The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, if state governors fail to implement financial autonomy for state assemblies. The staff made their demands known in a letter of notice written to the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the Chairman of the…
The United States on Monday warned that any Gaza ceasefire by Israel would benefit Hamas. This comes as the European Union considers a call for a humanitarian pause. A ceasefire would “give Hamas the ability to rest, to refit and to get ready to continue launching terrorist attacks against Israel,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller…
The International Red Cross yesterday confirmed that two hostages taken captive from Israel by Hamas in the ongoing war between the country and the Palestinian militants have been released. An Israeli government official told international media that the names of the freed captives are Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz. This brings the total number of…
A herbalist based in Anambra state has been declared wanted for reportedly stealing a buried corpse and taking it to his shrine in Obosi, in Idemili North Local Government Area of the State, According to reports the herbalist was said to have connived with the brother-in-law of the deceased to exhume the remains.. It would…
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, has denied describing the 2023 elections as compromised. Jega was allegedly reported to have said this at a two-day retreat organised by the Senate in Ikot Ipene, Akwa Ibom State, last week. The professor of political science at Bayero University, Kano, presented a paper…
A 500-level veterinary medicine student of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Bauchi State for allegedly killing a 17-year-old. The suspect, Abdullahi Ibrahim, was said to have lured the teenage secondary student with his naked picture and enticed him to meet him for…
The Ondo state House of Assembly has again asked the Chief Judge of the state, Justice, Olusegun Odusola, to constitute a Seven-man Panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the Deputy-Governor, Hon. Lucky Ayedatiwa, following the expiration of the interim injunction of the federal high court, Abuja. A letter dated October 23,…
Two people have been reportedly killed and several others injured by a branch of a big tree that fell off at Oke-Adini in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. According to reports, the victims were waiting by the roadside to board commercial vehicles to their various destinations as early as 7am on Monday…
It is no longer news that the Supreme Court has begun hearing in the appeals filed to challenge the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 election, Ekwe Anaedo News brings you profiles the seven justices who will have the opportunity to engrave their names…
Nigeria has won its case against the Process and Industrial Developments Company, P&ID. In the case marked CL-2019-000752, the Federal Government sought to overturn an arbitration award in favour of P&ID which has now accrued interest worth $11 billion. Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In PDP, LP’s Appeal, Dismisses APM’s Appeal The company had claimed it…
