Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani urged the federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately withdraw the charges slammed against minors who participated in the August 1-10, 2024, nationwide protest ,Recall that on Friday, November 1, the police arraigned some EndBadGovernance protesters, who were mostly minor and malnourished. In a viral video, one of the minors fainted while standing trial before the federal high court in Abuja on Friday, November 1. The incident forced the judge to leave the courtroom while lawyers rushed the victim to the court clinic.…
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Beyond the economy, why is Tinubu so unpopular?
Recently, Indermit Gill, the World Bank’s chief economist and senior vice-president for development economics, wrote an article in the Financial Times urging Nigerians to embrace the economic reforms of their president, Bola Tinubu. “The country’s elites must forge a political consensus in support of these reforms,” he said. Like every seasoned policy expert, Gill knows that without a political consensus, no reform, especially a radical one, can succeed. However, what he failed to say is why there is no political consensus in favour of Tinubu’s economic reforms. Yet, addressing that…
Read MoreHoodlums kill vigilante, burn corpse in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome murder of a 48-year-old vigilante, Micheal Nnaji, resident in Ngbo Amaka in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The State Police Spokesman, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident on Thursday night to journalists. DSP Ukandu, who said the information was still sketchy, added that the command had visited the scene of the incident and had commenced investigation into the matter. Nnaji, a businessman and a member of the local security in Ngbo Community, was said to have been shot twice…
Read MoreRuling On Rivers LGA Fund:Judge Did Not Understand Federalism,Has No Power To Make That Order’ – SAN, Oditah
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a King’s Counsel in the UK, Professor Fidelis Oditah has alleged that Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding of federalism’s principles by stopping the FAAC allocation to Rivers State. He argued that the court lacks the constitutional authority to deny Rivers State its FAAC allocations. He emphasized that there are differences between Obasanjo’s direct seizure of Lagos local government funds and the current court’s interpretation (or misinterpretation) of the law. He stated that while Obasanjo…
Read MoreAG COAS, Oluyede Meets NSA Ribadu, CDS Musa
The newly appointed Acting Chief of Army Staff, Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, on Thursday, held a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Gwabin Musa, and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. The meeting comes less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu announced the appointment of Oluyede as the Chief of Army Staff in an acting capacity pending the return of the substantive COAS, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja , who is undergoing treatment abroad. The meeting between the trio held in Abuja at the office of the NSA. At…
Read MoreTinubu Appointed Wike To Capture Rivers And Bianca Ojukwu To Win The South East- Kenneth
Kenneth Okonkwo, a prominent figure in the Labour Party, has voiced his dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s recent ministerial appointments, arguing that they are motivated more by political maneuvering than by a genuine concern for the country’s welfare. During an interview on Channels TV, Okonkwo highlighted that the appointment of Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was intended to secure Rivers State politically. He also suggested that the appointment of Bianca Ojukwu, widow of Biafran leader Odumegwu Ojukwu, as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs…
Read MoreNigeria Newspoint , Imo Ex – Deputy Governor Madumere , Mourn Iwuanyanwu
The Management and Staff of Nigeria Newspoint Newspaper, published by Newstime Publications Ltd, join the Iwuanyanwu Family of Atta, Ikeduru LGA, Imo State, and millions of Ndigbo at home and in the Diaspora, to mourn the demise of a Colossus, an institution, accomplished professional engineer, business mogul and extraordinary philanthropist, Chief Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu, KSC, OFR, MFR, CFR, FNSE, FNIST (Ahaejiagamba 1 of Igboland) and President General of Ohanaeze Worldwide. Nigeria Newspoint Newspaper recalls Chief Iwuanyanwu’s immense financial contribution to the growth of the Newspaper in its early years. Indeed,…
Read MoreIPOB: Clergyman -Duru Decries FG’s Refusal To Heed Iwuanyanwu’s Plea To Free Nnamdi Kanu
By Nkechi Ojukwu The Archdeacon in charge of the St Stephen’s Church, Oka/Ibeme (Diocese of Isi Mbano) in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Ven. Amarachukwu Duru, JP, has decried the inability of the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi kanu unconditionally despite repeated calls by well meaning Nigerians to that effect, especially after several appeals made by the late Chief Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide. He noted that Government also did not heed a similar call by Iwuanyanwu’s immediate predecessor, Professor George Obiozor.…
Read MoreRivers crisis: High Court Chief Judge Tsoho to appear before NJC probe panel
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, will on Tuesday, October 29, appear before the probe panel of the National Judicial Council, NJC, over judgements being churned out by his court in respect of cases on the Rivers political crisis. Justice Tsoho is expected to defend the court under his watch over some petitions brought before NJC by some lawyers and litigants, mainly on Rivers’ political disputes. The chief judge is to specifically explain why the Rivers cases are being heard in Abuja instead of the…
Read MoreGeorge To CJN: Time To End Judicial Rascality Is Now
Let me congratulate you on your confirmation by the Senate and your swearing-in by President Bola Tinubu as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). As the Number One Judicial Officer in the world’s most populous black nation, a bonafide Lagosian and a jurist from a family of legal luminaries, I strongly believe that the judiciary will benefit from your wealth of knowledge. I am also convinced that with you at the helm of affairs of the third arm of government in Nigeria, the Judiciary will now take its rightful position,…
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