The powers of the sultanate hangs on the balance as the bill for the amendment of the Sokoto Emirate Council law has passed through the first and second readings. The Sokoto State House of Assembly passed the bill on Tuesday. The amendment, if passed into law, will strip the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar…
Music superstar Davido has tied the knot with his longtime partner, Chioma, in a lavish wedding ceremony in Lagos. The highly anticipated event took place at Eko Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria. As part of the traditional Igbo wedding rites, Davido prostrated before Chioma’s parents, seeking their daughter’s hand in marriage and also their blessing, promising to…
The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has said he, Governor Alex Otti of Abia State and other relevant stakeholders can resolve the leadership crisis of the party. Obi said the party’s National Executive Council, NEC, he and Otti will meet in line with LP’s constitution to decide on the party’s leadership crisis….
Mary Earps is set to leave Manchester United for French club Paris St-Germain on a free transfer. The 31-year-old goalkeeper had been negotiating a potential extension with United but is understood to have decided to join PSG when her contract ends this month. Earps signed for United from Wolfsburg in 2019, and in February 2021…
A group, the Disciples of Jagaban, has said that the recent visit of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to former presidents, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari, which was speculated to be part of his 2027 moves, is an exercise in futility. The group described Atiku’s latest romance with the former presidents as a vain…
The Abia State Government has announced the restriction of the operation of tricycles and motorcycles from 7 pm to 6 am daily in Aba and Umuahia with effect from July 1, 2024. Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Uzor Nwachukwu announced this at a news conference held in his office after meeting with stakeholders…
Detained leader of the Proscribed IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Tuesday stormed Abuja Division of the Appeal Court over the decision of the Abuja Federal High Court refusing his application challenging the court’s jurisdiction to entertain his trial. On June 19, Kanu had filed an application challenging Justice Binta Nyako-led Federal High Court’s decision to entertain…
Rivers State Police Command have declared a former Niger Delta militant leader Gabriel ‘General’ Asabuja wanted. Commissioner for Police Tunji Disu said this on Monday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Asabuja was seen in a viral video making some strong comments amid the local government council crisis rocking Rivers State. But Disu…
The organised labour, made up of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have called for an emergency meeting. This follows the decision of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to step down the memo on the minimum wage on Tuesday. According to reports, the meeting will be held at 10 am on…
Journalists in Anambra State have commended the State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo for absorbing the staff of the defunct National Light Newspapers to various ministries and agencies of government before shutting down the Anambra Newspapers and Printing Corporation (the publishers of the National Light Newspaper, Ka Ọ Dị Taa Igbo Newspaper, and SportLight Xtra)….
