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PATIENCE JONATHAN BIDS FAREWELL TO ASO ROCK, SAYS SHE WILL CAMPAIGN FOR TINUBU Former First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan has dismissed any intention of returning to Aso Rock Villa in 2027. She has declared her support for First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu and her husband ahead of the 2027 general elections. She made known while honouring Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the daughter …

TINUBU ASKS SUPREME COURT TO DISMISS PDP GOVERNORS’ SUIT ON RIVERS EMERGENCY RULE President Bola Tinubu has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors challenging his declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and all state lawmakers. The …

PETER OBI SPEAKS AT CAMBRIDGE ON “THE MAKING OF AFRICA’S FUTURE PRESIDENTS Yesterday, at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, I was honoured with an invitation to address African youths in the African Together Conference tagged “The Making of Africa’s Future Presidents.” I was delighted to interact with these youths drawn from different African countries and passionate about making a …

YOU LACK SELF-CONTROL – OBIDIENT MOVEMENT SLAMS AKPABIO FOR CRITICIZING PETER OBI The Obidient Movement has criticized Senate President Godswill Akpabio over recent remarks targeting Peter Obi’s leadership. Akpabio had mocked Obi for failing to resolve internal disputes within the Labour Party, questioning his capability to lead a country as complex as Nigeria. But in a swift rebuttal, the Obidient …

INSIDE KANO’S CHILD TRAFFICKING CRISIS:THEY CHANGED THEIR NAMES, RELIGION When Zainab Abdullahi Giginyu looked at the photograph of a rescued girl, her heart skipped. The features were familiar, too familiar to ignore. The girl in the picture, seen hundreds of kilometers away in Port Harcourt, bore a striking resemblance to her daughter, who was snatched years ago in Kano. “I …

PDP GOVERNORS TO HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING OVER WAVE OF DEFECTIONS Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are expected to converge in Abuja on Sunday for an emergency meeting, as the party grapples with a fresh wave of high-profile defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Sources close to the matter confirmed that the meeting …

LAGOS APC PRIMARY: PROTEST ERUPTS OVER ALLEGED IMPOSITION OF LGA CHAIRMANSHIP CANDIDATES Some dissatisfied members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, staged a protest on Saturday over what they described as the imposition of chairmanship candidates in Lagos Mainland Local Government and Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) ahead of the July 12 local government elections in Lagos State. The …

COURT GIVES EFCC THREE DAYS TO CONCLUDE 10-YEAR-OLD CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST EX-NSA DASUKI Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted three consecutive days to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to conclude the ten-year-old corruption charges it instituted against a former National Security Adviser Mohammed Sambo Dasuki. The judge allocated 7, 8 and 9 …

UK A HOME, NOT HOTEL, DEPORT ALL FOREIGN CRIMINALS – KEMI BADENOCH TELLS UK PRIME MINISTER UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, has urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to adopt her party’s deportation bill to bring down immigration. In a video posted on her X handle, the Tory leader warned that about two million immigrants would automatically claim “British …

WHY LEGISLATURE IS STILL OPERATING UNDER EXECUTIVE’S SHADOW A lawmaker in Ogun State, Bisi Oyedele, says Nigerian legislature, especially at the state level, has not ceased to be an appendage of the executive because the constitution which guarantees its financial autonomy has not been strictly adhered to. Oyedele, who is representing Ipokia/Idiroko at the House of Assembly, argued that a …