The Rivers State High Court has ruled that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is legally empowered to transact business with the three lawmakers who have not vacated their seats in the state house of assembly. This was contained in a court decision given on the 20th of December during which presiding judge Sika Aprioku dismissed a…
Three Nigerian women arrested and prosecuted for alleged drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia have been acquitted and released. In a statement on Sunday, Kimiebi Ebienfa, the spokesperson of the federal ministry of foreign affairs, said women were released after “prolonged diplomatic and legal engagements” between the Nigerian government and Saudi authorities”. The trio, identified as…
A former governor of kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai has vowed to take legal action against founders of speculation that he is planning to leave the ruling all progressives congress. On Sunday, a page on X claimed that el-Rufai was set to receive the membership card of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna. Reacting…
Military Protests in Abuja Over Payment Some members of the Nigerian Armed Forces retirees under the umbrella of the Coalition of Military Pensioners in Abuja shut down the Federal Ministry of Finance on Thursday morning over the non-payment of their 20% to 28% salary increment from January to November 2024. The retired military officers who…
BY TEMITOPE OLA Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Local Content, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has confirmed that the revitalisation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company will begin in the first quarter of 2025. This follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in September by Shuaibu Audu, the Minister of Steel Development, with the original builders…
BY IDAYAT ABIODUN Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur, and over 100 other passengers have cheated death narrowly during when a Max Air aircraft experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff from Maiduguri International Airport. The aircraft, en routing Abuja, around 7 p.m. on Wednesday suffered engine failure caused by a bird strike about 10…
