The National Chairman, Action Alliance (AA), Bar. Kenneth Udeze has said the Abuja High Court judgment which ordered the Federal Government to stop releasing monthly allocations to Rivers State is not enforceable. Udeze who stated in an interview that the judgement is politically motivated, saying that it’s impossible to stop allocation to an arm of government and urged Rivers people to stand against the judgement. Udeze said, “The judgement came to me as a rude...

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has flagged off the reconstruction of roads from Penoks filling station – Abakpa Nike – Ugwogo – Nike – Opi – Nsukka Road. The roads which currently are a single lane will be made a dual carriageway to ease off heavy traffic, curb accidents and reduce criminality on the road and travel time to Nsukka. Speaking at Opi during the flag-off exercise, the state Governor said the...

The Anambra State House of Assembly on Tuesday during plenary, passed the Anambra State Herbal Practices Bill 2024, into law. The law, a private member bill sponsored by Hon. Tony Muobike, the member representing Aguata II constituency and the Chairman of the House Committee on Health, went into committee stage months ago and was scrutinized by the Joint Committee on Health and Judiciary. During plenary on Tuesday, the House considered the report of the joint...

The Jigawa Government Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Bello Abdulkadir-Fanini say 403 persons arrested in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protests in August 2024 have been prosecuted. Abdulkadir-Fanini, while addressing newsmen in Dutse on Monday said that the suspects were sentenced to various community services, while others with criminal cases were admitted to bail as investigations continued. “In the period under review, that is, September 1, 2024, to date, the ministry has recorded tremendous success in...

The 19th Northern States Governors Forum and the Northern States Council of Emirates and Chiefs have rejected the current tax reform bill sent to the National Assembly recently by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as it is against the interests of the region. Governors in attendance included: Uba Sani of Kaduna State, Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Dauda Lawal Dare (Zamfara), Abdullahi A. Sule (Nasarawa), Babagana Zulum (Borno), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), and Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri...