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EL-RUFAI PLOTTING TO IMPOSE ATIKU AS ADC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE – APC The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of attempting to impose former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, at the expense of national unity. The APC claimed that El-Rufai and his allies in the ADC …

LIKE FALCONS, D’TIGRESS GET NATIONAL HONOURS, $100,000 EACH FOR AFROBASKET TRIUMPH President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all members of the D’Tigress for winning the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket in Cote d’Ivoire. The president also pledged $100,000 to each of the players and an additional $50,000 to members of the technical crew. Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represented Tinubu …

LIKE FALCONS, D’TIGRESS GET NATIONAL HONOURS, $100,000 EACH FOR AFROBASKET TRIUMPH President Bola Tinubu has conferred national honours on all members of the D’Tigress for winning the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket in Cote d’Ivoire. The president also pledged $100,000 to each of the players and an additional $50,000 to members of the technical crew. Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represented Tinubu …

OBIDIENT MOVEMENT PETITIONS OBI OVER ADC MARGINALISATION Fresh cracks appear to be emerging within the coalition led by the African Democratic Congress, following a leaked memo from the Obidient Movement to Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi. In the memo, the movement raised the alarm over alleged marginalisation of members in key decision-making processes. The ADC was unveiled on …

RETIRED SOLDIERS LAY SIEGE TO FINANCE MINISTRY HEADQUARTERS Scores of retired soldiers who voluntarily exited the Nigerian Army, on Monday shut down the main entrance to the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance. The protest, which commenced at about 10:15am, witnessed presence of heavy security personnel drawn from the military, police and the Department of State Services (DSS), apparently to …

IT’S A LIE! WE WERE NOT RESCUED BY POLICE; WE PAID N10M RANSOM EACH –ABDUCTED NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL STUDENT’S A Nigerian Law School student, David Obiora, who was abducted on his way to Yola Campus, has narrated a harrowing account of beatings, starvation, and community-aided captivity. Obiora also debunked the Nigerian police claims that the operatives rescued him and five …

WIKE GIVES CONDITIONS FOR PEACE IN PDP The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has given final conditions that will make peace return to the Peoples Democratic Party. The Minister insisted that the South-South zonal congress of the party must stand. Wike stated this on Monday while fielding questions during his monthly media parley in Abuja. According to …

CATHOLIC PRIEST BLASTS SOLUDO OVER ATTACK ON PETER OBI Catholic Priest, Fr. Kelvin Ugwu has taken a swipe at Anambra Governor Charles Soludo over his recent attack on Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election Peter Obi. Ugwu stated that Soludo wants to be President of Nigeria but is threatened by the Presidential ambition of another Anambra indigene, Peter …

NIGERIAN ANGLICANS FAULT ELECTION OF LESBIAN BISHOP AS PRIMATE OF WALES The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has criticised the election of the Rt. Rev. Cherry Vann, as the Archbishop of Wales, and described it as a further indication of abandonment of the faith once delivered to the saints. The Church argued that, aside from being a further authentication of …

SUPPORTERS OF SUSPENDED RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR, FUBARA, JOIN ADC Suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has lost several supporters and loyalists to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, recently adopted by opposition leaders ahead of the 2027 general elections A source said the supporters have shifted their loyalty to the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, who is aspiring …