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I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED JOINING SDP WITH ANYONE, STOP SPREADING FALSEHOOD- EX-GOV BONI HARUNA The attention of His Excellency Boni Haruna, the ex-Governor of Adamawa and ex-Minister of Youth Development, has been drawn to a Social Media report claiming that he will join SDP on 20th April 2025 alongside other politicians mentioned from Adamawa State. The report is not only …

HOW I ATTENDED IPU MEETING IN NEW YORK – NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN’ Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has provided a detailed account of how she successfully attended the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in New York, despite not being officially nominated by the Nigerian government. In an exclusive interview on Sunday, Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan explained that she registered for the meeting online as …

FUBARA IN LIMBO AS LAWMAKERS SUSPEND SITTING INDEFINITELY The political face-off between the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and the state House of Assembly deepened on Friday as the governor’s plan to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers appeared to be failing. Fubara had on Thursday written a fresh letter to the House informing the lawmakers of his …

GIVE MY FOUR DAUGHTERS A CHANCE – AKPABIO PLEADS Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has again publicly criticised Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), expressing concerns that her actions and attitude may discourage politicians from appointing women to high-ranking positions. “When this issue began, she initially brought it to the Senate through a petition but did not allow the chamber to …

DUBEM ONYIA! GOD WHY NOW? By Ikechukwu Ani I stumbled on a social media report that faithful Monday afternoon of March 10, 2025 and before me was the shocking news break that my boss (will forever remain my boss), the debonair, industrious and effervescent Chief Hon. (Sir) Dubem Onyia, former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, two time Member of …

INSIDE STORY OF EL-RUFAI 2027 AGENDA TO STOP Tinubu Mallam Nasir El-Rufai may have emerged as the Disrupter-in-Chief in the plot to stop a second term for President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Just two days after defecting from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, the former Kaduna State governor was already, according to analysts, fully …

NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA EXEMPTED AS TRUMP PLANS TRAVEL BAN ON 43 COUNTRIES The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United States that would be broader than the restrictions imposed during President Trump’s first term, according to officials familiar with the matter. A draft …

PEACE FAILS TO RETURN TO LAGOS ASSEMBLY AFTER MEETING WITH TINUBU Despite President Bola Tinubu’s last Wednesday peace accord, brokered among two warring parties in the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Mudashiru Obasa and Mojisola Meranda over speakership tussle, the development has failed to calm high tensions among lawmakers and stakeholders in the state. Tinubu had, at the …

PEACE FAILS TO RETURN TO LAGOS ASSEMBLY AFTER MEETING WITH TINUBU Despite President Bola Tinubu’s last Wednesday peace accord, brokered among two warring parties in the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Mudashiru Obasa and Mojisola Meranda over speakership tussle, the development has failed to calm high tensions among lawmakers and stakeholders in the state. Tinubu had, at the …

‘CRISIS AS LP SACKS 30 MEMBERS The leadership of the Labour Party in Imo State on Saturday suspended its secretary, Paulinu1s Udechukwu, its legal adviser, Emeka Ihejirika and 28 other members. The members’ suspension was announced by LP’s State Executive Council following allegations of insubordination and indiscipline. The affected members were all accused of plotting to cause a crisis within …