The Supreme Court has slated 5 December for hearing of two applications seeking to invalidate Hope Uzodinma’s election as Imo State governor. This is coming three years after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Peoples Party (APP) filed the two separate applications seeking to have the Supreme Court nullify Mr Uzodinma’s All Progressives Congress … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu has stepped into the political situation in Rivers State. The President, on Tuesday, met with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Tinubu met with the two politicians at the Aso Villa in the nation’s capital, Abuja. Governor … [Read more…]
The Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah has assured that his administration will eradicate hunger and poverty in the state and unlock the rural economy through investment in agriculture and agro-industrialisation. Governor Mbah, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia, said this during the celebration of the 2023 World Food … [Read more…]
…event to hold on November 18 in Enugu Following the recently concluded voting for nominees in the third edition of the Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture and Awards, a process which garnered a record total of 24,593 votes spread across over 40 countries of the world, Pacesetter Frontier Magazine, organisers of the event have announced the … [Read more…]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan as the elected senator for Kogi Central Senatorial Election, Channels Television is reporting. The court dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere for lacking in merit. In September, the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja nullified the election of Mr Ohere of the All … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu on Monday expressed confidence in the integrity of his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. Mr Tinubu spoke during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the Presidential Villa. Mr Tinubu may be reacting to speculations that Mr Gbajabiamila was responsible for the confusion in Mr Tinubu’s appointments of cabinet members and … [Read more…]
Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday morning, met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Both men were attending the Police Council meeting, which consists of 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The duo, whose opposing loyalists were at dagger drawn back home in the … [Read more…]
The federal government has approved a supplementary budget totaling N2.1 trillion. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Monday after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa. Bagudu explained, “We submitted a supplementary budget, and the council considered … [Read more…]
I have observed with dismay the nonchalant attitude shown by the youths of the South East of Nigeria towards the ongoing recruitment exercise for General Duty Constables of the Nigeria Police Force. The available information shows that Kaduna State is leading in the on-line application into the Police Force with 20,259 while Anambra State trails … [Read more…]
The court hearing involving Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke in the United Kingdom, over bribery allegations has been adjourned to November 2025. The Westminster Magistrates Court adjourned hearing on the suit on Monday. Alison-Madueke appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday, October 2, 2023, after being charged with bribery offences amounting to … [Read more…]
Some lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara have elected Edison Ehie as the new Speaker. Ehie was the House Leader until he was suspended on Monday by anti Fubara lawmakers. But he told reporters at the Government House, Port Harcourt later that 26 members of the House sat … [Read more…]
About 70 decomposed human bodies, including 20 headless ones and countless human skeletons, were discovered around Lokpanta Cattle Market in Umunneochi local government area of Abia State. The state governor, Dr Alex Otti, disclosed this late Sunday night during a monthly media chat for October tagged; ‘Governor Alex Otti Speaks to Abians’, at the Government … [Read more…]