By Abdul Jelil A lot has been said and much more is being said about the Federal High Court judgement as regards to the PDP and its governorship candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo in the primaries that produced him in February. Three party members petitioned the court for themselves and on behalf of 378 other delegates, aggrieved that they were denied participation in the primaries. They argued that their exclusion ran contrary to the electoral law and the party’s constitution. The court granted that they ought to have been delegates at the primaries. Depending on which divide one stands, there is…
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Hunger: How we plan to massively crash food prices in 180 days- FG Federal Government says its strategic measures aimed at tackling high food prices nationwide will drastically reduce the cost of the commodities in the next 180 days. FG said the measures which include the suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes for the importation of certain food commodities through land and sea borders, as well as the importation of 500,000 metric tonnes of wheat and maize, would effectively address the rise in food prices. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, who disclosed this on his official X…
United States Agency for International Development and the Federal Ministry of Power, on Wednesday, signed a memorandum of understanding. The MoU is aimed at securing Nigeria’s commitment to electricity sector reforms, market transparency, liquidity, and expanding access to affordable power. It was signed by USAID/Nigeria Mission Director, Melissa Jones, and the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Mahmuda Mamman, to support the implementation of an N115.2bn US government grant-funded technical assistance programme intended to support power sector development and reforms in Nigeria. Both parties announced this in a statement issued in Abuja by Nigeria’s Ministry of Power. More than 85…
Thirty three months after his demise, the remains of the late Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas, arrived in Nigeria for burial. on November 30, 2021,Wayas, who served as Nigeria’s Senate President between October 1, 1979 and December 31,1983, died in a London hospital, aged 80. His wife too died 12 days later. But while his wife had since been buried, the politician’s corpse had remained in a morgue in London, a development which sparked controversies. Some persons, who had earlier given up that the late octogenarian’s body had since been secretly interred in London, were surprised to see the remains…
Supreme Court will today deliver judgment on the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 local government areas in the country. The apex court had conveyed to the Federal Government the judgement date through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, but state Governors were informed through their respective attorneys-general. Recall that a seven-man panel of the court, led by Justice Garba Lawal, had on June 13, reserved judgment on the matter, after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument. But the states, in separate preliminary objections they…
An official at the Revenue Collection Agency in Edo State has revealed how the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Asue Ighodalo, stopped the state’s revenue Agency from harassing small business owners in the state. The official, who pleaded anonymity, said by so doing, Ighodalo had exhibited his love for the downtrodden. He explained that the PDP governorship flagbearer had asked officials of the Agency to desist from harassing micro, small and medium scale business owners across the state. According to the revenue agency official, the guber candidate who was touched by the plight of traders who had…
Bashir El-Rufai, son of the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai said nobody is too big to be voted out of power by the people. Bashir, in a post on his X handle on Wednesday, warned that an upset could happen in the 2027 general elections without any consequences. He said that people should forget all the intimidations flying up and down, saying they should be patient. Bashir said that even the IMF and the World Bank will not save the “people” when the time comes, adding that, even “Political strategist una. That one na for Lagos.” He said,…
…says ‘they’re their own undoing, they’ll go back home for defecting from PDP’ . ‘Without them, my administration running Rivers smoothly . Mocks Wike, says ‘they dance in the media but cry behind’ Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that the 26 lawmakers in the state House of Assembly loyal to his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have permanently lost their seats. He also said that his administration had started the process of preparing the 2025 budget. The governor insisted that the seats of Martin Amaewhule and the other state lawmakers who defected from…
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday, admonished the newly inaugurated Court of Appeal justices that they are in office to serve the people rather than themselves. Ariwoola while speaking at the inauguration of 22 judges of the Court of Appeal and 12 for the FCT High Court in Abuja, said the best way to serve is to make the people feel safe and trusting. The CJN charged the new judges to always deliver the right judgments that will not be tainted by sentiments, emotions or other clandestine considerations. Ariwoola said the number of justices sworn in at the…
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, on Wednesday, revealed that the state’s healthcare system is severely understaffed, requiring 30,000 more medical doctors. Abayomi, who spoke at the ongoing 2024 Clean-Air Forum in Lagos, lamented that the state’s health care system lacked 30,000 medical practitioners to meet its needs. The health commissioner said the scarcity of medical professionals has led to the sector having an overworked and overstretched workforce, struggling to bridge the gap in the available doctor-to-patient ratio. Abayomi said, “The dearth of medical doctors in Lagos has overstretched the available officials, making it challenging to bridge the…