ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesSenator Henry Seriake Dickson, who represents Bayelsa West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), bringing an end to his long association with the party under which he served as governor of Bayelsa State and rose to national prominence. The announcement, which he made on Thursday…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Senate on Thursday summoned the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, over an alleged N210tn expenditure by the national oil company between 2017 and 2023, which the lawmakers say has not been properly accounted for. Invited alongside Kyari are the former Chief Financial Officer,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThere is good news at the doors of Nigerian government workers as the Federal Executive Council has approved the implementation of a transformative Exit Benefit Scheme that grants retiring federal civil servants a gratuity equal to 100 per cent of their total annual emolument. Effective from 1 January 2026, PUNCH reports that the scheme…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu has removed Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite as Minister of State for Finance and appointed Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as her replacement, in a dramatic cabinet reshuffle that political observers are linking to last week’s explosive budget defence hearing. The development comes exactly seven days after Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, member representing Aba North/Aba…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday, March 5, announced the successful conclusion of a historic settlement agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria, ENI, and Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAEL). A release by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the announcement was made at the meeting in Aso Rock…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesObong Nsima Ekere, a former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, has congratulated the new State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Obong Stephen Leo Ntukekpo. Ntukekpo, at the party’s state congress held at the Uyo Township Stadium on Tuesday, re-emerged as state chairman through a consensus arrangement among party…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•As Stephen Ntukekpo retains state chairmanship President of the Nigerian Senate, Chief Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday, described the Akwa Ibom State congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a gathering radiating peace and unity of purpose as if it were a church communion service. The event held at the Uyo Township Stadium drew…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has admitted for identification a flash drive containing 13 video clips allegedly posted on Facebook by Princess God’sown Udoito, which the prosecution claims are defamatory to the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno. Udoito is facing a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ken Harries Esq There’s a trend in Nigeria where accusations are louder than the coin box, and everyone scrambles to the high ground of moral outrage. Yet, here comes Senator Godswill Akpabio, the President of the 10th Senate, going against the trend like a devoted monk who has decided that the usual script…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe National Assembly has doubled the campaign spending limit for presidential candidates to N10 billion and increased the governorship ceiling to N3 billion in the Electoral Act 2026. On 17 February, the National Assembly harmonised versions of the Electoral Bill 2026 passed by both chambers and transmitted same to President Bola Tinubu for assent…
