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NIGERIAN ALBINISM ASSOCIATION RAISES ALARM OVER RISING SKIN CANCER DEATHS As the world marked the 2025 World Cancer Day yesterday, the Albinism Association of Nigeria (AAN) has raised concerns over an escalating health crisis facing Persons With Albinism (PWAs) across the country. The association revealed that three members of the community have died from skin cancer in the past few …

HOW UNCLE SOLD OUT FAMILY MEMBERS TO BANDITS, GOT N200K FROM N13M RANSOM A 50-year-old man, Ado Haruna, who connived with bandits to kidnap his family members, in Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested. Operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) arrested Haruna based on a tip-off, according to the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Haruna, …

AMAKAEZES’ PROPERTY FEUD, CUBANA Louynge LTD AND UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS, BY CHIDIEBERE NWOBODO Recently, the children of late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze, former 2nd vice president to Baba Aladura of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, were in the news for not-good-reasons. It was a feud over one of the properties that belonged to the late patriarch situated at Plot 81 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, …

TINUBU APPOINTS NEW FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS FOR FCC, NPC, RMAFC President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of federal commissioners to key national agencies, including the Federal Character Commission (FCC), National Population Commission (NPC), and Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). In a statement issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Hon. Kayode Oladele …

I NEVER SAID TINUBU, AKUME, KALU WERE CORRUPT WHEN I WAS EFCC CHAIRMAN — RIBADU National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has debunked the allegation that in his capacity as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, he labelled President Bola Tinubu, who was then governor of Lagos State, corrupt. Ribadu made the denial in reaction …

-LAGOS LAWMAKERS WRITE APOLOGY LETTER TO TINUBU OVER REMOVAL OF EX-SPEAKER, OBASA Members of Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, apologised to President Bola Tinubu for initiating the impeachment process against the former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa,. According to SaharaReporters, the apology followed a directive given by the leadership of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) of the Lagos All Progressives …

I WON’T DENY MY IGBO IDENTITY – MBATA, OHANAEZE PRESIDENT GENERAL The President-General of the Igbo socio-political organisation, ‘Ohanaeze Ndigbo’, Senator John Mbata, has said nothing will ever deny his Igbo identity, describing recent criticisms against him as a lack of understanding. This is why he emphasised his commitment to supporting the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, as well as …

STREETS EMPTY IN US OVER FEARS OF ARREST AMID TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN Some streets in Chicago have changed under Donald Trump’s immigration policies, as communities retreat into the shadows amid intensified ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids targeting undocumented immigrants. In Little Village, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood on the city’s south side, streets that were once lively now look empty. …

PDP NATIONAL SECRETARY: ANYANWU LOSES AS APPEAL COURT REJECTS STAY OF EXECUTION The Appeal Court has rejected the request of embattled Senator Samuel Anyanwu for stay of execution of its judgment ousting him as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appellate Court which delivered another legal blow on the embattled Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the ousted National …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH SIGNS INTO LAW BILL TO CREATE ONE-STOP SHOP FOR TAXATION Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has signed into law the bill to create a one-stop shop for tax collection and administration in Enugu State, thereby ending multiple taxation. Entitled the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (Establishment and Consolidation of Revenue Administration) Law, 2025, the new …