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FG LIED, THEY NEVER GAVE 36 STATES N570B — OYO GOVERNOR Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has countered claims by President Tinubu that the federal government granted N570 billion to the 36 states of the federation, stating that the information is not completely accurate. In a newsletter signed by the governor and published on the state’s official website on Thursday, …

TWO OHANAEZE LEADERS CLAIM ‘ACTING PRESIDENT GENERAL ‘ A leadership crisis has hit the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, following the death of its President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. The Secretary-General of the group, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, who hails from Abia State, and the Chairman of the Elders’ Council in Rivers State, Chief Jackson Omenazu, are locked in succession …

COURT STOPS ENUGU APC CHAIRMAN, AGBALLAH, NINE OTHERS, FROM PARADING AS PARTY OFFICERS A High Court sitting in Enugu State has granted an injunction preventing Barr Ugochukwu Agballah from parading as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State. The order obtained by DAILY POST on Friday was signed by J. I. Agu, Esq, Deputy Chief Registrar …

CONSEQUENCES OF TINUBU’S FAILURE TO ADDRESS PROTESTERS’ DEMAND Strategically, the failure of President Bola Tinubu to address any of the demands of the nationwide protesters in his national broadcast yesterday is wrong and fraught with serious political consequences within our democratic milieu; whatever reasons that may have informed the decision. These are: First, granted the president may be adopting a …

IF EL RUFAI, YAHAYA BELLO WERE WITH US, THEY WOULD HAVE CALMED DOWN THE NORTH – EX-APC PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT Jesutega Onokpasa, a former member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for Bola Tinubu, has strongly refuted allegations implicating former governors Yahaya Bello and Nasir el-Rufai in the violent protests that recently erupted in Northern Nigeria. These protests …

TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT PLANS ONE-MILLION-MAN PROTEST The Take It Back Movement (TIB) has announced plans for a one-million-man protest across all 36 states of Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as reported by Sahara Reporters. This was made known by TIB’s National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon. The protest is part of the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria campaign, which started on …

COURT REJECTS EL RUFAI’S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT SUIT In a landmark ruling, the Federal High Court in Kaduna has declined jurisdiction in a suit by a format governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, seeking to set aside the Adhoc Committee report of the Kaduna state House Assembly among other declaratory reliefs. Delivering two separate rulings before the judgment, Hon. …

YOU CAN’T BE FEEDING FAT AND ASK CITIZENS TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS – TUNDE BAKARE The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Wednesday, said Nigerian politicians were not living lean or sacrificing like the rest of the citizens whom they asked to sacrifice for the country by enduring economic hardship. The cleric and politician …

MINISTER DISRUPTS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT IN ABUJA, SAYS PRESIDENT NOT PLEASED WITH IT A mild drama played out on Thursday morning as the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, disrupted an event in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city The programme was planned by Mela-Chiyoma PAT Limited. In a video uploaded on X, formerly Twitter, by the International Centre …

POPULAR CROSSDRESSER, ‘AREA MAMA’ MURDERED IN ABUJA A popular crossdresser, popularly known as ‘Abuja Area Mama,’ has been found dead in the Banex, Wuse II area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The crossdresser, whose full name is yet to be ascertained, was seen lying motionless along the Katampe-Mabushi Expressway on Thursday morning. Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the FCT Police …