PAKISTAN’s high-level security meeting at the parliament has stressed the need for consensus and unified political commitment to curb the menace of terrorism. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement after meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, which was convened amid a surge in terrorist attacks …

PROTESTERS have shut down Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa office at Alagbaka, Akure, the Ondo State capital again over the killing of five farmers by armed herdsmen. Many persons were killed earlier this month by herdsmen in a reprisal attack on four communities in Akure North local government area. The protesters said …

  EDO State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday, said plans were underway to investigate the reported expenditure of $10m by his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, on the state-owned newspaper, The Nigerian Observer. Okpebholo announced this move during an unscheduled visit to the premises of the Observer titles on Tuesday, where …

IN the wake of a Supreme Court-triggered crisis in Rivers State —masterminded by Nyesom Wike, whose outsize influence over the judiciary has earned him the fittingly dubious distinction of being the de facto head of Nigeria’s “judiciary” — President Bola Tinubu has, with a stroke of imperial presidential pronouncement, declared …

  PRO-democracy and civil rights advocacy group – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) – has condemned the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, the usurpation of the constitutional powers of the state governor and the House of Assembly by the illegal appointment of a military …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing the protracted political crisis that has been rocking the oil-rich state since September 2023. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, Tinubu announced the suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, his deputy, and all elected members of the state …

THE Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd’s] objection to a suit filed by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE over oil import licence dispute. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, dismissed the objection on the grounds that the …

SOLDIERS have been deployed in strategic locations in Port Harcourt as well as in and around the premises of the State Government House in the aftermath of President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing the need to restore law and order. As part of …

GOVERNOR Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has reacted to the State of Emergency declared on the South-South State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Naija News reports that President Tinubu on Tuesday evening declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing the need to restore law and order in the state. The …

THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly criticized the recent declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, calling the move “unconstitutional” and a dangerous precedent for Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement released on Tuesday, the NBA, through its President, Afam Osigwe, SAN, emphasized that the …