Politics

Details have emerged over the weekend on why President Bola Tinubu instructed the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA) to suspend the implementation of the cybersecurity levy policy. A reliable presidency source on Sunday, May 12, said President Tinubu directed the suspension of the policy because the National Security Adviser …

A human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has faulted Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State for directing members of the state assembly to meet at the Government House, saying the legislature is independent of the executive. Falana spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, explaining that since both arms of government …

Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye, chairman of Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), says the league was not suspended to give an undeserved advantage to Rivers United as widely claimed. In April, the NPFL suspended the games for one month — after Week 32 — to enable the Port Harcourt club to play …

President Ahmed Bola Tinubu is certainly a strategic thinker. He possibly could pass as the Aristotle of Nigerian politics, and many people wonder at his many socio-economic and political interventions, some of them begging for interpretations. Out of the blues, Mr. President gave us two ministries, Culture, Arts Creative economy, …

More facts are emerging in the political crisis rocking Rivers State, with Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, giving more insight on the reason behind the frosty relationship between his principal and the former Governor, Nyesom Wike. Ehie said the problem in Rivers State began when …

President Bola Tinubu on Friday received the envoys from Pakistan, Greece and Egypt, charging them on collaborating with the Nigerian government in stopping terrorism. Receiving their letters of credence at the State House in Abuja, Tinubu reaffirmed Nigeria’s strategic position in Africa as a bastion of peace, saying the nation …

The Tikau Emirate Council in Yobe State has announced the passing of its Emir, Muhammadu Abubakar Ibn Grema. The traditional ruler passed away on Friday, May 10, 2024, at the age of 73. He died after a brief illness at Specialists Hospital in the Potiskum area of the North-East state. …

The Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion plan along Adeniji through Falomo, Bourdillon, and Queens Drive. The repair work will commence on Monday, 13th May 2024, and is expected to continue until 7th November 2024. Disclosing this in a statement, the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the repair …

Youths of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State has lambasted the House of Representatives member representing Birnin Magaji/Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency, Aminu Sani Jaji, who recently countered their position about a hired crowd that protested at the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Youths of …

*Echoes Of Good Governance & The Impacts Of Gov. Godwin Obaseki In Edo State, By Jacob Idinye Barely eight years, Edo State under the leadership of His Excellency Governor Godwin Obaseki has gone from being a symbol of urban disorder to a widely cited example of an effective African governance. …