Author: Akintayo Adams

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed an appeal by the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Rivers State governorship election, Tonye Cole. Cole asked the apex court to sack Siminalayi Fubara as governor of the state.He alleged that the election was marred by irregularities and that Fubara did not validly resign his previous position as required by the law, before the election.Both the tribunal and the Court of Appeal dismissed his case for want of merit. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa denied Cole’s appeal after reading the main ruling. The appellant did not provide sufficient evidence to support his claims that the…

On Wednesday, the Presidency said that the Bola Tinubu administration had no intention of moving Nigeria’s Federal Capital back to Lagos, where it had previously been. The insinuations were attributed to people it referred to as “mischief-makers,” who were determined to “fuel needless ethnic mistrust” in order to “pit the North against the South.” This came after the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development’s direction to move the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s headquarters to Lagos and the Federal Government’s recent decision to move the Department of Banking Supervision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to Lagos. Senators and young…

On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu declared that young people in Nigeria are dynamic, gifted, hungry to learn, and prepared to compete on a global scale. As a result, his administration will firmly support public-private partnerships meant to provide people with chances for employment and respectable work. “God has bestowed to Nigeria a young and dynamic populace that is eager to learn and capable of thriving in the global economy of the twenty-first century. During a courtesy call on Wednesday at the Aso Rock Villa, Tinubu informed Ms. Reeta Roy, President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation, “Leadership is what is…

At a cost of over $1.15 billion, the Federal Government is presently conducting deals for the sale of five power plants under the National Integrated Power Projects through the Bureau of Public Enterprises, it was learned on Tuesday. Despite the fact that individuals close to the development stated that the plants’ costs should surpass $5 billion based on worldwide standards, they also disclosed that the BPE intended to sell the facilities for slightly more than $1.1 billion. In a brief phone call, our correspondent received confirmation from Ignatius Ayewoh, the interim Director-General of BPE, that “the transaction is ongoing” and…

Saheed Wahab, a Nigerian, allegedly passed away the day after moving to the UK to pursue his master’s degree. According to reports, Wahab passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Wahab began his studies at Teesside University in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2024. The Nigerians in the UK Community announced the death in a statement that was posted on the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the group. “After the sad news we received regarding the death of Mr. Saheed Wahab, a student at Teesside University who passed away a day after arriving in the United Kingdom from…

Six Ghanaians—three of them were soldiers—were found guilty on Wednesday and given the death by hanging penalty for their alleged roles in a plot to topple the nation’s government three years prior. According to court documents, the guys were apprehended in 2021 while testing guns at a former Accra shooting range. Intelligence telephone taps traced them to a blacksmith shop, where they placed an order for the weapons to be made. Throughout the trial, they had all entered not guilty pleas. In anticipation of the trial and sentencing, police stationed heavily armed units outside the high court. However, the army…

About nine persons, according to the Bodija Estate Residents Association in Oyo State, are reportedly still unaccounted for following Tuesday’s penultimate explosion at Adeyi in Bodija, the state capital of Ibadan. Five individuals lost their lives, 77 were injured to varied degrees, and 58 houses were damaged in the explosion that shook Ibadan’s Dejo Oyelese Street, according to various news outlets. This alarm was expressed by BERA President Muyiwa Bamgbose during a conversation with news reporters at No. 18 Arigidi Street, Bodija, Ibadan. “It’s now more towards eight or nine (persons) that have been missing,” stated Bamgbose. We are trying…

On Wednesday, the Presidency said that the Bola Tinubu administration had no intention of moving Nigeria’s Federal Capital back to Lagos, where it had previously been. It characterized these hints as the work of individuals it referred to as “mischief-makers,” who were motivated by “fueling needless ethnic mistrust.” This came after the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development ordered that the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s head office be moved back to Lagos, and the Federal Government recently decided to move the Department of Banking Supervision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to Lagos. However, in a statement issued under…

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s prohibition on the public display of black market foreign exchange rates is being challenged by the Association of Bureaux de Change Operators of Nigeria, or ABCON. This was revealed by ABCON President Aminu Gwadabe in a statement on Tuesday, who attributed the volatility in the foreign exchange market to forex hoarders. In light of this, he believes that in order to resolve the country’s ongoing foreign exchange crisis, the central bank must examine BDC operations. This comes after an online BDC called AbokiFX was banned for more than two years. September 2021 saw the CBN,…

The proposed sale of Shell, the onshore Nigerian division of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, or SPDC, has been rejected by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, or PENGASSAN. This was revealed in a statement released on Tuesday by Lumumba Okugbawa, the general secretary of PENGASSAN. The announcement was made just one week after Shell had previously consented to sell Renaissance, a partnership of five Nigerian businesses and an international energy company, its onshore assets for a maximum price of $2.4 billion. In response to the news of SPDC’s impending sale, PENGASSAN asserted that…