People&Politics

It appears a bad day for Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today, Friday, March 14, halted the enforcement of its January 10,2025 judgment on his status. The verdict had upheld the Kano State Government’s repeal of the 2019 Emirates Council Law, pending the Supreme Court’s determination of an appeal on the same matter. The latest ruling was delivered by a three-member panel led by Justice Okon Abang. Granting a stay of execution, the appellate court effectively maintained the status quo in the ongoing legal fireworks over the Kano Emirate tussle. On…

By our reporter Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has claimed that former President Muhammadu Buhari was in the know of his plans to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and even blessed the intention. Last Monday, El-Rufai, once a powerful voice in the APC during the Buhari administration (2015-23) when he (El-Rufai) served for eight years as two-term governor of Kaduna State, announced his departure from APC. He immediately declared that he had joined the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP). Speaking in an interview on the Hausa Service of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), El-Rufai, a…

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has revealed that primary and secondary health facilities across the territory will wear a new look, with plans concluded to rehabilitate and renovate the 14 General Hospitals as well as Primary Health Care Centers (PHCs) to stand the test of medical tourism. The disclosure was made by Mandate Secretary, FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES), Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, during the unveiling ceremony of Barrister Nyesom Wike (BNW) VIP Ward in Maitama District Hospital, Abuja. The gesture is part of a bid to reduce medical tourism among the nation's elite and make health facilities comfortable…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Seeking to douse potential public fear, Nigerian Army has urged Enugu State residents not to panic on sighting heavy movement of troops, equipment and hearing of sound of gunshots between March 17 and March 20. 2025. It explained that the happenings would be part of a planned military exercise within the period in the South-East state of Nigeria. Acting Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, in a statement in Enugu on Thursday, March 13, said that the exercise would be aspects of a week-long range classification activities by Nigerian Army personnel. "In line…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi A community leader and National President, Tyoshin Development Association (TDA) in Benue State, Chief Tarnongo Timothy Tiza, has decried the gruesome murder of three of the association's members by armed herdsmen. The TDA President also decried the protest embarked upon by some persons, mostly youths, of Tyoshin in Naka, Gwer West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state to register their grievances over the attack at Onmba-Aondo settlement in the area. The protest led to the destruction of property worth millions of naira. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of TDA, Vincent Nyinongo said that…