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King Charles III funeral plans are already set amid his battle with pancreatic cancer.  Though he has only been Britain’s reigning monarch for 18 months, following his ascension to the throne on May 6, 2023, yet his funeral plans are already set. When Queen Elizabeth II died, Operation London Bridge was activated to facilitate the smooth transition of power to her son, then-Prince Charles. Now, with Prince Charles’ cancer getting worse, royal insiders tell In Touch that Charles’ final resting plans are of timely prioritization.   The plans have been dubbed “Operation Menai Bridge”, named after the world’s first iron suspension bridge in Anglesey, Wales. “It’s a fairly common thing to do among the British royalty, but in Charles’ case expediency is necessary,” says the source, who notes that “some courtiers believe Charles’ cancer is worse than they’re making it out to be.”

In an interview with The Sun, The leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to leave a lasting legacy by spearheading constitutional reforms to prevent Nigeria's breakup. Adebanjo dismissed the idea of Tinubu seeking a second term, attributing the country's current challenges to past military regimes. In an interview with EMMA NJOKU, he addressed various issues including insecurity, the 2023 elections, corruption in the National Assembly, and Tinubu's directive to implement the Orosanya report. Amidst insecurity in the north and accusations of sabotage against Tinubu's administration, Adebanjo denounced diversionary tactics. Citing revelations from Commodore Kunle Olawunmi (retd), he accused the previous administration of neglecting information on Boko Haram sponsors within government ranks. Adebanjo challenged the government's failure to act despite having lists of perpetrators, including those in prominent positions. Adebanjo called ...

Senegal's President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye was the Secretary General of opposition party, Pastef. The leader of his party, Ousmane Sonko was jailed. He joined the Presidential race and was endorsed by Sonko. Faye was also detained, and was once barred from contesting in the election but was released 10 days to elections.  Faye, 44 (Left) become president after ruling coalition rival Amadou Ba, 62 (Right), concedes defeat. Faye may have clinched an outright majority, avoiding a run-off, and kept up a rare Senegalese tradition of the ruling party losing to the opposition after two terms. He also becomes the youngest candidate to be democratically elected in Africa on the first instance of running for office, in decades.  Burkina Faso's  Ibrahim Traoré is 36, but he seized power in a coup in 2022. Outgoing President Macky Sall nearly upended Senegal’s fragile democratic tradition, by jailing opposition leader Ousame Sonko and knocking him out of the race, trying to fina...

An All Progressives Congress (APC ) aspirant for the Ondo governorship election Paul Akintelure is d£ad.  The spokesperson of the APC in Ondo State Alex Kalejaye confirmed the incident in a telephone conversation with Channels Television early Tuesday. While the cause of his death is still unknown, Akintelure’s demise came days after the medical doctor turned politician raised an alarm about thr£ats to his life. “Initially, I hope these incidents would dissipate over time, yet regrettably, they have escalated to pose a serious threat to my life,” his spokesman Oladapo Akintelure said in a March 21 statement. The thr£ats against me only strengthen my resolve to stand up for what is right and just. I will not allow fear to dictate our path forward. Let us embrace peace, progress, and unity. Our collective strength lies in our to stand together as one, regardless of our differences.” The late Akintelure had in 2012 ran as the deputy governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nig...

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abia state chapter, has accused Governor Alex Otti, of using the pension law to pursue vendetta against former Governors and former Deputy Governors of the state. Otti had last week revoked the state law which grants pension to former governors and former deputy governor. The party stated that it cannot understand why Governor Otti who has not paid pension to any of his predecessors would quickly rush to repeal the law if not to massage his ego and portray himself as a saint and buy cheap popularity. The party in a statement by its Acting state publicity secretary, Elder Amah Abraham, added that there is no evidence that the money saved from the non-payment of pension to former governors and former deputy governors, has been used to offset the pension arrears of pensioners and civil servants who are still being owed by the government. Reminding Otti that the National Assembly has allowed the pension law for ex-presidents to stay, the party explained ...

Naira Marley & His Gangs Killed Mohbad After he Refused to Push Coca!ne For Them – Singer's Mum In a recent interview, Mohbad’s mother disclosed some incriminating information about the events leading up to her son’s sad death. She said that Mohbad was targeted by a gang of persons, with more than three actively scheming against him. She described the incident as a communal action. According to Mohbad’s mother, her son made the courageous decision to cut connections with his former boss, Naira Marley, after being urged to participate in an unlawful activity. Specifically, he was allegedly persuaded to partake in cocaine trafficking, which he flatly refused. She stated that Mohbad’s refusal was responded with death threats by Naira Marley and his goons. Unfortunately, Mohbad’s resistance eventually led to his untimely death, as his assailants followed through on their threats and carried out their malevolent intentions. Mohbad’s mother expressed intense grief and regretted the l...

