Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

The Supreme Court has barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Accountant General of the Federation and other agencies from releasing funds to the government of rivers state until it purges itself of what the court describes as flagrant disobedience to court orders. In a one hour, thirty-six-minute judgement delivered by justice Emmanuel Akomaye, the five-man panel of the court unanimously dismissed the cross-appeal filed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara challenging the validity of the House of Assembly presided over by Martin Amaewhule as the Speaker. In dismissing Governor Fubara’s appeal, the court ordered Martin Amaewhule to resume sitting immediately…

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that all members of the Lagos House of Assembly be joined as parties in the suit filed by Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. Justice Yetunde Pinheiro has also adjourned till March 7 to hear all pending applications in the matter. Hon Obasa had approached the court to challenge his removal by at least 36 of his colleagues on January 13, 2025. In the application dated February 12, 2025, and filed by his lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afolabi Fashanu, the claimant stated cthat he was removed from his position on January 13,…

The Ogun State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a man caught on camera kicking a young boy in a disturbing viral video that has sparked outrage online. The video, shared by a Facebook user, Adelere Rasaki, was posted on Thursday with a plea for help in identifying the man. In the video, the man kicked the boy who was standing before him with such force that the child fell, hitting his head on the ground and bursting into a loud cry. Rasaki’s caption read, “This man, Odukaye Kunle, by name is not supposed to be living among the sane. Please…

Nigerian football legend, Jay-Jay Okocha, has criticised former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher over his remarks regarding the Africa Cup of Nations, suggesting that the Englishman does not appreciate African football. Okocha, speaking in an interview circulating X on Friday, said, “There are some players that will say something, you just overlook it. If you look at their career, if you look at the type of football that they played, you can understand. I mean, you wouldn’t want your son to be like Carragher. So, he can never appreciate African football or the talents that come from Africa.” His comments follow…

Olusola Oladoja, a student of the University of Jos, has been elected as the new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students. Oladoja emerged victorious in the election conducted during the NANS national convention, which began on Sunday with the arrival of delegates, a stakeholders’ meeting, and candidate screening. The process culminated in voting that extended into late Wednesday. Speaking at a world press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Oladoja, flanked by other newly elected executive officers, pledged to resist arbitrary tuition hikes in tertiary institutions across the country. He also reaffirmed his commitment to building on the legacies…

The ousted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has stated that he has resumed his position as the parliament leader. Obasa stated this on Thursday after returning to parliament with police and State Security Service details for the first time since he was removed on January 13. “I’ve resumed, and I remain the Speaker of the Assembly,” Obasa said.

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, says the proposed Nigeria Revenue Service Bill in the National Assembly threatens the existence of his agency. He made his position known during the public hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Wednesday. The Customs boss in his submission raised some jurisdictional conflicting issues on the proposed Nigeria Revenue Service Bill. He said, “The Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill 2024 Section 1 provides a legal framework for the administration of taxes and revenue under any law where Section 42 defines tax. So, this particular section subsumes…

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained why he did not attend the national caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. El-Rufai in an interview he granted Arise TV earlier this week,  faulted the lack of adequate notice for the meeting, noting that he had made other plans. The national caucus meeting of the APC is a high-level strategic gathering of the party’s top leadership, including the president, vice president, national chairman, members of the National Working Committee, state governors under the party, and key stakeholders such as former governors, ministers,…

The Osun State Government, on Wednesday, refuted claims that it was forcing career officers in local governments to change signatories to council accounts amid the ongoing tussle between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the opposition All Progressives Congress over local government control. The Chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement  in Osun, Mr. Adewale Adebayo, had alleged that Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration was coercing Finance Directors and Heads of Local Administration to alter council account signatories. “We reliably gathered that Adeleke’s government has started taking 30 Local Government Area Finance Directors and Heads of Local Administration to an undisclosed location…

The United States will remove transgender troops from the military unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday memo. The memo became public as part of a court filing in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s late January executive order that was aimed at barring military service by transgender personnel. “Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service,” the memo said. These troops may be “considered for a waiver on a case-by-case basis, provided there is…