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Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Kalu, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on July 2, adopt their processes in the suit filed by Kalu seeking to stop his retrial in an alleged N7.1 billion money laundering offence. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, assigned to hear Kalu’s objection to his retrial in a matter that went up to the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, announced that parties in the matter will adopt all processes filed in the suit after it was established that all respondents have been served. The court had granted leave to…

Come June 25, 2021, the Lagos “Point-Man” as fondly called by his youthful followers and admirers, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu would have spent fifty-six years out of his sojourn here on earth. He would also have spent seven hundred and fifty eight days in office as the Governor of Lagos State. Such a date is noteworthy for many reasons. The man, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is a man of many parts. To me, his foremost attribute is his piety (a God-fearing Christian). I guess this is the foundation of most of his other personal traits. He respects individuals in their own capacity, places…

• Threatens to suspend Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, others • Malami, Fashola, Mohammed lead FG’s delegation to engage Twitter • Over N44b lost as digital, brand marketers decry continued suspension • ECOWAS Court stops FG from prosecuting citizens for using app • Respect court ruling on Twitter, HURIWA tells Buhari • Buhari’s Rep: Social media not food, let’s go back to old ways of life Eighteen days after the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, was suspended in Nigeria, the Federal Government insists operation of Twitter in the country’s social media space “is not legally permissible.” The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking its approval of the 2021 Supplementary Budget which portfolio stands at N895 billion. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, read the executive communication from the president on Tuesday as the Senate resumed plenary after a 10-day recess to commemorate the second anniversary of the ninth National Assembly. The supplementary budget, according to President Buhari, will be used for the procurement of equipment for the military, purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and other logistics not captured in the original 2021 budget passed last December by the National Assembly. …

The Senate on Tuesday resumed plenary after a 10-day recess to mark the second anniversary of the ninth National Assembly. The senators led by the President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, were however shocked to see water leaking from the roof at the lobby and entrance to the Red Chamber as a result of the heavy downpour on Tuesday morning. It took the combined efforts of the cleaners as well as some security men to mop up the water logged foyer as well as the main entrance to the Senate chamber. [ThisDay]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service in Nigeria, the Ministry of Information has disclosed. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Federal Government’s team comprises the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Works and Housing, Minister of State for Labour and Employment as well as other relevant government agencies. The…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) must be committed to its manifesto for it to succeed in governance. Gbajabiamila said members of the party must also not forget that they will answer for “what we have done with our time in government”. A statement from the speaker’s spokesman, Mr. Lanre Lasis quoted him as saying this at the progressives youth conference organised by the APC in Abuja yesterday. He described manifestoes as “statement of vision and vision is the foundation of all achievements.” “For a nation such as ours to…

There are more male prostitutes in the crooked field of partisan politics than there are female harlots in the brothels across Nigeria. The prostitute politicians come armed with the bewildering dimension of wanting to be canonized as saints. Their prostitution is so brazen because they do the act with public showmanship and in the midst of large crowds. When I added the word “Buharig” to the lexicon, after the shameless rigging of the process by the self-advertised change-agent, I did not need any crystal ball to foresee that political prostitutes would abandon the political platforms of their election in droves…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s reported rejection of the nationwide clamour for restructuring the polity gives the impression that the president has the final say on the issue of restructuring. It gives the wrong impression that the buck stops on the president’s table as far as this critical national issue is concerned. It is like saying that except the president gives a nod, there can be no restructuring in whatever form or manner. But is that true? That leads to the question: Under Nigeria’s constitution, who has the power to change the law? Who has the power to effect restructuring being demanded…

At long last the scales have fallen from their eyes and they can now see clearly, very clearly, that carrying handout bowls to Abuja is not the right way to prosperity. The Governors of the 35 states have now decided that they can go to Lagos and find out what the Lagos State government has done right or wrong in internal revenue generation (IGR). The internal revenue generating pilgrimage has been long overdue but because the oil money was flowing, the State Governors felt cool and thought of no need to expand the generation of revenue in their own states.…