Author: Alade Adisa

Nigerian Senate on Thursday ate its words over the Warrant of Arrest being contemplated to be issued against the former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari. The threat of issuing a Warrant of Arrest was mooted by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts earlier in the week. At its plenary sitting, the Senate resolved that no committee shall purport to issue, authorise or execute a warrant except in strict compliance with the provisions of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act and with the approval of the Senate President. This is…

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau(NSIB) has began probe into the train derailment hat occurred on Warri-Itakpe Axis, just as it said it has started gathering evidence to aid its investigation. The bureau said this in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Mrs Funke Adebayo-Arowojobe. According to the statement, the Director-General of the NSIB, Capt. Alex Badeh Jr., led a team of investigators to the accident scene shortly after the incident was reported. The statement noted that Badeh was accompanied by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Kayode Opeifa, and the…

By Alade Adisa A member of the Nigerian delegation to the ongoing 14th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland, Comrade Domingo Michael Adeleke, is dead. Adeleke, a labour leader from Lagos State, reportedly took ill soon after arriving Switzerland and was taken to an hospital in France where he died. The tragic development was confirmed by an official of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), who was among labour leaders that visited him at a hospital in France, where he had been rushed after suddenly collapsing during the conference. The NLC official described the deceased as a committed unionist whose…

It is foolhardy for people to make themselves helpless in the face of unprovoked attacks and killings by bandits, therefore the Emir of Argungu in Kebbi State, Alhaji Muhammad Samaila Mera, has called on residents of his emirate to legally acquire weapons to protect their communities and defend themselves. This is just a s he called on the people to help security agencies with the needed information to get hold of criminal elements. He made the call during a meeting with district heads, village heads, and ward heads at his palace in Argungu yesterday. According to the Emir, communities should…

As speculations continue to follow what role former President Goodluck Jonathan will play in the coming general elections, a group loyal to him, The Goodies, has said it is the former leader who can say whether he will contest the presidential election or not. The group, in a statement signed by the Coordinator,  Sam Presto, said, “Many supporters and stakeholders within the broader Jonathan political family are therefore asking a legitimate question: was he (Imagwe) expressing a personal opinion, or was he conveying an officially authorised position?” The camp argued that past service in the Jonathan administration does not automatically…

No fewer than 15 million people die annually due to the consumption of unsafe food, while about 866 million fall I’ll due to the same thing, the World Health Organization, WHO, said on Thursday. The UN health agency said children under the age of five are among the hardest hit, facing nearly three times the risk of illness from unsafe food compared to older children and adults. Although they make up only nine per cent of the world’s population, young children account for almost one-third of all foodborne disease cases globally, particularly severe diarrhoeal infections that can prove fatal. WHO…

A  Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given the go-ahead for former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, said there is no legal impediment to Jonathan seeking office as president once again. Justice Lifu held that the issue of Jonathan’s eligibility had already been decided by the Court of Appeal.  He dismissed as frivolous and an abuse of court process the suit that was entered against the former President by an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Jideobi Johnmary.  According to the court, the plaintiff lacked the locus standi…

The The All Progressives Congress (APC)  has shifted its House of Representatives primary election for the 2027 general elections by one day, as preparations intensify for the party’s nationwide nomination exercise. The primary, earlier scheduled for Friday, May 15, 2026, will now hold on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The adjustment was announced in a statement issued by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, who said all other previously announced dates for the party’s primaries remain unchanged. According to the revised schedule, the Senate primary election will hold on Monday, May 18, while the State House of Assembly primaries are…

As political parties begin early preparations for the 2027 general elections, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has warned aspirants seeking elective positions under the party to conduct themselves peacefully during the forthcoming primaries or face sanctions. Yilwatda issued the warning on Monday in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy, Abimbola Tooki. Read related news: Yilwatda backs Tinubu’s Northern Economic agenda, warns against political interference Yilwatda vows strict accountability in APC national e-registration drive Yilwatda declares APC Nigeria’s most stable political party According to the statement, the APC…

The political feud in Rivers State may erupt again, as there are indications that the State Governor, Sir Simi Fubara, may face direct primaries during the contest for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Fubara is hoping to clinch a return ticket from the APC, however, his lingering and simmering faceoff with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, may be his undoing. Some states, such as Niger have adopted a hybrid approach for the primaries, where direct election of party candidates would hold if consensus fails. This is just as APC aspirants flooded the…