Author: Vincent Osuwo

The leadership of the Labour Party has condemned, in totality, the sacking of Senator Ali Ndume’s as Chief Whip of the Senate on Wednesday.  Following his dismissal, Ndume was promptly replaced by Tahir Monguno, Senator for Borno North. The Senate replaced Ndume after receiving a directive to do so in a letter from the party’s National Chairman, Umar Ganduje, and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, submitted the request to a voice vote, which was loudly supported by all APC senators. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, expressed…

A candlelight procession in honour of the students who died in the Saint Academy School building collapse is currently ongoing in Jos, Plateau State. Chronicle NG reports that no fewer than 22 students of Saint Academy, Jos, Plateau, lost their lives following the collapse of their classrooms, a two-story building, on July 10, 2024. The collapsed classrooms, which trapped over 200 staff and students of the institution, threw the state in mourning, a development that led to the state government declaring a 3-day mourning period. In honour of the deceased, families, friends, and strangers assembled at the school premises to…

President Bola Tinubu has submitted to the Senate for examination and approval an N6.2 trillion injection into the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget. The President requested, in a letter read on the Senate floor by its President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Wednesday, the withdrawal of N3.2 trillion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for capital expenditures. In the second leg of the request, the President requested that another N3 trillion be withdrawn from the consolidated revenue fund for increased recurrent expenditure in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. According to the letter, Tinubu is also requesting an Act to alter…

The Edo State House of Assembly has filed an appeal against Justice J. K. Omotosho’s decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which overturned the impeachment of Philip Shaibu, the state’s former deputy governor.  The Edo State Assembly has also requested a stay of execution on the ongoing appeal. On Wednesday, Justice Omotosho overturned Shuaibu’s impeachment as deputy governor of the state. While delivering judgement in the suit, Omotosho ordered Shaibu’s reinstatement to office because the state House of Assembly failed to follow due process in impeaching him. He also postponed the appointment of the new Edo State deputy…

Senator Ali Ndume has been removed as the Chief Whip of the 10th Senate for his utterances against President Bola Tinubu. The Senate replaced Ndume with Senator Tahir Monguno after receiving a directive to do so in a letter from the party’s National Chairman, Umar Ganduje, and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, submitted the request to voice votes, which were emphatically affirmed by all APC senators. Ndume has been publicly critical of the policies of President Bola Tinubu. Chronicle NG reported that Ndume warned Tinubu that transferring some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria…

The Oyo State Police Command has warned civilians to ignore a viral video posted on social media by suspected separatist groups issuing eviction orders to herders in the state’s Igboho area. SP Adewale Osifeso, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, issued the statement in Ibadan on Wednesday. Osifeso claimed that the video, which leaked online in the early hours of Tuesday, was expressly created by mischief-makers to undermine the state’s relative quiet by encouraging violence and civil unrest. “The Oyo State Police Command wishes to dispel unfounded rumours and speculations across certain segments, making the round on social media, over…

The impeachment of Philip Shaibu as Edo State’s Deputy Governor has been overturned by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday. Justice Omotosho ordered Shaibu’s reinstatement to office after the Edo State House of Assembly failed to follow due process in impeaching him. Justice Omotosho also deferred the appointment of the new Deputy Governor, who succeeded Shaibu. The court ruled that the charge on which the House of Assembly based its impeachment proceedings was legally untenable and did not constitute gross misconduct. He directed the Inspector General of Police to provide him with the necessary…

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez was found guilty on 16 counts of accepting bribes, including gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for assisting foreign governments.  The jury convicted Menendez after more than 12 hours of deliberation over three days during the nine-week trial. Menendez, formerly the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, now faces decades in prison. Democratic senators have called on him to step down from Congress in light of his conviction. “Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country and resign,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senate Majority…

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of three second-class emirs of Rano, Gaya, and Karaye, effective immediately.  According to a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, on Wednesday, the new emirates will be second-class, with Kano remaining first-class. Yusuf designated the newly appointed Alhaji Muhammad Karaye as the Emir of Karaye. He was the district head of Rogo before his most recent position. Alhaji Muhammad Umar was named Emir of Rano. Prior to his recent assignment, he served as the District Head of Bunkure. The governor also appointed Alhaji Aliyu Abdulkadir Gaya as the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday, vowed to shut down the country for a month in protest over the National Assembly’s intentions to deregulate the national minimum wage.  The NLC’s ultimatum comes as the country waits for a new national minimum wage after months of negotiations between organised labour, the federal government, and the organised private sector. NLC President Joe Ajaero expressed the union’s viewpoint while speaking on the sidelines of the 67th Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association Annual General Meeting in Lagos. Ajaero said, “As we are here, a Joint Committee of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and…