The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has come under fire over his appointment of local government administrators in the state despite a court order restraining him from doing so. Legal practitioners, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and activist groups condemned the action of the Rivers Administrator, with the PDP also accusing the National Assembly of abdicating its oversight role over the administrator. Lawyers who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune on the development described the appointment of the 23 local administrators as “illegal, null, and void.” According to them, the action of the administrator—taken less than 24…
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Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, says the poverty in the land has assumed a worse dimension such that those offering him things in the past now beg him for assistance. Speaking at the National Executives Committee (NEC) meeting and expanded stakeholders’ summit of his party at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, on Wednesday, Obi said the time had come for Nigeria to be rescued. “Do not fear anybody. Those who were afraid yesterday didn’t do any better. We must speak out when things are going wrong. Nigeria is collapsing. The numbers are clear; the indices are clear, people…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he left office with the same physical assets he had when he assumed the presidency on May 29, 2015. In a statement on Wednesday, Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, revealed that the former president made the remark during a meeting with members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) at his residence in Kaduna. According to Shehu, Buhari advised the members of the Progressive Governors Forum to adopt a citizen-centric approach, saying that “leadership presents both a challenge and opportunity, and that balancing the two would significantly advance national progress.” He added that the…
The leadership of the Labour Party on Wednesday described the threat by the Nigeria Labour Congress to invade its offices nationwide as a subtle blackmail to make the Julius Abure-led leadership look like a villain before the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies in the country. The party also said that it will seek the protection of the security agencies and mobilise members across the nation to resist the invasion of its offices nationwide. The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, disclosed it in a statement issued in Abuja. Ifoh was reacting to Tuesday’s directive by the NLC…
No fewer than 16,000 medical doctors left Nigeria to practice abroad in the last five to seven years , the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has said. He made the disclosure Tuesday in Abuja during the annual capacity-building workshop of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA), and hosted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). It was themed “Integrated Healthcare Regulation and Leadership in Building Resilient Health Systems”. He said the mass migration out of the country was driven by factors such as economic opportunities, better working conditions, advanced training,…
An inspector with the Nigerian Police, Stephen Enang, died on Tuesday night in Calabar while watching the Champions League match between Arsenal and Real Madrid at a football viewing centre. Enang, said to be a diehard Arsenal fan, was attached to the Akim Police Division along IBB Way in Calabar until his death. He was reported to be a regular visitor at the football viewing centre located on Abang-Asang Street, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River, where the tragedy occurred. He had shown no signs of illness before the game and had enthusiastically joined in the excitement when…
The Zonal Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), South-South zone, George Turnah, has raised the alarm over an alleged threat to his life. Turnah raised the issue in a letter to President Bola Tinubu, a copy of which was made available to newsmen. He claimed that the threat stems from an alleged ideological disagreement with Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State regarding his involvement in the plot to form a coalition political party ahead of the 2027 elections. The letter read in part: “I believe it is crucial for the Southern part of Nigeria to be allowed a full…
Akwa Ibom State Government has solicited partnership with Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Nigeria PLC to make the State a tourism hub in the South-South Region of the Country. Governor Umo Eno stated this while exchanging views with Olusina Adegoke, Chief Sales and Distribution Officer of the Company, who led the Management of MTN Nigeria to visit him in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Capital. Governor Eno lauded the Company’s initiative of hosting the MTN Championship Sports tournament scheduled to hold between 29th April and 3rd May, 2025 in the State, reiterating his administration’s resolve to transform Akwa Ibom to a tourism…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, hosted members of the suspended Rivers State House of Assembly. In a video shared Tuesday on X, the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, said his principal played host to the lawmakers in the United Kingdom at a dinner during their stay for a Legislative Capacity Building Course. Olayinka said the minister departed Nigeria Sunday night to host the meeting. “Yesterday, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, hosted Rivers State House of Assembly members who are in the United Kingdom for Legislative Capacity Building,…
Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kano has convicted and sentenced a Make-up Artist, Abdullahi Musa Huseini (a.k.a Amuscap) to six months imprisonment for Naira abuse. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge bordering on abuse and mutilation of the Naira. The charge reads: “That you, Abdullahi Musa Huseini, on the 6th day of December, 2024, at Ali Jita Event Centre, Kano, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum N100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) in 1000 notes denomination issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by…