Tension has gripped the Abia State House of Assembly following a violent clash between members of the Labour Party (LP) caucus during a private meeting in Aba over the sharing of funds allegedly disbursed by Governor Alex Otti. According to multiple sources, the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Okoro Uchenna Kalu, who represents Arochukwu State Constituency, attacked his colleague, …
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ABIA ASSEMBLY MAJORITY LEADER SMASHES LAWMAKER’S HEAD WITH BOTTLE OVER GOV. OTTI’S CASH GIFT
Tension has gripped the Abia State House of Assembly following a violent clash between members of the Labour Party (LP) caucus during a private meeting in Aba over the sharing of funds allegedly disbursed by Governor Alex Otti. According to multiple sources, the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Okoro Uchenna Kalu, who represents Arochukwu State Constituency, attacked his colleague, …
Read More »ABIA ASSEMBLY MAJORITY LEADER SMASHES LAWMAKER’S HEAD WITH BOTTLE OVER GOV. OTTI’S CASH GIFT
Tension has gripped the Abia State House of Assembly following a violent clash between members of the Labour Party (LP) caucus during a private meeting in Aba over the sharing of funds allegedly disbursed by Governor Alex Otti. According to multiple sources, the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Okoro Uchenna Kalu, who represents Arochukwu State Constituency, attacked his colleague, …
Read More »OBIDIENT MOVEMENT SLAMS FALSE SOLUDO ENDORSEMENT, SUPPORTS GEORGE MOGHALU
PRESS RELEASE The Obidient Movement, a nationwide citizens’ platform dedicated to promoting good governance, transparency, and the vision of His Excellency Peter Obi for a new Nigeria, has categorically disowned reports claiming that the Movement has endorsed Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for a second term as Governor of Anambra State. In an official statement signed by Dr. Yunusa Tanko, the National …
Read More »FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT BEGINS FIVE-YEAR-JAIL OVER ‘FUNDS TRACED TO GADDAFFI’
Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived on Tuesday at a Paris prison to begin a five-year sentence, television images showed. Sarkozy, 70, was convicted of having participated in a criminal organisation in connection with alleged campaign finances from the late Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi. Sarkozy remained defiant until the end, posting on X a statement repeating his claim that he …
Read More »FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT BEGINS FIVE-YEAR-JAIL OVER ‘FUNDS TRACED TO GADDAFFI’
Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived on Tuesday at a Paris prison to begin a five-year sentence, television images showed. Sarkozy, 70, was convicted of having participated in a criminal organisation in connection with alleged campaign finances from the late Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi. Sarkozy remained defiant until the end, posting on X a statement repeating his claim that he …
Read More »FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT BEGINS FIVE-YEAR-JAIL OVER ‘FUNDS TRACED TO GADDAFFI’
Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived on Tuesday at a Paris prison to begin a five-year sentence, television images showed. Sarkozy, 70, was convicted of having participated in a criminal organisation in connection with alleged campaign finances from the late Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi. Sarkozy remained defiant until the end, posting on X a statement repeating his claim that he …
Read More »OPINION: DECLINING INFLUENCE OF WIKE AS TINUBU SECURES DEFECTIONS FROM PDP GOVERNORS
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and one-time influential Governor of Rivers State, now finds himself at a precarious crossroads in Nigeria’s political theatre. Once a commanding force within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wike’s political capital has markedly diminished, and the question is whether he has overplayed his hand. Wike was long seen as the …
Read More »COURT FIXES OCT 31 FOR JUDGMENT IN SUIT SEEKING TO STOP 2025 PDP’S NATIONAL CONVENTION
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 31 for judgment in a suit seeking to stop the 2025 National Convention of the People’s Democratic Party PDP on grounds of violations of the party’s rules. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date on Tuesday after taking arguments for and against the suit filed by three aggrieved members of the party. …
Read More »NIGERIA CRISIS ISN’T COMPLEX—MUSLIMS ARE MURDERING CHRISTIANS,’ NORWEGIAN JOURNALIST MISTEREGGEN FIRES BACK AT AL JAZEERA
Norwegian journalist and human rights advocate Rebecca Mistereggen has condemned Al Jazeera over its recent opinion piece denying claims of a “Christian genocide” in Nigeria.In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mistereggen accused the Qatar-based news outlet of downplaying the targeted killings of Christians in northern Nigeria, describing the situation as “Jihadic genocide.” “Nigeria’s crisis isn’t complex, let me help …
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