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RIVERS CRISIS NOW IN AUTO-PILOTRivers State is believed to be on autopilot, now controlled by the sole instinct to survive. This is said to be because so many wrongs have been done and many court orders have been flouted that it may not be possible for any party to act with rational thinking.Every single action by either the Nyesom Wike …

CRISIS IN OLUMBA OLUMBA AS MEMBERS DESTROY SUCCESSOR’S PORTRAIT A video has surfaced online showing members of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star rejecting Roland Olumba Obu, the son of the Late Olumba Olumba Obu as their Messiah. Recall that the prolonged succession crisis in a Nigerian Christian religious sect, the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, has festered …

HELP!: LAGOS COURT SENTENCED ME TO DEATH FOR CRIME I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT – EBONYI INDIGENE‘Sampson Ogochukwu, an indigene of Ebonyi State in Nigeria’s South-East, currently residing in Lagos, has appealed for help after being sentenced to death by hanging by the Lagos State High Court for a crime he claims he knows nothing about. According to SaharaReporters , Ogochukwu, …

NIGERIA’S FAILING STATUS CONFIRMED UNDER EMILOKAN – OBASANJOFormer President, Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria’s failing status under the reign of President Bola Tinubu is “confirmed and glaringly indicated and manifested for every honest person to see.”He labelled Tinubu as “Baba-go-slow and Emilokan.”A statement on Saturday by his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, quoted Obasanjo to have said this while delivering …

BOTTLED UP EMOTIONS: NIGERIAN MEN BATTLE ‘DEPRESSION’ AMID ECONOMIC HARDSHIP https://169358276ff3870f263f1be83ba3bbe6.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html As Nigeria grapples with biting economic hardship, a quieter crisis is unfolding- the pressure to provide for family has become a crushing weight for many men. https://169358276ff3870f263f1be83ba3bbe6.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html The fight to repress this pressure, especially in a society that prioritizes issues affecting women and children, has driven some men into …

NJC DISMISSES $1M, BULLET-PROOF CAR, LAND GIFT ALLEGATION AGAINST JUDGE IN RIVERS CASE The National Judicial Council, NJC, has dismissed four separate petitions filed against Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja over judgements he delivered on Rivers State political matters. The petitions written to the NJC were predicated on allegations that the judge was induced with …

WHY NORTHERN GOVERNORS OPPOSE TINUBU’S TAX REFORM BILL Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has said that the Northern Governors are not against President Bola Tinubu’s tax bills but are uncomfortable with the removal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) from the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). Governor Sule said there were so many good things about the tax reforms that …

NO AGREEMENT TO GIVE ATIKU 2027 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET – PDP The Peoples Democratic Party has denied having any agreement to hand over its presidential ticket to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or any of its political bigwigs ahead of the 2027 election. This was disclosed by the PDP’s Deputy National Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, in an exclusive interview with Saturday …

APPEAL COURT SACKS TINUBU MAN, MC OLUOMO, AS NURTW NATIONAL PRESIDENT The emergence of Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has been invalidated by the Court of Appeal. The ruling of the Appeal Court also affirmed Tajudeen Baruwa as the re-elected NURTW president. Recall that the …

UNIZIK VC SPEAKS ON CONTROVERSIAL ACADEMIC RECORDS Bernard Odoh has spoken on his controversial academic profile and appointment as the vice-chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU) in Anambra State. Mr Odoh, a professor, emerged as the seventh substantive vice-chancellor of the university on 29 October. He hails from Ebonyi State, where he unsuccessfully sought to become governor in …