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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to cut short his two-week foreign trip and return to address what he described as an escalating security crisis across the country. Obi, in a statement shared via his social media handles, called out Tinubu for his absence while violent attacks, killings, …

EL-RUFAI CARPETS TINUBU ADMINISTRATION, SAYS IT’S WORST GOVERNMENT IN NIGEYRIAS HISTORY Taking another swipe at the current administration for the umpteenth time, former governor Nasir El-Rufai said the federal government under Tinubu was the most lying government that depended on false propaganda, especially on security challenges bedeviling the country. Addressing what was wrong with the government, when asked, he said, …

2027: PDP GOVS ACTING AS TINUBU’S SPOILERS, KILLING OPPOSITION, saysY ATIKU’S COALITION The anti-Tinubu coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has slammed governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for playing the spoiler for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election, accusing them of usurping the powers of other organs of the PDP and killing …

NATASHA’S ALLEGATION AGAINST AKPABIO HAS SIGNIFICANT CONTRADICTIONS – AGBAKOBA Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, a distinguished lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has asserted that the sexual harassment allegation made by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio lacks the necessary evidentiary support to substantiate such claims. Speaking to journalists at a press conference in Lagos …

HOUSE OF REPS SUMMONS RIVERS SOLE ADMINISTRATOR, IBAS, OVER APPOINTMENT OF LG ADMINISTRATORS The House of Representatives has issued a formal summons to the Chairman of the Rivers State Caretaker Committee, demanding his appearance before the National Assembly to provide clarification on matters related to the ongoing political developments in the state. In a resolution during plenary on Monday, the …

2023: ATIKU, WIKE WOULD HAVE BEEN A STRONGER TICKET FOR PDP AGAINST APC – MAKINDE Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could have won the 2023 presidential election if it had fielded former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike as Vice- Presidential candidate to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku won the presidential …

NDUME A LIAR, THEY STONED HIM IN HIS VILLAGE – DANIEL BWALA The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy and Communications, Daniel Bwala, has described Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume as a pathological liar. Bwala disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics.He dismissed Ndume’s claim that President Bola Tinubu is nepotistic, stressing that the lawmaker …

N300M NOT A ‘GIFT’, REFUND OR WE RECOVER THROUGH LEGAL MEANS – IBAS REPLIES NBA In a statement in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Government said it noted the statement by the NBA on the relocation the 2025 Annual General Conference (AGC) from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Enugu State. It, however, outrightly rejēcted the NBA’s claim that the ₦300 …

IF YOU DIGNIFY THIS SILLY SUMMON, IT MEANS YOU’RE NOT A SERIOUS PERSON – LAWYER TELLS FUBARA Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has expressed displeasure over the summon issued to suspended Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, and his deputy, Dr Ngozi Ordu, by the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd). The Secretary to the State Government, Ibibia Lucky …

IF YOU DIGNIFY THIS SILLY SUMMON, IT MEANS YOU’RE NOT A SERIOUS PERSON – LAWYER TELLS FUBARA Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has expressed displeasure over the summon issued to suspended Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, and his deputy, Dr Ngozi Ordu, by the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd). The Secretary to the State Government, Ibibia Lucky …