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ONE-PARTY STATE: WE DIDN’T FORCE ANYONE TO JOIN APC – TINUBU President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taunted those saying his administration is pushing Nigeria towards a one-party system, saying that you cannot blame people for their choice of association. Speaking at the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) National summit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President said, “it is only …

TINUBU PRESENTS RIVERS 2025 BUDGET TO NASS President Bola Tinubu has written the National Assembly for the consideration and passage of the 2025 budget of the Rivers State Government. Tinubu said the N1.481 trillion budget is being presented to the National Assembly. The President said this is in view of the nullification of the state’s 2025 budget by the Supreme …

FG FILES CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST SUSPENDED SENATOR, NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN The Nigerian government has filed criminal charges against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan following her public claims of an assassination plot against her on national television, News360 Nigeria reports. The full details of the charges remain unclear, but one charge relates to statements she made during a live interview on Channels Television’s Politics …

TIME MAGAZINE NAMES DANGOTE AMONG 100 WORLD PHILANTROPISTS Aliko Dangote, the Chairman Aliko Dangote Foundation and President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, has been named in the inaugural 2025 TIME100 Philanthropy list, which recognises the 100 most influential leaders shaping the future of philanthropy across the world. Dangote is the only Nigerian on this distinguished list. The prestigious list, published by …

ANYBODY WHO THINKS TINUBU WILL GET RE-EKECTED IS LIVING IN ANOTHER COUNTRY – EL-RUFAI Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has slammed President Bola Tinubu and his supporters. He was reacting to the influx of defectors to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, anybody thinking that Tinubu will win re-election is living in another country. El-Rufai stated …

I WILL STRIKE OUT YOUR CASE — JUDGE WARNS FG OVER DELAYS IN NNAMDI KANU’S TRIAL Tensions ran high on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja as the long-running trial of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, resumed with a sharp rebuke from the presiding judge to the Federal Government, . Frustrated by the …

2027: ADC AS THE NEW BRIDE The African Democratic Congress (ADC) appears to have emerged as the new political bride in Nigeria’s opposition landscape, following its adoption by a coalition of opposition leaders as the platform to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Previously on the fringes of national politics, the party was adopted by coalition …

UTME 2025: TRUCK PUSHERS CANNOT DIRECT PILOTS – JAMB REGISTRAR FIRES BACK Professor Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has responded strongly to critics calling for his resignation following challenges during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking during a meeting with key stakeholders, including chief external examiners and civil society organizations in Abuja, …

NIGERIA REMAINS A RELENTLESS SCENE OF CORRUPTION – OBI I have consistently maintained that for this country to make progress, Nigeria must cease to function as a crime scene and be repositioned for genuine development. This entrenched corruption – persistent and deeply rooted – must be nipped in the bud if there is to be any meaningful turnaround. How else …

TRUMP CLASHES WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE MEETING President Donald Trump has hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for White House talks Wednesday at a moment when relations between the two countries are at a nadir, with Trump laying into South African officials on widely rejected charges of allowing a “genocide” against minority white farmers. South African officials …