Thursday, 16 January, 2025

Category: Politics


A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has raised concerns that telecommunications companies (telcos) in the country may be attempting to undermine the upcoming protest against economic hardship. In a statement issued on Sunday, Adegboruwa highlighted a rise in Read more…


The ousted Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has rejected the chairmanship of the Committee on Tourism offered him, saying he is not a tourist. Ndume also said only his constituents, who elected him, can ask him to leave the Read more…


The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has provided more insights into how it brokered a deal with the Federal Government over the new national minimum wage, saying the leaders of the Organised Labour accepted the N70,000 offer Read more…


Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the national assembly is becoming an “enabler of executive recklessness”. In a post on X on Thursday, Abubakar condemned the removal of Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, as the chief whip of the senate.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&client=ca-pub-2023028789149162&output=html&h=300&slotname=5559997686&adk=1001701923&adf=1872671032&pi=t.ma~as.5559997686&w=360&abgtt=7&lmt=1721350835&rafmt=1&armr=1&format=360×300&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2Fatiku-condemns-removal-of-senator-ndume-accuses-national-assembly-of-enabling-executive-excesses%2F&host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&fwr=1&rs=1&rh=375&rw=360&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1721350902104&bpp=19&bdt=6202&idt=-M&shv=r20240717&mjsv=m202407150101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D06bd9a19950fee80-228db99240e000ff%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1721350757%3AS%3DALNI_MbC8skCs4ebnwglGM5u4k6lTU5mHw&gpic=UID%3D00000d040e7e3532%3AT%3D1690064131%3ART%3D1721350757%3AS%3DALNI_MaUaQ3b_8VGnevtHWowzDhtzfQSsw&eo_id_str=ID%3Dbed612196c3467bf%3AT%3D1706831129%3ART%3D1721350757%3AS%3DAA-AfjYSRgOf6GOKi6lJ12o6iGNz&prev_fmts=0x0%2C360x300&nras=2&correlator=4584307712004&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=2052961092.1690064131&ga_sid=1721350897&ga_hid=398245399&ga_fc=1&rplot=4&u_tz=60&u_his=50&u_h=800&u_w=360&u_ah=800&u_aw=360&u_cd=24&u_sd=2&dmc=4&adx=0&ady=1852&biw=360&bih=688&scr_x=0&scr_y=231&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759837%2C42531705%2C95334527%2C95334829%2C95337027%2C95337868%2C31084187%2C95336267%2C21065725&oid=2&pvsid=1326677621641127&tmod=1622409496&uas=3&nvt=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fthenigerialawyer.com%2F&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C688%2C360%2C688&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&bz=1&psd=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDNd&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=1&fsb=1&dtd=546 Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor A stalwart of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Anambra State, Hon. Obiora Anichebe Oko, has urged Gov Charles Soludo to expedite action in the conduct of the Local Government election for the state. He noted that Read more…


Russian President Vladimir Putin has set his sights on a bigger role for a group of emerging nations as he seeks to topple the West-led world order. The group is known as BRICS for original members Brazil, Russia, India, China, Read more…


The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum has taken a definite stand on the protracted political crisis in Rivers State. DAILY POST recalls that Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his political godfather, now FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, have been at loggerheads, Read more…


THIS intervention goes against the flow of current popular opinion in Nigeria. There’s a herd mentality, whereby many prominent people are hailing the recent Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy without thinking about its implications. But as Socrates said, the Read more…


Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice James Omotosho, on Wednesday, voided the impeachment of Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. While delivering judgment, Justice Omotosho ordered that Shaibu be reinstated to office of the Deputy Governor of Read more…


and friendship established by many generations of Irish missionaries. “I take this opportunity, therefore, to pay tribute to the enduring legacy of Irish missionaries: bishops, priests, religious sisters and lay missionaries. Of course, side-by-side with them, there have been countless Read more…


The House of Representatives has lost yet another member, Hon. Ekene Abubakar Adams. Until his death on Tuesday morning after a brief illness, Adams was chairman, House Committee on Sports, and representing Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency of Kaduna State. Adams’ close Read more…


Even before her bombshell decision on Monday to dismiss former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, Judge Aileen Cannon had made any number of unorthodox rulings. In fact, since Cannon took control of the case in June 2023, many of Read more…