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TINUBU NOT CONTROLLED BY CABALS – MINISTER The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has dismissed insinuations that cabals or a shadowy inner circle control President Bola Tinubu. Idris made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national summit themed “Renewed Hope Agenda: The Journey So Far”. Idris urged Nigerians to study the …

FACEBOOK DEACTIVATES SOWORE ‘S ACCOUNT AFTER SEVERAL ATTACKS ON Peter OBI Meta, owner of popular social media platform, Facebook has deactivated account of Human Rights Activist and Politician, Omoleye Sowore. A quick check by our correspondent shows that Sowore’s account cannot be found again on Facebook after several attacks by him against Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023. …

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVOKES HARVARD UNIVERSITY’S RIGHT TO ENROLL FOREIGN STUDENTS The Donald Trump’s administration in the United States on Thursday took unprecedented action against Harvard University, revoking its ability to enroll international students under the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP). The decision, announced by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, could force thousands of foreign students to leave the …

UMAHI INCAPABLE OF DELIVERING SOUTH EAST TO YOU, EBONYI INDIGENES TELL TINUBU The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural in the Diaspora AEISCID has asked President Bola Tinubu to discountenance claims by his Minister of Works, Engr. David Nweze Umahi that he will deliver the South East for the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in the next general election. Noting that …

INEC APPROVES CREATION OF AI DEPARTMENT To CHECK FALSE NARRATIVES Ahead of the 2027 polls, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the creation of an Artificial Intelligence Division under its ICT Department to continue to harness the positive aspects of AI and mitigate its negative impact on elections. This initiative, INEC said, has placed it in the forefront …

SDP: NWC MEMBERS EMBROILED IN MAJOR CRISIS AFTER El-Rufai’s ENTRANTS The recent appointment of three new members into the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has thrown the party into crisis. Thus, disrobing the party of its self acclaimed adulation as the only opposition party that is crisis free. The party’s national publicity secretary, Araba Rufus …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, MBAH, INAUGURATES COUNCIL OF EASE OF DOING BUSINESS Today I inaugurated the Enugu State Ease of Doing Business Council to drive and coordinate reforms that will make Enugu one of the most attractive states in Nigeria for investment, enterprise and innovation. This council is a strategic mechanism to deliver on our promise of growing Enugu’s economy from $4.4 …

ALLEGED DEFAMATION: FG LISTS AKPABIO, YAHAYA BELLO TO TESTIFY AGAINST SENATOR NATASHA The Federal Government has filed a lawsuit against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi Central, over alleged defamatory comments made during a live television interview. The suit, marked CR/297/25, was filed before a Federal Capital Territory High Court on May 16, 2025, naming Akpoti-Uduaghan as the sole defendant. …

I’M EXPECTING MORE POLITICIANS TO JOIN APC – TINUBU REVEALS President Bola Tinubu has said he expects more politicians to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tinubu stated this during the ruling party’s national summit on Thursday. According to him, they are “bailing out of a sinking ship with no life jackets.” Tinubu said: “I just need to tell those …

PETER OBI’S MEETING WITH TINUBU IN ROME, WHAT TRANSPIRED, BY BIANCA OJUKWU Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu, has shed light on what actually transpired when former Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi met President Bola Tinubu at the Vatican. Bianca revealed what transpired in a post on her verified Facebook account on Thursday, …