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PEACE FAILS TO RETURN TO LAGOS ASSEMBLY AFTER MEETING WITH TINUBU Despite President Bola Tinubu’s last Wednesday peace accord, brokered among two warring parties in the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Mudashiru Obasa and Mojisola Meranda over speakership tussle, the development has failed to calm high tensions among lawmakers and stakeholders in the state. Tinubu had, at the …

‘CRISIS AS LP SACKS 30 MEMBERS The leadership of the Labour Party in Imo State on Saturday suspended its secretary, Paulinu1s Udechukwu, its legal adviser, Emeka Ihejirika and 28 other members. The members’ suspension was announced by LP’s State Executive Council following allegations of insubordination and indiscipline. The affected members were all accused of plotting to cause a crisis within …

‘CRISIS AS LP SACKS 30 MEMBERS The leadership of the Labour Party in Imo State on Saturday suspended its secretary, Paulinu1s Udechukwu, its legal adviser, Emeka Ihejirika and 28 other members. The members’ suspension was announced by LP’s State Executive Council following allegations of insubordination and indiscipline. The affected members were all accused of plotting to cause a crisis within …

INSECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA DUE TO POVERTY – PETER OBI Former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Peter Obi has attributed the insecurity ravaging the northern part of Nigeria to poverty. Obi made this claim on Friday, during a visit to the Muslim community in Awka, the Anambra State capital, where he broke …

FUBARA SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH SELFISH ADVISERS — WIKE The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that Governor of Rivers State Simi Fubara has surrounded himself with those he wants to be governor of the state. The Minister made the claims while addressing a large number of Kalabari people at a grand reception in Rivers State on Saturday. …

DSS ARRESTS FIVE SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS IN ENUGU Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has commended the Department of State Services for the arrest of five suspected high-profile kidnappers operating in forests across the state. The DSS operatives acting on credible intelligence on Wednesday, traced the suspects to their hideouts in two separate locations in the state. The suspects were believed to …

NIGERIA LAUNCHES PROBE INTO NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN’S PARTICIPATION At IPU Nigeria’s internal and external intelligence agencies are probing how Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, secured access to the recent Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in New York without being nominated by her country to attend A high-ranking administration official and two top security officials involved in the inquiry said the State Security …

PDP GOVERNORS TAKE CONTROL OF PARTY AS DAMAGUM STEPS DOWN The acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, has resigned from his position. This development comes amid efforts by PDP governors to strengthen their influence over the party’s direction. Damagum’s resignation is seen as a strategic move to restore unity and address internal challenges within …

EL-RUFAI INVITES ATIKU, OBI, OTHERS TO JOIN SDP Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has called on key opposition figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-governors Peter Obi, Chibuike Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola, to join him in the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai recently resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and officially joined the SDP, citing dissatisfaction …

YOUR POLICIES WORSENED THE SITUATION, AFENIFERE TELLS TINUBU The Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, has reacted to the statement credited to President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria would have been bankrupt if he had not embarked on some economic reforms. The President while receiving a delegation of former National Assembly colleagues from the aborted Third Republic, during which he served as a …