•INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s notice for its 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, citing non-compliance with electoral guidelines. The notice, scheduled for June 30, 2025, at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja, was flagged fo...
•Tunde Ayeni Former Chairman of the defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni, has asked a Federal Capital Territory Customary Court in Dawaki, Abuja to declare that his ex-mistress Adaobi Alagwu’s daughter is not his. Ayeni and Alagwu have been locked in a paternity dispute since 2022, reports The PUNCH. While she insists that her daughter belongs [&hel...
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has stepped down the screening of Yakubu Kwanta, a commissioner-nominee and close ally of Governor Abdullahi Sule. Kwanta, the immediate past Commissioner for Environment, had refused to honour the Assembly invitation to defend the ministry’s 2024 budget, reports The Nation. Lawmakers described his actions ...
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has rejected the implementation of the Islamic Penal Code, also known as Sharia Court, in the South Western part of Nigeria. PFN Vice President Cosmos Ilechukwu made the statement at the 18th Biennial Conference of the PFN in Abuja, reports The Guardian. He also said that it is unfair […]
•Chief Sunny Onuesoke A prominent member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has expressed strong reservations about the ongoing push for state creation in Nigeria, arguing that it does not guarantee economic development. Speaking on the matter today in Warri, he stated, “As for me, I don’t want to [&he...
•Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas Palestinian president, Mahmud Abbas “strongly rejected” today his US counterpart Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” and “own” the Gaza Strip. “President Mahmud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership expressed their strong rejection of calls to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians outside their ho...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declined assent to a bill for the establishment of Federal University of Education, Numan, Adamawa State. He conveyed the decision in a letter addressed to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Abbas Tajuddeen, read by his Deputy, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the plenary today, reports Daily Trust. ...
•Gani Adams The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, today, said the call for Sharia law in Southwest by Muslims is a plot to destabilise Yorubaland. This was as he urged the federal and state governments to address the recent report influx of Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province members into Oyo and […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has rejected the 2025 budget proposal of the Investments and Securities Tribunal due to errors in the figures and items presented. The rejection was carried out yesterday by Senator Osita Izunaso, APC, Imo West led Senate Committee on Capital Market, reports Vanguard. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Osita Izunaso...
•TUC President Festus Osifo The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has opposed the proposed increase in the Value Added Tax rate, as outlined in the federal government’s Tax Reform Bills, warning that the move could worsen the economic hardship faced by Nigerians. The federal government had proposed a phased VAT hike from the current 7.5% [&helli...
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