•Nyesom Wike and Emeka Ike Renowned Nollywood actor now politician, Emeka Ike, has sued Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Emeka is jointly suing Olayinka and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the first and second respondents, respectively, for N10 billion. In the originat...
•National Assembly complex, Abuja A new assessment of the 10th National Assembly has found that lawmakers have failed to deliver 68 of 92 legislative commitments tracked since the beginning of their tenure, with the House of Representatives recording an overall fulfilment score of 26.8 per cent and the Senate 44.11 per cent. The report, releas...
•Late Major General Rabe Abubakar (rtd) and terrorists Tears flowed yesterday evening as family members, friends, military officers, government officials and sympathisers bid a final farewell to retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, whose death in bandits’ captivity has reignited public outrage over Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. The late sen...
•Presidential Villa Aso villa is set to disconnect from the national electricity grid completely and operate on an independent solar power system, as authorities seek to curb what they describe as an unsustainable annual energy bill of about 47 billion naira. The transition at Aso Rock, the seat of government in Abuja, follows the completion [...
•Terrorists Many of the terrorists dislodged from Zamfara and Sokoto states have been relocating to the South-East and South-South regions, security and intelligence sources have revealed. The insurgents, according to the sources, are utilising interconnected forest corridors and riverine routes stretching through Niger, Kogi, and Anambra stat...
•Elon Musk SpaceX founder and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk today became the first person in history to cross the $1 trillion net worth threshold. The milestone was driven by the blockbuster stock market debut of his rocket company, reports CNN. SpaceX priced its initial public offering at $135 per share, pushing Musk’s estimated fortune [...
•Falz speaks at the June 12 protest in Lagos Afrobeats singer and activist, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, today criticised the federal government over worsening insecurity and economic hardship, urging Nigerians to use the democratic process to express their dissatisfaction with governance. Falz spoke while addressing demonstrators ...
•#EndBadGovernance protest Protesters today took to the streets of Lagos in a renewed #EndBadGovernance protest, using the occasion of Democracy Day to demand urgent government action on worsening economic hardship, insecurity, unemployment, and the rising cost of living. The protest, which drew activists, civil society groups, and concerned c...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed the state police bill. This resolution followed the voting on the floor during the plenary session today, presided over by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas. According to Abbas, 288 lawmakers voted in support of the bill, while four were against it, a day after […]...

