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By Bertram Nwannekanma and Victor Gbonegun Residents of Banana Island, Lagos, have lamented non-adherence to a court order barring the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, their servants, agents, and privies from demolishing the estate’s Boat Club House. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, had on March 18, restrained the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, their servants, agents and privies from demolishing the property owned by Banana Island, Lagos residents. The property is the estate’s Boat club house situated at OT QC, which the ministry wants to demolish to pave way for the construction…

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Thursday, picketed the office building of the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in Abuja. The labour union shut down the ministry for failing to obey a court judgement ordering the reinstatement of a staff member, Comrade Victor Ekpaha, who was said to have been unlawfully sacked 20 years ago. The workers are demanding full payment of Ekpaha’s salaries, allowances and other benefits for the period of over 20 years that the case had lingered. More to come… All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not…

From Matthew Ogune, AbujaEuropean Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), Gautier Mignot, has stressed the need for Nigeria’s leaders to be elected through the ballot and not by court decision. Mignot spoke yesterday in Abuja during the launch of a report titled “From Ballot to the Courts: Analysis of Election Petition Litigation from Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections” put together by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC). Represented by Ruben Alba, acting Head of Cooperation of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mignot noted that the phenomenon undermined the Independent National Electoral…

Controversial media personality, Kemi Olunloyo, has renounced her family name and distanced herself from the family of her late father, former Oyo State Governor, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo. The former governor, a renowned Mathematician and politician, died on Sunday, April 6, at the age of 89. In a series of posts and videos shared on her Facebook and TikTok pages, Olunloyo declared that she no longer considers herself part of the Olunloyo family and would not be accepting condolences over her father’s death. “I am uploading video statements on my father’s death on TikTok. I am not part of the…

  Bankole Taiwo The newly appointed Executive Director of Finance and Administration at the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority, Mr Ayobami Oyalowo, on Wednesday, pledged to prioritise accountability and collaboration to support President Bola Tinubu’s food security agenda. He noted that the efforts of all Nigerians are crucial to revolutionising the agricultural sector. Oyalowo made the statement during an event marking his official resumption as the Executive Director of Finance and Administration at O-ORBDA. He assured that his office would provide proactive and robust financial support to ensure the successful implementation of all projects under the authority’s mandate. “I am…

By Geoff Iyatse• Nigeria breaks balance of payment deficit history, records $6.8b surplus• Naira trading at N45/$ discount at black market amid fresh panic• Be wary of reactive policies, Kale warns government The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is betting on a stronger external position to stabilise the naira in the face of capital flight from risky assets. But the apex bank would require a stronger handshake with the reticent fiscal authority to record a significant breakthrough in its desire to pull the economy out of the multi-year foreign exchange crisis. Just yesterday, the apex bank followed up with a…

From Obinna NwaokuTragedy yesterday struck in the Odhiaje community, Ahoada East Local Council of Rivers State, when suspected cultists allegedly loyal to the late cult leader, David Gift a.k.a 2Baba, killed a former youth leader, Godspower Uwhetu. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning, with eyewitnesses reporting that about five cultists, led by a man named Sam, invaded Uwhetu’s house at about l:00a.m., dragged him out, and shot him in front of his house. According to the former Public Relations Officer of Igbu Akoh Youth Congress, Hector Chinem Ekeakita, the motive behind the murder dates back to a previous altercation between…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has mourned Lady Helen Owie, wife of a former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie. PUNCH Online reports that Helen Owie died on Wednesday in Abuja at the age of 71. In a post via his X handle on Thursday, the former Vice President asserted that the deceased was peaceful, loving, humble, and kind to a fault. He added, “Late Lady Helen Owie lived an exemplary life that impacted her family, her community, and all who encountered her in her eventful life. “She was a devout Christian…

From Kingsley Jeremiah, Collins Olayinka (Abuja) and Waliat Musa (Lagos) There is hope that the Dangote Refinery may sell Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, to Nigerians at cheaper rate as the Federal Government has restored the crude and refined product sales in naira initiative. Providing update on the initiative, the Federal Ministry of Finance, in its X handle, yesterday, said the Technical Sub-Committee on the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira initiative convened an update meeting on Tuesday to review progress and address ongoing implementation matters. It disclosed that the meeting was attended by the Chairman of the Implementation Committee, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating…

From Chido Okafor, WarriThe possibility of the Federal Government meeting its oil production target set in the 2025 national budget remains threatened, as a protest by the Itsekiri Community in the Niger Delta disrupted operations at a 28,000-barrel-per-day Escravos oil production facility at Ogidigben, one of the seven communities in Ugborodo.   The Itsekiri ethnic nationality, yesterday, shut down the Ogidigben flow station in Warri, South-West Council, over the recent ward delineation in the three Warri councils by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), which, they said, marginalised them politically.  After shutting down the facility, the protesters threatened to shut down more oil facilities in their…