEAU ASSEMBLY SEATS As confusion continues to trail 16 vacant seats in the Plateau State House of Assembly, the 13 candidates of the Labour Party (LP) assembly election have vowed to press on for the enforcement of the court judgments they secured against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The candidates had prior to the …

REAL STORY ON DEMOLITION OF IGBO MAN’S PROPERTY IN ABUJA, BY WIKE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has revealed what transpired between him and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SNECOU Group Limited, Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, who decried the demolition of his investment on 214 hectares of land in the Asokoro district of FCT. Ukachukwu …

FAYE, SENEGAL’S NEW PRESIDENT: FROM PRISON TO PRESIDENCY Senegal’s new President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sitting in a prison cell just a few months ago, a relatively unknown figure outside his opposition party, Pastef. But, everything changed for him when the party’s firebrand leader, Ousmane Sonko, who was also detained, was charged with insurrection in July and barred from running …

PETER OBI RAKES OVER NIGERIA’S DEBT PROFILE, SAYS GOVT BORROWINGS UNPRODUCTIVE The former presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi has described the Nigerian government borrowings as unproductive. Obi stated this in a statement via his verified social media handle on Tuesday. According to him, Nigeria’s public debt keeps increasing with little or no impact on the country’s economy. …

EBONYI POLITICAL FOES UNITE FOR EX-GOVERNOR’S BIRTHDAY After years at loggerheads, leaders of Ebonyi State including Governor Francis Nwifuru, former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim, former governors Sam Egwu, David Umahi and Martin Elechi, seem to have settled their differences. The leaders have not been attending public functions together until Tuesday, when all of them gathered to celebrate the 83rd …

DANGOTE REFINERY BEGINS DIESEL SALES TO MARKETERS; NNPC REDUCES PETROL PRICES The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is set to commence sales of diesel to marketers as from today, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The refinery has set a minimum sale volume of one million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) diesel per marketer. According to the national president of the Independent Petroleum …

EFFORTS ON TO RELEASE IPOB LRADER, NNAMDI KANU – REPS DEPUTY SPEAKER The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has revealed that there are ongoing efforts to secure the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). He said while legal processes are underway, concerted political solutions are being …

LAGOS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE FOUND HANGING DEAD IN HIS HOUSE The lifeless body of a Deputy Commissioner of Police at the Lagos State Police Command, DCP Gbolahan Oyedemi was found on Tuesday morning in his private home in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The deceased was the aide de Camp (ADC) to a former governor of Oyo State, late Adebayo Alao …

WE’LL LEAVE LABOUR PARTY IF INTERNAL CRISIS PERSISTS – PETER OBI Peter Obi, a former Anambra State governor and Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has said that he might abandon the party if the internal turmoil persists. Obi said he had been striving hard to solve the internal crisis in the party, but will not die …