Court voids ₦110bn SUVs, allowance schemes spending for NASS members

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Court voids NASS

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared unlawful the 10th National Assembly’s controversial ₦110 billion vehicle and allowance schemes, ruling that the spending of ₦40bn on 465 vehicles for lawmakers and ₦70bn in support allowances for newly elected members breached procurement laws, constitutional obligations, and the public trust. The court also ordered the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to ensure that all future procurements or expenditure of public funds by the National Assembly comply strictly with due process requirements and…

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Households groan, as rising cooking gas cost hits ₦2,400/kg

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Cooking gas price

Nigerians in major cities are groaning under the rising cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly called cooking gas, as the price has climbed to as high as ₦2,400 per kilogramme in some retail outlets. The sharp increase has worsened hardship for households already struggling with high food prices, transport costs and other living expenses. Findings have showed that while some filling stations sold cooking gas between ₦1,650 and ₦1,900 per kilogramme, neighbourhood retailers and black market operators charged as much as ₦2,400 per kilogramme, depending on location. A housewife…

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PDP Crisis: Wabara-led BoT sues INEC over recognition of Turaki-led Interim NWC

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PDP BoT sue INEC

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Senator Adolphus Wabara, has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking recognition of the party’s interim National Working Committee (NWC) headed by Tanimu Turaki. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 4, the PDP BoT asked the court to compel INEC to update its records and publish the Turaki-led NWC, whose details were submitted to the Commission on May 4. The plaintiffs, including former Senate President Wabara, ex-Niger State governor…

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Political leaders, activists to storm Lagos for June 12 anniversary

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Political leaders June 12

Movement  for Credible Elections, (MCE), in conjunction with ‘June 12 Pro-Democracy Movement of Nigeria’, has announced that it will host top political leaders and leading activists in the country in commemoration of this year’s ‘June 12 Democracy Day’ anniversary in Nigeria. According to an issued statement yesterday, signed by the Chairman, LOC, June 12 Movement of Nigeria, Anthony Kila: “The focus of the 2026 National Democracy commemoration will be: ‘Electoral Acts 2026, INEC and Sanctity of the 2027 Elections’ and ‘Poverty, Insecurity and Credible Elections in Nigeria’, as stakeholders at…

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Atiku accuses Babachir Lawal of ethnic prejudice

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Atiku accuses Babachir Lawal

Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has accused former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, of promoting ethnic prejudice and peddling conspiracy theories. Atiku said Lawal’s recent attacks on him were not backed by facts or evidence but were driven by ethnic profiling and inflammatory rhetoric. In an issued statement issued yestetday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the most troubling part of Lawal’s comments was the attempt to link an entire ethnic group…

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Oyo Abduction: Mbaka faults Makinde, says Govs. must secure citizens

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Mbaka faults Makinde

Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has stated that state governors must be held responsible for the safety of citizens. The clergyman stated this while reacting to the abduction of teachers and pupils from schools in Oriire local government area. Recall that the abductors, who attacked three schools in Esinele, Yawota and Alawusa communities on May 15, reportedly demanded the release of detained terrorist commanders, payment of ransom, two Hilux vehicles and the implementation of Sharia-related law before freeing the captives. Reacting to the…

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“Declare ‘State of Emergency’ on insecurity now”, CAN urges FG

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CAN urges FG

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), South-West region, has decried the escalating insecurity affecting many parts of the country, calling on governments and other stakeholders to act decisively on the matter. To this end, the group has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on insecurity in Nigeria. This call was articulated in a statement issued by the CAN Chairman in the South-West region, Bishop Barnabas Akin-Akinsanya, which was made available to our correspondent in Akure, Ondo State, yesterday. The statement expressed profound concern and deep anguish…

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Northern Coalition Groups questions unequal treatment of kidnap victims

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CNG kidnap victims

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) accused the federal government of applying double standards in its response to recent school abductions in Oyo and Borno states, alleging unequal treatment of victims based on their geographical location. The group, while condemning the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in both states, described the incidents as evidence of the worsening security situation in the country and a growing inability of the government to adequately protect citizens. In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Charanchi, the coalition expressed concern over what…

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2027: Parties insist polls must hold despite rising insecurity

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Parties insist on 2027 polls

Opposition political parties have warned that worsening insecurity poses a major threat to the conduct of the 2027 general elections. With about seven months to the polls, the parties cautioned that continued terrorist attacks, banditry, kidnappings and other violent crimes could undermine democratic participation, disenfranchise voters and disrupt the electoral process if the Federal Government fails to restore order. They argued that unless the security situation improves significantly before the elections, many Nigerians may be unwilling to vote, and that residents of communities displaced by violence could be excluded from…

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Police rescue ex-Power Minister Adelabu’s sister, twin sons

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Police rescue Adelabu’s sister

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have rescued ex-Power Minister Adelabu’s sister, Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, alive during a late-night rescue operation carried out around 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Two suspected kidnappers were neutralised in a gun duel with police operatives, while two firearms were recovered from the gang. Recall that the victims, including the younger sister of former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, were abducted around 7:30 a.m. on June 3, 2026, while on their way to drop the children…

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