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“When things go out of hand, we will act. But meanwhile, we still see it within the ambit of the law. Mind you, we have other litigation going on in this party and we won’t want to plunge our party into another crisis. “And let me tell you something, it’s not only Wike, there are other people who worked against …

*Building named after ex-air force chief Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, has declared the commitment of the federal government to the welfare of the members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN).Badaru spoke at the inauguration of block of flats built to accommodate personnel of the National Defence College (NDC) at Ushafa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. …

• Vows Ijaws won’t let Fubara become a stooge South-South Leader Edwin Clark has described the directives issued to Governor Sim Fubara as a resolution of the political crisis in Rivers State as not only appalling but also unacceptable, particularly to the Ijaw ethnic nationality. The directives were given at a meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu and attended …

Mr Akpabio’s lavish events exhibited wastefulness and insensitivity to the harrowing plight of Nigerians who are being forced to make more sacrifices from already dire situations Despite the Nigerian government faltering in providing palliative to citizens for the aggravation of their economic misery by the removal of petrol subsidy and foreign exchange reform, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, spared …

The National Assembly may pass the 2024 budget of N27.5tn on Saturday as the about 541 ministries, departments, and agencies of the Federal Government conclude their defence. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Adeola Solomon, in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, said the Senate would resume plenary on Wednesday. According to him, his committee has …

The political crisis in Rivers State may have ceased as parties reached a truce on Monday night. This followed about three hours of the talks at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, between President Bola Tinubu, Rivers Governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara; his Deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu; a former governor of the State, Peter Odili and the immediate past governor now Minister …

The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has barred former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Pauline Tallen from holding public. In a judgement delivered on Monday, the court condemned Ms Tallen’s disparaging comments against the judiciary concerning a decision of the Federal High Court in Adamawa State last year. The Federal High Court in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, …

BEIJING — A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing 127 people in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine years. The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck just before midnight on Monday, injuring more than 700 people, damaging roads and knocking out power and communication …

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday charged Nigerian businessman Dozy Mmobuosi and his three companies including New Jersey-based Tingo Group with “massive fraud”, alleging they overstated their financials and those of their key subsidiaries to swindle investors. The  SEC disclosed in a statement that Mr Mmobuosi, who this April tabled an offer of £150 million to acquire English football club Sheffield United, …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Robert Clarke, has called for the review of the 1999 Constitution, saying the Constitution is the cornerstone of the nation’s problems. Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Robert Clarke Clarke stated this in an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday. He said, “The 1999 constitution is the cornerstone of our problems. In every area of political line, especially …