Felix Duru Mbah

True to his prediction that security agents could move to arrest him over his recent comments, former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai today evaded an arrest bid on him by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. The incident occurred after his flight from Cairo, Egypt touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the nation's capital. Amon other comments, El-Rufai had recently slammed Senate President Godswill Akpabio over the latter's alleged resistance to real-time electronic transmission of the 2027 election results, saying the nation's number three citizen was in league with President…

By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Ede Dafinone, has reiterated his commitment to empowering constituents through education, describing it as a critical driver of sustainable development and youth advancement. Senator Dafinone made this known during a courtesy visit by Miss Favour Oghenetejiri and her mother to his Abuja office. The visit, our correspondent gathered, was to express gratitude for the Senator’s support and encouragement toward Oghenetejiri's academic pursuits. Miss Oghenetejiri, an indigene of Delta Central, is a high-performing scholar and a Second Class Upper (2.1) graduate of Microbiology from the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA). Her academic…

*Mulls Enforcement By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Management of Benue State Environmental and Sanitation Agency (BENSESA) has decried the poor attitude of some residents to the state's sanitation laws. Consequently, it has sued for attitudinal change. In a chat with journalists in his office in Makurdi, the state capital, General Manager (GM), BENSESA, Chief Anta Igbaato disclosed that about 90 percent of residents, including shop owners and traders, especially those living in Makurdi metropolis, hardly comply with sanitation laws. The GM, who reminded them of the existence of a sanction in form of a fine for non-compliance, stated that the agency…

*Says UK Being ‘Colonised By Immigrants' *Seeks Crackdown On Lazy Persons Milking Economy The billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who moved to tax-free Monaco in 2020, has claimed that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants. Speaking in an interview with Sky News, Britain’s seventh-richest man and the part-owner of Manchester United FC took aim at people receiving state support and immigrants. “You can’t afford … you can’t have an economy with 9 million people on benefits and huge levels of immigrants coming in,” he said. “The UK is being colonised by immigrants, really, isn’t it? “I mean, the population of…

*Rallies Senators, Nigerians Against Senate President Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has slammed Senate President Godswill Akpabio, describing him as a "scumbag by every definition and nothing but an Asiwaju lapdog" over proposed amendments to Nigeria’s electoral framework. Speaking on TrustTV on Wednesday, El-Rufai accused Akpabio of frustrating moves to safeguard the electronic transmission of election results and insisted that the majority of senators would ultimately defy the Senate President, according to a report in Sahara Reporters. "And Akpabio is nothing but a Asiwaju lapdog. That’s what’s going on,” El-Rufai said during the interview. “And the Senators will have…