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Wike’s Displacement Of .1m Rivers People Wicked, Evil, Inhuman -Dakuku Peterside

Written by 07 February, 2022
Former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside says Governor Nyesom Wike’s forceful ejection of over 100,000 poor and vulnerable Rivers residents from their waterfront homes is “wicked, evil and inhuman,” pointing out that it is part of the governor’s plans to convert the areas into personal ownership.

Court Revokes N2m Fine On Immigration’s Legal Adviser

Written by 07 February, 2022
A Federal High Court in Abuja has revoked the N2 million fine imposed on the Legal Adviser of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Jimoh Abdulkadir Adamu, over alleged disobedience to an order of the court.

Osinbajo to announce presidential bid after APC convention — sources

Written by 07 February, 2022
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has concluded plans to announce his presidential ambition immediately after the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention, slated for Saturday, February 26.

Impeachment moves against deputy is recipe for disaster, PDP cautions Gov Matawalle

Written by 05 February, 2022
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle over the alleged undemocratic process of impeachment against the Deputy Governor of the state, Mahdi Aliyu Mohammed Gusau by the State House of Assembly. The opposition party said this panic move by Governor Matawalle is induced by his realization that the mandate of the PDP which he allegedly gave to the APC is on the verge of being recovered through the legal processes of court and restored to the Deputy Governor. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba claimed that Matawalle violated the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) in “recklessly moving to the APC when there is no division in the PDP”. He added that “the illegal process of impeachment despite a subsisting order of the Federal High Court, Abuja in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/ 650/2021…

Reps adjourn plenary abruptly over non-availability of Order Paper

Written by 03 February, 2022
The House of Representatives has been forced to adjourn plenary over the non-availability of order paper for the day’s plenary. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who was visibly angry, said he would hold all the staff responsible for the failure of the Order Paper to be produced for Thursday’s plenary on February 3, NAN reports. Infuriated by the development, the Speaker, expressed disappointment over the attitude of the officer in charge of the paper. The Order Paper is a publication containing the order of bills, motions, reports, and meetings to be treated on a legislative day. He subsequently asked that the officer be redeployed to another unit and replaced immediately. The Speaker said: “We adjourned plenary till11.00 am today. This is 11.20 and the House cannot function without the order paper. “Clerk, When I came in here, there was nobody on this roll. You were not here, your deputies were not…

Oshodi-Isolo Council Boss, Oloyede, Revalidates Permanent Voter's Card

Written by 01 February, 2022
In readiness for the 2023 elections, the Executive Chairman of Oshodi-Isolo local government, Otunba Kehinde Almaroof Oloyede, has revalidated his permanent voters card (PVC) at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in the local government.

Assessing Vice Admiral AZ Gambo’s first year in office

Written by 31 January, 2022
2021 was indeed a busy year, on many fronts, for the Nigerian Navy. The year kicked off with a change of guard at the helm of the Service; the appointment of the then Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, at the time the Director, Procurement at Defence Space Administration (DSA), as the 21st Chief of the Naval Staff.

Senate President, Lawan, Buni, othere’s meet Atiku, set to decamp to PDP

Written by 31 January, 2022
As the race towards 2023 general election begins to take a decisive shape, Senate President of Nigeria, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Governor of Yobe State and APC’s National Chairman, Interim Caretaker Committee/Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni and Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (MON) the Governor of Jigawa State, are all set to decamp to the opposition's Peoples Democratic Party.