A Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, has overturned an earlier ruling that prevented the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting a recall petition against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by her constituents in Kogi Central Senatorial District. Delivering the judgment yesterday, the court upheld that the recall process remains a constitutional right of the constituents and must be allowed to proceed. The judge also urged the petitioners to continue…

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has pledged to address concerns raised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) regarding the recently amended Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) Act, which imposes cumulative annual charges on non-listed entities. In a statement issued on Friday, March 21, PEBEC’s Director-General, Princess Zahrah Audu, assured that the federal government was carefully reviewing the grievances brought forward by manufacturers. This follows a protest…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed a total of N1.678 trillion among the Federal Government, states, and local governments for the month of February. This was revealed in a communiqué issued on Saturday, MArch 22, by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa. The total revenue of N1.678 trillion consists of several components, including statutory revenue of…

The Chairperson of Epe Local Government, Hon. Surah Olayemi Animashaun, has spearheaded several transformative initiatives that are making a significant impact on the lives of women in the area. In a bid to shun critics, the chairperson highlighted her achievements, noted that critics were only pushing agenda to sabotage her works for the good people of Epe. With a deep commitment to improving the lives of widows, elderly women, and…

The declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, has continued to elicit mixed reactions across the country. The latest reponse to the emergency rule declaration is coming from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) which has declared its intention to take legal action against the Federal Government. New Daily Prime reported that on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, President Tinubu declared a state…

The never-ending communal clash in Osun State got even worse on Friday with about 30 residents getting shot and several killed in the renewed land dispute between Ifon in Orolu local government and Ilobu in Irepodun council area of the state. According to reports, hundreds of people, especially children and women, were displaced in the ongoing land dispute. This is as Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke has imposed a fresh…

The Sudanese army says it has recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after almost two years of fighting. Reclaiming the east African country’s seat of power marks a major victory for the army, which has been making significant advances against the RSF in recent months. But it is still a long way from ending the war entirely, with large parts of…

The Federal High Court, located in Lokoja, Kogi State, has given a verdict stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting or acting on petitions to recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The senator representing Kogi Central was suspended from the senate on March 6 for “gross misconduct” after a seating arrangement saga with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Natasha had also accused Akpabio of sexual harassment. The court approved the interim…

The President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has been dragged before the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court in Abuja over the declaration of a state of emergency and the suspension of democratically elected authorities in Rivers State. This was contained in a suit dated March 20, 2025, and marked ECW/CCJ/APP/18/25, and sighted by journalists on Friday, March 21. Recall that on Tuesday,…

A former councillor from Ifon Orolu in Osun State, identified only as Azeez, has reportedly been killed as violent clashes between the Ifon and Ilobu communities flared up once again over ongoing boundary disputes. The exact circumstances of Azeez’s death remain unclear, but it has been confirmed that he was pronounced dead at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, early on Friday, March 21. According to a resident of…

The Federal Government has released over 4,000 inmates from correctional facilities as part of efforts to decongest the system, saving the government N1 billion in feeding costs. This was disclosed by the Minister of Interior Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo on Thursday, March 20 while speaking at the 5th Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja. He said, “We decongested our correctional centres by five per cent last year,” Tunji-Ojo explained. “Last year, just over…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert regarding counterfeit Oxycontin 80mg (oxycodone hydrochloride) detected in an unregulated market in Switzerland. The alert, numbered No. 07/2025, was posted on NAFDAC’s website on Thursday, March 20. READ ALSO: IPOB slams NAFDAC for midnight raid on Onitsha drug market The issue of the falsified product was reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) by…