French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has announced his intention to resign after his party failed to secure a majority in the parliamentary elections. The left-wing alliance Nouveau Front Populaire emerged victorious in the elections, defying expectations and prompting Attal’s decision to step down. In a statement on Monday, Attal confirmed that he would submit his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron. However, France 24 reports that he has pledged to continue serving “as long as duty demands” until a new government is formed, emphasizing the importance of the upcoming Paris Olympics and NATO summit. “Since the beginning of this campaign, I…
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The Labour Party (LP) candidate for Abakaliki/Izzi Federal Constituency in the 2023 general elections, Ezeh Emmanuel Eze, has hailed the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, as the leader of the black race following LP’s recent victory in the United Kingdom (UK) election. Eze noted that Obi had directed the UK electorate to vote for the Labour Party before the election day, resulting in a landslide victory for the party. He made this statement during the LP’s expanded state-wide stakeholders’ briefing at Citi Hub Event Centre in Abakaliki over the weekend. According to Eze, Obi’s influence extends beyond Nigeria, with…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged women to take a leading role in the Food Security Campaign across the country. She made this call at the State House Residence while unveiling her vegetable garden, which she planted to inspire first-time women farmers to participate in the ongoing “Every Home A Garden” competition. The First Lady planted various vegetables, including spinach, water leaf, bitter leaf, Ewedu, lemongrass, scent leaf, and okra, emphasizing that even small efforts can significantly address food insufficiency. “This little garden will be able to provide healthy vegetables enough for my household, and I would definitely…
Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesperson and Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, has described the leadership crisis in Rivers State as a total misfortune. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, Okupe stressed that the problem requires a political solution. Rivers State has been embroiled in a crisis due to a power tussle between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, who is currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The rift has split the State House of Assembly, with lawmakers loyal to both factions electing…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has urged Nigerian political leaders to draw lessons from the recent Kenyan experience. His comments followed a rally by Kenyan citizens against proposed tax hikes, which he discussed via his official X handle on Sunday. Obi criticized Nigerian leaders for using public funds to hire media operatives to attack and discredit individuals who speak truth to power. He called on leaders to abandon such practices and make sacrifices for the benefit of the suffering masses. “We, the Nigerian political leaders, should take a strong lesson from the…
The Labour Party (LP) in Ebonyi State has called on its members to rally support ahead of the party’s planned National Convention and State Congress, where new leaders will be elected. This appeal was highlighted in a six-point communiqué issued after an expanded stakeholders briefing held at Citi-Hub Event Centre in Abakaliki on Saturday. The communiqué, signed by Linus Okorie (Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone), Dr. Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh (Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone), and Emmanuel I. Nwobo (Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone) on behalf of members of the National Transition Committee (NTC) and conveners of the briefing, outlined the key resolutions and…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has reiterated that Governor Abbah Yusuf of Kano State remains suspended until December. This confirmation came through a statement issued by the party’s National Secretary, Mr. Oginni Olaposi Sunday, in Abuja. According to the statement, the NNPP will hold a strategic stakeholders meeting in Abuja later this month to address pressing internal matters. The meeting will gather party leaders and elders from across the country to discuss critical issues affecting the 23-year-old political party. Sunday highlighted that significant decisions will be made at the meeting to reinforce the expulsion of the party’s 2023 presidential…
The Nigerian Government has announced that the agreement it signed as a member of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) will bring substantial benefits to the country. The agreement was signed at the OACPS Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium, on June 28, 2024. During a press conference on Saturday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, addressed concerns that the agreement would promote LGBTQ rights. They dispelled these claims, emphasizing the agreement’s focus on political partnership for mutual benefit. A copy of the document, made…
Two journalists and their families were kidnapped by bandits in Danhonu community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Saturday night. The victims, Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation and AbdulRaheem Aodu of Blueprint Newspapers, were abducted along with their families during the attack. Alabelewe, who is the current chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, was taken alongside his wife and two children. Aodu and his wife were also kidnapped, leaving behind their sick daughter. Taofeeq Olayemi, a family member of one of the victims, revealed that the bandits stormed…
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as the Amotekun Corps, were involved in a violent clash with suspected herdsmen in Sango, Igoba, Akure, the state capital, over the weekend. The clash occurred as the Amotekun operatives were enforcing the state’s anti-open grazing law. According to reports from the media, the altercation led to some operatives being brutally macheted, causing a significant disruption in vehicular movement along the Ado-Akure road for several hours. The Amotekun operatives were responding to a distress call from farmers regarding the destruction of their farmlands and crops by the herders’ cattle. Upon arrival,…