  The Senate on Wednesday, March 20, passed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND that considered the Bill. The chairman of the committee, Senator Muntari Dandutse (APC – Katsina South) presented the report during plenary. President Bola Tinubu had last week transmitted the Bill to the National Assembly for its consideration and passage. The Senate had given the Bill accelerated hearing by suspending relevant sections of its standing rules and referred the Bill to the Committee of the Whole for consideration. After debate on the Bill, Senate President Godswill Akpabio referred the Bill to the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND for further legislative work and to report back in one week. The Bill seeks to provide easy access to higher education for indigent Nigerians through interest-f...

Nigerian Sanctions Committee on Monday revealed the identities of nine specific individuals and six entities that have been recommended for sanction following their involvement in terrorism financing. 👇 The nine individuals under sanctions are: 1. Tukur Mamu 2. Yusuf Ghazali 3. Muhammad Sani 4. Abubakar Muhammad 5. Sallamudeen Hassan 6. Adamu Ishak 7. Hassana-Oyiza Isah 8. Abdulkareem Musa 9. Umar Abdullahi The six BDCs and firms are: 10. West and East Africa General Trading Company Limited 11. Settings Bureau De Change Limited 12. G. Side General Enterprises 13. Desert Exchange Ventures Limited 14. Eagle Square General Trading Company Limited 15. Alfa Exchange BDC Top of the list of individuals named in the document was a Kaduna-based publisher, Tukur Mamu, who is currently being tried by the Federal Government for allegedly aiding the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train in March 2022. According to the document sent to Punch, Mamu “participated in the financing of terroris...

12 year old girl suffers vaginal inj¥ries and contracted STD after being repeatedly r@ped by three men in Imo Detectives of the Imo State Police Command through painstaking and diligent investigations have arrested three suspects identified as Joseph Onyema, ’m’, 35 yrs, Uzoma Nwanoreze, ‘m’, 30yrs, and Eberechukwu Nwosu ‘m’ age 43yrs, for allegedly d€filing a 12-year-old girl (name withheld).  Investigation by the police revealed that the suspects had unlawful c@rnal knowledge of the minor on different occasions which made her develop serious virginal injuries as well as a s£xually transmitted disease.  The victim is currently receiving intense medical care at the hospital. The suspects will have their day in court upon completion of a discreet investigation. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Okoye Henry said the state Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma while condemning the barbaric acts in totality, calls on th...

President Bola Tinubu’s government has demanded that the world’s largest cryptocurrency platform, Binance, provide a list of the top 100 Nigerian users and their transaction details on the platform before detained officials are released. “Nigeria is pressing Binance for information on its top 100 users in the country, as well as all transaction history for the past six months,” Financial Times reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the request is at the centre of negotiations between Binance and Nigeria, which sees the company as a crucial link undermining government efforts to stabilise its currency, the naira. The six-month transaction details request tallies with the timeline of Nigeria’s currency devaluation. The reported request comes as two Binance officials, Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and British-Kenyan Nadeem Anjarwalla, languish in detention two weeks after Nigerian authorities arrested them. Two weeks ago, citing FT, Peoples Gazette reported that the two Binan...

The Kano State Hisbah Board has apprehended 11 Muslims for violating the Ramadan fast by eating during the day. The arrests were made during the annual Ramadan enforcement operations, which included searches of eateries and markets. The board’s Public Relations Officer, Lawal Ibrahim, who confirmed the arrests in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored on Wednesday, said the arrests were made on Tuesday across the city, particularly near markets. “The individuals arrested include 10 men and one woman, who was caught eating from her groundnut-selling stall,” he said. He explained that non-Muslims are exempted from such enforcement activities, but if found selling food during fasting hours to Muslims, they could be considered in violation. “We apprehended 11 persons on Tuesday, including a lady selling groundnuts who was seen eating from her wares, after some persons alerted us. The other 10 persons were men and were arrested across the city, especially close to markets where a...

The Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. Akintunde Sawyer, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), stated this in an interview with Arise News. The loan which was formally slated to take off on Thursday, March 14, 2024, has been postponed again, as there are some corrections that are being made around the launch according to Sawyer. “Unfortunately, I won’t be able to commit to a specific date. We are sort of waiting to ensure that all the stakeholders are aligned to make sure that nobody is blindsided, then we can actually roll this out in a meaningful, comprehensive, wholesome and sustainable way.” President Bola Tinubu signed the bill into law in June 2023, to establish a Students Loan Fund (SLF) to provide interest-free loans to Nigerians seeking higher education. The bill, sponsored by Femi Gbajabiamila, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, was initially planned to kickstart betw...

