The federal high court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a decade-long trial that has inflamed tensions in the country’s southeast. The judge, Justice James Omotosho, held that the prosecution was able to establish the…
U.S. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, a Democrat from California’s 51st District and ranking member of theHouse Foreign Affairs Committee’s Africa Subcommittee, has sharply condemned former PresidentDonald Trump’s threat of military intervention in Nigeria, calling it “reckless” and legally baseless. At a congressional hearing, Jacobs warned that framing Nigeria’s violence purely as a religious conflictdistorts the country’s…
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following an exhaustive screening session that lasted about three hours and featured probing questions from lawmakers across party lines. Amupitan, a distinguished legal scholar and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), pledged sweeping institutional…
Twenty-four hours after Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, also resigned from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) along with his entire cabinet, but remained silent on his next move. Equally yesterday, business magnet and former Senator for Bayelsa East, Ben Bruce, dumped PDP and…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull assistance for Argentina — led by a political kindred spirit whose philosophy aligns with that of the Republican administration, if the nation’s internal politics don’t go the United States’ way in its upcoming elections. The comments came during a meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei, whose country…
The wait is officially over, as Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), stating that the vision of the state has now found stronger reinforcement at the centre. The governor thanked the PDP, which gave him the platform to win the election in…
Following a backlash that greeted the clemency granted 175 inmates and ex-convicts by President Bola Tinubu after last Thursday’s meeting of the National Council of States (NCS), the Presidency has risen in stout defence of the action, insisting that some beneficiaries had shown remorse and been of good conduct while others were pardoned due to…
The Federal Government has issued a stern warning to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), threatening to invoke the “no work, no pay” policy if academic activities are disrupted due to the union’s action. In a joint statement released on Sunday by the Federal Ministry of Education, the Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa,…
Embattled former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Geoffrey Nnaji, has said his resignation from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet was a decision to protect his integrity and prevent distractions to the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda. He had resigned from his post on Tuesday, amid controversies surrounding academic records and allegations of certificate forgery. Nnaji,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally written to the House of Representatives seekingpermission to raise $2.347 billion from the international capital market. The funds are intendedto partly finance the 2025 budget deficit and refinance maturing Eurobonds. Concurrently, healso requested approval to issue a $500 million sovereign sukuk, which would be Nigeria’s firstsuch issuance in international…
