Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the N30 billion alleged illegal advertisement lawsuit instituted against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent AT3 Resources Limited by the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria. Justice Peter Lifu dismissed ARCON’s case with suit no: FHC/ABJ/CS/1701/2022 in response to a notice of discontinuance filed by Barrister Micheal Okorie, the plaintiff’s lawyer. The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria had filed a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent AT3 Resources Limited at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial…

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that some functions in the concurrent list ceded to governors have not been well-managed. The Speaker of the 8th National Assembly was a guest on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television on Friday. According to him, governors are mismanaging state-controlled electoral commissions to have their way during local government elections. He said the opposition won’t be allowed to breathe if governors are empowered with state police. He described as “laughable,” the calls by some persons that state police should be introduced as…

Ali Ndume has broken the silence on his removal as the Chief Whip of the Senate, saying, having reviewed the conversation that prompted his ouster, his action did not warrant his sack. Ndume was removed as the senate chief whip after his criticism of the President Bola Tinubu government’s handling of the nation. About two days after the decision, the lawmaker said he has also declined the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Tourism, arguing that he lacks the experience and exposure to lead such a sensitive group. The Borno South lawmaker said this in his country home of Maiduguri…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has accused senators of reducing themselves from elected representatives of the people to President Bola Tinubu’s puppets. He expressed fears for Nigeria’s democracy should what he described as the National Assembly’s active participation as enablers of the current administration’s anti-people posture continue. The former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general election also accused President Tinubu of displaying despotic tendencies. Atiku said this in his first official reaction to the removal of the former Senate Majority Whip, Senator Muhammad Ali Ndume, by the Senate. Ndume was accused of criticising the President. Atiku,…

The Force Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has issued a warning to Nigerians against collecting, keeping, or buying stolen items. In a post on X.com on Friday, Adejobi referenced Section 427 of the Criminal Code Act, which states that anyone who receives stolen goods, knowing they were obtained through felony or misdemeanour, is guilty of a felony. Section 427 of the Criminal Code Act, states that “Any person who receives anything which has been obtained by means of any act constituting a felony or misdemeanour, or by means of any act done at a place not in Nigeria, which…

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has petitioned the Chief Judge of the Abuja Federal High Court, alleging that Justice Rilwan M. Aikawa, the judge presiding over his case against the Kaduna State House of Assembly at the Federal High Court Kaduna, was biased. In the petition filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja by his counsel, Abdulhakeem Mustapha, SAN, El-Rufa’i alleged bias, injustice and denial of fair hearing. In his petition to the Chief Judge of the Abuja Federal High Court through his counsel, the former governor prayed that the matter be transferred to another judge in…

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural and Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) have written to President Bola Tinubu, demanding an investigation into the allegation that the International Oil Companies (IOCs) are plotting to undermine the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals. In a letter to the President, through his Chief of Staff, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, dated July 1, the unions emphasised the need for transparency and public trust in the findings. The letter, signed by NUPENG’s General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, and PENGASSAN’s General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, reads: “The leadership and members of our great Union…

The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philips Shaibu, on Friday, said he was already an unofficial member of the All Progressives Congress. He said the only thing still keeping him in the Peoples Democratic Party was because he was yet to officially dump the ruling party in Edo. Reacting to questions on why he was supporting the APC governorship candidate in Edo when he featured on Arise TV’s morning show on Friday, the deputy governor maintained that his spirit had left the PDP. “In PDP now, everybody can support whoever they like. On the issue of supporting a candidate,…

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied setting cut-off marks for admissions into higher institutions across the country. In a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, the Board dismissed reports that it had set 140 as cut-off marks for universities, and 100 for polytechnics respectively. “There’s no such thing as ‘cut-off mark’ in the admission process to tertiary institutions in Nigeria, what’s obtainable is minimum tolerable score determinable by individual institutions,” it said. The denial comes just one day after it was widely reported that the Board had pegged 140 as a cut-off mark for…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacks moral and political latitudes to point accusing fingers at the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the nation’s economic woes, the ruling party said yesterday. Rising from the meeting in Egugu on Wednesday, the PDP Governors’ Forum accused the accused the governing party of destroying the economy and faulted the government for delaying minimum wage discussion process. But the APC yesterday dismissed what it called an outburst of the PDP governors. Speaking through a statement in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC said the opposition party should rather applaud the present administration…