Author: Naija Daily News

By Deborah Nnamdi Rivers-based activist, Jake Epelle, on Thursday told the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike that any impeachment move against Governor Siminalayi Fubara will fail. Speaking on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television, the activist warned the former governor to stop issuing impeachment threats against Fubara. He stated that Wike cannot advocate peace and yet spur his loyalists in the Martins Amaewhule-led legislative body to impeach the governor. “Let them go and try impeachment, they will not succeed. Nobody will impeach Fubara. I say that openly on national television because he hasn’t committed any…

By Deborah Nnamdi A former Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani, has criticized Governor Siminalayi Fubara for not notifying the House of his budget presentation visit. Ibani stated this on ‘The Morning Brief’, a breakfast programme on Channels Television on Thursday. The former Speaker, who referenced his eight-year tenure, said then-governor Nyesom Wike informed him behind the scenes of his planned visit for budget presentations every year. “I operated as Speaker from 2015 to 2023. When Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was governor, I informed him to look at the state…

By Deborah Nnamdi Nigeria’s Customs Service has established a Corporate Social Responsibility Unit decades after its establishment. The spokesperson of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, made this known in a statement on Thursday, unveiling the unit. The service also announced Comptroller Mbwidiffu Ibrahim as the head of the unit. “The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has established a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Unit to drive its commitment to national development. “This initiative underscores the service’s recognition of its broader responsibility beyond trade facilitation, revenue generation, and border security. “The newly established CSR Unit is headed by Comptroller Mbwidiffu Ibrahim, fsi will spearhead programs…

Lagos State has solidified its status as one of Africa’s economic powerhouses, with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reaching a remarkable $259 billion when measured by purchasing power parity (PPP). This milestone places Lagos as the second-largest economy on the continent, trailing only Cairo, Egypt. This was made known during the official launch of the Lagos Economic Development Update (LEDU) 2025 on Wednesday. According to the report, the state ranks as Africa’s second-largest city economy by purchasing power parity (PPP), following Cairo. The report reveals that the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) stood at US$259.75 billion in 2023. The Lagos…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, stated that nothing will happen if the House of Assembly, led by Martins Amaewhule, impeaches Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Wike made this remark during a live broadcast in Abuja on Wednesday. Wike said: “I have heard people say: ‘Oh, if they impeach him, there will be a breakdown of law and order.’ Nonsense! Nothing will happen. “If you have committed an offence warranting impeachment, what’s the issue? Is it a criminal offence? It’s provided for in the constitution. Am I a member of the Assembly? “If you have breached the constitution…

Amaju Pinnick, the former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has been defeated in his bid for re-election to the FIFA Council. Pinnick was unable to garner enough votes to secure one of the six available African seats on the council. At the election held during the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt, he received 28 votes. Elected members are Faouzi Lekjaa of Morocco, Mauritania’s Ahmed Yahya, Kanizat Ibrahim of Comoros, Djibouti’s Souleiman Waberi, Hamidou Djibrilla of Niger and Egypt’s Hani Abo Rida. Pinnick had just one vote less than Yahya and Waberi who clinched…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticized Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara for sending a letter to the state House of Assembly. The letter, which requested a meeting with lawmakers regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling on the state’s political matters, was dismissed by Wike as “useless.” In an interaction with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike voiced his disapproval of Fubara’s approach. He stressed that Speaker Martins Amaewhule and the lawmakers are not under Fubara’s authority and deserve to be treated with respect. Wike contended that instead of sending a public letter, Fubara…

By Deborah Nnamdi A notorious bandit leader, Salisu Mohammed, popularly known as Dogo Saleh, met his end at the hands of his gang members after being arrested by the operatives of FCT Police Command. 21-year-old Dogo Saleh identified as a hitman for criminal gangs operating in Rijana Forest, Kaduna State, had been responsible for multiple kidnappings and killings along the Kaduna-Lokoja-Enugu highway. The FCT command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, in a statement issued on Wednesday, stated that police acting on intelligence conducted a covert operation to intercept Dogo Saleh at Gidan Abe Forest on March 3 while he was en route…

Attempt by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to present the state’s 2025 budget to the House of Assembly on Wednesday morning was frustrated as the Martins Amaehule-led House shutdown the entrance to the assembly. The development has added another layer of intrigue to the unending crisis between the executive and legislative arms of government in the state. Governor Fubara, who was dressed in white senator attire and a red traditional cap, told reporters that before the incident he had made several futile attempts to reach the House leadership. He said, “Before my arrival, I made several attempts to reach…

There was weeping and wailing at the Alesinloye market in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State on Wednesday following a midnight fire that gutted the market. It was gathered that traders were counting their losses after the raging fire gutted multimillion naira worth of goods and an unspecified amount of money. Eyewitnesses said the incident left the traders and other people in the neighborhood devastated. However, they said that without quick intervention of the State Fire Services and other fire trucks from companies in the are, the losses would have been more. The General Manager of the state fire services, Mr…