More than two decades after the death of Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, his widow, Maryam Abacha, is speaking up—again defending her late husband’s legacy and insisting that the real looters came after him. In a recent interview with TVC, Mrs Abacha challenged the long-standing narrative that her husband looted billions of dollars from the country’s treasury. According to her, the money General Abacha secured for the nation disappeared within months after...

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has announced his government’s decision to pay the sum of N50,000 to youth leaders across the 181 communities in Anambra State. This decision was conveyed by the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, who represented the governor during a two-day leadership and capacity-building workshop held by the Youth Wing of the Anambra State Association of Town Unions, ASATU, in Awka. The workshop themed, “The Role of...

The Federal Government has attained an advanced stage in its efforts to revive the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company, according to the Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Abubakar Audu. The minister made this known over the weekend during a meeting with stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his country home in Ogbonicha, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Audu disclosed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with the Original Equipment...

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has made a damning allegation against some high-profile politicians in Abuja, claiming they are bankrolling and facilitating the violent attacks currently plaguing the state. The Governor, who spoke during a live interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme aired on Friday, said preliminary findings by a judicial panel he constituted suggest that some members of the National Assembly are not only instigating but also sustaining the attackers. “We...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will confer national honours on select federal lawmakers during a special joint sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday, June 12, to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day. This was disclosed in a statement released in Abuja on Sunday by the House of Representatives’ spokesman, Akin Rotimi Jr. According to Rotimi Jr., a special joint sitting of the National Assembly will hold on June 12 to mark this year’s Democracy Day, with President...

Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has died at the age of 88. The family, in a press release confirming his demise on Friday, said: “Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihir Rajiun. It’s with a heavy heart, full of gratitude to Allah Subahanahu Wata’ala, that we announce the passing of our father, Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais, former Chief Justice of the Federation.” Funeral rites of the former CJN who died on Friday were...