The Supreme Court on Friday declared the River State’s local government election conducted on the 5th of October 2024 by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission invalid. In a judgment delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, the court declared the election invalid for gross violation of the Electoral Act. Delivering the judgement, Justice Tukur said the […]
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN and the Accountant General of the Federation to stop further releasing financial allocations to the Rivers State Government with immediate effect. The Apex Court directed that the order shall be in force until the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, stops all his illegal, unlawful, […]
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The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgement on the defection of 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The Supreme Court initially reserved judgement in the five appeals bordering on the crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly. Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara is challenging the legality of the assembly led […]
Continue ReadingA tense legal battle unfolded at the Lagos State High Court today as 35 members of the Lagos State House of Assembly arrived to defend their decision to remove Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker. The lawmakers are facing a lawsuit filed by Obasa, who claims his January 13, 2025, removal was unlawful. Photos captured the arrival […]
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Justice Yetunde Pinheiro of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has fixed March 7 for the hearing of all preliminary applications filed in the suit instituted by the embattled former Lagos Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa challenging his alleged unlawful removal as Lagos State House of Assembly speaker. The judge fixed the date after counsel representing […]
Continue ReadingThe embattled member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said he would always do the right thing even without the approval of President Bola Tinubu. Obasa said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday. The lawmaker representing Agege Constituency 1 had been removed from office as […]
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In its bid to enhance the liquidity of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, the Federal Government has said it is considering plans to regularise the electricity tariffs to address disparities in the current billing system for customers outside the Band A category. The proposed hike seeks to align tariffs for customers in the Band B […]
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A widespread electricity blackout caused by technical faults in some feeders owned by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has affected at least 53 locations, including the Presidential Villa. The technical fault affecting the power supply to some parts of the city in the Abuja metropolis impacted transmission to the R4 Injection Sub Station at Three […]
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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke Amotekun Corps in Osun State will begin recruitment screening on Monday next week. Specifically, the exercise, meant to boost its workforce , will hold between Monday, March 3 and Friday, March 7, 2025, at the Amotekun Headquarters located in the Powerline Area along Ikirun Road, Osogbo. In a statement by […]
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Esa Oke monarch, Oba Adeyemi Akanbi, has urged Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke to fulfill his promise of setting up a panel of inquiry to investigate the crisis that rocked the community on February 3, 2025. Addressing newsmen in Esa Oke on Tuesday, the monarch expressed concern over the delay in the panel’s inauguration, stating […]
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