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PROFESSOR BAGS THREE YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR RIGGING ELECTION A High Court in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) to three years imprisonment for electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections. Of the three charges brought against him by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Justice Bassey Nkanang of Uyo High Court 5 …

PDP BOT SNUBS ANYANWU, AFFIRMS UDE-OKOYE AS NATIONAL SECRETARY The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, on Wednesday affirmed Sunday Ude-Okoye as the party’s National Secretary. The decision of the Board was made public by the BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara at the ongoing 80th session in Abuja. Wabara said the BoT affirmed Ude-Okoye after the trustees thoroughly reviewed …

TRUMP WITHDRAWS US FROM UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, HALTS FUNDING FOR UNRWA The Executive Order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), and would review involvement in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and other UN bodies Donald Trump has signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the …

FG BEGINS TOLL COLLECTION ON ABUJA-MAKURDI EXPRESSWAY All is now set for the official commissioning of tolling operations on the 227.2km Abuja-Keffi- Akwanga -Makurdi Road Expressway by the Minister of Works, Sen. Nweze David Umahi. The historic event is taking place at the first tolling plaza, Garaku, Nasarawa state. Distinguished guests expected at the event are the Governor of Nasarawa …

NIGERIAN ARMY TO SANCTION SOLDIERS FOR IMPROPER COURTESIES BY SAYING “MORNING SIR’, ‘MORNING DADDY, ‘GODFATHER’ RANKADADE’, IGWE’ OR ‘KABIYESI The Nigerian Army has warned its personnel to adhere strictly to the correct form of paying military compliments. The Chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, gave the directive in an internal memo. In the memo signed on behalf of …

NIGERIAN ALBINISM ASSOCIATION RAISES ALARM OVER RISING SKIN CANCER DEATHS As the world marked the 2025 World Cancer Day yesterday, the Albinism Association of Nigeria (AAN) has raised concerns over an escalating health crisis facing Persons With Albinism (PWAs) across the country. The association revealed that three members of the community have died from skin cancer in the past few …

HOW UNCLE SOLD OUT FAMILY MEMBERS TO BANDITS, GOT N200K FROM N13M RANSOM A 50-year-old man, Ado Haruna, who connived with bandits to kidnap his family members, in Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested. Operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) arrested Haruna based on a tip-off, according to the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Haruna, …

AMAKAEZES’ PROPERTY FEUD, CUBANA Louynge LTD AND UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS, BY CHIDIEBERE NWOBODO Recently, the children of late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze, former 2nd vice president to Baba Aladura of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, were in the news for not-good-reasons. It was a feud over one of the properties that belonged to the late patriarch situated at Plot 81 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, …

TINUBU APPOINTS NEW FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS FOR FCC, NPC, RMAFC President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of federal commissioners to key national agencies, including the Federal Character Commission (FCC), National Population Commission (NPC), and Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). In a statement issued by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Hon. Kayode Oladele …

I NEVER SAID TINUBU, AKUME, KALU WERE CORRUPT WHEN I WAS EFCC CHAIRMAN — RIBADU National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has debunked the allegation that in his capacity as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, he labelled President Bola Tinubu, who was then governor of Lagos State, corrupt. Ribadu made the denial in reaction …