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APC LAUNCHES FRESH MOVE TO PULL FIVE GOVERNORS The ruling All Progressives Congress has boasted of wooing at least five more governors to its camp amid a wave of defections by opposition bigwigs, federal lawmakers, and endorsements for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election.” The move comes in the wake of Friday’s resignation of the immediate past National Chairman of the APC, …

SAUDI ARABIA OKAYS AMINU DANTATA’S BURIAL IN MADINA The Saudi Arabian government has approved the transportation of the body of late prominent business man and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, from Abu Dhabi to the holy city of Madina for his final rites. Alhaji Mustapha Abdullahi Junaidu, the Private Principal Secretary to the late Dantata, announced this in a Facebook …

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and the Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party deepens over the position of National Secretary and the disputed 100th National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for Monday (today), a major showdown appears imminent as party leaders are at odds, with rival factions planning to hold separate NEC and …

PDP HOLDS SPECIAL EXPANDED NATIONAL CAUCUS MEETING TODAY The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has invited stakeholders and the public to its special expanded National Caucus meeting. The special expanded National Caucus meeting will hold today, June 30, 2025. The notice of the meeting was issued and signed by PDP’s National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu. In the notice tagged: “Notice of Expanded …

OBI OF ONITSHA FINES, SUSPENDS PRESIDENT OF WOMEN SOCIETY OVER ALLEGED INSUBORDINATION The Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, has wielded the hammer over the ancient and prestigious Otu Odu women society Onitsha, suspending its powerful and influential president over allegations of insubordination, high handedness and crisis of confidence in the society. In a 14 – page …

EFCC OPPOSES EX-GOV YAHAYA BELLO’S BID TO TRAVEL ABROAD FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, TELLS HIM TO USE FIRST CLASS HOSPITAL HE BUILT IN KOGI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has again kicked against a fresh application by embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello. Bello, in his fresh application, is seeking to travel out of Nigeria for medical …

HOW I WAS ADVISED TO VACATE ASO ROCK OVER FEAR OF MILITARY COUP – JONATHAN4Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has narrated how he endured tension in the Presidential Villa when he was serving as Vice President. Jonathan, who spoke in an interview with the Rainbow Book Club about his memoir ‘My Transition Hours’, recounted what transpired between him and some …

DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN NORTH OVER INSECURITY – NORTHERN ELDERS TO TINUBU The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Saturday, called on President Bola Tinubu to declare state of emergency in northern Nigeria over the unabating insecurity challenges. The elders also condemned the killing of over 20 soldiers in Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. In statement by the …

TINUBU PROBES WIKE OVER ILLICIT LAND DEAL AT FCT President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation into the apparent corruption and abuse of office by Abuja Minister Nyesom Wike, The Peoples Gazette can report. State House sources said the president issued the directive on Thursday night, although details were not finalised until Friday afternoon. “The president agreed that the minister’s …

NIGERIA, BIAFRA CIVIL WAR: YOU WERE USED TO EXECUTE UNJUST WAR AGAINST LOBOS – OHANAEZE TO GOWON The Apex Igbo Socio-cultural Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has refuted the recent statements made by the former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon that the Nigerian, Biafran civil war was not targeted at the Igbo people. Gowon stated that rather it was instead …