Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, has said that President Bola Tinubu imposed the emergency rule on Rivers State to safeguard vital national economic assets and quell the intractable political and legal tensions in the state. He also said the president acted to stop the impeachment of the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The governor spoke at the Vanguard Annual Awards, where he won the on Infrastructure Governor of the year award in Lagos on Sunday. Fielding questions pertaining to the legality of the emergency rule in the oil-rich state, the governor said, ”Maybe you are not vigilant because I have…
Author: Alade Adisa
…Says records did not indict the Nigerian leader The Federal Government has dismissed the court nod given by a United States judge to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release non-exempt files linked to past investigations involving President Bola Tinubu. The Presidency, on Sunday, maintained that there is nothing new in the records of the United States agencies concerning the Nigerian president after a Washington DC judge directed them (FBI and DEA) to release records relating to the criminal investigation of President Bola Tinubu over alleged drug trafficking. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy…
The House of Representatives has inaugurated an Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight, scheduled for Tuesday, April 15 amid the declared state of emergency in the oil-rich state. Disclosing this in a statement issued on Sunday, the spokesman for the House, Akin Rotimi, Jr., said the establishment of the committee followed the National Assembly’s approval of a modified version of the State of Emergency proclamation submitted by President Bola Tinubu. The House spokesman stated that amendments to the proclamation were adopted after intense deliberations aimed at bolstering democratic safeguards and ensuring adherence to the doctrine of checks and balances. Significantly,…
Another member of the historic Green Eagles squad that clinched Nigeria’s first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title in 1980, Charles Bassey, is dead. Making the announcement, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said Bassey died on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at the age of 71, following a prolonged illness. That brings to two the members of the 1980 Green Eagles Cup of African Nations winners who died within a few hours of each other following the death of Christian Chukwu, who was the iconic captain of the victorious side. The former forward, who hailed from Eket in Akwa Ibom State, died…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have been ordered by a US District Court in Columbia to release records relating to the criminal investigation of President Bola Tinubu over alleged drug trafficking. In a ruling dated April 8, which can be found on the court’s website, Judge Beryl Howell, directed both agencies to search for and process non-exempt records tied to Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) requests filed by American researcher, Aaron Greenspan. Founder of legal transparency platform PlainSite, Greenspan had submitted 12 FOIA requests between 2022 and 2023, seeking information on a Chicago…
…Nobel laureate mocks NBC, says PMAN should be proscribed too Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize winner, has criticised the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for banning a protest song by controversial rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem. The world-renowned literary icon, in a statement issued from New York University, Abu Dhabi, on Sunday, described the development as a return to the culture of censorship and a threat to the right to free expression. The Nobel laureate condemned the action and its wider implications, saying it echoed past attempts to stifle artistic and socio-political commentary in Nigeria. The literary guru said: “Courtesy of an…
The White House has hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer — bumping the official portrait of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama. Hanging a new presidential likeness without advance notice is unusual, and Trump putting himself in that space could be seen as him breaking with norms yet again. By tradition, portraits of the two most recent former presidents go on display in the foyer — and Trump is in the unique position of also being a former president. Obama’s portrait went on display in the foyer of…
Today, April 13, 2025, is Palm Sunday, and as it has been from time immemorial, Christians all over the world will celebrate one of the most sacred events in Christendom. WHAT IS PALM SUNDAY? Palm Sunday, in the Christian tradition, is the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, commemorating Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is associated in many churches with the blessing and procession of palms (leaves of the date palm or twigs from locally available trees). Its name originates from the palm branches waved by the crowd to greet and honour Jesus Christ…
The death toll in a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic has risen to 225 after four people hospitalised after being rescued from the rubbles died overnight, health officials said Saturday. Officials said 189 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the popular venue in the capital Santo Domingo. More than 200 were injured, with 15 of them still hospitalised, including five in critical condition. Early on Tuesday, the roof at the nightclub Jet Set collapsed during a merengue concert. Politicians, athletes and a fashion designer were among those enjoying live music when disaster struck.…
An explosive device, reportedly planted by Boko Haram terrorists, detonated on the Damboa-Maiduguri road in Borno State, killing at least eight people. It was gathered that several others were injured and taken to the hospital in the incident occurred on Saturday. A Facebook user, Ibn Maigana, confirmed the attack, shedding light on the long-standing dangers faced by residents in the area.Maigana, expressing grief, wrote, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raju’un. The road to my hometown, Damboa Local Government Area in Borno, has been dangerous and one of the riskiest roads in the country for years now. We’ve lost exceptional military…
