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BABANGIDA’S FAILED JOURNEY TOWARDS THE DESTRUCTION OF NIGERIAIf General Olusegun Obasanjo had retired all the professional military coup plotters or military politicians (‘militicians’) before handing over power to Alhaji Shehu Shagari on 1 October, 1979, Generals Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Sani Abacha, Abdulsalam Abubakar, and Muhammed Gusau, would have been at best, forgotten top military officers in Nigeria. However, …

LAGOS ASSEMBLY CRISIS: LAWMAKERS LACK ABSOLUTE POWERS TO REMOVE OR INSTALL THEIR LEADERS – GAC Chairman, Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos State, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, has opened up on the controversy in the Lagos State House of Assembly. Speaking for the first time since the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker and election of Mojisola Meranda on January 13, …

TREAT MY WIFE WITH RESPECT, NATASHA’S HUSBAND TELLS AKPABIO The ongoing verbal exchanges between the lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, took a fresh turn on Saturday as her husband, Chief Emmanuel Uduaghan, urged Akpabio to accord his wife the respect and dignity she deserves. Uduaghan, the Alema of Warri Kingdom, in …

HOW I ESCAPED NATASHA AKPOTI’S FALSE ACCUSATIONS – RENO OMOKRI I have been inundated with calls from almost all major media outlets in Nigeria to interview me about the issues involving the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and Senator Natasha Akpoti. These media organisations wanted my take, seeing that I was once accused by Senator Natasha Akpoti of the exact …

HOW I ESCAPED NATASHA AKPOTI’S FALSE ACCUSATIONS – RENO OMOKRI I have been inundated with calls from almost all major media outlets in Nigeria to interview me about the issues involving the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and Senator Natasha Akpoti. These media organisations wanted my take, seeing that I was once accused by Senator Natasha Akpoti of the exact …

AKPABIO-NATASHA: LET’S PROTECT THE INSTITUTION, NOT INDIVIDUALS – SARAKI Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called for protection of institution of the Senate. Reacting to ongoing feud between the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and a member of the upper legislative chamber, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Saraki said there was need to distinguish between the Senate as an institution and …

RIVERS CRISIS: WIKE’S CAMP GIVES FRESH CONDITION FOR GOVERNOR FUBARA Allies of former Rivers Governor and current Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike have insisted that Governor Siminalayi Fubara must govern the state strictly according to the constitution. Speaking on Channels Television, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, former Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area and a staunch supporter of Wike, made …

NATASHA AKPOTI ONCE ACCUSED RENO OMOKRI OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND DELETED IT It is no longer news that Senator Natasha Akpoti has accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of sexual harassment. However, how true are her claims? In law, they say, the best predictor of present and future allegations are your past accusations. Some Nigerians may recall that this is …

DISSECTING LEGAL BATTLE OVER HERBERT WIGWE’S ESTATE AND INHERITANCE The recent ruling by Hon. Justice Adeyemi of the Ikeja High Court (Family & Probate) in the estate administration case of the late Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe has drawn significant attention, especially on social media. The case, Suit No. ID/7735FPM/2024, was initiated by Christian Wigwe and Pastor Shyngle Wigwe against Uche Wigwe, …

GAC, APC NOT CONSULTED BEFORE OBASA’S REMOVAL — CHAIRMAN The Chairman of Governance Advisory Council in Lagos State, Tajudeen Olusi, says the council was not consulted before Mr Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as the Speaker of the state House of Assembly. Olusi, speaking with newsmen in an interview at his residence in Lagos, on Friday, said that lawmakers neither consulted …