A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has rescheduled the hearing for a lawsuit brought by members of the Rivers State Civil Society Organisation (CSO) aiming to remove 27 pro-Nyesom Wike lawmakers from the State House of Assembly. The hearing, originally set for Friday, was postponed to June 3, 2024, due to the unavailability of…

A federal High Court has intervened in the financial dispute between the Rivers State Government and its local government areas. The court issued an interim order on Friday, instructing the state to release funds to the local government areas pending further legal proceedings. The ruling, delivered by Justice James Omotosho, came in response to an…

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, speaking on Friday, issued a stern warning to his predecessors, including Chief Samuel Ortom, urging them to refrain from interfering in his administration. He emphasized that he would not tolerate any attempts to destabilize his government. In response to Ortom’s remarks during his 63rd birthday anniversary public lecture in…

A potential decrease in airfares awaits travellers in Nigeria which has left some of them in happy mood. This is as a result of a drop in the price of Jet A1, the fuel utilized by airlines. On Tuesday, Dangote Petroleum Refinery announced a further reduction in diesel and aviation fuel prices, setting the new…

President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of two new chief executive officers to lead key agencies in the country. In a statement on Friday by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu approved the appointments of Dr. Innocent Bariate Barikor as the Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and…

Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello (left) While Kogi State citizens suffered “unprecedented maladministration, deprivation and under-development” under former governor Yahaya Bello according to a petition, the ex-governor’s children have been dining on lavish international cuisines at one of Nigeria’s most elite schools — the American International School of Abuja (AISA). The lunch menu for…

Comrade (Engr) Igbini Odafe Emmanuel Comrade (Engr) Igbini Odafe Emmanuel, is a politician and friend of both former Governor Wike and Governor Fubara of Rivers State. In this interview, he bares his mind on the lingering political crisis in River State. He insists Governor Fubara is a more committed Wike’s loyalist than many others, but…

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, has beaten his wife, Taiwo, to death with their son’s skateboard, Daily Mail reports. The couple, who had three children, arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2022 and always clashed over alleged affairs and arguments about bills. According to the news platform, 48-year-old Abodunde had been repeatedly…

Payment Of School Fees: Setting The Records Straight—Yahaya Bello Media Office Payment Of School Fees: Setting The Records Straight—Yahaya Bello Media Office—-On Tuesday, 23rd April 2024, Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, in a conduct which we view as unbecoming of a Legal Practitioner, organised a press conference where he alleged (amongst other outrightly defamatory statements) that His…

The policemen attached to Ikere Area Command had reportedly illegally detained Ojo’s brother and after talking to him on the phone, Ojo was asked to come to their checkpoint and identify himself as a soldier. A soldier of the Nigerian Army, Lcpl Ojo Tope has died in an accident in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State, SaharaReporters…