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Governor Siminalayi Fubara differed over politicians’ struggle for political office at the funeral of the former CEO of Access Bank and banking icon, Herbert Wigwe. This was revealed in a trending video shared on X on Saturday. In the now-viral video, Fubara questioned the motives of the political class attending the funeral, expressing frustration over the violence and power struggles. Fubara, while giving his remarks at the burial had said: “This one has to do with our political class, what is all this trouble all about. “You want to kill, You want to bury, what is it all about.” The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio while reacting to Fubara’s comment directed to the political class who attended Wigwe’s funeral, asked the Rivers governor to quit his political career if he thinks it is not worthwhile. Akpabio, while making his own remarks, said, “What is the struggle all about? I will answer you. “The struggle, we are not talking politics. In 200...

Bamaiyi Haruna Mairiga, Sixth Prosecution Witness, PW6, in the trial of a former governor of  Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,  Godwin Emefiele on Thursday, March 7, 2024 told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court,  Abuja, that forensic examination showed that the signatures of former President Muhammadu Buhari and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF,  Boss Mustapha were allegedly  forged for the payment of $6.2million to foreign election observers in the 2023 General Election. Led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, Mairiga, a forensic expert informed the court that forensic evaluation of the “Presidential Directive on Foreign Observers Election A” and “Presidential Directive on Foreign Observer Election A2,” which were the documents upon which the payment was made by the CBN under Emefiele, showed manifest evidence of forgery of the signatures of Buhari and Mustapha under forensic scrutiny, and a...

Breaking: Minister of Power Summons AEDC, IBEDC Executives Over Deteriorating Power Supply In response to Nigeria's worsening electricity crisis, the Minister of Power, Adelabu, has taken proactive measures by summoning key industry players to tackle the pressing issue head-on.  Concerned about the nation's faltering power situation, the Minister has convened a crucial meeting with the top brass of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), and the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The primary objective of the meeting is to address the escalating power supply challenges in their respective regions and devise sustainable solutions collaboratively. Despite concerted efforts to improve the situation, the Minister expressed dismay at the persistent decline in power supply across the country. While the Ministry has been actively engaging Generating Companies (GENCOs) to boost their performance, re...

Reps Considers Bill Stopping South-South, South-West, North-West From Presidential Election. Currently there’s a proposed bill which aims to prevent candidates from the North-West, South-West, and South-South regions from running for future Presidential elections in Nigeria until other regions have taken their turn. The proposed bill titled “An Act to modify the provisions of the Constitution of Nigeria to introduce a system of power rotation among various geographic and political divisions in presidential, governorship, and senatorial elections” has been submitted to the House of Representatives Committee for consideration as part of the Constitution Review process. Proposed by Ojema Ojetu, a member representing Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency in Benue State, the legislation aims to restrict regions that have previously produced a President since the country transitioned to democracy in 1999 from producing future Presidents if the bill is approved. Any zone in Nigeria which has produce...

The suspension of Halima Shehu Kafin Dangi, former National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), by President Bola Ahmad Tinubu has ignited a storm of controversy, with the "One-on-One Campaign Coordinator for Tinubu/Dikko 2023-2027" group calling for her immediate reinstatement. Transitioning from a successful career in banking to politics in 2010, Mrs. Shehu served as the Senior Special Assistant to former Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State, demonstrating her commitment to public service. However, her suspension by President Tinubu, allegedly due to financial mismanagement amounting to ₦44 billion, has drawn fierce criticism from her supporters, who argue that the allegations are baseless and motivated by gender rivalry. The spotlight has also turned to Minister Betta Edu, Mrs. Shehu's superior, who is likewise suspended and facing investigation for alleged financial irregularities. Supporters allege that Minister Edu's action...

The Senate Thursday affirmed Kogi State as an oil producing state receiving 13% derivation as stipulated for by section 162(2) of the 1999 Constitution ( as amended).  Affirmation of Kogi as an oil producing state receiving  13% derivation by the Senate , was sequel to a motion sponsored to that effect by Senator Jibrin Isah , popularly known as Echocho ( APC Kogi East). Senator Isah's motion came 24 hours after heated debate between him and Senator Tony Nwoye on the status of Kogi as an oil producing state receiving 13% derivation . While Tony Nwoye in his presentation at Senate plenary on Wednesday, on a bill seeking for inclusion of Anambra State in the operational radius of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) , argued that Kogi State is not receiving 13% derivation like Anambra State, Echocho countered him that Kogi State has been a receiver of the 13% derivation since October 2022. Apparently disturbed by Senator Nwoye's submission , Echocho at the beginning of...