Author: Alade Adisa

….Say they don’t meet requirements The House of Representatives committee on constitutional amendment has rejected all 31 proposals for state creation, citing failure to meet constitutional requirements. NEW DAILY PRIME reports that the House received proposals for the creation of 31 new states, among which are Ibadan, Ijebu, Savannah, Etiti, among others on February 6, 2025. But speaking on Friday at a retreat for panel members in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, deputy speaker of the House and chairman of the committee, Benjamin Kalu, said while the proposals reflected the aspirations of various regions, none adhered to the provisions of Section…

French President Emmanuel Macron said that he intends to tell his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump that it’s in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to “be weak” in the face of Russian leader, Vladimir Putin amid U.S.-led negotiations to end the nearly three-year war in Ukraine. Macron will travel to Washington to meet with Trump on Monday, the White House said. In a one-hour question and answer session on social media Friday, Macron said he would tell Trump: “‘You can’t be weak in the face of President Putin. It’s not you, it’s not your trademark, it’s not in…

One of the lead attorneys representing embattled music mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs in his sex trafficking case announced that he is stepping down as counsel. Anthony Ricco filed a motion Thursday in a New York City court, saying “under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs.” Ricco did not give an explanation but said it would not affect Combs’ May 5 federal trial date. Ricco, who was retained by Combs in September, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Without violating any aspect of the attorney/client privilege, or otherwise providing any details…

In its continual drive to boost the country’s development, the Federal Government has called for deeper collaboration with the European Union (EU) to strengthen Nigeria’s Science, Technology, and Innovation policies and coordination mechanisms. The Director of Media and Corporate Communications at the National Space Research and Development Agency, Dr Felix Ale disclosed the development in a statement he released on Friday. The statement stated that the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, made the call during a courtesy visit by the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS on Thursday. The minister stated, “To improve policy coordination, we…

The woes that have befallen former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele worsened on Friday as a federal high court in Lagos ordered the final forfeiture of $4.7 million, N830 million, and multiple properties linked to him. In a judgement delivered on Friday, the presiding judge, Yellim Bogoro, granted the final forfeiture application brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The funds, now forfeited to the federal government, were held in First Bank, Titan Bank, and Zenith Bank accounts managed by individuals and entities including Omoile Anita Joy, Deep Blue Energy Service Limited, Exactquote…

Caribbean leaders have defended the region’s pursuit of slavery reparations, describing the compensation for centuries of enslavement and oppression as a matter of simple justice. Speaking at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) heads of government meeting in Barbados on Friday, the Antigua and Barbuda prime minister, Gaston Browne, said Caribbean states were not seeking “a handout.” “What we’re seeking here is a final resolution of this issue and a reset in the relationship between the Caribbean and Europe – one in which there’s an apology for the wrongs of their forebears, and at the same time, some form of restitution,” he…

Presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has declared that former military president, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), and erstwhile senate president, David Mark should be behind bars over the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential elections. Sowore made the call in a post on his X page on Thursday after Babangida admitted that Abiola won the 1993 presidential election in his autobiography, “A Journey in Service,” launched on the same day at the Congress Hall of TransCorp Hilton Hotel in…

Documents obtained from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) following its January 2025 meeting have revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has withheld a whopping N13.763 trillion in revenue from the Federal Government. According to the report released on Thursday, this amount covering 2012 and 2024, has significantly impacted the Federation Account, the central pool of funds from which the government allocates resources to federal, state, and local governments across the country. The document domiciled with the Federation Accounts department revealed the growing financial gap between what the NNPCL should have remitted and the amount deposited into…

Former military president, retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has denied involvement in the death of veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, Dele Giwa, expressing the hope that one day, the “truth” about the person(s) responsible for the October 19, 1986 assassination would be uncovered. Giwa, a fearless journalist and a vocal critic of Babangida’s military government was killed by a bomb sent in a parcel bearing the official seal of the president. The military government then headed by IBB, remains suspected to have been behind the murder of Giwa. But in his autobiography, “A Journey in Service,” launched…

Optimism in the Arab world that US President Donald Trump might bring a permanent end to the war in the Gaza Strip and, with it, stability to the tumultuous Middle East, soared as he was given a lion’s share of the credit for ushering in the current ceasefire. But that hope has faded quickly since Trump suggested a plan to force Gaza’s entire population out and to “take over” the decimated Palestinian territory to develop it as a vacation destination. Trump said the roughly 2.3 million Palestinians should be moved to Egypt and Jordan, apparently to make way for investors…