Politics
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…
SUPREME COURT ACKNOWLEDGES ACCIDENTALLY POSTING IDAHO ABORTION CASE DOCUMENT THAT MAY PREVIEW NARROW BIDEN ADMIN WIN
The Supreme Court acknowledged Wednesday that it inadvertently posted online a document related to a pending abortion case, which Bloomberg Law obtained before it was removed from the website. Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe confirmed that a document was “inadvertently and briefly uploaded” to the court website but added that the ruling “has not been released.” Bloomberg…
THREE FEMALE GOP STATE SENATORS WHO FILIBUSTERED S.C. ABORTION BAN LOST THEIR PRIMARIES
Three Republican state senators in South Carolina who filibustered an abortion ban in the state have lost in their primary elections this month. The three Republicans, Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn, and Penry Gustafson, lost to three male candidates and were among a bipartisan group of five women state senators who filibustered a near-total abortion ban….
REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN, A VOCAL ISREAL CRITIC AND ‘SQUAD’ MEMBER, LOSES PRIMARY
Progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., suffered a primary defeat Tuesday to a moderate challenger who was backed by pro-Israel groups, NBC News projected, following a bitter and expensive race that exposed the party’s divisions over the war in Gaza. The race between Bowman and Westchester County Executive George Latimer in New York’s 16th District drew…
AGE ANXIETY HANGS OVER FIRST BIDEN-TRUMP DEBATE
For Joe Biden and Donald Trump – the two oldest candidates ever to seek the US presidency – age is an election issue neither can escape. On Thursday, the current Democratic president, 81, and his Republican predecessor, 78, will face off in Atlanta, Georgia, for the first of two debates ahead of November’s vote, offering…
MET DENIES BEING SOURCE OF ELECTION BET LEAKS
The Metropolitan Police has denied being the source of leaks identifying the people being investigated by the Gambling Commission over alleged bets on the date of the general election. The Daily Telegraph has reported, external what it calls ‘”a source close to the Cabinet Office” claiming that Scotland Yard had told journalists about those being looked into…
ALABAMA TOWN’S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, WHO HAD BEEN LOCKED OUT OF OFFICE, TO RETURN UNDER PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who said white officials locked him out of town hall, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement. Patrick Braxton will be recognized as the lawful mayor of the town of Newbern, under the terms of a proposed agreement to settle…