According to Atiku’s media team, the former Vice President does not know Sanwo-Olu in person and has never met the Lagos governor before. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has denied some media reports that...
The commission stated that the group is not registered in its records as a legally recognised entity. The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has denied the existence of a group named Kogi Central Political Frontier,...
The Peoples Democratic Party, the Coalition of United Political Parties and the Social Democratic Party have condemned the House of Representatives’ move to impose age limits for the offices of the President and...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially released a gazette on the highly controversial “State of Emergency” declared in Rivers State, a move widely criticised nationwide and beyond. The gazette, signed by President Tinubu, outlines...
The Federal Government has declared Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the...
The Lakurawa group on Tuesday killed two Customs officers and a local at Bachaka border in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi state. The latest attack came barely 24 hours after combined security forces...
Six constitutional amendment bills have scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills which the Green Chamber considered for second reading during Wednesday’s plenary, included the bills seeking review of the framework...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday confirmed that it has received the contact addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of representatives of those who submitted the petition for the recall of Senator...
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has expressed its firm rejection of the proposed bill for the conversion of 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, into Local Government Areas. The proposed bill recently...
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed for a second reading a bill seeking to recognise the 37 Local Development Area Councils of Lagos State as full-fledged Local Government Areas. If this proposal scales...
The Government of Rivers State has announced the immediate suspension of all political officeholders and appointees throughout the state. The development was confirmed in a statement released on Wednesday, March 26, by the Chief...
The proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers was more or less a replay of some misdeeds in the defunct Western region, contends CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU In Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself...
The opposition coalition in the country has accused the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating the registration of new political parties ahead of the 2027 elections. One of its arrowheads and a former...
Intersociety Calls For Urgent Public Hearing And Judicial Commission Of Enquiry By Anambra Government And State Assembly Into The Onitsha Drug Market To: 1. Hear Voices Of Genuine Drug Traders And Ascertain Losses Incurred...
Continued from last 1ST Edition Aids, depression, etc. Social and emotional problems like low self-esteem, social isolation are common among concerned individuals. Legal problems with authority. Decreased concentration in class. Increased...
The NDC president was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday and is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Rivers State. The Nigeria Police Force is detaining The President...
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State have vandalized the party’s secretariat in protest against the alleged imposition of candidates for the November 1 local government...
Thirty-nine constitutional amendment bills have scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills cut across various sectors, including judicial reforms, electoral matters, security and policing, inclusive governance, the legislature, and others....
The Nigeria Police Command in Rivers State on Tuesday confirmed the killing of an unspecified number of suspected vandals attempting to vandalize a pipeline in the Rumuekpe Aluu community. CP Olugbenga Adepoju, the Commissioner...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, Neda Imaseun, has declared the sexual harassment case involving Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduadhan as “closed” within the upper chamber of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received the petition to recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan but says it did not meet the “requirements” for the action. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and...
Senate Ethics Committee again uses technicalities, citing Akpabio’s wife’s litigation and other things “The Senate placed its own rules above the laws of the land. Now, with this petitioner, they have done the...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who was assigned to hear a suit that was filed by the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, recused himself from...
The federal government has promised to pay the backlog of the new N77,000 monthly allowance to members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, after several months of delay. Recall that the federal government...
Several eminent Nigerians, former governors and past public office holders, expressed fears on Monday over the falling standards of democracy in Nigeria, arguing that it left much to be desired. They voiced their fears...
A presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, has cautioned former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, to be mindful of his statements after the former governor claimed that democracy in Nigeria had collapsed. Obi, while speaking at...
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok Ete Ibas, has appointed Professor Ibibia Lucky Worika as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ibas announced...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has recused himself from hearing the suit filed by the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpti-Uduaghan His decision was based on a petition...
In a recent heartfelt gathering organized by Trade Modernization Project (TMP) Limited at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adebayo Adeniyi emphasized the importance of embracing the...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has made headlines by boosting its daily revenue at Apapa Port to an impressive N18.9 billion, surpassing the previous record of N18.2 billion set in October. This remarkable achievement occurred on March 14,...
Embattled Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has dissociated himself from a viral video linking his supporters to a Niger Delta militant group and the explosion of oil and gas facilities in the state....
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has again called on President Bola Tinubu to restore Governor Siminalayi Fubara to his elected position as Rivers State governor without further delay. NBA maintained that the removal of...
Twelve inmates have escaped in a jailbreak in the early hours of Monday in Kogi State. Kogi State Government confirmed this in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Femi...