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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 …

I HOLD TINUBU IN UTMOST RESPECT – NATASHA SPEAKS ON VIRAL VIDEO WITH OMO OLOGO SONG AMID RUMOURS OF DEFECTION Suspended Senator representing Kogi central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has dismissed a viral TikTok video with the popular song ‘Omo Ologo,’ a track synonymous with President Bola Tinubu. The 15-second video, posted on May 8, features the senator playfully engaging with the …

GUNMEN SHOT DEAD 30 TRAVELLERS IN IMO According to Reuters, gunmen shot dead at least 30 travellers in an attack in Nigeria’s southeastern Imo State, Amnesty International reported, raising fresh concerns about insecurity in the region. The attackers, suspected to be members of the banned separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), also set ablaze more than 20 vehicles and trucks …

NO GOING BACK ON NAIRA-FOR-CRUDE IMPLEMENTATION –FG Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has reiterated that the Technical Sub-Committee on the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira is proceeding with the implementation of the federal government’s initiative to conduct crude oil and refined product transactions in naira. The arrangement is part of President …