Labour Party says it is the only platform to make its 2023 candidate, Peter Obi, win in the 2027 presidential election. LP National Vice Chairman, Ayo Olorunfemi, stated this on Channels Television’s interview programme, Politics Today. Obi, who was the LP presidential flagbearer in the 2023 electiony, has been under pressure from some members of his Obidients support group to quit the party plagued by crisis after the elections, ahead of the 2027 polls. Olorunfemi, in his reaction to the call on Obi to leave the LP, said true Obidients won’t suggest Obi quit the party. The LP vice chairman…
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A High Court sitting in Sokoto, on Thursday, restrained Governor Ahmed Aliyu from dethroning two district heads in the state. Presiding judge, Justice Kabiru Ibrahim Ahmed, gave the order separately as sought by the District Heads of Tambuwal and Kebbe, Buhari Dahiru Tambuwal and Abubakar Kassim, respectively. Justice Ahmed ordered the Governor, the state’s Attorney General and the Sokoto Sultanate Council, their agents servants, privies or assigns, regarding Kebbe and Tambuwal district heads, to stay action, particularly against both traditional rulers pending the hearing and determination of the motion for interlocutory injunction filed by their counsel, Ibrahim Abdullahi, SAN. The…
There is an outrage in Kenya as citizens gave President William Ruto a 48-hour ultimatum to step down, demanding a new government committed to “transparency, accountability, and good governance.” The call for resignation has gained significant traction, with a viral Twitter statement stating, “We no longer recognise William Ruto as the President of Kenya. We recall his presidency and urge him to immediately resign and surrender his office to the Kenyan people.” This statement has generated lots of engagement, reflecting widespread discontent. Regardless of President Ruto retracting a controversial finance bill that proposed tax increases, public outrage continues to prevail.…
Chief Imam of Ogbomoso, Sheik Teliat Yinus Ayilara, says the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, lacks the authority to query him as the office of the Chief Imam is not a traditional title. Ayilara stated that the Chief Imam is, therefore, not under the control of the Soun of Ogbomoso, stressing that the monarch has no power to query him. Ayilara stated these in a letter he addressed to the Soun in response to a query issued to him by the traditional ruler. Recall that the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, had earlier issued a query…
Senate, on Thursday, extended the life cycle of the 2023 supplementary budget from June 30 to December 31, 2024. It suspended all its rules and gave an expeditious passage to a bill seeking the extension in less than 20 minutes. Before the passage of the bill, the lawmakers went into a closed-door session for two hours. In December 2023, both the Senate and House of Representatives extended the implementation period for the capital component of the budget from December 31, 2023, to March 31, 2024, along with the N2.17 trillion 2023 supplementary budget passed in November 2023. Earlier in March,…
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has declared that under his watch, the state is not leaning on party affiliation but on a revolutionary movement of remaining consistent with the truth and ensuring that democratic values are protected. Fubara made the declaration while receiving the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, led by the Chairman, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on a courtesy call. He said he would not be distracted by the calculated blackmail and sabotage from some quarters against his administration. The Governor noted that God has continued to protect the state as one of such plots to create crisis…
Dogara to Tinubu: ‘Nigeria can generate N16. 2trn annually from palm oil…seeks probe into utilisation of palm oil levy Segun Babatunde, Bauchi A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has called on President Bola Tinubu to develop oil palm cultivation as it could generate up to N16.2 trillion annually for the country in just five years from now. This is just as he emphasised that assisting poor people to revive large scale farming of oil palm could lead to the upliftment of a good number of Nigerians from poverty. He said research had shown that…
A request on Thursday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the extension of the implementation period for the capital component of the N21.83trillion 2023 budget and those of the N2.17trillion 2023 supplementary budgets to December 2024 generated heated debate and tension among lawmakers in the House of Representatives. Speaker Abbas Tajudeen read the letter after which the executive bills requesting the extension were introduced. But when the Leader of the House, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, moved for the second reading of the bills, the House Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, raised concerns over the request for extension of the two budgets. Chinda,…
Immediate past Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has written the Federal High Court, Abuja, a letter that he would prefer to be tried in his state. Bello, who didn’t show up for his scheduled arraignment and plea bargain, in the letter he wrote through his team of lawyers led by Abdulwahab Mohammed, on Thursday, claimed that only the Kogi High Court in Lokoja has the territorial jurisdiction to preside over the allegations that were brought against him. Adeola Adedipe, one of the lawyers in Bello’s team, informed the court about the letter. While addressing the court, Adedipe said after the…
In a tragic turn of events, Nick Imudia, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, reportedly committed suicide in his home. Nick, who was until his death, the CEO of D.light, a leading innovator in the distribution and financing of residential solar energy solutions and transformational household products, kìlled himself on the night of Tuesday, June 25. He was said to have jumped off the balcony of his Lekki, Lagos apartment, hit the hard ground surface and died. And prior to taking the plunge, he had reportedly called his US-based brother to give him…