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The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review is considering a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to mandate the President and state governors to address the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly, respectively, every six months.The proposed legislation aims to institutionalize the State of the Nation and State of the State addresses, ensuring regular engagement between the executive and legislature...

No fewer than 201 Nigerians are in the immigration camps set to be deported home from the United States in line with President Donald Trump’s immigration policy.Eighty-five of them have been cleared for immediate eviction from the country.According to the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Richard Mills Jr., among the first batch of deportees are those serving jail terms in U.S. prisons.The...

Binance top official, Tigran Gambaryan, on Saturday insisted that the $150m bribery allegation he made against three Nigerian lawmakers is factual.He added that his post on Friday was nothing but the truth of what took place in Nigeria.Recall that Gambaryan had taken to the micro blogging site, X, on Friday to name Philip Agbese, Ginger Onwusibe and Peter Akpanke, all members of the House of Representative...

A group of men allegedly attacked the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore, on Saturday morning at the Lagos City Marathon.The men also attacked some journalists and Sowore’s crew members covering the event, allegedly damaging their cameras and other devices.Sowore, former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election...

President Bola Tinubu has approved billions of Naira for the expansion of 12 River Basin projects across the country to boost irrigation farming and ensure food security.The Director of Finance, Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, Musa Kwankwaso, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday.He said that the approval is a clear indication of President Tinubu’s commitment to the...

The impeached former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has filed a lawsuit before a Lagos High Court demanding for his immediate reinstatement.Obasa, who was removed from office on January 13, 2025, is challenging the legality of his impeachment.The lawmaker is amongst other prayers, seeking an order nullifying his removal and restoring him as Speaker.The suit...

In a post on X, the embassy refused to provide details on the visa statuses, stating that it does not disclose such information for “privacy reasons”.The Canadian High Commission in Nigeria has declined to comment on reports that Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Chris Musa, and other senior military officers were denied visas.In post on X, the embassy said it would not provide details on...

The Federal Government has announced plans to establish a special security unit, dubbed “Power Rangers,” to protect the nation’s electricity infrastructure.This was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, during an interview “We have decided now with the Minister of Power to have what we call the power rangers,” He stated.He explained ...

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to participate in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government.The meeting is slated for February 14 – 18, 2025.Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement he signed in the early hours of Friday titled ‘President T...

Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the FCT High Court Kuje has shifted the ruling in the bail application of the former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, who is facing corruption allegations, to February 27.Justice Nwecheonwu ruled that the defendant be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Kuje pending the ruling on his bail application....