Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has sworn in three Judges who were initially exempted by the immediate-past administration of Godwin Obaseki which swore in five of their colleagues in May this year. The governor who supervised the swearing-in of the three Judges into the Bench of Edo State High Court at the Government House, recalled that in his inaugural speech, he promised to look into the case to right the wrong. The governor noted that eleven months after the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC), only five of those recommended were sworn-in as judges by the…
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The Kano State House of Assembly has kicked against the tax reform bills currently undergoing legislative action before the National Assembly. The rejection of the bills followed deliberations on the floor of the House as presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ismail Falgore during Monday’s plenary. The Majority Leader of the House, Lawan Husseini, who represents Dala State constituency, in a motion of ‘urgent public importance,’ presented the needs for northern lawmakers as well as the Conference of Speakers not to allow the bills see the light of the day. According to him, when passed into law, the bills…
The ongoing lawsuit between the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Department of State Services (DSS) took a dramatic turn at the resumed hearing when the civil society organisation allegedly insisted that it must be referred to as ‘Registered Incorporated Trustees of SERAP’ as against the name, SERAP it has always used. Recall that SERAP had in September alleged that the DSS invaded its Abuja office, following the organisation’s letter calling on President Bola Tinubu to probe allegations of corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and to reverse the increase in the pump price…
The underestimated, lively, and ever-bubbling but performing Governor Adeleke, who has turned different parts of Osun State into construction sites barely two years into his first term in the saddle, has changed the perception of critics that he does not have what it takes to govern a state. To compliment Governor Adeleke’s good works, whose love for dancing has earned him the sobriquet ‘Dancing Governor,’ former President Olusegun Obasanjo once remarked that he would rather join Governor Adeleke’s dancing steps as he takes Osun to high places. The son of the Adeleke Dynasty of Ede, who used his first eleven…
Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, is set to construct an intra-city rail network to connect Maiduguri and its environs, being the first of such project by any of 19 northern state governments in Nigeria. The first phase of the project will commence with 12 designated terminals within Maiduguri, to connect major markets, schools, other public places and economically viable locations. The project, which could be expanded to cover local government areas in the future, will facilitate the seamless movement of passengers and goods, and open up economic activities and corridors across the state. Inspecting the proposed take-off rail terminals…
United States President Joe Biden on Sunday pardoned his son Hunter who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions even after pledging long ago not pardon Hunter. The pardon covers not only Hunter Biden’s convictions in two cases in Delaware and California but also any other “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024.” Biden is hardly the first president to deploy his pardon powers to benefit those close to him, although seen as surprising…
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have perfected plans to relieve Augustine Eguavoen of his job as Super Eagles interim coach and appoint a foreigner to handle the team’s remaining 2026 World Cup qualifying matches, which will resume in March 2025. This is according to SCORENigeria’s source, saying the football body are working on getting a foreign coach for the senior men national team, Eagles, before the resumption of the World Cup qualifiers in March. “The NFF are still seriously working on employing a foreign coach for the Super Eagles. They have been doing a lot of discussions, negotiations and consultations…
Desmims Broadcast Nigeria, owners of Nigeria’s first private television station, DITV and Alheri Radio, the oldest private radio station in Northern Nigeria, have announced the suspension of their operations due to harsh economic climate. In a statement issued over the weekend in Kaduna, the Acting General Manager and Chairman of the Management Committee, Idris Mustapha, revealed that rising operational costs, particularly the escalating cost of power, has made it impossible for the station to continue running effectively. “The escalating cost of power has made it impossible to operate the station effectively,” the statement read. Mustapha further explained that the financial…
President Bola Tinubu has again restated his administration’s unflinching determination to root out all forms of security threats and violent crimes in Nigeria. He also reiterated his resolve to stabilise the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and contribute immensely to peace in Africa as chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The president made the vow on Saturday during a colourful ceremony to mark the closing of the African Military Games 2024 in Abuja. President Tinubu, who was represented at the event by Vice President Kashim Shettima, in a statement by his spokesman, Stanley…
Legal icon Chief Woke Olanipekun (SAN) has said Nigeria deserves a homegrown constitution to help it run its systems effectively. He also called on kind-hearted Nigerians to join hands with the government to support and lift the less privileged and vulnerable in society. Olanipekun, who linked the rejection of a six-year single term for elected president to what he called an imperfect constitution, said urgent action must be taken about it. He stated this in his Ikere Ekiti country home at the weekend at the 5th Empowerment Programme and 28th Scholarship Award Scheme of his Wole Olanipekun Foundation. Over 300…