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ONANUGA’S TWEET ON PLOT TO OVERTHROW TINUBU’S GOVT RECKLESS, MALICIOUS – ADC The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has condemned the tweet made by an aide of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, which alleges that the opposition is planning to overthrow the Tinubu government before 2027. While we consider this tweet as reckless and malicious, we also believe it …

TINUBU COMPENSATES GANDUJE WITH BOARD APPOINTMENT AFTER RESIGNATION AS APC CHAIR A former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has been appointed the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. This comes only a few days after Ganduje resigned as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The announcement was made during …

ABUJA LAWYER BARRED FROM LAW PRACTICES FOR 5 YEARS OVER N29M PROPERTY FRAUD The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, has barred an Abuja based lawyer, Everestus Chinedum Ugwuowo from practising law in Nigeria for five years over his indictment in a N29M property fraud. The five years suspension handed down to him by LPDC was sequel to his guilt of …

GHANAIAN YOUTHS PROTEST ENTHRONEMENT OF EZE IGBO GHANA A surge of protests has broken out in several regions of Ghana, with hundreds of young Ghanaians marching in fierce opposition to what they call an “unwelcome cultural encroachment”—the recent coronation of an Igbo king on Ghanaian land. The uproar, spearheaded by youth organizations in Accra and the Eastern Region, was ignited …

BANKS TO REPORT MONTHLY TRANSACTIONS EXCEEDING ₦5 ILLION Nigerian banks have been mandated to report all customer accounts with monthly transactions exceeding N5 million to the country’s tax authorities, according to the latest update from the National Orientation Agency (NOA). This directive was part of a sweeping tax reform signed into law, aimed at improving tax compliance, curbing financial irregularities, …

TINUBU GOVERNMENT REPLIES IMF: IT’S UNREALISTIC TO FIX NIGERIAN PROBLEMS IN TWO YEARS The Nigerian presidency has fired back at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for what it described as a “very fatalistic” and destabilising assessment of the Bola Tinubu-led administration’s economic reforms. The Tinubu government on Tuesday claimed that it is unrealistic to expect Nigeria’s deep-rooted problems to be …

MY ENGAGEMENT WITH GENERAL SANI ABACHA: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT – PETER OBI In consonance with my established principles of defending everything I am involved in, and in the interest of all men and women of goodwill, especially those committed to the pursuit of truth, I hereby attach the letter which documents my co-opting, along with others, into the Taskforce …

NIGERIANS KICK AS FG HINTS AT ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that the federal government is working on transitioning to a cost reflective tariff to stop an increase in the N4trn debt it owes the sector. The minister who spoke during the Mission 300 Stakeholders’ Engagement meeting in Abuja, said this is part of …

SENATE SILENCING WOMEN BY KEEPING ME OUT OF PLENARY – SENATOR NATASHA Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has declared that her continued exclusion from the red chamber is not just an injustice to her constituency but a silencing of women in the national assembly. The senator made the statement while speaking on AIT, following her decision to shelve plans to resume plenary …

’97 LAWYERS LINE UP TO DEFENDING ADC, MARK, AREGBOSOLA AGAINST APC’S FAKE LAWSUITS The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has assembled a team of 97 lawyers to challenge what it describes as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s ‘fake lawsuit’ against its interim leadership, including former Senate President David Mark and former Minister Rauf Aregbesola. The legal team, led by Barrister Mohammed …