Politics

DIRECT PAYMENT OF ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVTS COUNCILS BEGINS NEXT MONTH Barring any last-minute change of plan, councils will begin to get direct allocation from the Federation Account next month. It will begin with the disbursement of this month’s allocation to the tiers of government, a source told our correspondent at the weekend. The direct receipt from the Federation Account …

WHY WE PREVENTED SEYI TINUBU WITH GUARD OF HONOUR The CADET Network (Community Auxiliary Development for Effective Transformation Network) has clarifies reports about a viral video where the organization presented a guard of Honour to welcome President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu to a youth empowerment programme in Ogun State. They stated that the guard of Honour was used to …

A GENERAL OVERSEER WHOSE WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS ARE IN RIVERS GOVT — WIKE MOCKS ODILI, ACCUSES HIM OF NOT PLAYING FATHERLY ROLE The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described the former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, as a ‘General Overseer’ who has turned the state into his personal estate. Wike said Odili made sure …

177 KILLED IN SOUTH KOREAN PLANE CRASH AS POPE FRANCIS MOURNS A Jeju Air passenger plane with 181 persons aboard burst into flames on the ground early Sunday morning in South Korea. According to BBC, the Transport Ministry has identified the plane as a 15-year-old Boeing 737-800 jet returning from Bangkok in Thailand, with two Thai nationals on board. About …

FORMER US PRESIDENT, JIMMY CARTER, DIES AT 100 YEARS Jimmy Carter, a former president of the United States of America, USA, has died at 100 years. The 39th president of the US and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient passed away in Plains, Georgia on Sunday. His death was announced in a terse statement from the Carter Center. Carter had been …

, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER – REUTERS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo prostate removal surgery on Sunday after he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, his office said. The 75-year-old leader underwent a test at Hadassah Hospital on Wednesday, where he was “diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign …

LIST OF POLITICAL BIGWIGS WHO DECAMPED FROM OPPOSITION PARTIES TO APC IN 2024 List Of Political Bigwigs Who Decamped From Opposition Parties To APC In 2024 The Nigerian political space in the year 2024 witnessed a series of dramas with the initiation of merger discussions among opposition parties in anticipation of the 2027 general elections.The year also witnessed the defection …

PUTIN APOLOGIZES FOR AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES CRASH, WITHOUT ADMITTING RESPONSIBILITY Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace in Grozny, Chechnya on Wednesday, but did not say that Russia was responsible. Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when the plane attempted to land in Grozny, according …

YOU CAN’T BE ONLY PRESIDENT OF YORUBA – NORTHERN LEADERS OPPOSING TAX REFORM BILLS Northern leaders, including members of the National Assembly, the League of Northern Democrats, and the Northern Elders’ Forum, have expressed strong disapproval of President Bola Tinubu’s declaration on tax reform bills. During his maiden media chat, Tinubu acknowledged that the bills might not be widely accepted, …

OPPOSITION POLITICAL BIGWIGS PLOT TINUBU’S OUSTER IN 2027 In the wake of the American and Ghanaian presidential elections, several political movements have emerged in Nigeria, each aiming to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. In both the United States and Ghana, the opposition defeated the ruling parties in landslide victories. In the US, former President Donald Trump of the …