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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…

By our reporter Barely hours after immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, claimed that National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, was orchestrating his political downfall and those of other Northerners over the 2031 presidency, Ribadu has jumped to his own defence. Ribadu urged the public to disregard El-Rufai's statement, saying he has never discussed his perceived political future with anyone. Besides, he stated that, as NSA, all his efforts and energy are "geared completely" towards advancing Nigeria as well as making a success of the President Bola Tinubu administration. On Monday night while fielding questions on…

By our reporter In a potentially explosive declaration, former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has accused National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, of being behind an alleged plot to destroy his reputation. To him, Ribadu is allegedly doing so because he (Ribadu) entertains presidential ambition and so is allegedly removing any Northerner in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) perceived as competition. El-Rufai made the allegations while speakingon Arise TV on Monday night, February 24. Should President Bola Tinubu contest and win a second --and final --term in 2027, it would be the turn of the North to…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State, Dr. Eric Odo, has expressed his administration’s readiness to eradicate poverty and guarantee food security by rejigging agriculture in the area. Odo stated this on Monday, February 24, during the flag-off of Agricultural Public-Private Partnership Programme (PPPP, or P4) between the LGA and resourceful crop farmers in Ogbede, a community in the area. The Chairmen said his administration would focus on the area of comparative advantage in agriculture, stressing that the programme is in line with the agenda of State Governor, Peter Mbah. Asserting that time…

A ground-breaking initiative, Green Time, has been unveiled to promote wildlife conservation finance and sustainable environmental practices. The unveiling came ahead of activities to celebrate the World Wildlife Day, an annual event held March 3 every year. The theme of this year's edition is 'Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Climate'. Speaking in a preparatory meeting ahead of the program, Coordinator of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Tourism Volunteers Network, Dr Charity Akpomgbo, said the initiative seeks to create awareness, foster strategic discussions, and drive action toward conservation efforts in Nigeria. She explained that the program is expected to…