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Tinubu to Patriots: We’ll review new constitution request, revitalising economy our priority
Joseph Irikefe
President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Abuja received The Patriots, a group of eminent Nigerians, and emphasized that retooling the economy for sustainable growth and development is a major priority of his…
Atiku to Tinubu: Leave Obi alone, you can’t stop this protest
Maureen Aguta
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, called out President Bola Tinubu, over attempts to scapegoat some Nigerians in the approaching nationwide protests being planned by a groundswell…
Senate passes N70,000 new minimum wage bill
Maureen Aguta
In a speedy way, the bill, scaled first, second and third readings, just minutes after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu and was immediately passed by the upper chamber.
The Nigerian Senate has…
JUST IN: Reps move to appease angry Nigerians, slash salaries as nationwide hunger protest nears
Joseph Irikefe
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday, beat a quick retreat in the face of approaching nationwide protest that could recreate the days of #EndSARS, in 2020, where angry youths took to the…
Oko-Jumbo’s Rivers Assembly urges INEC to conduct bye-elections for 25 vacant seats
Joseph Irikefe
The Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House of Assembly in Rivers State on Tuesday, held its sitting to counter the position of the Martins Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly, which had its…
Pro-Wike former Rivers Assembly lawmakers lack powers to stop govt expenditures–Group
Joseph Irikefe
A civic group, the National Vanguard for Rule of Law, has described an attempt by former Rivers State House of Assembly lawmakers to shut down the state government expenditure as “illegal, null and…
Ex-NIMASA DG, Dosunmu hails S’Court judgement on Local Govts autonomy
Maureen Aguta
Former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Public Policy expert, Dr. Ade Dosunmu has hailed the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the autonomy of the…
2027: Nobody is too big to be voted out – El-Rufai’s son warns
Joseph Irikefe
Bashir El-Rufai, son of the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has sent a cryptic message to President Bola Tinubu over his reelection in 2027.
Bashir specifically said that nobody is…
Rivers crisis: PDP steps in, says Amaewhule, 24 other defected Rivers Assembly lawmakers are trouble…
Joseph Irikefe
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the umpteenth time, cautions the former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who lost their seats upon defection from the PDP…
Pressure mounts on Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu
Joseph Irikefe
Pressure is being intensified on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who has been in the custody of the federal…