The Kano State Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Hashimu Dungurawa, has issued a stark warning to President Bola Tinubu regarding his perceived stance on the ongoing Kano Emirate tussles. Dungurawa cautioned that the President’s perceived laxity could jeopardize his re-election bid in 2027. Speaking to journalists at his Lugard House office on Sunday, Dungurawa expressed concern over the President’s handling of the Emirate crisis, criticizing the militarization of Kano and the freedom enjoyed by the main actors in the conflict. “Your perceived stance on the ongoing Kano Emirate tussles will surely work against you in 2027. If…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a prominent Igbo cultural group, has expressed deep concern over the erosion of Igbo culture and traditions. According to the group, respect for elders, the value of hard work, and other cherished virtues have significantly diminished over the decades. Dr. Peter Mbam, President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Ebonyi State, voiced these concerns during a press briefing following his tour of schools across the state’s 13 local government areas. He lamented the alarming decline in the use of the Igbo language, revealing that many students and pupils failed their Igbo language exams. Mbam urged parents to actively teach…
Primate Elijah Ayodele, the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has advised Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to appeal to the Nigerian government for his release to avoid a dire fate in detention. During the launch of his 30th “Warning to the Nations” at his church in Lagos on Saturday, Primate Ayodele cautioned that Kanu faces the risk of dying in jail if he does not seek the government’s clemency. Kanu has been held by the Department of State Services (DSS) since June 2021 under orders from the Nigerian government, despite court grants of bail…
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Nigerian Army to ensure that violent groups do not overpower peaceful and law-abiding Nigerians, emphasizing the need for citizens to feel safe in their homes and public spaces. Tinubu made these remarks on Saturday during the grand finale of the Nigerian Army Celebration held at the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army in Rukuba, Bassa LGA of Plateau State. Represented by the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, President Tinubu commended the Nigerian Army for its patriotism and selflessness in securing the nation. Tinubu acknowledged the increasing security challenges faced over the past…
In a bid to ensure public safety and a friendly environment within Imo State, the Imo State House of Assembly has called on Governor Hope Uzodinma to halt the proliferation of cooking gas outlets in residential areas. This call came after the adoption of a motion moved by Samuel Ikechukwu Osuji, the member representing Isiala Mbano Constituency, who highlighted the serious threats posed by the indiscriminate establishment of cooking gas outlets to lives and property within residential areas. Osuji pointed out that there is an existing law for monitoring and regulating the installation of cooking gas outlets and questioned whether…
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has described Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as the mentor of Governor Sim Fubara. Okocha emphasized that Fubara owes his governorship to Wike, calling him Wike’s political investment. He noted that Fubara would not have become governor without Wike’s support. During an appearance on Channels Television’s “Politics Today,” Okocha elaborated on the rift between Wike and Fubara, attributing it to efforts to preserve Wike’s political structure in Rivers State. He said: “Governor Fubara is Wike’s political investment. From civil servant…
Edo North Senator Adams Oshiomhole has distanced the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the crisis surrounding the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election in the state. Oshiomhole stated that the law does not permit the APC to interfere in the PDP’s primary election conflict. The Abuja Federal High Court recently nullified the primary elections conducted by the PDP, which produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate in Edo State. The court voided the primary election held on February 22, 2024, due to the unlawful exclusion of 378 delegates by the PDP. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Oshiomhole said: “This is…
A 34-year-old man, Onyekachi Kingsley Ugochukwu, has been declared missing by his family in Isiala Akpaa Amaiyi village, Osisioma Ngwa LGA of Abia State. Ugochukwu, who is described as fair in complexion, disappeared without a trace after allegedly answering a phone call from an undisclosed person. According to Onyekachi Alfred Ahuama, the father of the missing person, Ugochukwu was last seen on June 24 at about 5:00 PM when he received a phone call. He has not been seen since. Expressing concern over his son’s whereabouts, Ahuama appealed to anyone with information about Ugochukwu to contact the family. As of…
The Police in Osun have arrested a commercial bus driver, Olalekan Amos, 54, for allegedly stealing three sound amplifiers worth N4.5 million, which he was supposed to deliver to a customer. SP Yemisi Opalola, the Police Spokesperson in Osun, made this known during the parade of criminal suspects at the state police headquarters in Osogbo. According to Opalola, a complainant in Edo State reported that in March, he hired Amos to deliver three amplifiers, each worth N1.5 million, to a customer in Osogbo. “The complainant knew the suspect as a commercial bus driver who plies the Benin (Edo State) to…
The Jigawa State High Court will commence its annual vacation on July 8, 2024, marking the end of the 2023/2024 legal year for the state judiciary. This announcement was made in a statement issued to Journalists by Abbas Rufa’i Wangara, Director of Protocol and Publicity for the State Judiciary. The statement read: “Pursuant to the provision of Order 45 Rule 5(1) of the Jigawa State High Court Civil Procedure Rules (Subsidiary Legislation) Cap. H-2, Laws of Jigawa State, 2012, His Lordship, the State Chief Judge Hon. Justice Umar M. Sadiq, has the power to declare the Court on Vacation.” It…