Distinguished Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi has said that his emphasis on educational investments is because of the transformative power of education. He said education could transform someone who is a nobody today into a great personality tomorrow, changing families and even communities in the process, hence his continuous and deliberate investment in the sector. The Owerri Zone Senator (Imo East)spoke in Ntu Autonomous Community, Ngor Okpala LGA, during the official commissioning and handover of brand new classroom blocks with headmaster and secretary offices, as well as toilet facilities at Ntu Central…
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EndBadGovernance: Shehu Sani Tells Tinubu To Immediately Withdraw Charges Against Detained Minors
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.…
Read MoreCourts Must Not Enable Constitutional Violations; Defected Lawmakers Should Vacate Seats
Senior Advocate of Nigeria Jibrin Samuel Okutepa has expressed his displeasure over the failure of the courts to uphold the supremacy of the Constitution in the face of blatant violations by elected officials. Okutepa’s comments come in the wake of the recent defection of the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule, and 26 other members from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In an affidavit sworn by Hon. Amaewhule in support of a case filed in the Federal…
Read MoreBeyond 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 MoreNigerian-Born Badenoch Elected Conservative Party Leader, Becomes First Black Major UK Political Party
Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch has been elected leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. She defeated rival Robert Jenrick with 53,806 votes to his 41,388, securing 57% of the votes cast by party members. Badenoch, 44, will now lead the Conservative Party in opposition to the current Labour government. Badenoch’s victory marks a groundbreaking achievement as she becomes the first Black leader of a major British political party. In a congratulatory message, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer called her election “a proud moment” for the UK, emphasizing its significance…
Read More2027: Adeleke To PDP Members, It’s Better To Fight Each Other In House Than Outside
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged the members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unite and get the party back to winning ways in future elections. Speaking on Saturday at the commissioning of the South West Secretariat of the PDP at Ibadan, Governor Adeleke appealed for party members to close ranks, forget grievances and work for the success of the party. He appealed that PDP members should work together in memory of the late zonal Vice Chairman, Soji Adagunodo , after whom the building was named. According…
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 MoreReversing Fuel Hike Will Reduce Severe Hardship In Nigeria.
The removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu administration seems to have harmed the economy more than it has helped it. Whatever Tinubu and his aides claim as the gains of the subsidy removal, can hardly be taken serious by the masses of this country because of obvious economic hardship and prevailing hunger across the nation. No doubt, Tinubu’s subsidy removal has had serious backlash on Nigeria’s economy, by extension, the wellbeing of the citizens. Tinubu’s announcement of an end to the subsidy regime in Nigeria during his inauguration…
Read MoreGroup supports the motion to split Njaba / Isu / Nkwerre / Nwangele Federal Constituency into two Federal Constituencies
*Advocacy for Equity and Good Governance*, a socio- economic group whose mandate includes but not limited to supporting good governance on equity, fairness and justice has thrown her support towards the motion to split the largest federal Constituency ; Njaba / Isu / Nkwerre / Nwangele Federal Constituency into two federal Constituencies. The group described the move as a welcome development to address a long over due injustice meted on the people of the region. Speaking to our correspondent , the spokesperson of the group, Hon. Chikezie Nwadike described the…
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…
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