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Rivers State High Court Declares That The Local Government Law No.2 Of 2024 Which Extends The Tenure Of Local Government Chairmen By 6 Months After Expiration Of Their Tenure Is INVALID.  ●The Court Held That It Is Inconsistent With The 1999 Constitution And Section 9 (1) Of Rivers State Law No 5 Of 2018 Which Fixed 3years For Local Government Chairmen And Councillors.  ●A Big Advantage For Governor Sim Fubara's Camp.

  A bill seeking to change the Nigeria’s national anthem has passed the first and second reading at the Senate.  The bill sponsored by the Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, seeks the replacement of the current anthem with the old components of the anthem that were changed in 1978 during the Olusegun Obasanjo military regime. The senator during an executive/closed session on Thursday, May 23, referred the bill to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to report back to the house in two weeks. The old anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” was replaced with the current one “Arise, O Compatriots in 1978. According to the lawmakers, the current national anthem is a product of the military junta, decreed by the military and therefore should be discarded to adequately capture the nations democratic values, integrity and principally foster commitment to nationhood.

   Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule inspects a section of 10,000 hectares of the Nasarawa State Government farm in line with the Federal Government’s Food Security Initiatives.  The farm is in Jangwa, Awe LGA is suitable for rice, sesame and maize farming.  Work has started in earnest to take advantage of the onset of the rainy season.

His Excellency, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, met with the Chairman and members of the Nasarawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board at the Government House in Lafia. The board was led by Rev. Dr. John Ibrahim. This meeting highlights the Governor's commitment to engaging with various stakeholders in the State, including religious organizations, to foster collaboration and progress.

  The 14th Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido, has called for the diversification of Nigeria’s economy to achieve optimal growth and development. The ex-CBN governor noted that while Nigeria has continued to use its oil as its major revenue source, the nation needs “to fully reap the blessings of oil” by making way for more viable economic reforms. Lamido gave the charge while speaking at the 2024 Rivers State Economic and Investment Summit at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Thursday. He said, “River State is blessed with abundant oil resources, a gift that has significantly contributed to the economy of Nigeria as a whole. However, sitting on oil or any natural resource is not enough for economic development. “I have said over and over again that if we were to dig out all the oil that is under Nigeria’s soil today and sell it and share the money among all Nigerians, we would, at best, be a

Sources in the army identified the female soldier as Lance Corporal Jonah Comfort with service number 15NA/74/4422F. Comfort reportedly committed the offence earlier in May. She was said to have entered the senior officer’s room and stolen the jewellery. The female soldier subsequently sold the jewellery to a jeweller in Kaduna for N5 million.   Foresight news learnt that the army authorities did not want the public to know about the incident as it might lead to a debate as to how the senior officer’s wife acquired jewellery worth millions of Naira despite being a housewife.   The jeweller has also been arrested by the military police, SaharaReporters was told. “The army authorities have been careful over the issue because the general’s wife is a full housewife, so how come she has jewellery worth millions of Naira? The jewellery stolen by the soldier which was valued at N35 million was just part of her collections,” one of the sources said.   “The female soldier had long been monitori