With less than two weeks before the planned nationwide protests over hardship, some Nigerians on social media have started asking President Bola Tinubu to resign A cross-section of Nigerians on their X microblogging handles are using the hashtag #TinubuMustGo to campaign for the protest. They are alleging that the president lacks the ability to tackle…
Less than two weeks after his removal as the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume has said the reason why he declined the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Tourism, is that he lacks the experience and exposure to lead such a sensitive group. The Borno South lawmaker said this in Maiduguri on…
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has taken a swipe at state governor’s for abusing some functions in the concurrent list ceded to them The Speaker of the 8th National Assembly was a guest on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television on Friday. According to…
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to conduct the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Justice Lifu issued an order of interim injunction against INEC while delivering a ruling in…
The reinstated deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Friday accused his principal, Godwin Obaseki, of preventing him from entering Edo state Over the past few months, Shaibu and Obaseki have been at loggerheads over issues regarding the governorship election in the state. The 54-year-old, stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics…
The Edo State government has called for the arrest and prosecution of reinstated Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu following his alleged involvement in a violent incident at the Benin Airport on Thursday, which resulted in the death of a police inspector. Philip Shaibu, who had just returned from Abuja on a chartered flight following a court…
A Human Rights Activist based in Warri Delta state Israel Joe, has urged the federal government to place all Nigerian politicians including the president on seventy thousand naira, minimum wage like civil servants whose monthly salary has just been increased by the president. Comrade Joe said this in a statement sent to newsmen in Warri,…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied promising to pay a minimum wage of N80,000 to workers in the state and local government areas. The denial came following reports circulating online that the governor had promised to pay the said sum. But his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt,…
Italian side AC Milan have signed victorious Spain Captain Alvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid on a four-year contract with an option for a further 12 months. Milan are reported to have triggered Morata’s release clause of about £11m in order to sign him. The 31-year-old captained Spain to victory in Euro 2024 earlier this month….
The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philips Shaibu, on Friday, said he was already an unofficial member of the All Progressives Congress. He said the only thing still keeping him in the Peoples Democratic Party was because he was yet to officially dump the ruling party in Edo. Reacting to questions on why he…
