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BUDGET PRESENTATION: FUBARA LOCKED OUT OF RIVERS ASSEMBLY COMPLEX Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara was on Wednesday denied access to the Rivers State House of Assembly quarters, where lawmakers currently hold plenary sessions. The governor arrived at the Assembly quarters on Wednesday morning to present the state 2025 budget but was met with a locked gate, preventing his entry. Fubara …

HOW MERANDA WITHDREW N5BN FROM LAGOS ASSEMBLY ACCOUNT DAYS AFTER BECOMING SPEAKER Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, is embroiled in a fresh dispute with his deputy, Mojisola Meranda, for allegedly authorising the withdrawal of N5 billion from the assembly’s account just days after taking office. The move came in the wake of her brief …

SUSPENSION BY SENATE: WE’LL HEAR FROM AKPABIO – IPU TELLS NATASHA The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) says will take steps to address the concerns raised by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central in the national assembly. The IPU is a global organisation of national parliaments. It promotes peace, democracy and sustainable development among nations through diplomacy and dialogue. It also seeks …

NIMET WARNS OF SEVERE HEAT STRESS IN 12 STATES The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned of severe heat stress in 12 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). In its weather outlook released on Monday, the agency said the rising temperatures and high humidity levels in the next three to four days may cause thermal discomfort across several regions …

MARKETERS PROJECT N800/LITRE ASIMPORTED PETROL’S COST DROPS TO ₦‎774/LITRE The price war in the downstream oil sector intensified on Tuesday as major oil marketers moved to offer a lower price against the gantry loading cost of N825 per litre set by Dangote Petroleum Refinery. This development followed a revelation by marketers that the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) …

CANADA WILL CUT OFF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO U.S – PREMIER WARNS 🇺🇸 President Donald Trump may have delayed most – though not all – of the tariffs he had imposed on Canada and Mexico, but that hasn’t stopped America’s northern neighbors from responding forcefully in retaliation. Ontario Premier Doug Ford at a press conference that he would move forward with …

SDP NATIONAL SECRETARY, OLU AGUNLOYE , PETITIONS IGP OVER ‘PLOT’ TO REMOVE HIM Olu Agunloye, the national secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has petitioned Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police, over an alleged plot to force him to resign, TheCable can report. Sources told TheCable that members of the SDP loyal to Nasir el-Rufai, the former governor of …

WHAT NATASHA TOLD UN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, told the United Nations Inter-Parliamentary Union on Tuesday that she had been illegally suspended by the Nigerian Senate. Natasha, who accused the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of sexual harassment, was recently handed a six-month suspension over her alleged conduct in the Red Chamber. …

SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI REPORTS HER SUSPENSION TO UN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION It appears the controversy over the allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill and her suspension from the Red Chamber may not be getting off the news anytime soon. This is because the suspended Kogi Senator on Tuesday took her case to a global stage. At the …

FG BEHIND CRISES IN PDP, LP, NNPP – EL-RUFAI The Presidency and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday clashed again over allegation that the Federal Government is behind the internal crises and litany of litigations rocking the opposition parties in the country. El-Rufai made the claim when he visited the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party in Abuja. A …