Author: Amina Mohammed

Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday appealed to members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to consider the interest of the people of the state and embrace peace to resolve the political impasse in South-South state. “It is important at this stage that we all embrace peace,” Fubara said when he commissioned some projects in the Okrika Local Government Area of the state. The governor said he needed peace to govern the state well and called on all dissatisfied political actors in the state to put all that had happened behind and commit to the full implementation of the February…

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has expressed his willingness to work with Peter Obi, the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, to strengthen opposition politics ahead of 2027 presidential election.  Speaking after his closed-door meeting with Obi at the Government House in Bauchi, Mohammed said he admires and respects Obi’s style of politics, adding that the ex-governor of Anambra State has a clear vision of politics and governance. “We have a lot of respect and admiration for him because of his style of politics, his statesmanship, his versatile nature, and his deep knowledge of the economy and governance.…

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has stated that retired military officers are disciplined enough to make good politicians in the country. Ganduje spoke when he officially received Col. Gbenga Adegbola (retd) into the party at a brief ceremony at the national secretariat to the party in Abuja He revealed that the blueprint of the party is to take over all the states in the South West geopolitical zone, starting with the Osun State governorship election next year and Oyo State in 2027. Expressing confidence that the coming of military officers will bring discipline into the…

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a contempt charge against Senate President Godswill Akpabio following her six-month suspension by the Senate. Also named in the contempt charge, filed under Form 48 at the Federal High Court in Abuja, are the Clerk of the National Assembly and Senator Neda Imasuem, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Code of Conduct. Akpoti-Uduaghan argued that her suspension directly violates a court order issued on March 4, which restrained the defendants from taking such action against her. In response to her application, the court, through a notice signed by its Registrar under Section…

Arsenal drew 2-2 with PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday to complete an emphatic 9-3 aggregate win and set up a Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid. The Gunners demolished the Dutch champions 7-1 in the Netherlands last week, making the second leg at the Emirates a formality. Arsenal, with seven changes from Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Manchester United, were quickly out of the blocks, scoring in the sixth minute through Oleksandr Zinchenko. Croatian veteran Ivan Perisic pulled PSV level on the night with a thunderous finish past the sprawling David Raya but midfielder Declan Rice headed Arsenal back…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed appeals filed by the Rivers State Attorney General and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, effectively paving the way for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the tenure of former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili. In a ruling delivered on Monday, March 10, 2025, a five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice John Okoro, upheld the leave granted by the Court of Appeal to the EFCC, allowing the anti-graft agency to challenge a long-standing perpetual injunction that had barred it from probing Odili’s administration. Odili, who governed…

Frontline journalist and public affairs analyst, Olawale Olaleye has expressed concern over the latest developments in Rivers State where the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara was denied access to the Rivers State House of Assembly quarters. Fubara who had earlier pledged to implement last week’s Supreme Court judgment, which includes the formal presentation of the 2024 budget had gone to the Assembly quarters on Wednesday morning to re-present the state 2025 budget but was met with a locked gate, preventing his entry. In a post titled ‘Tinubu Rivers Update: Who’ll Tell the President?’, Olaleye, a Deputy Editor at THISDAY newspaper said…

The Naira appreciated Tuesday to ₦1,565 per dollar in the parallel market from ₦1,570 per dollar on Monday. However, it depreciated to ₦1,537 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM).  Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira rose to ₦1,537 per dollar from ₦1,528 per dollar on Monday, indicating ₦9 depreciation for the naira. Consequently, the margin between the parallel market and NFEM rate narrowed to ₦37 per dollar from ₦42 on Monday.

A youth group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Forward Nigeria Youth Mission (FNYM) has hailed the appointment of a chieftain of the party, Omoba Tunde Ajibulu mni as the Deputy Executive Secretary (Services) of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). In a statement on Tuesday, Coordinator of the group, Kehinde Ajisefini said with Ajibulu’s appointment, President Tinubu has once again demonstrated his “knack for placing the right persons in the right positions”. It also said the appointment is a reward for the vital role played by Ajibulu as a member of the 2023 APC presidential campaign council which…

Popular Yoruba Nollywood actor, Babatunde Tayo, better known as Baba Tee, has admitted that he had a sexual experience with Dara, comedian and skit maker, Ganiyu Morufu, aka Lande’s wife. Baba Tee stated this during a live interview with socialite Esabod and other TikTok users on Sunday. This represents a shift in his stance, as he had previously denied sleeping with Dara and challenged Lande to prove it. Lande had claimed that his marriage to Dara ended after he discovered her alleged infidelity. He also alleged that at least 21 men in the entertainment industry were involved with her. Among…