…Says Nigerians have lost confidence in judiciary BY MARTINS DURU Lagos Peoples Democratic Party Elders, led by a former national vice chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, has said that anarchy is looming in Nigeria over the actions of the judiciary in giving conflicting judgements. In the meeting heldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI AND JAMES AKINOLA President Bola Tinubu will present the 2024 budget to the National Assembly on Wednesday This is according to a memo dated November 27, 2023, signed by the federal legislature’s Secretary of Human Resources and Staff Development, Shuaibu Maina Birma, on behalf of the ClerkContinue Reading
Olukayode Ariwoola CJN court BY GODWIN OBI, ADOLPHUS DURU AND EFE MODESTUS Amid controversies trailing judgments of various courts handling election disputes, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, yesterday, said that public sentiments, and emotions cannot replace the law. “The law remains the law, no matter whoseContinue Reading
L-R:: Williams Bwala of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO); Hourable Minister of Transportation, Adegboyega Oyetola; Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko; APR-IMO, Mumuni Drissu and Technical Adviser, IMO, Hassan Abubakar, Esq, at the ongoing IMO general assembly in London yesterday. Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),Continue Reading
Unknown gunmen last Saturday night kidnapped and murdered a traditional ruler, Eze Joe-Benz Ochulor, Olu 1 of Otulu Amumara, in Ezinihitte Mbaise Council Area of Imo state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye, confirmed this incident said: “The information is true.” Further more, an eyewitness said theContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA Three armed robbers were on Sunday eliminated by operatives of the Distress Response Squad (DRS), a special police unit created by Enugu State government to checkmate crime in the state capital. In a video circulating on social media, the lifeless bodies of the criminal gang were seenContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided a lounge in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, targeting a night party organised for the abuse of illicit substances. In a Sunday statement, the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said NDLEA operatives also arrested some organisers who were foundContinue Reading
Supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have continued to protest the Appeal Court’s judgment that sacked Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State. But this time, it was the women supporters of the party who took their agitation to the police headquarters in Kano to protest what they calledContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, and other eminent leaders of thought, yesterday, renewed the call for the restructuring of the country to achieve a true federal structure. This call was contained in the messages of goodwill delivered at the presentation ofContinue Reading
…Commissions ultra-modern water project BY GODWIN OBI Enugu State governor, Chief Peter Mbah, has commissioned a 70 million litres per day landmark water scheme at 9th Mile, Enugu. This, coupled with the Oji River Water Scheme revamped by the administration raises the state water production capacity to 120 million litresContinue Reading