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Nigerian newlywed couple, Dozie Okoye, a banker at Zenith Bank, and his wife, Joan Gusiora-Okoye, a nurse, who tragically lost their lives in a gas tanker explosion on March 11, 2025, have been laid to rest amidst an outpouring of grief from family and friends. The couple had tied the knot just weeks earlier, on […]
Continue ReadingA bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to provide for the office of the Prime Minister as head of government and the office of President as head of state and to provide for a framework for the mode of election to the said […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has declared Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1 as public holidays to mark this year’s Muslims Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in a statement released on Wednesday, March 26, by the Ministry’s permanent secretary, Magdalene Ajani. The Minister congratulated all Muslims for the successful completion of the […]
Continue Reading21-year-old man, Victor Lorjaal, has been arrested for allegedly macheting his mother and elder sister to death in Ekiti State. Sources told security analyst, Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. on March 25, 2025, at Aba Ele Camp, Itaji Ekiti. The suspect’s brother, David Ioyzain, reported to the police that Victor […]
Continue ReadingIt is sad to report that Bisola Ajimobi Kola-Daisi, the eldest daughter of the late former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has passed away. She died at the age of 42. Bisola reportedly died in the early hours of Thursday, March 27, in the United Kingdom. Before her death, Bisola served as the Special […]
Continue ReadingDemocracy is often cast as the antithesis of authoritarian rule — a beacon of liberty standing firm against the shadows of oppression. Yet, history tells a more intricate tale. Authoritarian regimes rarely storm the gates; instead, they slip quietly through the corridors of power, emerging not as abrupt usurpers but as offspring of the very […]
Continue ReadingA bill for an Act to alter the 1999 Constitution, as amended, to upgrade the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State to full-fledged local government areas passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by James Faleke, Babajimi Benson, Enitan Badru, and 19 other lawmakers, if passed, would increase […]
Continue ReadingA bill sponsored by Hon. Solomon Bob, seeking to remove the immunity conferred on the vice president, governors, and their deputies has passed for second reading in the House of Representatives. The constitutional amendment bill was passed for second reading at plenary in the House yesterday. Spearheading the debate, Bob said Section 308 of the 1999 […]
Continue ReadingAs part of its golden jubilee, the University of Calabar is said to have held a special convocation ceremony on Saturday, 22 March, 2025 where it handed out honours to all manner of persons. The Chancellor of the University is Aminu Ado Bayero, the deposed Emir of Kano. Present at that event also were Nyesom […]
Continue ReadingA heated argument and hauling of insult between Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, representing Ebonyi North, and former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, occurred during a senate committee hearing on Tuesday. The clash occurred at the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions hearing on a fresh petition submitted by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Ezekwesili was a witness […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that the contact details of the petitioners’ representatives in the recall process of the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, are now available. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. The statement reads: […]
Continue ReadingA passenger boards a bus. The city is a little rough but he has taken his customary precaution; there are two women on the bus. He turns into the gaze of a wiry man with a Bible and the man smiles and nods at him. He imagines he is a peripatetic evangelist biding his time before unleashing […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, raised concerns over the petition for the recall of the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, the commission acknowledged receiving the petition presented on behalf of the constituents by Charity […]
Continue Reading“Everything is my business. Everything. Anything I say is law…literally law.” Barbara Geddes, et al in their How dictatorship works (2018) quoted Malawian dictator, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, as having once said the above. In Nigeria of a little more than a week ago, they all came in quick successions: A National Assembly where the libido ran riot; a son […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. President Tinubu had, on March 18, declared the emergency rule in Rivers State, citing Section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, […]
Continue ReadingIf anyone had told me in 2004 that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would one day, as president of Nigeria, declare emergency rule in a state and suspend a governor because of a squabble between a godfather and his godson, I would have said: “Stop it! Tinubu would never do that!” But you should forgive me: […]
Continue ReadingMany 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 at a colloquium held at the Abuja Intercontinental Hotel to mark the 60th birthday celebration of former Governor of Imo State, […]
Continue ReadingSiminalayi Fubara, the suspended Rivers State Governor, has made his first public appearance after his suspension from office a few days ago. Alongside his Chief of Staff, Edison Ehie, he was seen attending a church service on Sunday at the headquarters of Salvation Ministries in GRA, Port Harcourt. This appearance comes days after President Bola […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has dealt a fatal punch on Nigeria’s democratic prospects. As the head of the executive branch, he has injured the judiciary and subverted the legislature in what promises to be a dangerous drift towards authoritarianism. On the Rivers crisis, the Supreme Court ruled on the side of deploying democratic methods to resolve outstanding […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said the emergency rule in Rivers State was against the spirit of federalism. Soyinka, who spoke to an international news outlet, The Africa Report, maintained that the declaration of a state of emergency in the manner with which it was carried out betrayed federalism. According to him, the […]
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