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The National Assembly has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the suit filed by 11 Peoples Democratic Party governors challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The federal legislature, in its response, contended that the plaintiffs’ suit was procedurally flawed and lacked merit. The National Assembly said this in a preliminary […]

In an emergency move  to to avert the collapse of Nigeria’s electricity supply chain, President Bola Tinubu is billed  President Bola Tinubu to meet the leadership of the nation’s power-generating companies over the staggering N4 trillion debt crippling the sector. The Gencos had reportedly warned the Federal Government over the continued accumulation of debts comprising […]

Eminent lawyer Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has counseled his Ekiti State kinsmen and Nigerians generally to focus on industry, productive and hard work as means for their purposeful existence rather than pursuing politics for livelihood. He spoke at the weekend while commissioning an ultramodern conference hall donated by the founder of Igbekeleoluwa Foundation, Mr. Ayodele […]

The ongoing reforms by the Federal Government are already yielding positive results that will eventually transform Nigeria according to The Tinubu National Solidarity Movement (TNSM). While reaffirming its confidence in the President Bola Tinubu administration, the group’s National Chairman, Mohammed Sani Akwashiki, praised Tinubu’s capacity, courage, and commitment to delivering the Renewed Hope agenda within […]

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar are vital to Nigeria’s  stability and unity. He spoke at the weekend while hosting the Ooni at his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. The Ooni’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, in […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is under pressure by eminent Nigerians to end the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State and restore the suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu, the legislature and the state’s other democratic institutions this May 29, Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Indeed, speculations are rife that Tinubu may reinstate […]

Barr Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu A witness of the Federal Government admitted at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday that no weapon of terrorism or violence was recovered from the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, during his arrest on October 15, 2015, in Lagos. The witness, who is an […]

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has lashed out at suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over her alleged description of President Bola Tinubu’s administration as a “Yoruba Government,” calling the remarks divisive, dangerous, and a calculated attempt to stir ethnic tension. In a strongly worded statement signed by its Organising Secretary, Abagun Kole Omololu, Afenifere described the […]

In northern Nigeria, malnutrition is a leading driver of high child mortality rate. This is worsened by poverty, climate change, insecurity, and limited access to healthcare. Although the government adopted a multi-sector policy to tackle the crisis, weak implementation has rendered it largely ineffective 25 years after. Kingsley Jeremiah explores this escalating crisis across some […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the recently sacked managing directors and some top officials of the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, and Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. The officials were arrested over alleged mismanagement of funds earmarked for the rehabilitation of the facilities. The total amount under investigation […]