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UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE: ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN, THE UK Many people confuse these terms, but they each have distinct meanings. Let’s clarify: 🔹 England – A country within the UK, with London as its capital.🔹 Great Britain – The island that includes England, Scotland (Edinburgh), and Wales (Cardiff).🔹 United Kingdom (UK) – Officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern …

TINUBU HAS NO BLUEPRINT, HE IS A YORUBA KING, A REGIONAL PRESIDENT – NA’AJATU Hajiya Naja’atu Mohammed, a former director in President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council and erstwhile member of the Police Service Commission, claimed Tinubu has sidelined the North and runs a government centred on the South West. Speaking on The PAP Show, anchored by Hadiza Malumfashi in …

DETAILS OF ATIKU, OBI COALITION GUARDED SECRET – EX-VP’S AIDE Plans for a major opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections are being closely guarded, with details of the agreement between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi remaining under wraps. Sources confirm that the two political heavyweights, alongside other opposition leaders, are working diligently to …

NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY HAS FAILED, LET’S EXPLORE NEW GOVERNANCE MODELS – AGBAKOBA A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has said Nigeria’s western-style democracy has failed to deliver good governance and national unity, insisting it is time for the country to rethink its governance structure and explore alternative systems. Speaking during an interview on Channels …

WE WERE NOT ELECTED TO FIGHT EXECUTIVE – AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio says lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. The Senate President spoke in an upcoming feature documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration. Akpabio, reflecting on the importance of cooperation between the …

SOUTH-EAST PDP OFFICIALLY PRESENTS UDE-OKOYE AS NATIONAL SECRETARY PICK The South East PDP has officially presented SKE Udeh-Okoye to the PDP National Working Committee as the Zone’s recommended substantive National Secretary. They were received by the Deputy National Chairman, South. All Zonal Officers, PDP National Assembly members from the South East were present.

EXPLOSION ROCKS VENUE OF NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL There was a gas explosion at the Alake Sports Complex in Ijeja, Abeokuta, one of the main venues for the 2024 National Sports Festival. The blast happened when a gas truck supplying fuel to the venue’s generator suddenly caught fire sending athletes and spectators running for safety. It is learnt that emergency workers …

CATHOLIC PRIEST, FATHER ANTHONY UDOGU, SLUMPS, DIES WHILE PLAYING TENNIS IN ANAMBRA There was panic in Awka, Anambra State, when Reverend Father Anthony Udogu of the Catholic Diocese of Awka slumped and died while playing lawn tennis. The Diocesean Chancellor, Rev Fr Charles Ndubuisi, confirmed the death of the priest in an official statement on Tuesday. “With faith in the …

FORCES BEHIND ANYANWU NOT BIGGER THAN SOUTH-EAST CAUCUS – UDENWA A former Imo State governor, Achike Udenwa, on Tuesday declared that the forces behind the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Anyanwu are not bigger than the South-East Caucus of the party. Udenwa made the remark while insisting that the South-East Caucus of the PDP stands …

NOT EVEN A JULIUS BERGER CRANE CAN REMOVE ME AS PDP NATIONAL SECRETARY – ANYANWU Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that he remains the undisputed occupant of the position, despite mounting opposition within the party. Speaking on Monday at the Southeast PDP Zonal Stakeholders Meeting, Anyanwu insisted that even the …