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NIGERIANS MUST PROVIDE FIVE YEARS SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY FOR VISA APPLICATION – US EMBASSY The United States Mission in Nigeria has asked visa applicants to provide full disclosure of their social media history when completing the DS-160 form. The Mission, in a tweet on its official X handle, emphasised that applicants must include all usernames or handles used on any …

2027: PDP LEADERS DISAGREE OVER JONATHAN, OBI, MAKINDE The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing fresh internal divisions as its leaders remain split over whether to field former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Anambra State governor Peter Obi, or Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde as its presidential candidate for the 2027 elections. We gather from multiple party sources that some leaders, …

APC SET TO OCCUPY 2/3 SEATS IN SENATE, APGA INCREASES TO TWO Senators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), need just one more seat to form 2/3 majority of membership of the 10th Senate with their current 72 in number from 59 in June, 2023. This is as the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) which …

FALANA TO APC, PDP – PROVE YOU ARE NOT TERRORISTS Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has challenged the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to prove that they are not terrorist organisations. This comes following a controversial ruling by a Canadian Federal Court which described both parties as entities that have engaged in …

ARMY APPOINTS NEW PSOS, GOCS, OTHERS IN MAJOR SHAKE-UP.The Nigerian Army on Sunday announced a major redeployment affecting its top hierarchy, including Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Corps Commanders, Commandants of training institutions, and Brigade Commanders, News360 Nigeria reports. The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Appolonia Anele, confirmed the changes in a statement, noting that …

PRESIDENTIAL TICKET: WE’RE UNDER PRESSURE TO ZONE – ADC The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has said it’s under pressure to zone its presidential ticket in 2027. ADC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Jackie Wayas, said the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, holds the final decision on zoning or rotation of the presidential ticket. Wayas also disclosed that the ADC is deliberating …

THE RISE AND FALL OF JESU OYINGBO,, LAGOS: A SELF-PROCLAIMED MESSIAH In the religious history of Lagos and perhaps the whole of Nigeria, few names provoke as much intrigue, controversy, and disbelief as that of Olufunmilayo Immanuel Odumosu, better known as Jesu Oyingbo. Born in Ijebu-Ode, in present-day Ogun State, Odumosu would grow from an ordinary carpenter’s apprentice into one …

109 SENATORS’ PAY ENOUGH FOR 4,708 PROFESSORS’ SALARIES About N2.354 billion in pay cheques, comprising the monthly salaries of the 109 senators and the cost of running their offices, is enough to pay monthly wages of 4,708 professors at universities across the country, Debates have continued over the perceived imbalance in the remunerations of political office holders and academics. Recently, …

BY-ELECTIONS: PARTIES MAINTAIN STRONGHOLDS Major political parties that participated in the Saturday’s by-elections into 16 federal constituencies across 12 states largely maintained their strongholds, according to results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). From the official tally, the All Progressives Congress (APC) secured 12 of the 16 seats; while the coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC) won none Despite …

TINUBU HAILS IBB AT 84 President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, his 84th birthday. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu described the former military head of state as a key figure in Nigeria’s socio-economic and political development. The president highlighted Babangida’s military career, …