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91-YEAR-OLD CAMEROON PRESIDENT, PAUL BIYA, TO SEEK RE-ELECTION President Paul Biya of Cameroon is set to contest the country’s presidential election again at the age of 93. Biya, who is Africa’s longest-serving president, is currently 91 years old. He will contest in the 2026 Presidential Election to seek an eighth term, by which time he will be 93. Founder of …

WHY I ‘SACKED’ MY FATHER’S WIFE, OTHER DIRECTORS — AIT’S DOKPESI The Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of AIT, Raypower and Faaji FM, Raymond Dokpesi (Jnr), has offered explanations on why he had to ease 10 Directors, including Dr. Oluwatosin Dokpesi, the wife of his late father, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, out of the company. Dokpesi offered the explanation in …

LANDOWNERS SUE FG OVER N15T LAGOS -CALABAR HIGHWAYThe Federal Government has insisted that it would continue construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway despite ongoing court cases filed by aggrieved persons against the project.The Minister of Works, David Umahi, stated this at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja while addressing serious concerns about the project’s procurement process that led …

RESCUED CHRISTIAN GIRL IN YOBE CONVERTED TO ISLAM, VOMITED CONCOCTIONS IN CHURCH A disturbing report has emerged from Damaturu, Yobe State, revealing that a rescued underage Christian girl, abducted and converted to Islam, vomited concoctions in church. According to the Centre for Justice on Religious and Ethnicity in Nigeria, the girl, Rejoice Markus, was rescued from the Damaturu Emir’s palace …

WE’VE WRITTEN TO WIKE, YOU CAN’T BE IN PDP AND INFLUENCE OTHER PARTIES TO FIGHT US – BOT The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT) has said an invitation was extended to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for a meeting as part of efforts to address the party’s internal crisis. A member of …

NNPC DENIES THAT TINUBU HAS PERSONAL INTEREST IN OVH DEAL The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has reacted to allegations made by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, accusing President Bola Tinubu of attempting to mortgage Nigeria’s future through the acquisition of OVH Energy by NNPC Ltd. In a statement titled “OVH Acquisition: The Facts, by NNPC Ltd,” the …

RIVERS POLITICAL CRISIS ESCALATES AS FUBARA, AMAECHI FORM ALLIANCE, WIKE’S MEN ON EDGE The political landscape in Rivers State is heating up as the alliance between Governor Siminialayi Fubara and former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi continues to gain momentum, leaving loyalists of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, in a state of growing unease.This brewing political …

TINUBU HURRIEDLY RETURNS TO NIGERIA AFTER THREE DAYS IN FRANCE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Nigeria this evening from France, barring any last-minute changes. Upon his return, Tinubu will preside over the inauguration of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria on Friday. Sources within the Presidency informed WESTERN POST that Tinubu, who traveled to France …

CONTROVERSY OVER APPEAL COURT’S RULING ON SHAIBU’S IMPEACHMENT Controversy erupted late Tuesday following conflicting reports on the Court of Appeal’s decision regarding the impeachment of Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State.Initial reports suggested that the Court of Appeal had upheld the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which quashed Shaibu’s impeachment by the Edo State House …

NIGERIANS NEED TO KNOW AJAERO S OFFENCES – OSIFO ACCUSES FG OF INTIMIDATING ORGANIZED LABOUR The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, has faulted the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) over the invitation of the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero.Naija News recalls that the police on Monday invited Ajaero for questioning over allegations of terrorism …