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2027: ATIKU, OBI’S PARLEY IN YOLA REIGNITES MERGER PERMUTATIONS Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have reignited discussions around the possibility of both uniting for a run at the 2027 presidential election. Their meeting on Saturday in Yola has generated renewed buzz about their plans for the upcoming election, with reports suggesting …

COURT STOPS UNN FROM CONDUCTING CONVOCATION ELECTION A Federal High Court in Enugu State has restrained the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) from conducting its convocation election until the determination of a suit brought by some aspirants alleging a breach of the Standing Orders of Proceedings by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Polycarp Chigbu. In the suit, filed under number …

OJUKWU, GOWON NEVER RECONCILED – ONOH Dr Josef Onoh, the brother-in-law to the late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has refuted claims by former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, that the two had reconciled.Onoh clarified that what Gowon referred to as a reconciliation meeting was, in fact, a condolence visit after the passing of his father, Chief C.C. Onoh, …

NIGERIANS LIVING ‘FAKE GOOD LIFE’ PRIOR TO REMOVAL OF OIL SUBSIDY – TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigerians were living a “fake good life” prior to the removal of the fuel subsidy. Speaking at the 34th and 35th combined convocation ceremonies of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State, Tinubu, who was represented by the …

YET-TO-IDENTIFIED CATHOLIC PRIEST ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED IN ENUGU A yet-to-identified Catholic priest was Saturday evening allegedly kidnapped along Opi-Ugwuogo expressway in Enugu State. It was gathered that the kidnappers disguised as police operatives and operated at a checkpoint before whisking the priest away. A viral video of the incident showed that the hoodlums escaped with the priest when the escorts of …

FEDERAL PENSIONERS PLAN PROTEST OVER N32,000 INCREMENT Federal Pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme have written to the Coordinating Minister of Finance and National Economy, Wale Edun, to demand the implementation of the earlier announced N32,000 increment in pension. The N32,000 increment for pensioners was announced shortly after the announcement of the 70 thousand naira minimum wage for workers. The …

MAN LOSES WIFE, DAUGHTER IN CKC ABA STAMPEDE The heartbreaking story of Mr. Peter Ukaegbu has captured widespread attention following a tragic stampede at Christ the King Cathedral (CKC) in Aba, ABN TV reports. Peter lost his wife, Emmanuella Igbokwe Peter Ukaegbu, and their young daughter, Onyinyechi Prisca Ukaegbu, in the devastating incident. For Peter, November 30, 2024, was supposed …

OBASANJO DISOWNS GOWON, SAYS HE NEVER KNEW HE TOLD ABACHA NOT KILL HIM Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has replied former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), who said that he (Gowon) pleaded with the late General Sani Abacha not to execute him. Obasanjo was one of those imprisoned by the regime of Abacha over an alleged coup plot to overthrow …

.A HISTORY OF ZIONIST ATROCITIES I am not anti-semitic and I have many Jewish friends who I hold in high esteem. I recognise the fact that there are millions of Jews all over the world, particularly in Europe, Russia, Iran, Ethiopia and even in the United States of America itself, who have publicly renounced the excesses and atrocities of the …

CHIDIOKA ACCUSES INEC OF ELECTION RIGGING, QUITS PDP The fallout from the September 21 Edo governorship election has taken a dramatic turn, with former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of masterminding an elaborate scheme to rig the poll in favor of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Politics Today on Channels Television, …