People&Politics

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna President of Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr Bitrus Pogu, has described the Middle Belt region as Nigeria's economic strength and melting hub,urging unity among its component parts to reap benefits. He stressed that only unity, especially of the youth of the region's 15 states, can enable them tap into the economy for development. Pogu took the position in Abuja, the nation's capital, when he received a delegation of United Middle Belt Youths Movement (UMBYM) led by its leader, Capt. Brent Kane, and the acting National President of Indigenous Ethnic Youth Leaders of Nigeria (IEYLN), Comrade Augustine…

By our reporter The Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to office in 2023 has failed to yield expected benefits for Muslims. This was the view of the Supreme Council of Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN). The assessment came at a time the Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) passed a vote of confidence on President Tinubu, who,in accepting the glowing verdict, said he is a happy man now as, according to him, his administration's policies are working well. The SCSN, going by literature available on its website, was incorporated in 2005…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo As the crisis between the United Methodist Church in Nigeria (UMCN) and its breakaway body, the Global Methodist Church (GMC) in Taraba State, North-East Nigeria, deepened, the leadership of UMCN in the State has pleaded with the State Governor, Agbu Kefas to wade into the matter. It believed the governor's intervention will lead to justice and equity in the matter. The Resident Bishop, Nigeria Episcopal Area and the Mission Districts of Cameroon and Senegal of UMCN, Ande Emmanuel, during a press conference on Tuesday, February 25, at Negataba branch of the church in Jalingo, the state…

By Achadu Gabriel Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has assured that the House leadership will ensure adequate funding for intelligence gathering in order to curtail insecurity in Nigeria. The Speaker gave the assurance at a one-day public hearing on a bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Security and Intelligence Trust Fund to provide funding for security-related issues. The pot of money, he said, is aside the usual budgetary provision from the Federation Account to aid interventions to combat security issues in the country. He spoke during the hearing organized by the House Committee on Security…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Foremost Professor of Political Science and Strategic Studies at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Professor Felix Asogwa, is set to present the university’s 42nd Inaugural Lecture. It is expected to address the protracted agitation by separatist groups in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. These were contained in a public service announcement issued by the university’s Registrar, Ambrose Ugwu, on Tuesday, February 25, at ESUT Permanent Site, Agbani, near Enugu. The Lecture titled 'From Confrontation to Consensus: Re-Engaging the Separatist Agitation for Sustainable Peace in the Nigerian State', will hold on Thursday, February 27,…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Cheery news came for tenants and prospective tenants in Enugu State as, in response to their growing complaints of exploitation by landlords, the State House of Assembly has introduced a bill to check such excesses. Entitled 'The Bill for a Law to Amend the Landlord and Tenant Law, CAP. 101, Laws of Enugu State, 2024', the proposed legislation, sponsored by member representing Nkanu East constituency, Hon. Okey Mbah, underwent the first reading on Tuesday, February 25. Among others, the bill seeks to regulate agency and legal fees by setting both at a maximum of 10 per…

By our reporter The public spat between Senate President,Godswill Akpabio, and the female senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has landed both parties in the court of law. Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan has sued Akpabio and others for alleged defamation of her character. Background to crisis On Thursday, February 20, Akpoti-Uduaghan was involved in a verbal duel on the floor of the Senate with Akpabio following a reassignment of seats,which affected her. Rejecting the new arrangement, she challenged it, leading to an altercation. However, justifying the reassignment, Chief Whip Tahir Monguno raised a point of order and pointed to parts of…

The public spat between Senate President,Godswill Akpabio, and the female senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has landed both parties in the court of law. Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan is suing Akpabio and others for alleged defamation of her character. More coming...

By our reporter Another shot was fired at immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai over his interview on Arise TV last Monday night,as the Presidency slammed him for, among others, leveling certain accusations against President Bola Tinubu and his administration. National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, who was also accused by El-Rufai at the interview of allegedly using his office to politically immobilize potential Northern presidential aspirants in a bid to clear the coast for himself in 2031, had earlier today responded, saying he did not want to join issues with El-Rufai as he (Ribadu) had…