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ABURE AN ORPHAN, ABANDONED BY OBIDIENT MOVEMENT, LABOUR PARTY, STAKEHOLDERS; GROUPS ENDORSE USMAN Support groups made up of the Obidient Movement, Labour Party (LP) members and other support groups have endorsed the appointment of Senator Nenadi Usman as the caretaker national chairman of the party. In a statement co-signed by Eze Morrison Onyenmaechi and Dr Danjuma Sale, the groups noted …

I’LL END UKRAINIAN WAR IN 24 HOURS – TRUMP, ZENLENSKY EXPRESSES DOUBT Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has expressed skepticism about US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s vow to swiftly end the conflict with Russia, characterizing it as typical campaign rhetoric unlikely to be fulfilled. Trump has consistently asserted that, if re-elected, he would broker a peace agreement between Russia and …

OGONI LEADERS WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR FUBARA, RALLY BEHIND WIKE Leaders from the Ogoni and Oyigbo zones have formally withdrawn their support for incumbent Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara ahead of the 2027 general elections. The leaders have instead thrown their weight behind the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, while urging political parties to consider an Ogoni/Oyigbo candidate …

I WON’T FLEE NIGERIA LIKE TINUBU DID DURING ABACHA ERA – SOWORE The convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has declared that he will not stop coming to Nigeria even though his name is on the watchlist of the government. When addressing journalists shortly after he regained his freedom following his detention at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in …

FAMILY SEEKS PROPER RECOGNITION FOR LATE BRIGADIER-GENERAL BENJAMIN ADEKUNLE The family of the late Brigadier General Benjamin Maja Adekunle, a.k.a Black Scorpion, has voiced their disappointment over what it called lack of adequate recognition for his contributions to Nigeria. Adekunle, Civil War hero and an Ogbomoso-born distinguished Nigerian Army officer, trained at the Sandhurst Military Academy. He died 10 years …

DOUBTS OVER ATIKU, OBI, KWANKWASO MERGER TALKSThere’s an indication that the much discussed merger talk among the trio of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Kwankwaso, which will see the opposition united against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, might not sail through after all.The sign emerged recently after Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, in …

281 MISSING FROM BORNO CORRECTIONAL CENTRE AFTER FLOOD Some of the missing inmatesThe Nigerian Correctional Service has declared 281 inmates missing from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The service noted that this followed an evacuation process in the aftermath of the flood incident in the state, as seven inmates were returned to the centre. In …

LP CRISIS: ABURE’S TENURE EXPIRED – INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Federal High Court Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by the Labour Party challenging the exclusion of the party from a refresher training organized by the Commission for uploading party agents in the upcoming Ondo State governorship election. In a counter affidavit deposed to …

WHY I VISITED IBB IN MINNA – OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained why he visited ex-Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in Minna, Niger State, on Sunday. Obasanjo, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, General Aliyu Gusau, visited Babangida at his Hill Top residence in Minna and held a closed door meeting. Our correspondent in Minna gathered that …

OBASANJO, ABDULSALAMI, GUSAU HOLD STRATEGIC MEETING WITH IBB IN MINNA Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, General Aliyu Gusau, on Sunday, visited ex-Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida at his Hill Top residence in Minna, Niger State. Obasanjo arrived Minna International Airport in Golf Steam 5 Aircraft at about 4:30pm and drove straight to General Babangida’s …