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A BILL FOR AN ACT TO ALTER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999(AS AMENDED) BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH 20 AND PARAGRAPH 21 OF PART 1 OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA . BE IT ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as […]
Continue ReadingFounding chairman of Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko, has reacted to a trending photo of a young Nigerian man who got married to his old Caucasian woman at the Federal Marriage Registry in Abuja, Nigeria. “I would rather stay back in ARONDIZUOGU, South East of Nigeria for life than to […]
Continue ReadingA French court has ruled in favour of a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, and granted the seizure of three presidential jets belonging to the Nigerian government. The Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris stopped Nigeria from moving or selling the presidential jets until the Chinese firm received the awarded $74.5 million. The court […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the interim forfeiture of $2.04 million and seven properties connected to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Presiding judge, Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is investigating […]
Continue ReadingSome of the recurring problems of poverty, corruption, vices, and the perennial decay in our society can be attributed to a hope decline. When people are no longer driven by hope, they stop trying. When they become convinced that nothing they do ultimately matters, they imprison their own agency; they look everywhere else for survival […]
Continue ReadingBBNaija housemate, Wanni, has left viewers stunned after revealing a shocking detail about her sister, Handi, in a trending conversation with fellow housemate Shaun. In the video, Wanni asked Shaun if he would be comfortable sleeping with a woman during her period. She then went on to disclose that her sister, Handi, used to have […]
Continue ReadingFemale Jamaican dancehall sensation, deejay, singer, and songwriter, Grace Latoya Hamilton, known professionally as Spice, has stirred up a conversation about her dating preferences, especially the Nigerian men, revealing why she would not date an Igbo man. Spice was asked to choose between an Igbo man and a Yoruba man, during an interview with media […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Financial Times published last Friday, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr Tony Elumelu sounded more upbeat about the Nigerian oil and gas sector than he was two and a half years ago. As an industry player, Elumelu had lamented in March 2022 that the reason Nigeria could not meet its OPEC production quota “is not because […]
Continue ReadingReports coming in say the National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun to be appointed as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The recommendation was made in an impromptu closed-door meeting initially slated for Friday but brought forward to Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria. In the meeting, the NJC also made […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has traced at least N83 billion in cryptocurrency and fiat money channelled towards the recent nationwide protests, according to Punch. They include $50m of cryptocurrency — $38m of which were blocked in four cryptocurrency wallets — and N4bn contributed by various political actors in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Katsina. This was part […]
Continue ReadingThe king in pre-colonial Oyo had power over everything. He determined who lived and who died. At a point in time, there was this street drummer in Oyo metropolis who moved from one point of the town to the other plying his trade. And, he was a master of his art, great skill, vigorous activity. […]
Continue ReadingMonies unremitted by Revenue Generating Agencies (RGA) to the coffers of the Federal Government increased to N4.1tn as of June 2024, the Federation Accounts Allocations Committee (FAAC) has said. FAAC stated that this was despite the agencies’ reconciliation and payment of outstanding debts of N94.96bn in May 2024. According to Punch, the unresolved amount is […]
Continue ReadingThe 10-day nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests that end today, known by the reduplicative compound “Zanga-Zanga” in Hausaphone northern Nigeria, have ruptured the coalition that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu managed to build with a portion of the northern Muslim political establishment since 2014, which put Muhammadu Buhari in power in 2015 and 2019 and him in 2023. […]
Continue ReadingThe United States won the XXXIII edition of the Olympic Games on Sunday in Paris, but it was just by the skin of their teeth. They topped the 2024 Games medals table by winning 40 gold medals after the final of the last event of the Games was decided on Sunday. But they only finished […]
Continue ReadingThe aunt and her niece comprising Nneamaka and Chinne popularly known as Ndi Nne duo, have been evicted from the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) season 9 edition. Their eviction was confirmed after custodians, Mayor Frosh and Toby Forge of Team Streeze were assigned the power to evict one of the four house pairs nominated for […]
Continue ReadingNiger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has condemned the burning of the church building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) by suspected hoodlums in Kontagora town. Bago, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso, issued on Sunday in Minna, the state capital described the attack on the church “as […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, Nigerian Senate has vehemently denied allegations suggesting it is involved in determining its salaries or receiving special fiscal packages from the Presidency. This claim, which reportedly emerged during a visit by members of the House of Representatives to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ogun State, has sparked widespread public debates. In the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Tinubu’s self-serving speech–which basically sang his own praises, said he’d heard the people’s anguished cries but won’t do anything about the cries and then threatened that the people shouldn’t cry for much longer or they’d be crushed– signposts the making of an unfeeling tyrant. If the people close to him don’t stop him and […]
Continue ReadingA former two-term member of the House of Representatives representing Somolu Federal Constituency, Wole Diya, has passed away. He died at the age of 63. Diya, who served in the Green Chamber and was also a two-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Somolu State Constituency I, died early on Friday, August […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged Christians to shun corruption. Adeboye stated this on Saturday, which was the sixth day of the church’s just-concluded annual convention, with the theme ‘Heaven’, held at the Redemption City, Kilometre 47 Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun State, Nigeria. He asserted that […]
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