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The extortion by lawmakers is not limited to universities; polytechnics and colleges of education have also been targeted Amid the National Assembly’s denial of extorting universities and other tertiary institutions to pass their 2025 budgets, some senators have confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES how the last largesse was shared. Some senators from the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND told this newspaper …

By Idahosa Musa An Edo State Magistrate Court, Sitting In Ekiadolor Magisterial District, Ovia North-East Local Government Area, has dismissed the criminal suit filed by the State Commissioner of Police against Pa. Stephen Osaretin Oyenmwense, the Odionwere (Head) of Obagie Community in the state over lack of jurisdiction. The Presiding Magistrate, V.E. Oyekpen (Mrs.) while delivering judgement in a no …

By Idahosa Musa Workers and visitors to the headquarters of the Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA) on Monday could not gain access to the office as protesting host communities blocked the entrance gate to the agency chanting war songs. The protesters comprising elders, women and youths drawn from Obayantor II, Ekosa, Agbomwoba and Awanoba communities that make up …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Asue Ighodalo’s camps are in serious disarray, as their hope in the ongoing tribunal has yet again, suffered a major setback, following the decision of the winner of the 21st September, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo to present only one witness. In what could best be described as a mockery …

The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit filed by Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara seeking the removal of 27 members of the State House of Assembly over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The court, in a ruling delivered on Monday by Musa Muhammad, struck out the case after Mr Fubara’s legal …

The consultants are now mockingly called “Cardoso women” across the CBN. One source giggled when our reporter requested a further explanation of the term. The women’s presence, operation, and compensation have set tongues wagging across the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Senior staff members across the CBN’s 29 departments are fuming and grumbling over how the women, arbitrarily brought in by Governor …

CNN — President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One Sunday, said he planned on announcing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States Monday. “We’ll also be announcing steel tariffs on Monday,” he said, adding, “any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25% tariff.” “Aluminum, too,” he added. Trump …

Despite global criticism of his earlier statement, including from US allies, President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States is committed to buying and owning the Gaza Strip. This is coming a week after he initially proposed to take over the densely populated territory on the eastern Mediterranean coast. His stance on Gaza has been condemned by most world leaders and …

Kanu, visibly angry after his appearance at the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, said that his prosecutors and the court do not know Nigeria’s laws. The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has lambasted Nigeria’s prosecutors and Nigerian courts over poor knowledge of the laws of the country. Kanu, visibly angry after his appearance …

Hong Kong CNN — The first return volley in a new trade clash between China and the United States was fired on Monday as Beijing’s tariffs on nearly $14 billion in US imports came into effect. Those tariffs – which covered duties on crude oil, liquified natural gas and some machinery and vehicles – began less than a week after US President Donald Trump imposed blanket …