The Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an interlocutory injunction, barring Speaker Martin Amaewhule and associated lawmakers from further sitting and parading themselves as members of the state House of Assembly. Justice C.N. Wali’s court issued the order in response to a lawsuit filed by lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminilayi Fubara, led…
Three black men have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against American Airlines, with claims that they were removed from a flight after a complaint from an unidentified passenger about body odour. The men, Alvin Jackson, Emmanuel Jean Joseph, and Xavier Veal, alleged that they later realised it wasn’t about body odour but racial discrimination as…
The Supreme Court has ordered the 36 state governors in the country to file within seven days their respective defence in the suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 Local Governments in the country filed against them by the Federal Government. The apex court also on Thursday ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and…
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has vowed never to sing the newly adopted national anthem, ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’. Ezekwesili said she would continue singing the previous national anthem, ‘Arise, O compatriots’. Her remark was in response to President Bola Tinubu’s confirmation of ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’ as the latest national anthem. Posting…
… Pledge Solidarity for Governor Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Residents of Inisa in Odo-Otin Local Government have distanced themselves from rumors that they followed Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun to the opposition APC just as they declared their resolve to stick to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP. The people of Inisa who converged on Olonda…
Dear Nigerian Youth,Some moments in history are indelible, I remember where I was on the 29th ofMay 1999, during the handover of power to civilian democratic rule after decades of military dictatorial rule. I was with my brother. The youngest of my siblings, I took him to an eatery to celebrate victory over tyranny, where…
By Faith Berewa Dear Nigerian Youth, Some moments in history are indelible, I remember where I was on the 29th of May 1999, during the handover of power to civilian democratic rule after decades of military dictatorial rule. I was with my brother. The youngest of my siblings, I took him to an eatery to…
The Spokesperson to Osun state Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has stated that Omigbodun attacks on Governor Adeleke is Ill-conceived. In a statement issued by Olawale on Wednesday noted that, “The interview by the former governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), Mr Goke Omigbodun in which he attacked Governor Ademola Adeleke is laced with misconceptions,misinterpretation…
The Federal Government has commended Osun State for being the only state with an ongoing school feeding programme out of the 36 states of the Federation. The Senior Special Assistant to Mr President, Dr Yetunde Adeniji told Governor Adeleke that the commitment of Osun State to the school feeding programme elated all stakeholders, calling it…
Amid the Emirate tussle in Kano State, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court over conflicting interim injunctions. Justice S.A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Kano had issued an order to evict…
