Bolaji Akinyemi, a former minister of foreign affairs, has advised President Bola Tinubu to avoid confrontation with Donald Trump, the newly inaugurated 47th president of the United States. Trump was sworn in on Monday in Washington, DC. In his inaugural speech, Trump promised to deport millions of “criminal aliens,” who illegally gain entry into America. […]

The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has struck out a suit filed by Chidi Lloyd and 20 other former Rivers council chairmen which sought to extend their tenure after it elapsed on June 16th 2024. The former chairmen had gone to court seeking to extend their constitutional three-year tenure after it expired based […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 16 out of the 18 chairmanship seats in the local government elections in Ondo State. The Chairman of the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Joseph Aeemo, declared this at the headquarters of the commission in Akure on Sunday. He noted that while the rescheduled election is […]

The emergence of Senator John Azuta Mbata as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo worldwide has caused confusion in Ikwerre, the biggest ethnic nationality in Rivers state, with Ogbakor Ikwerre community stripping the former Senator of all chieftaincy titles earlier bestowed on him. Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organisation said it would continue to maintain its unique […]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reaffirmed Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP) as its earlier order subsists. In a verdict on Friday, Justice Hamma Barka held that the November 13, 2024 judgment, which upheld Abure as the authentic national chairman of the LP, was still subsisting. The judge […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that 7,746 deceased voters were removed from the national voter register in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of December 2022. The Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Etta-Messi, disclosed this to our correspondent on Thursday. “Seven thousand, seven hundred and forty-six decreased persons across […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has accepted the judgment of the Rivers State High Court that nullified its Ward, Local Government, and State Congresses held on July 27, August 10, and August 31, 2024, respectively. In a statement on Thursday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, confirmed that the party’s National Working Committee had recognized Hon. […]

There was tension in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday as police barricaded part of the road leading to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretariat along Aba Road. The development came amid reports that the newly constituted Acting Executive Committee of the party, formed after a court nullified the elected executive, planned to […]

Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano, says he will not assist the current administration in explaining its economic policies. Sanusi spoke in Lagos on Wednesday at the 21st memorial lecture of Chief Gani Fawehinmi organised by the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The theme of the lecture was “Bretton woods and […]