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LIST OF POLITICAL BIGWIGS WHO DECAMPED FROM OPPOSITION PARTIES TO APC IN 2024 List Of Political Bigwigs Who Decamped From Opposition Parties To APC In 2024 The Nigerian political space in the year 2024 witnessed a series of dramas with the initiation of merger discussions among opposition parties in anticipation of the 2027 general elections.The year also witnessed the defection …

SERAP TO TINUBU: PUBLISH YOUR ASSETS, ENCOURAGE SHETTIMA, OTHERS TO DO SAME The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to request the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to publish his assets. The organisation also called on the President to encourage Vice-President Kashim Shettima; ministers; leadership of the National Assembly; state governors; and chairmen of Nigeria’s …

PUTIN APOLOGIZES FOR AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES CRASH, WITHOUT ADMITTING RESPONSIBILITY Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace in Grozny, Chechnya on Wednesday, but did not say that Russia was responsible. Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when the plane attempted to land in Grozny, according …

SOKOTO KILLINGS: WE’RE SORRY – VP SHETTIMA APOLOGIZES TO FAMILIES Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has apologised to the families of the victims of the bombing in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State. This was contained in a statement by his media aide, Stanley Nkwocha, on Saturday. Recall that 10 people were killed in airstrikes on Wednesday, December 25, …

YOU CAN’T BE ONLY PRESIDENT OF YORUBA – NORTHERN LEADERS OPPOSING TAX REFORM BILLS Northern leaders, including members of the National Assembly, the League of Northern Democrats, and the Northern Elders’ Forum, have expressed strong disapproval of President Bola Tinubu’s declaration on tax reform bills. During his maiden media chat, Tinubu acknowledged that the bills might not be widely accepted, …

AUTO-CRASH CLAIMS 13 LIVES, INJURES ONE IN ONDO At least 13 people lost their lives in a road accident along Ikare-Akoko/Owo Road on Saturday in Ondo State. The State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Samuel Ibitoye, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Akure, the state capital. “FRSC regrets to inform the public about a …

OPPOSITION POLITICAL BIGWIGS PLOT TINUBU’S OUSTER IN 2027 In the wake of the American and Ghanaian presidential elections, several political movements have emerged in Nigeria, each aiming to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. In both the United States and Ghana, the opposition defeated the ruling parties in landslide victories. In the US, former President Donald Trump of the …

DYING FOR A HANDOUT: THE DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IN NIGERIA In the past week, Nigerians, and indeed, the international community, were greeted with the unfortunate stories of hapless Nigerians who lost their lives in a stampede while attempting to secure a handout to keep their bodies and souls together. The recent events, the stark reality of the daily struggle …

TINUBU GOVT PAYS AFE BABALOLA, OLANIPEKIN, 23 OTHERS ₦1.1BN The Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Justice, has disbursed approximately N1.1 billion in professional fees to renowned lawyers Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), Wole Olanipekun (SAN), and 23 other law firms over three years, according to data from GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks government expenditures. …

BORDER COMMUNITIES SAY NO FOREIGN BASE IN SOKOTO COUNTER NIGER’S MILITARY LEADER Some border communities have refuted claims by the Nigerien Junta leader, Abdurrahman Tchani, that there was a forest called ‘Gaba’, where foreign military established their base in Sokoto state. Our reporter who visited some of the border communities discovered that such forest didn’t exist anywhere in the state. …