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TRUMP THREATENS 25% TARIFF ON EU, SAYS BLOC WAS FORMED TO SCREW USA Donald Trump has said he will impose 25% tariffs on the EU “very soon” and claimed the bloc was “formed in order to screw the United States”. The US president made the remarks while holding his first cabinet meeting at the White House since his inauguration in …

I CHALLENGE ANY LAWYER TO SHOW ME WHERE COURT REINSTATED SACKED OSUN LG CHAIRMEN – OKUTEPA A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jubril Okutepa has challenged any lawyer to quote any section of the Court of Appeal judgement that ordered the reinstatement of the sacked Osun council chairmen. Speaking on Arise TV News Night on Tuesday evening, the SAN said the …

NIGERIAN BILLIONAIRE FOLORUNSO ALAKIJA, LOSES SIGHT Nigerian billionaire Folorunso Alakija has lost her sight, according to medical sources involved in her care. Sources revealed that the 73-year-old founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil began experiencing health issues after a near air mishap. She was travelling with her husband, Modupe Alakija, Chairman of Famfa Oil, when the incident caused …

MURTALA MUHAMMED WAS ASSASSINATED FOR REFUSING TO SHARE POWER -IBB Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has revealed that the assassination of Major General Murtala Muhammed on February 13, 1976, was rooted in his refusal to accept a power-sharing arrangement after the coup that brought him to power in 1975. Babangida, in his recently launched autobiography, ‘A Journey …

COURT AFFIRMS EXPULSION OF PDP NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital, has affirmed the expulsion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman South-East Chief Ali Odefa from the party. This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by applicants in Suit No: FHC/AI/CS/FHR/197, between Hon. Herbert Onyedikachi, Hon Anoke, Egbe, Njoku …

BUHARI, EL-RUFAI, AMAECHI ABSENT AS APC HOLDS NEC MEETING Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have converged at the National Secretariat of the party for its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in the nation’s capital, Abuja. All roads leading to the venue of the meeting on Blantyre Street were cordoned off by a combined team of armed security …

COURT AFFIRMS EXPULSION OF PDP NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital, has affirmed the expulsion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman South-East Chief Ali Odefa from the party. This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by applicants in Suit No: FHC/AI/CS/FHR/197, between Hon. Herbert Onyedikachi, Hon Anoke, Egbe, Njoku …

COURT AFFIRMS EXPULSION OF PDP NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital, has affirmed the expulsion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman South-East Chief Ali Odefa from the party. This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by applicants in Suit No: FHC/AI/CS/FHR/197, between Hon. Herbert Onyedikachi, Hon Anoke, Egbe, Njoku …

MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKET HAS FAILED US – MUSLIM GROUP The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has expressed deep disappointment over the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima into office in 2023, stating that it has failed to deliver the anticipated benefits for the Muslim community, particularly in Yorubaland, despite their significant population in …

MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKET HAS FAILED US – MUSLIM GROUP The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has expressed deep disappointment over the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima into office in 2023, stating that it has failed to deliver the anticipated benefits for the Muslim community, particularly in Yorubaland, despite their significant population in …