Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, said at the weekend that the state was not at war with the federal government or any of its agencies. The clarification followed insinuations in some quarters about hostility between the two tiers of government in the wake of the legal dispute over whoContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday vowed that he would never allow anything or anyone to disrupt the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. He made the declaration during a National Security Council (NSC) meeting in Abuja with the service chiefs, where the election and rising cases of violence became the focusContinue Reading
John Nwodo, former president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says the delay in restructuring the country may lead a mass boycott or disruption of the 2023 elections. Speaking at the 14th Anthony Cardinal Okogie Foundation (ACOF) annual lecture themed, ‘Whither Nigeria: Restructuring, Secession or Status Quo’, organised by Knights of St. JohnContinue Reading
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday lost his bid to be moved to the Kuje Correctional Centre. Kanu’s request to be moved from the Kuje Correctional Centre from the Department of State Service, DSS, facility was rejected by Justice Binta Nyako of the AbujaContinue Reading
The Chairman Senate Committee on Industry, Senator Tokunbo Abiru, yesterday expressed dissatisfaction with the ‘meagre’ N40billion released to finance Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) development in the country by the Bank of Industry (BoI) in 2021. Tokunbo made the observation when his committee had an interactive session with theContinue Reading
Lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Wednesday said the Federal Government must produce his client in court on Thursday. Ejiofor made the call while accusing the representatives of the Federal Government of attempting to delay the trial. Addressing a world press conference on the latest developments regarding Kanu’sContinue Reading
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says there is no proof that any protester was killed at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos state in October 2020. On October 20, 2020, some soldiers reportedly opened fire on protesters in an attempt to disperse them, but some were allegedly killed andContinue Reading
A reporter of Legit TV identified as Abimbola has been reportedly arrested by the police operatives during EndSARS memorial protest at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos State where some Nigerian youths were allegedly gunned down on October 20, 2020. DAILY POST reports that despite warnings by the Lagos State Police command againstContinue Reading
The acting Comptroller General of Immigration (Ag. CGI), Isah Idris, has discovered a high prevalence of touts and subsequent hike in passport fees at Lagos passport offices during a personal sting operation. A statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Amos Okpu, said the Ag.Continue Reading
THE Edo State chapters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have engaged in a war of words over the performance of Governor Godwin Obaseki. The APC in a statement by its newly elected state chairman, Col David Imuse (retd) accused Obaseki and the PDPContinue Reading
