A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers from parading and holding themselves as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. The presiding judge, Justice C.N. Wali, gave the order in a suit filed by the pro-Governor Siminilayi Fubara lawmakers led by their Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo and two others, Sokari Goodboy and Orubienimigha Timothy. The suit listed the 25 lawmakers as 1st to 25th defendants and Rivers Governor , the state’s Attorney-General and the Chief Judge of the state as 26th to…
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Barring any changes, the airlifting of pilgrims to Israel may commence as from June 29. Executive Secretary of Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) with all the leaders of Christian Pilgrims Boards left Abuja, on Wednesday, to Israel to put finishing touches to accommodation, transportation and logistics for the intending pilgrims to the Holy Land. They have gone to Israel to assess the state of readiness of the facilities to be used by the Nigerian contingent in the Holy Land. They are to assess all arrangements made so far so as to have a smooth and easy pilgrimage to Israel. Everything…
An Adamawa State grassroots mobilzer, Alhaji Bello Hong, has described the one of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Nigeria’s highest political office as “nothing to write home about.” Hong, who has been an advocate for the masses, said the government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the leadership of President Tinubu has scored very low in terms of performance. The grassroots mobilizer, while x-raying the 365 days of the current administration in the area of Health, Agriculture, Youth inclusive in government, Education, security, finance and Banking, said Tinubu has failed to deliver on the mandate of the masses that…
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State said his saddest moment was any time he received news of bandits’ attacks in the state. Radda, who stated this on Wednesday in Katsina at a press briefing for his one year in office, also revealed that his elder brother was killed by bandits. “My saddest moment is when I receive calls that people were killed, houses burnt and women raped by bandits in a particular village. The only way to appreciate that is to put yourself in their shoes, and you will feel it. I have developed that feeling and it remained with…
The Federal Government has stepped in to address the recent deportation orders issued against some Nigerian students at Teesside University in the United Kingdom. A delegation led by a representative of the Nigerian Embassy in the UK, Ambassador Christian Okeke, along with leaders of the Nigerian Students Union in the UK, will meet with the university’s management to seek a resolution. This decision follows a virtual meeting chaired by the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and attended by Okeke, the President of the Nigerian Students Union UK, Yemi Soile, and several affected students. The meeting was…
Federal Government, on Wednesday, expressed commitment to ending torture at detention centres where people don’t have the freedom to live at their own will. Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba, disclosed this at a sensitization and advocacy workshop for law enforcement agencies and other critical stakeholders on the United Nations Convention against torture, in Abuja. Jedy-Agba noted that the sensitization forms part of measures aimed at eradicating the use of torture by public officials, describing the act as cruel, inhuman, and degrading. She added that the law on preventing the use of torture…
Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, has explained why President Bola Tinubu did not deliver a “state of the nation” address at the joint sitting of the national assembly. Speaking on Wednesday before Tinubu entered the green chamber, Abbas said all activities and speeches to mark Democracy Day would take place on June 12. BACKGROUND The national assembly had said Tinubu would deliver an address on the “state of the nation” at the joint sitting of the senate and house of representatives. The national assembly also said Femi Gbajabiamila, who served as speaker of the 9th house from…
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, on Wednesday, cautioned some Ulama over their contradictory statements on the traditional leadership crisis in the state. NSCIA Deputy Secretary-General, Prof. Salisu Shehu, gave this warning in a statement. Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, is the President-General of the NSCIA. There have been stand-off, conflicting court judgements and disagreement among the ulamas in Kano State following the tension and controversy over the deposition of 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, and the reinstatement of the formerly deposed 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II. NSCIA said, “At this…
Kano emirate tussle: NSCIA cautions Ulama against unguarded statements Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, on Wednesday, cautioned some Ulama making contradictory statements on the traditional leadership crisis in the state. NSCIA Deputy Secretary-General, Prof. Salisu Shehu, gave warning in a statement. Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, is the President-General of the NSCIA. Recall that there have been stand-off, conflicting court judgements and disagreement among the ulamas in Kano State following the tension and controversy over the deposition of 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, and the reinstatement of the formerly deposed 14th Emir of…
As the emirship tussle in Kano degenerates, the 12 members of the main opposition All Progressives Congress in the state House of Assembly, on Tuesday, pledged allegiance to the 15th Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero. The 12 APC Assembly members led by the Minority Leader, Labaran Abdul Madari, paid homage to Ado Bayero at the Nassarawa Palace after the Assembly’s plenary session on Tuesday. Kano has been enmeshed in crisis since the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano at the weekend, following the repeal of the five emirate councils by Governor Abba Yusuf. The reinstated Sanusi…