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The Rivers State political crisis deepened further on Thursday as six commissioners loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. This was as the two factions of the split state House of Assembly held separate sittings on Thursday. The commissioners, who tendered their resignation were the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,  Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor …

Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 28.20 per cent in November from 27.33 per cent in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The statistics office said the November 2023 headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.87 per cent points when compared to the October 2023 headline inflation rate. The NBS said on a year-on-year basis, the …

The Chief Executive, ILEAD AFRICA, Yusuf Abiodun has urged Nigerians to get involved in monitoring and implementation of the budget process, to hold leaders accountable.  He said this during a Youth Budget Conversation, themed ‘Amplifying the voices of youth in political leadership and policy formation’, in collaborations with, BudgIT Foundation, Young Parliamentarians Forum of the National Assembly, and Federal Ministry …

·  Five cabinet members resign, cite personal reasons. . 27 defector-lawmakers defy court order, hold plenary ·  APC: We’ll fight illegality in Rivers State Blunt and quite unfazed by the political storm raging in his state, Governor Siminalayi Fubara signed the 2024 appropriation bill of N800 billion into law yesterday, less than 24 hours after he presented it before a four-member Rivers …

WASHINGTON — In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect its future. They just disagree over who poses the threat. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 62% of adults …

The Republic of Niger’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held in detention since a July 26 coup, must be freed immediately, the court of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, ordered on Friday. The court called for his “immediate and unconditional release” and ordered that Bazoum be reinstated, according to the judge in the case heard in Nigeria’s capital, …

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the continuation of the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on terrorism charges. The case which started in 2015 had been put on hold at the Federal High Court in Abuja after the Court of Appeal dismissed the charges in a judgement delivered in October 2022. The Court of …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Suspected cultists have beheaded a 42-year-old man, sending fears and anxiety across the Uwelu community of Benin amid police intensified clampdown on criminal gangs operating in Edo State. The victim’s head and feet were carted away by his assailants. Police recovered the body of the victim along Powerline Street, Uwelu area, Benin City, about 7:30pm on December …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, swore in the newly appointed Special Advisers, charging them on the need to proactively address misinformation and misrepresentation by the opposition as the 2024 governorship election nears. Obaseki, who said the government has in the last seven years undertaken bold and transformative programmes and projects across various sectors of the State to …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN), Dr. Lelia Dongo has said that the institute has made tremendous achievements which have grown the sector in the past five decades. The achievements according to her include development of improved high yielding and disease resistant rubber clones, increased rubber production in Nigeria with 482 …