Politics
SUNAK ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HISTORIC TORY DEFEAT
Rishi Sunak has said he accepts responsibility for the Conservative Party’s historic general election defeat. Sir Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party to a landslide victory and will take over from Mr Sunak as the UK’s prime minister. Mr Sunak told supporters: “The British people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight, there is much…
BRITAIN WAKES UP TO NEW GOVERNMENT AS LABOUR PARTY WINS ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE
Britain woke Friday to the scene of a political earthquake. The opposition Labour Party, after 14 years in the political wilderness, has handed a brutal defeat to the ruling Conservatives. Party leader Keir Starmer is now certain to become prime minister in the coming hours, replacing his Conservative Party counterpart, Rishi Sunak, who has presided over one of the worst electoral…
SSANU, NASU THREATENS TO BEGIN STRIKE THURSDAY OVER WITHHELD 4 MONTHS SALARIES
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said that it will embark on a nationwide industrial action tomorrow, Thursday, July 4, along with sister union, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities Associated Institutions if the four months salaries withheld by government were not paid to members. In a communique issued at the end…
PROBE STAGNATION IN CIVIL SERVANTS PROMOTION: LAWMAKERS TELL FG
The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to investigate the reported stagnation of promotion in civil service between 2013 and 2023, in a move aimed at ensuring efficient and effective public service delivery. The House took the decision sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by the member representing Ijumu/Kabba-Bunu Federal Constituency,…
PETER OBI ENDORSES LABOUR PARTY AHEAD OF UNITED KINGDOM ELECTION
Ahead of the upcoming United Kingdom general election, Nigerian political figure Peter Obi has urged voters to “Vote Labour on Thursday 4 July.” This intervention comes as the UK prepares for what pollsters predict will be a landslide victory for the Labour Party in the UK. Obi’s statement on Tuesday via X, though brief, is…
REPS MEMBER ACCUSES DEPUTY SPEAKER OF DISCRIMINATION, STAGE WALKOUT
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency, Rivers State, Cyril Hart, on Tuesday during plenary, walked out of the green chamber after accusing the Deputy Speaker of discriminating against new members during parliamentary debates. Hart, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, made the allegation a few minutes after the lawmaker…
MINIMUM WAGE: WORKERS NOT HAPPY WITH TINUBU’S DELAY —SSANU
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed sadness over the lingering delay on the part of President Bola Tinubu in concluding the new national minimum wage and making the final figure known to workers. The trade union said the President was supposed to have concluded all needed consultations with the necessary stakeholders…
COURT DISMISSES NNAMDI KANU’S N1BN SUIT AGAINST FG
Justice James Omotoso of a Federal High Court, Abuja has just dismissed a N1 billion suit filed by the. detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government and the Department of State Services (DSS). The Judge held in his judgment that the IPOB leader failed to show evidence…
SUPREME COURT PROVIDES WIN TO TRUMP, RULING HE HAS IMMUNITY FOR SOME ACTS IN ELECTION INTERFERENCE INDICTMENT
The Supreme Court on Monday raised the bar for prosecuting Donald Trump, ruling that he has immunity for some of his conduct as president in his federal election interference case, but maybe not for other actions, adding another obstacle for special counsel Jack Smith taking the case to trial. In a novel and potentially consequential case on the limits…
DJ CUPPY ENDORSES UNITED KINGDOM’S LABOUR PARTY AHEAD OF JULY 4 ELECTION
DJ Cuppy has declared her support for Keir Starmer, the British politician, ahead of the UK elections on July 4. In May, Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, announced that he would dissolve the parliament and call a general election. Starmer is the UK Labour Party’s candidate for prime minister in the elections. In a social media post on Monday, Cuppy…