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WE REGRET VOTING TINUBU IN 2023 – NORTHERN ELDERS The Northern Elders Forum has registered the region’s regret for pitching a tent with President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general elections. It said the mistake of voting for the then-candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taught the North a lesson. The forum recently came hard on the President …

FG EXTENDS EID-EL-FITRI PUBLIC HOLIDAY TILL THURSDAY Federal Government has approved Thursday, April 11, as additional public holiday to celebrate this year’s Eid el Fitr. The information is contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Aishetu Ndayako, on Tuesday in Abuja. She stated that the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who gave the …

CATHOLIC CHURCH KICKS AGAINST SURROGACY, TRANSGENDER; ADVOCATES RESPECT FOR GAY PEOPLE The Vatican has described the belief in gender fluidity as “a concession to the age-old temptation to make oneself God,” according to the Guardian UK. The Vatican said this in an updated declaration of what the Catholic Church regards as threats to human dignity. The new Dignitas infinita (Infinite …

US BREAKING APART? SURVEY SHOWS 50% IN 25 STATES IN SUPPORT A leading Texas independence campaigner has said the United States is “breaking apart,” with over 50 percent of the population in 25 states ready to secede based on his interpretation of two recent surveys by the polling company YouGov. Questions about the integrity of the U.S. have increased in …

LAWMAKERS PROTEST ALLEGED MOVE TO LEGALISE LG CHAIRMEN’S TENURE IN RIVERS Members of the 10th Senate and House of Representatives belonging to opposition political parties have raised the alarm over alleged move to use Federal High Court to legalise what they called illegal extension of Local Government chairmen’s tenure in Rivers State, including freezing their accounts. The lawmakers numbering about …

COURT BARS FORMER PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, UCHE SECONDS, FROM PARTICIPATING IN NEC, BOT MEETINGS An order restraining Uche Secondus from participating in PDP NEC, BOT, caucaus meeting has been granted by a high Court in Abuja The court ordered as follows: 1. Order is hereby made restraining the 1st Defendant from demanding for any notice of National Caucus meetings or …

BETTA EDU: EFCC RECOVERS N30BN, 50 BANK ACCOUNTS UNDER INVESTIGATION The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has so far recovered N30billion for the Federal Government, while it has also placed 50 bank accounts under investigation in the ongoing probe of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, including the erstwhile chief executive officer of the …

PHILIP SHUAIBU REJECTS HIS IMPEACHMENT AS EDO DEPUTY GOVERNOR, SAYS IT’S ILLEGAL The embattled Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has rejected his impeachment by the state House of Assembly, describing it as illegal. The assembly impeached Shaibu on Monday following reports by Justice S.A.Omonua,- led seven-man panel investigating the impeachment petition against the deputy governor. The panel in its …

GOV OBASEKI SWEARS-IN 38-YEAR OLD ENGINEER AS DEPUTY GOVERNOR, REPLACES SHUAIBU Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has sworn-in Omobayo Marvellous Godwins as the new deputy governor of the state. Omobayo replaced Philip Shaibu, who was earlier impeached by the State House of Assembly on Monday morning. Shaibu was impeached by the House of Assembly after the adoption of the report …

BREAKING: PHILIP SHAIBU EDO DEPUTY GOVERNOR IMPEACHED The Edo State House of Assembly, on Monday, impeached the state’s Deputy governor, Philip Shaibu. The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of the seven-man investigative panel set up by the Assembly to probe allegations of misconduct against Shaibu. The Justice S.A. Omonua-led seven-man panel investigating the impeachment petition against Shaibu rounded …