Abba Kyari’s Death, End of a Surrogate Presidency, and the Coming Chaos By Farooq Kperogi To say I was shocked by Abba Kyari’s death would be to tell a lie. Being an asthmatic patient who routinely had “breathing problems” that necessitated periodic trips to London hospitals—in addition to being a diabetic who was older than…
By Boniface Ihiasota At the 33rd African Union summit held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, it was a successful outing as Nigeria signed major bilateral agreements. This is as the governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma accompanied Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari to the summit. The event which had present African leaders in attendance, was an…
by Boniface Ihiasota With Brexit already effected, the United Kingdom is working towards boosting business trade with Africa. This was further signaled at the UK-Africa summit held at the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has always shared the thoughts that after Brexit, the United Kingdom will be able to negotiate its own trade deals….
24-hours To Swearing-In, Supreme Court Sacks Bayelsa Governor-Elect In what would be seen as an unpecedented development in the Nigerian system, the Supreme Court on Thursday nullified the election of Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon and his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo. The duo were already preparing to be inaugurated into office. A five-man panel of…
It was a sad day for the former Governor of Abia State and the Senator who is currently representing the good people of Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzo Kalu as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment. He was facing 39-count charges ranging from money laundering to scam…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had given the Department of State Service (DSS) 24 hours to release the convener of Revolution Now Movement and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu in a rescheduled commencement of the defendants’ trial, opined that she had signed the warrant…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has on Thursday convicted former Governor of Abia State, and Senator representing the good people of Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzo Kalu over N7.2 billion. The judgement was supposed to be delivered on Monday but it was adjourned till Thursday as the presiding Judge, Justice Mohammed Idris…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said on Wednesday that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the federal government to recover pensions paid to former governors who had served as senators and ministers. This information is contained in the official Twitter handle of SERAP. ‘We’ve obtained a landmark judgement from the…
The President of Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan had on Wednesday swore-in Smart Adeyemi as the senator representing Kogi West in the Red Chamber. Adeyemi who contested on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC)defeated Senator Dino Melaye of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a rerun rescheduled on November 30,2019 in Kogi West Senatorial District of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had apprehended two top officials of Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) also known as Prisons over alleged involvement in fraud which is in the tune of $1 million. The officials arrested by the anti-graft agency are Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, a Deputy Controller of NCS and Hemeson Edson Edwin who is…