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WIKE BANNED FROM ENTERING BAYELSA STATE In a national broadcast, the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Duoye Diri, officially declares Nyesom Wike, minister for FCT, persona non grata across Bayelsa State. In his words: “some persons are threatening the peace of this state and they want to host the FCT minister in Tombia roundabout. That meeting must not hold anywhere in …

MOB KILLS 16 TRAVELLERS IN EDO OVER FALSE KIDNAPPING ALLEGATION, ATIKU SADDENED Sixteen travelers were brutally killed in the Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State, on Thursday after being wrongly accused of kidnapping. The victims, mostly hunters of Hausa origin, were traveling from Port Harcourt to Kano for the Sallah celebration when they were stopped around 1:30 p.m. by …

DELTA NURSING SCHOOL BOWS TO PRESSURE, WITHDRAWS QUERY ISSUED TO STUDENT OVER TINUBU’S WIFE Delta State College of Nursing Science has bowed to pressure and withdrawn the query letter issued to a student, Osatohemwen Edobor, over a recorded video of an event that had the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, in attendance. Edobor was earlier issued a query by the college …

WITHDRAW QUERY LETTER TO NURSING STUDENT, EFFIONG, OVER REMI TINUBU – SOWORE TO DELTA COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCE Activists Omoyele Sowore and lawyer Inibehe Effiong have reacted to the query letter issued to a nursing student by the Delta State College of Nursing Science, Osato Edobor over a recorded video of an event which had the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu …

EFCC DECLARES LAGOS SOCIALITE, GOV, SANWO-OLU’S ALLY, AISHA ACHIMUGU WANTED FOR ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERING The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared businesswoman and socialite Aisha Achimugu wanted. The agency’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a circular released via the EFCC’s X handle on Friday. According to the EFCC, Achimugu is wanted by the agency in an alleged …

US CUTS FUNDING FOR WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending. The Trump administration is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds with his “America First” economic policies. It plans to quit some, …

LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU IN SOUP AS TINUBU UNCOVERS PUBLIC FUNDS ALLEGEDLY PIPED TO HIS ARCH-RIVALS, PETER OBI, ATIKU ABUBAKAR Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s political career might be on the rocks after President Bola Tinubu received information that the Lagos governor has allegedly piped public funds to arch-opponents of the ruling party, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Tinubu immediately saw betrayal after a …

LAGOS GOVERNOR, SANWO-OLU IN SOUP AS TINUBU UNCOVERS PUBLIC FUNDS ALLEGEDLY PIPED TO HIS ARCH-RIVALS, PETER OBI, ATIKU ABUBAKAR Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s political career might be on the rocks after President Bola Tinubu received information that the Lagos governor has allegedly piped public funds to arch-opponents of the ruling party, Peoples Gazette learnt. Mr Tinubu immediately saw betrayal after a …

WHY AKPABIO WON’T REACT TO ATIKU’S CORRUPTION, SEX HARASSMENT ALLEGATION -;MEDIA AIDE Eseme Eyiboh, media aide to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said his principal respects ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and will, therefore, not respond to Atiku’s claim of corruption and sexual abuse against him. Eyiboh stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. He was …

NORTHERN YOUTHS REJECT BILL SEEKING TO CONVERT LAGOS 37 LCDAS TO LGS The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria has vehemently rejected a proposed bill seeking to convert 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State into full-fledged Local Government Areas. In a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna, the NYCN National President, Isah Abubakar, described the proposed bill as ”unjust …