Rivers youths, on Monday, stormed the streets of Port Harcourt in peaceful protest to oppose the impeachment of the state governor, Similanyi Fubara. The youths, in their numbers, were seen in a viral video marching through major roads and streets in the Rivers metropolis chanting, “If Port Harcourt don taya you, go Abuja e. Wike,…
Nigeria’s popular constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead, aged 92. Born in 1931, in Atani, Anambra State, Prof Nwabueze died on Sunday evening in his home. Professor Ben Nwabueze or Professor of Professors as he’s fondly called by his numerous admirers is Nigeria’s first academic Senior Advocate of Nigeria. A Teacher, Administrator, Businessman and…
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria in Edo State, on Monday, shut the gates to the Edo State House of Assembly, following the expiration of the ultimatum for the implementation of financial autonomy in legislative houses in the country. The situation, which developed into a protest in front of the Assembly, prevented the…
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the February 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said history would vindicate him. He said this on Monday while addressing the press, after the Supreme Court judgment affirming Bola Tinubu as duly elected President. Last week the apex court dismissed the appeals by Atiku and his Labour…
The embattled Governor of River State, Siminalayi Fubara has declared that he has done nothing to warrant impeachment by the state House of Assembly. Fubara said this on Monday while addressing his supporters at the Assembly Complex, shortly after the House members, led by their Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, convened to begin the impeachment process against…
A Public affairs analyst based in Delta state Efe Odhomor, has applauded moves by the House of Representatives to put convicted kidnappers in jail for life describing it as long over due The House of Representatives is proposing life imprisonment, without option of fine, for anyone convicted for kidnapping and hostage taking in the country. However,…
A fresh crisis has engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly as the lawmakers on Monday launched an impeachment proceeding against the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The House also removed its leader, Edison Ehie for alleged supervision of the burning of the Assembly Complex on Sunday night. This followed an emergency sitting on Monday morning…
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Sunday lamented the devastating impact of the forex crisis on the economy and demanded urgent stabilisation of the naira. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who said this in a statement on Sunday, blamed government officials’ love for foreign luxury products for the free fall of the national currency. Ajaero warned…
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of two people who suffocated while clearing a diesel reservoir on Saturday night in Kano. In a statement yesterday, the Public Relations Officer of the state fire service, Saminu Abdullahi, said that the incident occurred along Katsina road by Baban Gwari roundabout in Fagge Local Government…
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have appealed to the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to increase their allowance, stating they are facing serious hardship. The corpers, whose appeals come almost a month after the federal government announced a wage award of N25,000 expressed dissatisfaction and concerns over their exclusion from the award….
