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TRUMP’S INVITE TO TINUBU, IT’S FAKE – PRESIDENCY Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has described as fake a recent statement on White House invitation to President Bola Tinubu circulating on the Internet. The statement claimed to have emanated from the State House. The statement in particular claimed that the Presidency had declined an invitation …

CHAOS ERUPTS AS JIGAWA DELEGATES DISRUPT ATIKU, OBI COALITION MEETING A high-level coalition meeting involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and others descended into chaos as delegates from Jigawa State disrupted the proceedings. The ongoing coalition meeting at the Abuja Continental Hotel, organised by the National Political Consultative Group (North), …

NIGERIA NEEDS SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO INSECURITY – CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, OGALLA, AS SOWORE SLAMS CNS, SAYS NIGERIA IS FINISHED The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has advocated spiritual solutions to the security challenges bedevilling Nigeria. Ogalla spoke on Thursday while inaugurating three places of worship at the Navy Town, Asokoro, Abuja, as part of activities …

CONFUSION AS NATIONAL SECRETARY, NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY ISSUE CONFLICTING NOTICES ON HOLDING OF PDP NEC MEETING The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued to escalate as Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the party’s national secretary, and Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the national Publicty Secretary, issued two different notices on holding of the NEC meeting of PDP. While Samuel Anyanwu issued …

PDP CRISIS DEEPENS AS WIKE WITHDRAWS FROM PEACE DEAL, BLAMES OYO, ENUGU GOVERNORS FOR PARTY CRISIS The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has withdrawn from all previous agreements aimed at resolving the Peoples Democratic Party’s internal disputes, in the ongoing crisis within the party. In a statement titled “PDP Crisis: My Position”, personally signed by the …

‘CANDIDATES SHARE 2025 UTME RESIT SCORES Some candidates who participated in the recently rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, have taken to X to share testimonies of their new scores in the examination. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Sunday released the results of the recently rescheduled 2025 UTME. JAMB shared the statement announcing the release of …

2027 MAY BE MY LAST SHOT AT THE PRESIDENCY -;PETER OBI The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said the 2027 general elections may be his final shot at the presidency. Obi, who confirmed he would contest in 2027 on the LP’s platform, hinted at a possible exit from active politics after that. He spoke in …

LET ALL 36 GOVERNORS ADOPT TINUBU, OUR COALITION WILL DEFEAT HIM – EX-SGF, BABACHIR LAWAL Babachir Lawal, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, was Secretary to the Government of the Federation ( SGF) during the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Lawal is a member of the Contact and Mobilization and Finance Committees of the Coalition being led by former vice-president and …

CRISIS BREWS IN BENUE APC AMID GOVERNOR’S ALLEGED DEFECTION PLOT – PARTY MEMBERS The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State is currently reeling from internal crisis amid an alleged ongoing plot by Benue State Governor, Rev Father Hyacinth Alia, to defect from the party, top party members have confirmed. Some party members told SaharaReporters on Saturday that “negotiations are …

CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOT BY SUSPECTED HERDSMEN IN BENUE Suspected herdsmen have shot a Catholic priest along the volatile Makudi-Naka road in Benue State. The Catholic priest, Rev Fr.Solomom Atongo was attacked on Saturday evening. A statement by Rev.Joseph Beba, who is the Chairman, Diocesan Priests, revealed that Rev. Atongo was shot on Makurdi-Naka road on his way from Naka, headquarters …