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SHOWDOWN LOOMS IN SENATE TUESDAY AS NATASHA VOWS TO RETURN Suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has declared her intention to storm the red chamber on Tuesday despite the Senate’s refusal to recognise the ruling that nullified her six-month suspension. Addressing her jubilant supporters in a video that has since gone viral, Akpoti-Uduaghan said; “I thank you for your …

2027: WHY I’LL STILL WORK WITH OLD, ‘FAILED’ POLITICIANS IN ADC COALITION – PETER OBI The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says although some members of the opposition coalition were old and “failed” politicians, he would work with them in the 2027 election because of their vast experience in governance. Mr Obi, who recently declared …

2027: WHY I’LL STILL WORK WITH OLD, ‘FAILED’ POLITICIANS IN ADC COALITION – PETER OBI The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, says although some members of the opposition coalition were old and “failed” politicians, he would work with them in the 2027 election because of their vast experience in governance. Mr Obi, who recently declared …

AGUNWA ANAEKWE, FORMER HOUSE OF REPS SPEAKER, DIES AT 68 Agunwa Anakwe, former Speaker of the House of Representatives during the short-lived Third Republic, is dead. He died on Saturday after reportedly battling an undisclosed illness for some time. Law Mefor, Anambra State Commissioner for Information, confirmed Anakwe’s death during a telephone conversation on Monday. Anakwe, who led the House …

AGUNWA ANAEKWE, FORMER HOUSE OF REPS SPEAKER, DIES AT 68 Agunwa Anakwe, former Speaker of the House of Representatives during the short-lived Third Republic, is dead. He died on Saturday after reportedly battling an undisclosed illness for some time. Law Mefor, Anambra State Commissioner for Information, confirmed Anakwe’s death during a telephone conversation on Monday. Anakwe, who led the House …

BATHING DAILY WITH SPONGE HARMFUL TO SKIN, SAY DERMATOLOGISTS Skin health experts have cautioned against the excessive use of bath sponges, warning that bathing with them more than two or three times a week could expose individuals to serious skin damage and infections. According to the dermatologists, sponges, particularly loofahs and synthetic mesh types, could harbour harmful bacteria, fungi, and …

ADC BIG QUESTION: WHO STEPS DOWN AS PETER OBI, ATIKU, AMAECHI EYE TICKET? Who will step down for the other? That is the key question a political analyst, Prof Okey Ikechukwu, triesto answer in this interview as the anti-Tinubu coalition moved into the African Democratic Congress(ADC), last week, to confront the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 polls. …

CONTINUED DETENTION OF NNAMDI KANU DOESN’T MAKE SENSE – OBI The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said that the prolonged detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) does not make sense to him. Kanu is currently being held at the facility of the Department of State Services (DSS). The …

I NEVER WORKED FOR ABACHA, I NEVER MET HIM – PETER OBI Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has dismissed speculations suggesting that he worked with the late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha. Obi stated that he neither knew nor met Abacha during his time in power, stressing that everything he has done throughout …

SMART SCHOOLS: ENUGU GOVT SACKS CONTRACTOR The Enugu State government says it disengaged the contractor handling one of its Smart Green Schools over sub-standard project execution. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof Chidebere Onyia, stated this in a release on Sunday. The statement was sequel to a viral video showing structural defects, including cracked walls, at one of the …