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The leadership of the Senate might downplay celebration of the chamber’s 100 days in office, given concerns over state of the economy, insecurity, and urgent need to prepare the 2024 budget. This emerged as pressure mounts on the Presidency to submit the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to the National Assembly to speed up processing …

Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Femi Falana and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, have waded into the dispute between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe. The senior lawyers noted that the FCT minister in terms of execution of duties was not answerable to Kingibe or the National Assembly. The FCT lawmaker had warned …

There has been a face-off between Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, after the deputy governor asked a court to stop an alleged plot by the governor to remove him from office. The Edo State Government, on Monday, handed over a letter of office relocation to Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of the state, hours after he was denied access …

Embattled owner of Marlian Records, Azeez Fashola, also called Naira Marley Splash 105.5 FM may have more troubles coming his way as some radio stations have started placing a ban on all songs from the label on their frequencies. The Oyo State capital’s Splash 105.5 FM radio station and privately owned radio stations are among those who have made their opposition to music from Marlian Records known to the public. According to a Twitter post by Aderonke Adesola, a presenter at the station, the management places an indefinite ban on …

A joint Committee of the Nigeria Union Of Journalists, Edo State Council, and the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Benin Branch, is challenging the security operatives in the state to swing into action and rescue an attorney, who was recently kidnapped. The victim identified as Joshua Oseluanamen Anebuokhae was said to have been abducted by his host, on September 15, 2023, …

Experts drawn from the petroleum and gas industry, have canvassed the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, otherwise known as cooking gas as a way out of the high cost of fuel due to subsidy removal. They tabled their opinions at the CNG/LPG/LNG conversion training programme organised by Autolady Engineering Technology Limited-Autogas Nigeria in collaboration with EuroLPG Netherlands/Nigeria & Nigerian …

The Oluwo of Iwo rebuked Mr Obasanjo for his controversial “stand up order” directed at Oyo monarchs. Former President Olusegun Olusegun Obasanjo has given insight into why he ordered traditional rulers in Oyo State to stand and then sit. When contacted on the matter on Saturday, Mr Obasanjo told PREMIUM TIMES he acted the way he did because the monarchs …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has charged judges and justices to be abreast with the current realities in the telecom industry, by embracing digitalization in the adjudication of justice. Ariwoola disclosed this during the opening of the 2023 National Workshop for Judges and Justices organized by the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) in collaboration with the National …

The leadership of Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association and the executive members of Urban Drivers Welfare Association of Anambra State, have vowed to end the Monday sit-at-home order across the South-East region. Both groups resolved to collaborate with one another to end the exercise when the President General, ASMATA, Chief Humphrey Anuna, and the executive members of UDWAAS, led by …

The current calm in the north provides a window to dismantle extremists’ sources of finance, supplies and recruits. Following a surge in terror attacks in 2020 and 2021, north-eastern Côte d’Ivoire has since seen a period of relative calm. Violent extremists have not disappeared, however, and are still active in southern Burkina Faso. The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has documented how …